Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff said they hope their Oscar nomination for "Straight Outta Compton" can be part of a catalyst for change within the film industry.

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.

The N.W.A. biopic “Straight Outta Compton” is shaping up to be this year’s award season underdog story. The two-and-a-half hour R-rated drama about the history of the members behind one of ...

From a marketing point of view at least, “Straight Outta Compton” is already a huge success. Over the past few months, the publicity and promotional campaign for the film has included a blitz ...

Universal Pictures is expected to score another hit at the box office this week with the release of its critically acclaimed musical biopic “Straight Outta Compton.” The film, co-financed by ...

In an introduction to the trailer (above, NSFW), Dr. Dre and Ice Cube ride through their old neighborhood, “We put it all in the music, all our frustration and anger,” they say. “Our music was like ...

N.W.A.’s seminal album “Straight outta Compton” painted the Los Angeles area city as a hotbed for gang banging and drug dealing. But long after its 1988 debut, its residents have been ...

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.

In “Straight Outta Compton,” we see a fictionalized retelling of the episode that supposedly sparked “Fuck tha Police,” N.W.A’s most controversial and influential song.

If you have spent any time on Facebook recently, you probably stumbled upon a handful of people with images resembling the logo/title treatment for Straight Outta Compton, with one big difference.