The N.W.A biopic film "Straight Outta Compton" shattered box office records, but unfortunately that didn't make headlines.

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Straight Outta Compton had a phenomenal box office debut. The movie surpassed predictions bringing in $56.1 million after its first weekend

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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 talk about the new film, Straight Outta Compton. Cube, as he is affectionately known by many in the hip-hop community, described the N.W.A. biopic as “a slice of American History.” […]

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Roland Martin traveled to Hollywood to talk with the cast and director of the hip-hop biopic Straight Outta Compton. In this NewsOne Now interview, Martin talks with director F. Gary Gray about police abuse and how the iconic group addressed police brutality. Gray told Martin he felt “a lot of pressure” to get the film right. He […]

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NewsOne Now host Roland Martin recently spoke with Jason Mitchell (Easy-E), Corey Hawkins (Dr. Dre) and O’Shea Jackson, Jr. (Ice Cube) about their experiences channeling NWA for the new hip-hop biopic Straight Outta Compton. About Straight Outta Compton from the film’s official Facebook page: In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their […]

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, Thomas Mesereau, were in front of Superior Court Judge Stephen A. Marcus in Los Angeles Tuesday when Marcus declared the case would proceed. Mesereau argued the case should be dropped after […]

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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 on set of the biopic Straight Outta Compton, TIME magazine reports. After a two-day preliminary hearing that ended Thursday, Judge Ronald Coen ruled that Knight, 49, will stand trial on one count […]