Still others will find it a self-indulgent, one-sided look at music and racial history after all, it is co-produced by N.W.A.co-founders Dr. Dre and Ice Cube. He added that he doubts this movie will inspire violence or criminal activity.
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But ET Online reports Universal will reimburse theatres for their protection expenses should these businesses decide to hire extra security.
Needless to say, the response to the poorly executed “Straight Outta Uranium” tweet was overwhelmingly negative – just like the response to the Iran deal itself.
Brown’s death was one in a series of police killings of unarmed black men and women across the U.S. that has renewed the debate on race and justice.
“In light of everything that’s going on, we are dispatching additional officers to theatres that are showing the film”, LAPD spokesman Jack Richter told Variety.
MC Ren recently released a new single, “Rebel Music”, featuring Ice Cube. “It’s the American dream”. He approaches Ice Cube in a nightclub to make amends and explore the possibility of a reunion. Jackson plays Ice Cube, who is his father in real life.
The film Straight Outta Compton chronicles the rise of the iconic rap group NWA among the gang violence of 1980s south Los Angeles. It is truly an fantastic story of how a group of boys from the hood rose to fame to become much more than just gangsters; they would become the voices of their generation and extremely successful businessmen. Dre has come out to address the 1991 assault of TV host Dee Barnes, admitting, “I made some fucking frightful mistakes in my life”. According to Deadline, the F. Gary Gray-directed flick is reportedly expected to earn between a whopping $40-50 million as it enters the brunt of its popularity in theaters. But for its debut, it got off to a rocking start.
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“Straight Outta Compton” raked in $4.96M dollars at the box office Thursday night.
