The movie Straight Outta Compton became almost an instant classic upon its release in 2015. The film follows the early days of influential rap group N.W.A which gave rise to some of the biggest names in rap still known today, such as Dr. Dre and Ice Cube. The group had a highly challenging time on their way to fame, experiencing several run-ins with the police as well as issues of betrayal with their managers and amongst themselves.

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The controversy with which the group is associated, however, is inextricable with their fame--if anything, the challenges the world threw at them only helped to elevate their status, proving the truth of the reality inherent in what they referred to as "reality rap."

I Thought We Were Brothers

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After Dr. Dre's brother dies, the group comes together for him and reassures him they are there. Eazy-E in particular emphasizes the fact that they are all brothers, and even if he has lost his brother, he will always have them. After Eazy-E betrays the other N.W.A members by ignoring their pleas to reconsider their contracts, Dr. Dre reminds him of his promise.

Is That Taking Care Of Me?

A closeup of Eazy-E in Straight Outta Compton

Eazy-E finally comes to the difficult realization that Jerry has not been working in his best interest, but rather ripping him off and taking advantage of the fact that E doesn't have experience with paperwork.

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When E comes to Jerry to confront him, Jerry attempts to convince him that he's always taken care of him, prompting Eazy-E To refer to the paperwork on the table which proves otherwise.

See, I'm A Journalist, Too. Except I'm Brutally Honest.

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Ice-Cube has a journalist to his house to, as far as he is informed, discuss the case of Rodney King, a black man wrongly attacked by the police. Instead, the journalist shifts the subject and attempts to manipulate the conversation around the truth, which Ice-Cube is too smart to fall for.

Speak A Little Truth And People Lose They Mind...

O'Shea Jackson Jr as Ice Cube in Straight Outta Compton

The group's first album has a strong reaction from the public. While on tour, N.W.A drive by a group of people who have stacked up piles of their records and are driving over them in protest of the content. Ice-Cube stares out the window in awe of people's rage to the guys simply sharing the truth about their lives.

How You Go From Selling Rocks In A Dope House To Eating Dinner In The White House?

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Eazy-E begins as a drug dealer, and by the end of the film has worked his way up to being considered the head of N.W.A and eventually attending dinner at the White House. Later in their careers, despite the feud between them, Dre. Dre and Eazy-E reflect on the significance of Eazy's shift in status.

I Mean None Of Us Got A Passport, So...

O'Shea Jackson Jr. Ice Cube Corey Hawkins Dr Dre and Jason Mitchell Eazy E in Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A is accused of glorifying violence and drugs, something rap music has since been accused of for years. The group put it perfectly when they respond to the press by pointing out that they are merely singing about their reality, and direct the press to consider how drugs got in the country in the first place--through white people.

I've Got Somethin' To Say

The group's song "F*ck Tha Police" incites a furious response from the police and the FBI. They are ordered not to sing the song at a concert, informed that if they don't follow the police's rules they will be arrested.

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Ice-Cube has a powerful moment on stage where he takes the microphone and shares what he has to say, anyway--emphasizing the fact the police are only proving the point of his song.

What's N.W.A Stand For Anyway? No Whites Allowed?

Paul Giamatti as Jerry Heller in Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A's original manager, Jerry, asks Eazy-E what his group is called. When Eazy responds, Jerry assumes that the name must have something to do with excluding white people. In this moment, he tries to act cool and in-the-know, but instead exposes his white sensitivity and his knack for making everything about him.

We Gave The People A Voice

N.W.A repeatedly try to stress the fact that their music does not create a narrative that supports guns and violence and drugs being brought into the world, and that they don't pull hatred of the police out of thin air. Rather, their music is an expression of very real experiences that people go through every day, and this is why it was so powerful to audiences.

Our Art Is A Reflection Of Our Reality

Now referred to as "gangsta rap," N.W.A, being the group who made the form popular, actually preferred to identify their music as "reality rap." The title emphasizes an important discernment between something easily dismissed as "other" versus something that is part of the whole, the reality of American experience that many would rather not have to think about or deny completely.

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