The film follows the rise of rap group N.W.A, made up of Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella Ice Cube's oldest son, O'Shea Jackson Jr., portrayed him in the movie It's been a decade since ...

On August 8, 1988, Ice Cube, MC Ren, DJ Yella, Eazy-E, and the legendary Dr. Dre, fresh from the World Class Wreckin’ Cru, unleashed their second N.W.A. project, Straight Outta Compton. Arriving on ...

Last June, when Ice Cube visited Fusion’s Miami studios on a press trip for 22 Jump Street, he casually dropped the fact that a NWA biopic was in the works. The official Red Band trailer dropped last ...

*A new TV spot for “Straight Outta Compton” has surfaced ahead of its August 14 arrival in theaters. Per Universal Pictures: In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most ...

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It's a story 27 years in the making: a film about the iconic Southern California hip hop group, NWA. The four surviving members all joined together to tell a story about the beginnings of gangster rap ...

On this day, 38 years ago, one of the greatest hip-hop groups we have ever seen released their first album, and it now ranks among the best. Aug. 8 marked an important day in music history for many ...