Straight Outta Compton is set to be one of the music biopics not to miss this year and there are just a couple of weeks before the movie hits the big screen.
Straight Outta Compton
The movie explores the rise of N.W.A. and their battle to freely express themselves and a key turning point in American history.
Ice Cube and Dr Dre have produced the film, which has been directed by F. Gary Gray, and they feature in this new featurette as they talk about their experiences around that time. The new featurette also shows off some great footage from the film:
F. Gary Gray has brought us movies such as The Italian Job, Be Cool, and A Man Apart during his career but Straight Outta Compton is set to be his first movie since Law Abiding Citizen back in 2009.
A great cast has been assembled for the film, as O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown Jr, and Aldis Hodge will take on the roles of Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Dj Yella, and MC Ren.
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.
2015 has already been a great year for music biopics/movies and Straight Outta Compton looks set to be another not to miss if you are a fan of this genre - it is set to be unlike any other music biopic that we will be treated to this year.
Straight Outta Compton is released 28th August.
