Straight Outta Compton (2015)
- Rating
- R
- Genre
- Drama, Biography, Music
- Release Date
- August 14, 2015
- Director
- F. Gary Gray
- Written by
- Andrea Berloff, Jonathan Herman
- Cast
- Paul Giamatti, Keith Stanfield, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Aldis Hodge, Neil Brown Jr.
- Latest News
- Synopsis
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Synopsis
A biopic of rap group NWA, comprised of artists including Ice Cube (Jackson Jr.), Eazy-E (Mitchell), and Dr. Dre (Hawkins). The film chronicles the group's formation in Compton, California in the mid-1980s and their rise to becoming one of the most influential groups in the genre with their songs about life in the 'hood.