*Over the weekend, Oprah tweeted her praise for the film “Straight Outta Compton” to her friend, “Selma” director Ava DuVernay. Winfrey called the film “powerful” and “eye opening rap education.” ...

It would have been hard to make a bad film out of a story and soundtrack as vital and compelling as NWA's Straight Outta Compton, the riotous 1989 rap record that didn't so much break the charts and ...

What makes rap such a powerful art form is how artists are able to transform their deepest emotions into a raw masterpiece that’s constantly shifting the culture in new directions. Hearing someone ...

‘Gangsta Rap’ is in the eye of the beholder. The rap group, N.W.A, defined the music sub-genre, “gangsta rap,” for its uncensored look into the inner-city life of gangs, violence and crime. N.W.A., ...

Romulus, and Straight Outta Compton make up our list of the best movies to watch on Prime Video the weekend of January 2nd, ...

See what other films cracked the top 10. — -- "Straight Outta Compton" is the box office champ for the second weekend in a row. The biopic on the rap group N.W.A. earned an estimated $26.8 ...

Compton isn’t just a line in a bar or a movie title. The Los Angeles suburb had a major part in shaping how the world hears West Coast music and how artists talk about the neighborhoods that raised ...

Director F. Gary Gray turns the meteoric rise and fractious fall of rap supergroup N.W.A. into a sprawling, exhilarating Los Angeles hip-hop epic. When it dropped in 1988, N.W.A.’s first studio album ...

Artists that burn brightly for a short time deserve similarly styled biopics, as “Sid & Nancy” did for the Sex Pistols and “Control” for Joy Division. The new “Straight Outta Compton,” which tells the ...

Straight Outta Compton is an entertaining, powerful and relevant take on the rise and fall of rap group N.W.A. Following the meteoric rise and fall of rap group N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton tells ...

Straight Outta Compton was the debut album for the rap group N.W.A., or Niggaz Wit Attitudes. The group consisted of five members, nicknamed Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Eazy-E, DJ Yella and Arabian Prince. The ...