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Suge Knight Indicted For Making Death Threats
Suge Knight made a death threat against famed “Straight Outta Compton” director F. Gary Gray … so claims the L.A. County Grand Jury which indicted Suge on felony criminal threats. Suge Knight allegedly made the threat during the filming of the movie, but months before he killed a man involved in the production by driving over him in a Compton parking lot. TMZ obtained a copy of the Grand Jury indictment, which reads in part, “On or about August 8, 2014, Suge … threatened to commit a crime which would result in death and great bodily injury to Felix Gary Gray.” Suge was extremely unhappy with his portrayal in the…
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“Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Me” Trailer
Michel’le is ready to tell her story. The singer, who rose to fame in the late 1980s hip-hop world alongside N.W.A., narrates Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le, a Lifetime original movie based on her tumultuous life in and out of the limelight. Directed by Janice Cooke (One Tree Hill, UnREAL), the film follows Michel’le (played by Lincoln Heights’ Rhyon Nicole Brown) from her early days in Los Angeles to her success with N.W.A., the hip-hop group whose journey was chronicled in 2015’s breakout biopic Straight Outta Compton. At the height of her success, Michel’le dated N.W.A. member Dr. Dre (Curtis Hamilton), a relationship critics said the Oscar-nominated film glossed…
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NWA Reunites At Coachella
On Saturday (April 23rd), all living members of the legendary rap group, N.W.A., reunited to perform for the first time in 16 years. Iconic rapper, actor, and producer, Ice Cube, brought MC Ren, DJ Yella, and most notably Dr. Dre onstage during his weekend set at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Dre joined his former bandmates on stage after they performed “Straight Outta Compton” and “F-ck The Police” to an exhilarated sold-out crowd. The members of N.W.A. performed Dre’s solo hits “California Love” and “Still D.R.E.” and joined together to pay tribute to their friend Eazy-E saying, “Rest in Peace Eazy-E.” Lil Eazy-E, Eazy-E’s son, joined the N.W.A…
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Birdman & Slim Developing Biopic
Cash Money Records co-founders and brothers Bryan “Baby” Williams and Ronald “Slim” Williams are currently developing a script for a biopic about the history of the New Orleans based label. The duo announced their recent undertaking during a speaking engagement at Brooklyn Law School. Baby expressed his enthusiasm about the project saying, “I’m excited about the script. That’s something I really, really wanted to do”. Birdman credited the overwhelming success of the 2015 N.W.A. biopic “Straight Outta Compton” for influencing his decision to bring the Cash Money story to the big screen saying, “I think that Dr. Dre and Ice Cube are geniuses for what they have done and accomplished”.…
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#HappyBirthday Eazy E
With his dark sunglasses, jheri curls and high-pitched rapping style, Eazy-E became one of the defining figures of west coast hip-hop. He’s also one of hip-hop’s more sorely missed. The N.W.A legend born Eric Wright would’ve been 52 years old today.
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Raekwon Wants To Do A Wu-Tang Biopic
N.W.A.’s biopic, Straight Outta Compton has already blown away pre-screening predictions regarding its attendance giving way to possibilities of a slew of other Hip Hop nonfictional movies.
