Dr. Dre’s son Curtis Young was once approached to play Dre in ‘Straight Outta Compton’, but Young’s father wasn’t too receptive of the idea. by Antonio Stallings Published on May 2, 2023 ...

Corey Hawkins plays Dr. Dre in Straight Outta Compton. F. Gary Gray and Dr. Dre. Straight Outta Compton director F. Gary Gray shares a moment with the film's producer and N.W.A. co-founder Dr. Dre.

Original N.W.A members Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, DJ Yella and MC Ren will participate in a YouTube livestream on Tuesday tied to the upcoming biopic Straight Outta Compton. The hip-hop icons will join ...

Corey Hawkins has been cast as Dr. Dre in the N.W.A. biopic “Straight Outta Compton,” it was announced Wednesday by Universal, which will release the film on Aug. 14, 2015 — the date just ...

Dr. Dre will finally end fans’ 16-year wait for a new album when the rapper releases his Straight Outta Compton soundtrack, which will consist of new music entirely produced by The Chronic ...

Woman Allegedly Assaulted by Dr. Dre Says ‘Straight Outta Compton’ “Ignores” His Victims. Dee Barnes, who settled out of court with Dre over the 1991 incident, writes for 'Gawker' that the ...

Dee Barnes, the former TV personality who was allegedly assaulted by Dr. Dre in 1991, criticized the "revisionist history" in Straight Outta Compton, the N.W.A. biopic that left out her assault ...

Philbin on bringing players to Straight Outta Compton: "I honestly had never heard of Dr. Dre but enjoyed the movie." — Andrew Abramson (@AbramsonFL) August 25, 2015 About ...

The new biopic Straight Outta Compton covers the rise and fall of influential rap group N.W.A., who encountered loads of success and and even more controversy in the late '80s. Out of the group's ...

With a very short period of promotion Dr. Dre was still able to sell nearly 300k albums. “Straight Outta Compton” beat all expectations with $60.2 million in ticket sales for the opening weekend.

Ice Cube’s son, O’Shea Jackson Jr., will play him in the drama, while Jason Mitchell will play Eazy-E By Jeff Sneider Corey Hawkins has been cast as Dr. Dre in the N.W.A. biopic “Straight ...