With less than two weeks left until Universal Pictures’Straight Outta Comptonhits theaters,IMDBhas debuted a brand new clip, featuring all of the members ofN.W.A.defending their music at a press conference. While their detractors claimN.W.A.’s music “glamorizes” drugs, gangs and violence,Ice Cubestates that their art is a reflection of their reality. The actor who portraysIce Cubeis the rapper/actor’s actual son,O’Shea Jackson Jr..
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began,Straight Outta Comptontells the true story of how these cultural rebels-armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent-stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed theworld’s most dangerous group,N.W.A.And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
The clip also features the rest of the main cast portrayingN.W.A.members,Corey Antonio HawkinsasDr. Dre,Jason Mitchellas Eazy-E,Neil Brown Jr.as DJ Yella andAldis HodgeasM.C. Ren. The group’s debut albumStraight Outta Comptonwas one of the first to feature the Parental Advisory label, and it went on to go double-platinum, despite the lack of any airplay on radio stations around the country. After just a few short years, the group disbanded in 1991, but they have sold over 10 million records in the U.S. alone.
The supporting cast is rounded out byPaul Giamatti, who plays the group’s manager,Jerry Heller, along with R. Marcus Taylor as Death Row Records co-founderSuge Knight, Carra Patterson as Eazy-E’s widow Tomica Woods-Wright andKeith StanfieldasSnoop Dogg.F. Gary GraydirectsStraight Outta Comptonfrom a script byAndrea Berloffand Jonathan Herman. Original N.W.A membersIce CubeandDr. Drealso serve as producers on the biopic.
Straight Outta Comptonarrives in theaters August 14, going up againstThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.andUnderdogs. Do you think this biopic has what it takes to close out the summer with abox officebang? Or do you think it will have trouble againstThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.and this weekend’sFantastic Fourreboot? Check out the latest clip and let us know what you think. We also have a second clip
