Ahead of its release this month, Universal pictures has debuted a new featurette for the upcoming N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton, which we’ve got for you below…
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.
Straight Outta Compton is directed by F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job) with a cast that includes Corey Hawkins (Non-Stop) as Dr. Dre, O’Shea Jackson Jr. as Ice Cube, Aldis Hodge (A Good Day to Die Hard) as MC Ren, Jason Mitchell (Dragon Eyes) as Easy E, Neil Brown Jr. (Bayou Tales) as DJ Yella, Keith Stanfield (The Purge: Anarchy) as Snoop Dogg, R. Marcus Taylor (The Gathering) as Suge Knight, Rogelio Douglas Jr. (Whiplash) as Chuck D and Paul Giamatti (San Andreas) as Jerry Heller. It is set to open on August 14th in the States and August 28th in the UK.
