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Dre enjoys his newfound freedom and begins working with other rappers including then-newcomer Snoop Dogg. Dre leaves N.W.A to form Death Row Records with Knight, who has his men threaten Heller and beat Eazy-E to pressure them to release Dr. This, combined with his association with the Nation of Islam, outspoken criticism of the Los Angeles Police Department in the wake of the beating of Rodney King, and a starring role in the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood, make him even more famous and controversial.ĭre hires the imposing Blood gang member Suge Knight as his manager after Knight proves that Heller has been underpaying him. When N.W.A heavily insult Cube on their next record, 100 Miles and Runnin' (1990), he responds with the diss track ' No Vaseline', criticizing his former bandmates and Heller, mentioning his being Jewish, which prompts accusations of antisemitism. His debut solo album, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990), becomes a hit, but when Priority Records is unable to pay him his advance on his next album, he wrecks the label head's office. Heller delays the individual members' contracts with Ruthless, and when he insists that Cube should sign without legal representation, Cube quits the group. During a bridge, the police stop them and arrest the group, resulting in a riot. Police in Detroit forbid them from performing the song, but they perform it anyway. During a 1989 concert tour, the FBI demands N.W.A to not perform 'Fuck tha Police', because it encourages violence against law enforcement. The album becomes a controversial hit due to its profanity and violent lyrics, and the group's style is dubbed gangsta rap by the press. While recording their debut album, Straight Outta Compton (1988), the group is harassed by police due to their race and appearance, prompting Cube to compose a diss track towards the police. It becomes a local hit, and Eazy, Cube, Dre, DJ Yella, and MC Ren form the group N.W.A ('Niggaz Wit Attitude').Įazy accepts Jerry Heller's offer to manage N.W.A and co-run Ruthless, and Priority Records offers N.W.A a record deal. When their song ' Boyz-n-the-Hood' is rejected by a New York rap group, Dre convinces Eazy to perform it instead. Intrigued by Cube's 'reality raps' reflecting on the crime, gang violence, and police harassment that they and other African Americans encounter daily, Dre convinces Eazy to fund a startup record label, Ruthless Records, with Dre as record producer. Dre, is an aspiring disc jockey, and Ice Cube is a young rapper. In Compton, California in 1986, Eazy-E is a drug dealer, Dr. Heller filed a lawsuit against the filmmakers, protesting his depiction and claiming that parts were taken from his autobiography without permission. 1 on the Rap Albums chart and reached no. The soundtrack album, featuring music by N.W.A, debuted at no.

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Dre's third studio album, Compton, which debuted at no. Released on August 14, 2015, Straight Outta Compton made over $201 million on a production budget of $50 million, was chosen by National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2015 and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The production faced several controversies, including casting call issues and several acts of violence on set. Much of the cast signed on in June 2014 and principal photography began that August, taking place around Los Angeles and Compton, California. Several directors were approached, including Craig Brewer, Peter Berg and John Singleton, before Gray was confirmed in April 2012. Talks of an N.W.A biopic began in 2010 by New Line Cinema. Paul Giamatti also stars as N.W.A's manager Jerry Heller. Ice Cube is played by his real-life son, O'Shea Jackson Jr., with Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre as producers, as was Eazy-E's widow, Tomica Woods-Wright, while MC Ren and DJ Yella served as creative consultants. The members of N.W.A were involved in the production of the film, including Ice Cube and Dr. Gary Gray, depicting the rise and fall of the gangsta rap group N.W.A and its members Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Dr. Straight Outta Compton is a 2015 American biographical musical crime drama film directed by F.

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