Well that didn’t take too long. A day after it was reported that Straight Outta Compton’s F. Gary Gray was a finalist to direct Furious 8, it’s been made official: Gray will direct the next entry in the blockbuster series. He confirmed the news on Twitter. https://twitter.com/FGaryGray/status/652181877587992576 This is yet another highlight after directing the surprise success that was Straight […]
Straight Outta Compton helped give N.W.A its first Hot 100 single and made O’Shea Jackson, Jr. a star. Of course, F. Gary Gray also had to reap the fruits of his labor. Gray is already set to direct Last Friday, but his next venture could be even bigger. The director is a frontrunner to direct Furious 8, according to Collider. Gray’s […]
Rapper and journalist Dee Barnes wrote a personal essay following the release of Straight Outta Compton about the exclusion of her assaulted by Dr. Dre. The L.A. Times obtained a copy of the original script and discovered that Barnes’ incident was initially written in the script, but removed from the final revision. Take a look at what was left […]
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 […]
