Evolution of Hip Hop
Friday, October 09, 2015
Local cinemas were abuzz over the weekend as this film transformed theatres more into a hip-hop concert atmosphere banging with the sounds of hip-hop moguls Ice Cube, Dr. Dre as well as their iconic rap group Niggas With Attitude (N.W.A). By the way Straight Outta Compton is a biography film, hence it tells a true story about the rise and fall of these hip hop music super stars and their struggles growing up in a violent neighbourhoods.
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 N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton tells the astonishing story of how these youngsters revolutionised music and pop culture forever the moment they told the world the truth about life in the hood and ignited a cultural war.
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