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Enhanced Security at Straight Outta Compton Is Straight Outta Racist Playbook
Straight Outta Compton, the F. Gary Gray biopic about legendary hip-hop pioneers N.W.A, may have defied expectations, with an astounding $59 million at the box office expected its opening weekend, but moviegoers were still treated like “Niggaz Wit Attitudes.” Amid a swiftly growing Black Lives Matter movement—which has ramped up protests as the political cycle…
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Straight Outta History: Director F. Gary Gray Speaks on the Brotherhood, Impact and Legacy of N.W.A
Straight Outta Compton, the story of Eric “Eazy-E” Wright, Andre “Dre” Young, O’Shea “Ice Cube” Jackson, Antoine “DJ Yella” Carraby and Lorenzo “MC Ren” Patterson, collectively known as N.W.A, is finally on the big screen. And unlike previous black music biopics, this one, because it digs deep and even creates a film that transports audiences…
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"Straight Outta Compton": An Interview About The Movie With Panama Jackson
(Full disclosure: I saw the movie for free a few nights ago. But I was not asked to nor paid to convince you to see this movie. I think you should because I love NWA and Black films.) VSB: Hey Panama, so we noticed you requested to do an interview…with yourself…about the movie Straight Outta…
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Why We Can’t Afford to Dodge Jury Duty
I recently concluded a trial on a civil rights case. Without discussing the details, it was a case that was in the New England area, where I found myself daily in a courthouse with hardly a sign of another person of color anywhere. One or two marshals, but no judges, no law clerks, no custodians…
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Dr. Dre Speaks Out About Abusive Past
On Friday, Straight Outta Compton opens in theaters, and from the marketing of the film, everyone is expecting it to be a blockbuster hit. But it’s another “hit” that has people talking. Specifically, the hits Dr. Dre has given women over the last couple of decades. Dr. Dre has made millions over the last few decades with…
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Movie Review: Straight Outta Compton Takes N.W.A From Boys to Men Who Became Hip-Hop Legends
Straight Outta Compton is a film that brilliantly captures the energy of a group of friends raging against the post-industrial machine in a city on the brink of eruption. Directed by F. Gary Gray, Straight Outta Compton tells the story of N.W.A, one of the most notorious and iconic rap groups in music history, and…
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Leaderless or Leader-ful?
Editor’s note: In the second installment of the four-part series After the Fire, The Root looks at the structure of this current movement, a movement where anyone can be the boss, yet nobody is the boss. After the Fire was reported and written by Associate Editor Danielle C. Belton. Illustration by Jada Prather. Read Part 1.…
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‘What the Hell Is Going on in Ferguson?!’ How #MikeMike Changed Our World
It’s hard to believe it’s been one year since then-Ferguson, Mo., Police Officer Darren Wilson’s bullets plowed through the body of 19-year-old Michael Brown Jr. One year since the teen’s slain body was left lying in the middle of Canfield Drive in the sweltering heat for four hours, his warm blood trickling down the pavement,…
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Ala. Police Officer Recorded Saying Black Man Should Be Killed and His Death Covered Up
An Alabama police officer reportedly suggested killing a black resident and then covering up the incident as self-defense, The Guardian has uncovered. Alexander City Police Officer Troy Middlebrooks was apparently “disciplined” after making the statements in May 2013 but kept his job and still goes out on patrols in the neighborhood. According to the report,…
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David Simon Says: Show Me a Hero and I’ll Write You a Tragedy
We didn’t know early on that David Simon was making honest television. Even the idea of it sounds like a lark. But David Simon has been teaching us all along how to watch David Simon. And maybe we weren’t ready for the truth to be shown to us in the dream box with landscapes that…