Straight Outta Compton
The world's most dangerous times created the world's most dangerous group.
7.8(4,242) 2015-08-11 147 minDramaMusicHistory
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.
DirectorF. Gary Gray
ProducerIce Cube
ProducerDr. Dre
ScreenplayJonathan Herman
ScreenplayAndrea Berloff
ProducerScott Bernstein
ProducerTomica Woods-Wright
ProducerMatt Alvarez
Cast & characters
O'Shea Jackson Jr.
as Ice Cube
Corey Hawkins
as Dr. Dre
Jason Mitchell
as Eazy-E
Neil Brown Jr.
as DJ Yella
Aldis Hodge
as MC Ren
Paul Giamatti
as Jerry Heller
R. Marcos Taylor
as Suge Knight
LaKeith Stanfield
as Snoop Dogg
Carra Patterson
as Tomica
Elena Goode
as Nicole
Alexandra Shipp
as Kim
Tate Ellington
as Bryan Turner
Corey Reynolds
as Lonzo Williams
Keith Powers
as Tyree
Orlando Brown
as Block Dude
Marlon Yates Jr.
as D.O.C.
Joshua Brockington
as Young Warren G
Sheldon A. Smith
as Warren G
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Cleavon McClendon
as Jinx
Aeriél Miranda
as Lavetta
Lisa Renee Pitts
as Verna Griffin
Angela Elayne Gibbs
as Doris Jackson
Bruce Beatty
as Hosea Jackson
Rogelio Douglas Jr.
as Chuck D
