Straight Outta Compton poster
Director F. Gary Gray
Screenplay Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff

Straight Outta Compton

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

Release Date: 2015-08-11

Duration: 147 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Paul Giamatti
    Jerry Heller
  • Alexandra Shipp
    Kim
  • Maria Sten
    Girlfriend (uncredited)
  • Keith Powers
    Tyree
  • Benjamin Levy Aguilar
    Protester (uncredited)
  • LaKeith Stanfield
    Snoop Dogg
  • Aldis Hodge
    MC Ren
  • Orlando Brown
    Block Dude
  • O'Shea Jackson Jr.
    Ice Cube
  • Dean Cameron
    Capitol Records Executive