The N.W.A biopic 'Straight Outta Compton' retained its No. 1 position at the box office for the second consecutive weekend. The F. Gary Gray-directed movie pulled in an estimated $26.8 million over the three-day period.
As expected, the N.W.A biopic 'Straight Outta Compton' went straight to No. 1 at the box office, raking in an estimated $56.1 million over the three-day weekend.
Almost an obligatory choice for this list, 1988's 'Straight Outta Compton' is perhaps the ultimate gangsta rap album --- a violent, uncompromising springboard for the success of West Coast rap and soon-to-be superstars Eazy-E, Dr. Dre and Ice Cube...
Politics in inner-city Los Angeles have always been a hot topic especially since the racially charged Watts Riots in the 1960s. The members of N.W.A. -- Ice Cube, Eazy E, Dr. Dre, DJ Yella and MC Ren -- are all old enough to remember the aftermath of the riots while they were growing up...
When Dr. Dre released his debut album, 'The Chronic,' in 1992, he just left N.W.A. due to a contractual dispute with Ruthless Records and founded Death Row Records with co-founder Suge Knight. The Compton native was determined to prove to himself and the world how great of a producer he really is -- and he succeeded several times over with 'The Chronic.'