Hip-hop was born in August of 1973 at a back-to-school party in the Bronx borough of New York City. DJ Kool Herc began ...

Musicians' biopics reflect the privilege and pitfalls of success, depicting chaotic lives of talent and excess. Films like ...

However, misogyny isn’t a N.W.A “side story,” as “Straight Outta Compton” director F. Gary Gray has said in order to explain its omission from the film.

Straight Outta Compton only received one Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay, but none of its performances were ...

He's like, 'Don't figure, ask!' " O'Shea Jackson Jr. looks so much like his rapper father that he played a young version of Ice Cube in the 2015 N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton — but he still had ...

It has officially been announced that a star from the hit show "Outer Banks" has been cast as Snoop Dogg in the rapper's official biopic.

The Outer Banks star has been tapped to play Snoop Dogg in the upcoming biopic being directed by Hustle & Flow filmmaker Craig Brewer for Universal Pictures, Entertainment Weekly has confirmed. Daviss ...

Late NWA manager Jerry Heller's lawsuit against Universal over the film 'Straight Outta Compton' has been dismissed by a California federal judge.

2. N.W.A almost didn’t make it to Straight Outta Compton. At the conclusion of the group’s autumn 1987 tour opening for Salt-N-Pepa, Ice Cube informed the crew that he would be going to college.

N.W.A and the brilliant fury of “Straight Outta Compton” would change rap forever and provide a foundational text for hip-hop’s growth into the protest music of the 21st century.

Andrea Berloff didn’t grow up listening to NWA. She was only 14 in 1988 when the hip-hop group released its debut album, “Straight Outta Compton.” Even if she’d been older, she’s not ...

Rap group N.W.A. pose with rappers The D.O.C. and Laylaw from Above The Law backstage at the Kemper Arena during their 'Straight Outta Compton' tour in June 1989 in Kansas City, Mo.