Straight Outta Compton

and parties, but this all changed when he, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Yella, MC Ren, the Arabian Prince and the D.O.C. created N.W.A, a hip-hop group. This group is what changed his life forever, he was able to release hard hitting albums including Straight Outta Compton which was released in 1988 and sold more than two million copies. But with this extreme amount of fame and a controversial song named “F*** tha Police” came a collection of problems. The song initiated a large wave of violence…

Jackson Coale Gott was born September 10, 1829 in Lake Roland, Baltimore County. He studied carpentry as a child and later studied architecture in the offices of several prominent local architects, while apprenticing with an unnamed carpenter and master builder while studying under private tutors. After his apprenticeship, he worked in the building industry for several years and in 1863, Gott opened his architectural office, according to the Baltimore City Directory. Gott was later elected an…

molestation charges. Reportedly, Mesereau declined to provide a reason for his departure. Suge Knight was arrested in January 2015 after he allegedly ran over two Compton men with his pick up truck after an argument. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Knight was escorted off of the set of a promotional video for the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton after a heated argument with Cle "Bone" Sloan. The argument escalated later outside of a fast-food restaurant. Knight maintains that Cle "Bone"…

creation of the most influential music group in history and also how it gives you an understanding of their greatest songs by showing us the real-life events that gave them the inspiration for those songs. In the 1980s, African-American youths in Compton were faced with poverty, police harassment, drugs, and violence. Five friends, known as Dr. Dre (Corey Hawkins), Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson Jr.), Eazy-E (Jason Mitchell), MC Ren (Aldis Hodge), and DJ Yella (Neil Brown Jr.) decide to try their…

Is It Okay to Use the N-word? Is the n-word an offensive word to you? To some it may be, but to a lot of people it is a frequently used word dependent upon the culture. The n-word is a word that developed over time after slavery as a slang word used to reference African Americans. The word can be used in a sense such as a friend, but can also be used in a negative, derogative manner with a racial insinuation towards someone. The n-word is perceived to be an acceptable word when used by a…

Gangster films are one of the most popular films today. These films are full of violence, crime, action and a whole lot more. Films in this genre go pretty far back in time. Some of the most popular gangster films were made in the early 1900’s. One of the first ever gangster film made is Musketeers of Pig Alley. This film is black and white with no sound. According to Film Genre Reader II, “we know that whatever happens the gangster always gets his” (Mitchel 206). Having that in mind makes these…

One of the most praised American hip hop groups N.W.A success stemmed from the basis of rape culture, Sikivu Hutchinson argues in her article “Straight Outta Rape Culture”. In the most famous 1988 song “Straight Outta Compton”, they murmur the story of neighborhood girl raped and murdered (“So what about the bitch that got shot, fuck her, you think I give a damn about a bitch, I’m not a sucker), flaunting their testosterone fueled…

Jerry talks about his relationship with Eric Wright a.k.a Eazy-E. He also speaks of some specific experiences he endured with the group as a whole. From legal issues to health issues he says it all. As most of you who have seen the movie “Straight Outta Compton” or simply done your research may know, Ice Cube and Dr.Dre were not fairly compensated as compared to Eazy-E who was first to be founded by Jerry. This led them to publicly bash and ruin Jerry Heller's’ name. Some of the younger…

heard my dad playing this in the car multiple times and I would love to jam to it but I had no Idea about NWA and what they were I just found it a fun upbeat song. I honestly had no idea about this song for the longest time until the movie Straight Outta Compton came out and the scene showing this whole beef and making of this song played and it all came back to me as a kid listening to this song, all of the lyrics started to make sense and I could understand and feel Ice Cubes emotion in that…

This is shown in the movie “Straight Outta Compton”, where there is a scene in the movie in which officers put the five rappers in NWA in submission for no observable reason other than standing outside their studio. Their manager, a white male named Jerry Heller, came out and exclaimed “you can’t arrest them just because they’re black!” This moment in the movie was one of many ways “Straight Outta Compton” portrayed racial profiling against African Americans, and how…