Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Overview... a hood boy from Compton with big dreams. Ice Cube puts all his angst into his hip-hop lyrics. He’s speaking to a new generation, venting about the pains of growing up in Compton, a gang-ridden LA neighborhood. His only way out is through the entertainment industry, and his local buddy Dr. Dre is giving him a chance to come together and form a revolutionary new rap group, N.W.A.
Personality… ambitious, lyrical, and riotous. Ice Cube constantly gets harassed by police, even when he didn’t really do anything wrong. His hatred for the police is perhaps stronger than his hatred for the hard gangsters who terrorized his adolescence. But now Ice Cube has a chance to fight back, through his rap.
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In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—rmed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world's most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
