n.w.a.

Two of the original members of the controversial rap group N.W.A., Ice Cube and DJ Yella sat down with NewsOne Now host Roland Martin to…

We caught up with the cast of N.W.A, during their NYC promo tour, and picked their brains about the racist casting call that left Black women, everything, offended.

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…

Marion “Suge” Knight, Dr. Dre, and Ice Cube have been named in a wrongful death lawsuit  [PDF] filed by the family of Terry Carter, the…

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…

Straight Outta Compton – Red Band Trailer with Introduction from Dr. Dre and Ice Cube (HD) (Official) The Story of N.W.A. – In Theaters August 14th http://www.straightouttacompton.com/ 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 […]

“Straight Outta Compton” executive producer Will Packer is talking up the N.W.A. biopic. In an interview with “Collider,” Packer promises that the film is “gonna deliver” for fans of the pioneering West Coast rap group. He also says a wider audience will also enjoy the film because it’s a “great American uprising story.” While the […]

N.W.A. will have another crack at getting into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. For the third consecutive year the rap group is among the acts under consideration for induction into the hall. The nomination comes as N.W.A.’s rise from the streets of Compton, California is being chronicled in the upcoming film “Straight Outta […]

Last week the set of the N.W.A. biopic “Straight Outta Compton” was the scene of a real life drive-by shooting. Eyewitnesses tell TMZ gunfire erupted outside the Compton Courthouse during filming last week when some unidentified neighborhood guys flashed gang signs at a passing car. TMZ reports the gunmen weren’t targeting the crew, but the bullets came dangerously close […]

The crew working on the NWA biopic “Straight Outta Compton” learned how dangerous it could be in the hood when they were involved in a real-life…

Our family over at Dish Nation brought this point up and we have to wonder…are they on to something here? Take a look at the…

“Straight Outta Compton,” the N.W.A. movie that we have all been waiting for is getting closer and according to “Hollywood Reporter,” Ice Cub has signed on Jonathan Herman to write the film. Ice Cube and Eazy-E’s widow, Tomica Woods, are set to produce the movie. Dr. Dre’s Crucial Films productions will also have a hand […]