‘Straight Outta Compton’ Star Landed Eazy-E Role Without Even Showing Up To His Audition [EXCLUSIVE]
Chemistry is such a beautiful thing. For months, Jason Mitchell, O’Shea Jackson, and Corey Hawkins morphed into the polarizing figures that forged the indomitable rap force N.W.A. for F. Gary Gray’s Straight Outta Compton. In the ’80s and ’90s, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, and Ice Cube sculpted rap culture with sheer bravado and unforgivable candor. To some, […]
Ice Cube might now be a huge movie star and rap veteran, but he still shares the same worries for his children as any minority…
In just three days, every West Coast rap fan’s dreams will come true. With Straight Outta Compton set to drop Friday (Aug. 14), MTV decided to get fans even more hyped for the highly-anticipated film by calling on Ice Cube, his son O’Shea Jackson Jr., and Jason Mitchell to rap the poignant banger, “Straight Outta […]
One day ahead of the official release date, Dr. Dre has blessed the masses with a full preview of his new Compton album. Fans of the west coast rap pioneer…and just fans of hip hop in general….are in for a treat with this long-awaited gem that has finally emerged from the depths of Dre’s lab […]
Dr. Dre is next up to set the hip hop world ablaze in 2015. Just ahead of the very highly-anticipated N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton hitting theaters in 2 weeks, Dre announced today that he will be releasing his first album since 2001. Dropping the bombshell on his Apple Music Beats 1 show “The Pharmacy,” Dre […]
Yes, you read that headline right. Ice Cube, along with F. Gary Gray, O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Jason Mitchell, appeared on Philadelphia’s Power 99 yesterday morning (July 29) to speak on the forthcoming N.W.A biopic, Straight Outta Compton. During the conversation, Ice Cube revealed that Dr. Dre—an invidivual to whom he’s worked closely with on […]
West coast rap pioneers Dr. Dre and Ice Cube have remained relatively silent on the upcoming “Straight Outta Compton” film release which will chronicle the story of N.W.A, but now that the release date is approaching, the pair is breaking their silence. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter in an exclusive interview, Dre and Cube opened […]
A judge has denied Suge Knight’s request to dismiss his fatal hit-and-run case after the key witness refused to identify him, PEOPLE reports. Knight and his lawyer,…
Prior to the release of the forthcoming N.W.A biopic, Ice Cube will reunite onstage with group members MC Ren and DJ Yella at BET’s Experience concert on June 27 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the rapper recently told Rolling Stone. “It’s just gonna be a great night,” Ice Cube says. “We’re gonna be […]
The problems just keep mounting for Suge Knight. The former Death Row Records CEO—who has spent the majority of 2015 behind bars— is now being sued by Lilian Carter—the widow of Terry Carter who Knight allegedly ran over and killed back in January—for wrongful death. The incident took place near the location of a promotional […]
Rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was hospitalized Thursday after a judge ordered him to stand trial in a fatal hit-and-run case that injured another man…
We’ve been waiting patiently for the Straight About Compton movie, so the new trailer that just dropped will hold us over until summer. This movie looks so good because it seems like it will capture the essence that is NWA. The casting is so spot on it’s eerie, and not just in looks, but the actor’s […]
