The cover photo for Straight Outta Compton says it all. It's taken from the viewpoint of a man who's likely caught an official N.W.A beat-down. Staring up, he sees a circle of six dead-serious ...

By rights, "Straight Outta Compton" should have arrived in theaters more than a decade ago, when the idea for a biopic about the influential late-'80s-early-'90s rap group N.W.A. first surfaced.

The N.W.A biopic “Straight Outta Compton” chronicles the journey of Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella as they changed the face of rap — and pop culture — on the power of one ...

But almost every viewer will feel something watching “Straight Outta Compton.” Director F. Gary Gray’s effort to bring an important story to the big screen is aided by surprisingly good ...

The hip-hop biopic Straight Outta Compton, about the rap group N.W.A., hits theaters Friday, and contains plenty of larger-than-life moments. Here, we separate fact vs. fiction. It took four ...

“Straight Outta Compton,” the R-rated biopic about iconic West Coast rap group N.W.A., blazed into box-office history with a $56.1 million debut this weekend, the biggest opening ever for an R ...

The West Coast has won. The N.W.A.-inspired film Straight Outta Compton continues to break records as it becomes the highest-grossing music biopic. The F. Gary Gray-directed film, which depicts ...

Watch a film clip from "Straight Outta Compton," starring O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell. Photo: Universal Pictures Once the young rappers find their shared voice and hurl it ...

Since this summer’s release of the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton, the discussion of Eazy-E’s life and the battle he lost to AIDS have made it to the forefront of hip-hop for the first ...