![]() ![]() When it dropped in 1988, N.W.A.’s first studio album (from which the movie takes its title) shook the hip-hop world from its solid East Coast moorings with its button-pushing, madly rhythmic depictions of thug life in South L.A. 14 opener should keep the studio clocking much dollars at the late-summer box office. A very smart piece of counter-programming in a summer dominated by lily-white tentpole movies, Universal’s Aug. Gary Gray’s movie is a feast for hip-hop connoisseurs and novices alike as it charts the West Coast rap superstars’ meteoric rise, fractious in-fighting and discovery that the music business can be as savage as the inner-city streets. A conventional music-world biopic in outline, but intensely human and personal in its characterizations and attention to detail, director F. But if “Compton” is undeniably of the moment, it’s also timeless in its depiction of how artists and writers transform the world around them into angry, profane, vibrant and singular personal expression. ![]() Run didn’t show JoJo how to walk his way.The ferocious rhymes of hip-hop icons N.W.A.’s controversial 1988 anthem “F–k tha Police” scarcely seem to have aged when they blast on to the soundtrack of “Straight Outta Compton,” echoing into a world where the abuse of black Americans at the hands of law-enforcement officials remains common headline news. JoJo, 25, released a diss track called “Holy Water” in response to Harlem rapper Juelz Santana’s “Soft” when Juelz’s friend saw JoJo on the street, he put the brat in a headlock and forced him to call Juelz on the spot and apologize. Run of the iconic ’80s rap group Run-D.M.C., proves that rap royalty can only take you so far when it comes to rocking the mike. Chet has yet to make it big in the music business, and unfortunately, the 25-year-old thought his rap skills were so tight that it was OK to use the N-word - with his father’s backing, of course. While most aspiring rappers are forced to resort to busking and sending out samples to find their big break, Chet Haze had to look no further than his Oscar-winning daddy, Tom Hanks. Romeo eventually left the rap life to attend the University of Southern California on a basketball scholarship, but this Beverly Hills High School grad knows how to keep it real in the 90210. Percy Romeo Miller Jr., son of hip-hop mogul Percy “Master P” Miller, started rapping at the tender age of 5 with the stage name “Lil’ Romeo.” A platinum single and a gold record followed, and the young MC became an instant heartthrob with hits like “My Baby” and “2 Way.”īut rap skills aren’t the only thing the now-25-year-old inherited from his dad he’s as business-savvy as his pop, making appearances on “Dancing With the Stars,” coming out with a clothing line, and doing an ad for online school ICDC College. ![]() The closest this kid has ever gotten to the street is portraying his dad in “Straight Outta Compton.” Romeo Miller, a k a ‘Romeo’ O’Shea Jackson Jr., a k a OMG (Oh My Goodness), son of rap legend Ice Cube - who has a net worth of more than $100 million - made his rap debut on his father’s 2010 album “I Am the West.” But while his dad was raised on the streets of Compton, O’Shea has lived a life of manicured lawns and private schools his leisurely existence apparently gave him enough material to release a mix tape in 2012. ![]() The couple broke things off in July - guess his thug life was too much for her to handle? O’Shea Jackson Jr., a k a ‘OMG’ Records, and even gained some street cred by dating Rita Ora. or as Hil refers to it, “The Cut.” Hil, 25, was lucky enough to score a deal with Warner Bros. Son to designer Tommy Hilfiger, Ricky Hil came on the scene in 2011 straight out of Greenwich, Conn. Richard James Hilfiger, a k a ‘Ricky Hil’ Let’s look at the rappers who are straight outta gated communities. The only problem? Many of today’s most popular rappers were born into wealth - the closest they’ve come to a police chase is watching “Cops.”īut the rich have problems too, you know. Dre), many will never understand what life is really like on the streets of Compton.Īudiences are always drawn to the gritty lifestyle of drugs, police brutality and poverty that’s portrayed in rap lyrics. While some will be able to relate to the rags-to-riches biography of O’Shea Jackson (Ice Cube), Eric Wright (Eazy-E) and Andre Romelle Young (Dr. “Straight Outta Compton,” a biography about famed rap group N.W.A, hits theaters Friday. ![]()
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