Straight Outta Compton
Release Date: August 14, 2015
F. Gary Gray returns to Hub City, also known as Compton, California, in the biopic starring America’s most indefatigable rap group. Straight Outta Compton will details the life and times of the rap group, N.W.A., whose members included Eric “Eazy-E†Wright, Andre “Dr. Dre†Young, O’Shea “Ice Cube†Jackson, Lorenzo “MC Ren†Patterson, and Antoine “DJ Yella†Carraby. Set in the 1980s, the pioneering gangsta rap squad showcase their rebellious ways and how these young minds revolutionized music and pop culture forever by using the truth. The film stars Ice Cube’s son, O’Shea Jackson, Jr. as his father, Jason Mitchell as Eazy, Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre, and Paul Giamatti as Ruthless Records exec, Jerry Heller. Fans of the world’s most dangerous rap collective should be out in droves when this picture hits theaters.