N.W.a. News

Universal distances itself from offensive film casting The casting company has since removed the announcement from its Facebook page Check out this story on sctimes.com: http://www.sctimes.com/story/entertainment/movies/2014/07/23/universal-distances-offensive-film-casting/13068241/ The cast and filmmakers of "Straight Outta Compton" are producer ... (more)

Last year on July 25th, I sent this tweet to Ice Cube: "dreamed I was married to @icecube.

The upcoming N.W.A biopic garnered negative attention last week when a casting call for female characters was posted online.

There are still grown-ups who believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. They're the same people who believe that violent, sexist rap music and blood-and murder-filled video games have absolutely no effect on kids.

Universal Pictures and the filmmakers behind the planned N.W.A. biopic are distancing themselves from an offensive casting announcement for the film.

The agency responsible for casting the forthcoming NWA biopic has apologised after the firm's casting call was accused of being racist.

Hollywood is a tough place to try and land work. Often, casting agencies are looking for specific appearances, and if someone doesn't fit the idea they're looking for, they're simply discarded and told to move along.

Sometimes trying to recreate history is a tricky endeavor. Earlier today a casting call post for the upcoming Straight Outta Compton was leaked and revealed their search for out of shape African American women.

It's time for Mania's second shot of TRT. You can already see why Vitor suddenly started kicking people's heads off once he started on the TRT, just look at what 1 shot did to Mania.

Universal Pictures is hard at work on the film Straight Outta Compton , an N.W.A. biopic set for release next year .

A$AP Rocky once said "a weirdo, but I'm rare though" on his song "Trilla" and Jim Jones seems to agree.

Southern California's Legendary Radio Station KDAY hits new ratings and cume levels, as it grows stronger in Nielsen's Quarterly Ratings Confirming its Unique Appeal leading minority-owned media group, announced today that it reached its highest Quarterly cume and AQH share ratings in two years for the second quarter of 2014 according to the ... (more)

You know those songs that pop on Pandora or iPod shuffle while you’re cleaning house or tending to the stove and literally slap you into paying attention and wondering, “Whoa, what is this?” L.A.-bred singer Robert Francis has a few of those in his catalog – a young but rapidly evolving collection rife with melodically supple ... (more)

It's hard to imagine the inventor of gangsta rap having an office in the spotless halls of Apple's Cupertino headquarters.

Eazy-E's son is throwing his support behind the actor playing his father in the upcoming N.W.A. biopic, Straight Outta Compton .

Former NWA Manager Shares His Thoughts on Straight Outta Compton Movie Posted by Jeffrey Harris on 07.06.2014 He is concerned about his portrayal in the film... TMZ caught up with former NWA manager Jerry Heller who commented on Eazy-E's son being shut out of the audition process for the upcoming NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton and his concern on ... (more)

Lil Eazy-E says he's offered advice to Jason Mitchell, the actor who will play Eazy-E in "Straight Outta Compton."

Despite a report that he was unhappy with the casting, Eric Wright, Jr. the son of N.W.A rapper Eazy-E who records as Lil Eazy-E tells Rolling Stone he has embraced Jason Mitchell, the actor portraying his father in the Ice Cubeproduced N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton .

Raggamuffin star Ice Cube talks to Oscar Quine about going from being a member of NWA to playing a cop From "F*** Tha Police" to playing a cop.

In an exciting move, the one-day event will now feature two stages - one reggae, and one urban, with acts also set to include leading Pacific reggae artist Fiji, Jamaica's Etana and Chronixx, beacon of British reggae, Gappy Ranks - who will play a set with New Zealand's own P-Money.