Eind jaren tachtig was daar op eens N.W.A. (Niggaz Wit Attitudes) een rap formatie uit Compton, waar van Ice Cube, Dr.Dre en Eazy E de bekendste leden en founders waren. De echte rap fans weten dat deze groep na ruzie uit een vielt en Eazy E later overleed aan de gevolgen van Aids. Deze heren plaatste het Gangstah rap genre en de wijk Compton in één klap op de kaart. Nu zat er al jaren een biografische film aan te komen, en vandaag is er dan eindelijk een foto verschenen met de echte rappers en de cast van de film. De bedoeling is dat Straight Outta Compton vanaf eind volgend jaar in de bioscopen te zien zal zijn.

Universal Pictures will release STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON on Friday, August 14, 2015.

About STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON
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 O'Shea 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.

I was half expecting the press release to include a number for people to call if they have any information on the whereabouts of MC Ren. Anyone? Is he alive? Is he going to be in the movie, or are they just going to rewrite his character as a generic friend played by Nick Cannon? Gotta have comic relief somehow, I guess.