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  • 4 Hilarious ‘Straight Outta’ Memes

    Netizens are running wild with LOL-worthy memes that pay a nod to the new “Straight Outta Compton” movie.

    The #StraightOutta meme generator creates a poster-like image that uses a similar font and style treatment from the biopic’s promotional campaign. The user uploads a portrait and then fills in the blank after “Straight Outta _______” with a personalized word, substituting “Compton” for anything else.

    Among the gems, Twitter fans created memes for “Shrek” the cast of “The Golden Girls” and other cheeky scenarios.

    The meme generator was created by Dr. Dre‘s Beats company, can can be accessed by clicking here. The rapper serves as producer, along with Ice Cube, on the true story drama based on the rise of his 1990s gangster rap group NWA.

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  • How Ice Cube’s Son Worked the Frown to Play His Dad ‘Straight Outta Compton’

    Rapper/actor Ice Cube and his son O'Shea Jackson Jr.
    Rapper/actor Ice Cube and his son O’Shea Jackson Jr.

    As Ice Cube’s son, O’Shea Jackson Jr already had an advantage in portraying him on screen in “Straight Outta Compton,” a biopic about the rise and fall of the 1980s-90s gangster rap group his father founded, NWA.

    Still, the 23-year-old was committed to mastering the actor-rapper’s every nuance.

    “I’d go around frowning for no reason,” the budding actor tells the Associated Press of how he prepared for his audition.

    No doubt his acting ability and nearly-identical looks that he shares with the “21 Jump Street” star helped him land the part. It probably didn’t hurt that the 46-year-old serves as producer on the drama.

    “He just owned it,” Cube shares. “I’m just proud of the production. I have never been this happy for any project that I’ve ever done.”

    “Straight Outta Compton” follows the true journey of Cube, Dr. Dre (also the film’s producer), and NWA’s original lineup, as they formed the platinum-selling hip hop group that exposed the gritty horror of their South Central Los Angeles streets. Police brutality, gang violence and the objectification of women were subjects of the music that reflected their life experience.

    “Straight Outta Compton” hits theaters Aug. 14. Watch the trailer below.

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  • Best of Late Night TV: Ice Cube’s N.W.A Meanings and Michael B. Jordan’s ‘Friday Night Lights’ Flashback

    If you’re like us and value your sleep, you probably nodded off into your Ambien dreamland before the party started on post-prime time TV. Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. Here’s the best of what happened last night on late night.

    The Tonight Show” to chat about “Straight Outta Compton,” and while he couldn’t say what N.W.A stands for, he did reveal what it doesn’t stand for. Nine White Accountants, for example. Or, even more hilarious, Nickleback Was Awesome.

    Meryl Streep and her daughter, Mamie Gummer, worked together on “Ricki and the Flash,” but apparently Streep totally ignored her kid on set. Look, she didn’t win all those awards by being nice.

    Over on “Late Night,” Jason Segel mused on what it was like to costar in a movie with dogs. Apparently, he had to “stuff his pants with salmon” to get the pups to be interested in him, which sounds completely horrifying.

    Remember when your entire life revolved around “Friday Night Lights”? Well, Michael B. Jordan is in “The Fantastic Four,” which means we finally have a reason to get up in the morning. And speaking of reasons to wake up, watch this interview of him talking about his time at Dillon High School.
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  • Ice Cube Says Biopic ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Exposes ‘Dirty Hood’

    At the height of gangster culture and crime in South Central Los Angeles, a group of “kids from Compton” channeled their frustration through music. Those “kids” became NWA—a platinum-selling hip hop group that exposed the brutality of their streets.

    “We were rapping about what was going on the hood because it was dirty,” founding member turned actor Ice Cube explains in a new featurette released this week for “Straight Outta Compton,” a biopic about the rise and fall of the gangster rap group. “We took the music and it became our weapon.”

    In the forthcoming drama, he is portrayed by his son, O’Shea Jackson Jr. “They shed light on things people needed to know,” the budding actor-rapper says.

    Along with Ice Cube, the original NWA lineup in 1988 consisted of Arabian Prince, DJ Yella, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E and MC Ren. One year later, their debut album—which shares the same name of the movie title—proved to be a hit. “We were just guys from the hood that made something incredible happen,” Dr. Dre says.

    Though popular until they split in 1991, their music was banned from many mainstream stations for its explicit lyrics, women bashing and glorification of violence against police. Director F. Gary Gray says NWA “tapped into the rebel in all of us.”

    “Straight Outta Compton” hits theaters on Aug. 14.

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  • You Can’t Miss This ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Trailer (VIDEO)

    The upcoming drama “Straight Outta Compton” chronicles the highs and lows of the seminal West Coast rap group N.W.A., from their troubled beginnings to their incredible fame and growing notoriety.

    Newcomer O’Shea Jackson Jr. plays his real-life dad Ice Cube, alongside Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell as Dr. Dre and Eazy-E. Paul Giamatti plays their then-manager Jerry Heller, who co-founded Ruthless Records with Eazy-E in 1986. Ice Cube and Dr. Dre are producers on the pic, which is directed by F. Gary Gray (“Law Abiding Citizen,” “The Italian Job,” “Set It Off,” “Friday”). The supporting cast includes Alexandra Shipp, Orlando Brown, and R. Marcos Taylor as Suge Knight.

    Ice Cube described their story as “an American story of not only rags to riches, but David vs. Goliath. To me, when you talk about N.W.A, you talk about non-violent protests against things that we were trying to comprehend, so we ended up putting it in song.”

    “Straight Outta Compton” opens nationwide on August 14.

  • ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Red Band Trailer Reveals N.W.A. Origins (VIDEO)

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    The first red band trailer for N.W.A. biopic “Straight Outta Compton” has arrived, and the enthralling clip takes a no-holds-barred approach to telling the story of the controversial rap group’s origins.

    N.W.A. co-founders Ice Cube and Dr. Dre provide a short introduction to the clip, in which they talk about how today’s cultural climate made the timing right to finally tell the group’s story. “We let people know that it’s okay to say what you want to say,” the rappers explain of the group’s importance.

    The trailer begins in Los Angeles’s rough Compton neighborhood in 1987, as the trio including Ice Cube (played by the rapper’s own son, O’Shea Jackson Jr.), Dr. Dre (Corey Hawkins), and Eazy-E (Jason Mitchell) begin forming N.W.A. We see the recording of iconic song “Boyz-n-the-Hood” and the pushback from some members of media, who deem the group’s songs, especially “F–k tha Police,” as glorifying drugs and violence.

    “Our art is a reflection of our reality,” Cube declares at a press conference.

    Later, in defiance of an order not to perform “Police” at a concert, Cube leads the crowd in raising his middle finger to the ban, then launches into a manic rendition of the incendiary track. It’s a goosebump-inducing moment in a movie that’s no doubt chock full of similar scenes.

    Check out the full (NSFW) trailer below. “Straight Outta Compton” is slated for release on April 14, 2015.

    [via: Rolling Stone]

    Photo credit: Universal

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