The gritty film is the true life story of the rise of Eazy-E, Ice Cube and Dr. Dre as members of the Compton based Hip-Hop group N.W.A. released on Eazy-E’s Ruthless Records label.

Named for Eazy-E's 1987 song, "Boyz-N-the-Hood" tracks a young boy (Cuba Gooding Jr.) who is sent to live with his no-nonsense father (Laurence Fishburne) in South Central Los Angeles, where he's ...

Lil Eazy-E sits down with Keyshawn Johnson to explain why he did not play his father in the 2015 "Straight Outta Compton" movie and how Jason Mitchell landed the role of Eazy-E.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON") NWA: (Rapping) Straight outta Compton. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Good morning. I'm Michel Martin. The city of Compton is honoring legendary rapper Eazy-E ...

DJ Yella and Lil Eazy-E (Eazy-E’s son) (Image source: Instagram – @djyellaofnwa) DJ Yella of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group NWA released his autobiography this month called Straight Outta ...