We will all be able to find out more about the history of that hippity hop the kids are into these days, as Straight Outta Compton, a biopic of genre pioneers NWA is on its way and now we’ve got a set of posters and a trailer.
And can I say that OShea Jackson Jr. looks impressively like the person he plays, Ice Cube.
Here’s the synopsis: ‘In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country. When five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive voice to a silenced generation. Following the meteoric rise and fall of N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton tells the astonishing story of how these youngsters revolutionized music and pop culture forever the moment they told the world the truth about life in the hood and ignited a cultural war.
‘Starring OShea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell as Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Eazy-E, Straight Outta Compton is directed by F. Gary Gray (Friday, Set It Off, The Italian Job). The drama is produced by original N.W.A. members Ice Cube and Dr. Dre, who are joined by fellow producers Matt Alvarez and Tomica Woods-Wright. Will Packer serves as executive producer of the film alongside Gray.’
It’ll be out in the UK on August 14th.
