After spending several years languishing in the stages of early development, the NWA biopic ‘Straight Outta Compton’ is finally being made and released. Below you can watch the trailer for the film that focuses on the legendary West Coast rap group NWA and that will be in cinemas on August 14. The rap group kickstarted the careers of Ice Cube and Dr. Dre who are producing the film. Ice Cube’s son O’Shea Jackson Jr. will play his younger counterpart while Marcus Callender and Jason Mitchell will play Dr. Dre and the late Eazy-E. NWA is credited with pioneering gangsta rap in the gritty mid to late 1980s amidst all the drugs and violence. The feature film will also focus on Snoop Dogg, Suge Knight and NWA’s manager Jerry Heller. Watch the trailer below.

This the official synopsis for ‘Straight Outta Compton’:

“In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country. When five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive voice to a silenced generation.  Following the meteoric rise and fall of NWA, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON tells the astonishing story of how these youngsters revolutionized music and pop culture forever the moment they told the world the truth about life in the hood and ignited a cultural war.”