Straight Out of Compton is a 2015 American biographical crime drama film directed by F. Gary Gray and written by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff. It is based on the life of N.W.A, a hip hop group from Compton, California. The film stars O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell as Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Eazy-E, respectively. Paul Giamatti and R. Marcos Taylor also star.

The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2015, and was theatrically released in the United States on August 14, 2015. It received critical acclaim and grossed $201.6 million …