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spoke about the importance of making a movie that solidified the band’s cultural importance by placing them in the proper historical context. Gary Gray - who was then holding open auditions for the five members of N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton tells the story of how N.W.A’s talent penetrated pop culture with bold new rhymes and beats that described the social reality of young black men stuck in an over-policed. Amidst shots of Dre during a prison stint and Eazy-E telling off Heller (“You’ve got your way of dealing with it, I’ve got mine”), the trailer boasts footage that captures the torrid conditions of South Central Los Angeles, which informed the group’s game-changing sound.ĭuring an interview with radio station KCRW in April, director F. The upcoming biopic dramatizes the mid-to-late eighties. Dre (Corey Hawkins) and Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson Jr., the rapper’s actual son), and shows the turbulence surrounding the band’s rise to fame. I actually feel lucky to have survived a recent visit to the film set of Straight Outta Compton.


and their time coming up in Compton, California. Dre, Eazy E, Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella aka N.W.A. The flick shows the rise and fall of the MVPs of the rap game, Dr. (rear) poses for photos before their performances during N.W.A.'s. 12 Aug In 2015, we’re getting excited about the imminent release of the new NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton. The rest of the clip focuses on the key players, Eazy-E (Jason Mitchell), Dr. Dre, rapper Laylaw from Above The Law and rapper The D.O.C. ‘Barbie’ May Be the Most Subversive Blockbuster of the 21st Century
