Straight Outta Compton (2015)

The world's most dangerous times created the world's most dangerous group.

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.

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O'Shea Jackson Jr.

Ice Cube

Corey Hawkins

Dr. Dre

Jason Mitchell

Eazy-E

Neil Brown Jr.

DJ Yella

Aldis Hodge

MC Ren

Paul Giamatti

Jerry Heller

R. Marcos Taylor

Suge Knight

LaKeith Stanfield

Snoop Dogg

Carra Patterson

Tomica

Elena Goode

Nicole

Alexandra Shipp

Kim

Tate Ellington

Bryan Turner

Corey Reynolds

Lonzo Williams

Keith Powers

Tyree

Orlando Brown

Block Dude

Marlon Yates Jr.

D.O.C.

Joshua Brockington

Young Warren G

Sheldon A. Smith

Warren G

C

Cleavon McClendon

Jinx

Aeriél Miranda

Lavetta

Lisa Renee Pitts

Verna Griffin

Angela Elayne Gibbs

Doris Jackson

Bruce Beatty

Hosea Jackson

Rogelio Douglas Jr.

Chuck D

Andrew Borba

Journalist

Natascha Hopkins

Keisha

Matt Corboy

Journalist

Larry Sullivan

Journalist

Deborah Lacey

Journalist

F. Gary Gray

Greg Mack

Allen Maldonado

Tone

Demetrius Grosse

Rock

M

Michael 'Compton Menace' Taylor

OG Blood

Ashton Sanders

Kid

J

Joshua Geter

Kid

Kofi Siriboe

Block Dude

M

Matthew Boylan

LAPD Crash Cop

Chic Daniel

LAPD Crash Cop

T

Tim Connolly

LAPD Cop

Cris D'Annunzio

Uniform Cop

Dan Wells

Uniform Cop

J

Justin Goslee

Doo To's Security Guard

Alex Wexo

Officer

Marcus Callender

HBO Rapper

Vaughn Wilkinson

HBO Rapper

Dean Cameron

Capitol Records Executive

M

Mark Thomas Holguin

Torrance Cop

Sky Soleil

Torrance Cop

Inny Clemons

Torrance Officer Rauch

J

Jody Burks

Big Dude

Asia'h Epperson

Felicia

S

Scott Endicott

Tour Bus Driver

Greg Collins

Joe Louis Police

M

Mark Sherman

Jimmy Iovine

Rob Brownstein

CNN Journalist

Marcc Rose

Tupac Shakur

W

Water L

Guy with Dog

N

Nigel Lawes

Chillin' Cop

W

William LaDawn English

Goon

L

Lazarus Guidry

Poor Bastard

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