*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.” ...

‘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., ...

See what other movies did well over the weekend. — -- It was a W.I.N. for the N.W.A. biopic "Straight Outta Compton" at the weekend box office. The film, which chronicles the rise of the ...

The film follows the rise of rap group N.W.A, made up of Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella Ice Cube's oldest son, O'Shea Jackson Jr., portrayed him in the movie It's been a decade since ...

Years after the Watts Riots, the City of Compton became synonymous with poverty, street gangs and rampant violence. It has changed, too. But Friday is the opening day of the new film, Straight Outta ...

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 ...

"Compton" isn't straight outta material. Keeping the momentum of "Straight Outta Compton's" box office success, another gangsta rap biopic is being shopped around that chronicles the rise and fall of ...

The hip-hop biopic "Straight Outta Compton" beat all expectations to debut with $60 million at the box office, according to Sunday estimates. The film about the emergence of N.W.A. rap stars Ice Cube, ...

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 ...