The iconic West Coast hip-hop group N.W.A received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy at the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. But Dr. Dre was noticeably absent from the event. N.W.A Receives Lifetime Achievement Grammy, Dr. Dre Absent N.W.A, the trailblazing West Coast hip-hop group, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Grammy at the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Saturday (Feb. 3). Surviving members N.W.A members Ice Cube, MC-Ren, and DJ Yella along with the mother and son (Eric Darnell Wright) of late rapper Eazy-E were on…