Straight Outta Compton (2015)

The highly anticipated biopic telling the tale of one of the pioneer hip hop groups N.W.A certainly lived up to the billing. F. Gary Gray's 2015 film Straight Outta Compton told the story of five black individuals from Compton, California and how they were the first to truly make completely uncensored explicit musical content.

Their message was simple and direct: their challenging lifestyle in the streets of California in the late 1980's isn't documented nearly enough. Through their music, in the most genuine way possible they tell the story of their brutal upbringing.

N.W.A, who quickly got the title of "The World's Most Dangerous Group" was made up of all time great producer Dr. Dre, the MC headliner responsible for the lyrical content of the group Ice Cube, another MC headliner and was dubbed the groups "character" the late Eazy E, underrated rapper MC Ren, and back line DJ, Yella.

Many people feared an inaccurate depiction of this flavorful and unique group when news of the movie as a biopic was first released. Luckily for N.W.A fans, Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson) and Dr Dre (Andre Young) were very much hands on during the making of the film.

The coolest aspect of this film was that the Ice Cube role was played by Cube's own son, O'Shea Jackson Jr. Cube, who transitioned into a prominent acting career once he became famous as a rapper, stressed that his son wasn't given this role just because he really resembles Cube and is his son, he had to earn the role like everyone else, and it took years of preparation.

Elsewhere in the cast, Jason Mitchell played the role of Eazy E. With Eazy E passing away due to complications of H.I.V in 1995, Mitchell had the tough assignment of playing the only member of the group who couldn't be mentored by him during the filming process.

Corey Hawkins, who formally was an actor of broadway, played Dr. Dre. Aldis Hodge played the role of MC Ren, and Neil Brown Jr played DJ Yella. Lastly, amongst the prominent cast, well renowned actor Paul Giamatti played the role of the rap groups controversial manager, Jerry Heller. Financial disputes between Heller and Ice Cube was the beginning of a snowball effect that would ultimately break the group up.

This group defied incredible odds to gain prominence in hip hop. In the beginning they strictly wanted to be an underground group, something that their community could follow. Soon enough, with controversy along the way, the group went worldwide and became a staple in rap history.

They did the only way they know how, giving raw, uncensored content that people may not want to hear, but need to hear.