Cast & creator
MC Ren
Best known for Yo! MTV Raps, The Defiant Ones, The Hip Hop Years
Lorenzo Jerald Patterson (born June 16, 1969), better know by his stage name MC Ren, is a rapper from Compton, California. He was a member of the pioneering gangsta rap group N.W.A from their inception in the mid 1980s to their disbandment in the early '90s, after which he went on to a solo career.
Also known as: M.C. Ren, Lorenzo Patterson, Lorenzo Jerald Patterson, The Villain in Black, Tha Villain in Black
Movies
6
film credits
Series
3
television credits
Career
9
1988–2021 · acting roles
Credit score
7.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (9)
Showing 9 of 9 credits
Series
★ 7.5
Yo! MTV Raps
Self
1988
Series
★ 7.8
The Defiant Ones
Self
2017
Series
★ 7.0
The Hip Hop Years
Self
1999
Movie
★ 7.7
The Up in Smoke Tour
Self
2000
Movie
★ 5.0
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Self
2012
Movie
★ 7.1
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Self (archive footage)
2021
Movie
★ 6.9
NWA & Eazy-E: The Kings of Compton
2016V
Movie
Vanilla Ice Archive
Self (archive footage)
2012
Movie
★ 7.1
N.W.A. - EfiL4zaggiN
Self
1992