Krystal Bee from The Cruz Show was on the black carpet for the world premiere of the new film “Straight Outta Compton” which tells the story of N.W.A. She talks to Xzibit, The Game, and Dr. Dre’s son Curtis Young about the movie, as well as working on Dre’s new album ‘Compton’.
If you’ve been on social media anytime over the past week you have seen hundreds of takes on the ‘Straight Outta Compton’ logo replaced with a new city, you may even be sick of it. Nevertheless, the Beats by Dre campaign with photographer Jonathan Mannion has been a complete success. If you haven’t made yours yet, click HERE to do so and then hit the jump to check out some of our favorites (we will continue to update) and catch the movie this week when it releases! Read more…
This peak at Straight Outta Compton indicates that the film will do two things—humanize the West Coast rappers in the context of their rise to fame and the environment that created them, and focus on the indisputable cultural impact they had on America. Here, we see the members of N.W.A. being very hands-on with this project, and not to mention Paul Giamatti in a gray wig and some bare ass at the 1:30 mark. Truly, something for everyone!
Compton’s finest DJ Quik, Boogie, YG, Jeron Johnson and Marcellus Wiley share what it’s like to be from the city that N.W.A made famous. Press play up top.
Fab Five Freddy sits down with the original members of N.W.A. and talks with the group about their legacy and how it felt to shoot in the same city that gave them their first break on the hip-hop scene. Keep it locked in for the release, due out next month.
Director F. Gary Gray, director of ‘Friday’ & the upcoming ‘Straight Outta Compton’ film says Dr. Dre has been putting together an ‘insane’ compilation for the upcoming biopic. Guests on the soundtrack include Kendrick Lamar & Eminem! Stay tuned for the release of this movie, straight #YoungCalifornia!
Later this year, N.W.A fans will get an officially-sanctioned look at the meteoric rise and fall of the iconic rap group thanks to the Dr. Dre- and Ice Cube-produced flick ‘Straight Outta Compton.’ It looks at the dangerous streets of Compton in the mid-’80s as Dre, Ice Cube, Eazy-E, MC Ren, DJ Yella and co. translated their experiences into a brutally honest album that took the rap world by storm.
