#TBT: N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton

Movies: Straight Outta Compton Trailer

This might be the best Rap based movie ever to hit the cinemas so far.....

In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country. When five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive voice to a silenced generation. Following the meteoric rise and fall of N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton tells the astonishing story of how these youngsters revolutionized music and pop culture forever the moment they told the world the truth about life in the hood and ignited a cultural war.

Starring O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell as Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Eazy-E, Straight Outta Compton is directed by F. Gary Gray (Friday, Set It Off, The Italian Job). The drama is produced by original N.W.A. members Ice Cube and Dr. Dre, who are joined by fellow producers Matt Alvarez and Tomica Woods-Wright. Will Packer serves as executive producer of the film alongside Gray.

Movies: NWA cast announced.

We've heard that the movie is on the way and now we have the cast members for the biopic for N.W.A. called "Straight Outta Compton". I'm actually looking forward to this as I've heard many stories about N.W.A. and their movement from Westwood. 

Hopefully this will right some of the wrongs found in the Notorious B.I.G. biopic, which I enjoyed but could have been sharper.

So the pic shows the casting for Ice Cube played by O'Shea Jackson Jr. (his son), Dr.Dre played by Marcus Callendar and the late Eazy E played by Jason Mitchell. Mc Ren and Yella haven't been casted yet (I can get the role for Yella!!).

This movie is directed by Gary F. Gray known for movies like Friday, Set It Off, Law Abiding Citizen - slated for August 2015.