MOVIE · 2015
Straight Outta Compton
DramaMusical147 min
In 1987 Compton, a group of young rappers turn police harassment, street life, and pent-up anger into the sound of N.W.A. O'Shea Jackson Jr. is Ice Cube, writing sharp, confrontational verses alongside Corey Hawkins's Dr. Dre and Jason Mitchell's Eazy-E as the group moves from local clubs to national attention. As their music collides with law enforcement, censorship battles, and Paul Giamatti's manager Jerry Heller, the film follows N.W.A.'s early years in South Central Los Angeles and the rise of a rap group that pushed its city, and its politics, into the national spotlight.
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