NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. Dre, 55, reportedly is stable and lucid, but doctors haven’t determined what caused his internal bleeding. His physicians are reportedly performing a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Grosse graduated from Carnegie Mellon University and has appeared in major feature films and television productions, including: “Straight Outta Compton,” “Banshee,” “The Brave,”...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The NNPA is pleased and excited to do this live stream with our Brother Leader Ice Cube on behalf of the Black Press...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Entertainment juggernaut Will Packer, the man behind hit films like Girls Trip, Straight Outta Compton. Little, Stomp the Yard, Ride Along, “Ready to...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Family, friends and dignitaries including Ice Cube, Stevie Wonder and Congresswoman Maxine Waters were among those mourning director John Singleton at his Los...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Straight Outta Compton” ceded its three-week reign at the top of the box office to the faith-based “War Room,” which climbed to...
LOS ANGELES (UPI) — Photos said to be of cast members for the Straight Outta Compton sequel reveal actors who will portray Daz Dillinger, Suge Knight, Tupac among others. The...
(International Business Times) – The filmed story of N.W.A. is straight outta competition at the box office. And thanks to a third consecutive week atop Hollywood’s...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Straight Outta Compton” is the No. 1 movie in North America for the second week straight. Universal’s biopic of rap group N.W.A....
Joe Coscarelli, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — For Dr. Dre, this summer was meant to be a victory lap in a...
(International Business Times) – “Straight Outta Compton” has been a huge hit, earning $56.1 million on its opening weekend. But a few are criticizing the biopic, which...
(NME) – New NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton will not be aired in the group’s birthplace of Compton in Los Angeles due to the fact that the area currently has...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Straight Outta Compton” is a box office force. The N.W.A biopic earned $60.2 million in its opening weekend — even more...
Adrienne Green, THE ATLANTIC (The Atlantic) — A few decades have changed a lot about hip-hop, but arguably not that much about America. In 1986,...
Michael Cavna, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — In some ways, it’s like 1988 all over again. Because in culturally resonant times, N.W.A. has...
Janell Ross, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — In 1988, when crack wars raged in communities across the country, hip-hop was still a relatively...
NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Dre and Ice Cube denied long-standing charges of misogyny against N.W.A in a new interview with Rolling Stone. The new N.W.A...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Warning: This isn’t some chump change Sundance indie movie about the rap group NWA. Nor is it a should-have-gone-straight-to-DVD afterthought...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Unprecedented security was in place for the “Straight Outta Compton” film premiere. Invited guests had to navigate various barricades and pass through...
(Black Flag) – In celebration of that dude finally getting the “smoke weed every day” line right from The Next Episode, or perhaps an NWA biopic coming to theaters...
NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Dre says he will donate royalties from his new album to the city of Compton for a new performing arts facility....
(Business Standard) – Record producer Andre Romelle Young, best known by his stage name Dr. Dre, will release his “Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre” album...
(Entertainment Weekly) – Word of a new Dr. Dre album inspired by the forthcoming N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton has circulated for weeks, but according to Ice Cube,...
LINDSEY BAHR, AP Film Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chris Pratt left the CinemaCon crowd in stitches with his irreverent, high-energy and slightly racy comments at...
SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Universal Pictures and the filmmakers behind the planned N.W.A. biopic are distancing themselves from an offensive casting...
