Only a few years later, Straight Outta Compton was on Time’s list of all-time great albums. In 1991, the magazine argued that N.W.A.’s commercial success was “raising questions about why ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A new marketing campaign for the bio-pic 'Straight Outta Compton,' a film about the rap group NWA, is taking Facebook and Twitter by storm. Here's how you can get ...

Straight Outta Compton director Gary Gray makes it clear that's he's acutely aware of the historical parallels between the past, present and N.W.A's story. That goes for the music, too ...

Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story ... down and formed the world's most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before ...

Rapper Ice Cube and his son O’Shea Jackson, Jr. discuss their movie “Straight Outta Compton,” N.W.A.’s legacy and more at the WSJ Cafe.

TAMPA, Fla. — There is a long, long list of famous athletes, music artists and entertainers who grew up in one of Los Angeles ...

To do full justice to the NWA story you really need a multi-part HBO mini-series, ideally written by Richard Price and directed by David Simon. Instead, we have F Gary Gray’s 150-minute biopic ...

Express Yourself and the influential album Straight Outta Compton first released in 1988. N.W.A. split in 1991, with each member going off to focus on solo careers. Member Eazy E died of AIDS ...