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Straight Outta Compton (2015)

Straight Outta Compton (2015)

Drama Music History

The world's most dangerous times created the world's most dangerous group.

Release Date: 2015, August 11
Directors: F. Gary Gray
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: Broken Chair Flickz, Universal Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Cube Vision, Crucial Films, Circle of Confusion, Will Packer Productions, Xenon Pictures
Cast: Corey Hawkins, Philicia Saunders, Andrew Borba, Precious Jenkins, Matt Corboy, Kofi Siriboe, Rogelio Douglas Jr., Simon Rhee, Paul Giamatti, Alexandra Shipp, Jamaal Lewis, Thomas R. Baker

Overview:

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.

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