A week full of controversy and media frenzy was enough to generate a buzz for Straight Outta Compton to reign supreme at the box office yet again, giving the N.W.A biopic a grand total of $115.7 million in ticket sales.

Just about anyone with kids will tell you it’s hard (and expensive) enough to raise them as a full grown adult.

There isn’t much debate about it; Fetty Wap definitely dominated the radio in 2015. As the year progressed, he became the first artist to simultaneously chart his first four entries in the top 10 of the Hot Rap Songs chart in its 26-year history, allowing for his self-titled debut album to grab the No. 1 […]

Let’s get one thing established from jump: movie theater shootings are not a common occurrence nor should they ever be anticipated. However, in wake of the heinous act that happened during the opening day of Amy Schumer’s Trainwreck in Lafayette, Louisiana, Universal Pictures agreed to reimburse theaters for the extra security during Straight Outta Compton’s […]

It cannot be stressed enough how former Ruthless Records rapper, The D.O.C., was well on his way to superstardom before a 1989 car crash (as depicted in Straight Outta Compton) injured what was considered to be his driving force in life: his vocal chords.

As the old saying goes, “Behind every fortune lies a great crime.”

Even with the biggest movie and (rap) album in the country, there was no way Dr. Dre could continue to mosey around like he didn’t hear the mounting criticism that his N.W.A biopic, Straight Outta Compton, intentionally chose to omit his documented domestic violence cases against women from the final cut. In a new statement […]

Dr. Dre’s new album, Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre, isn’t exactly the critically acclaimed masterpiece we’ve grown accustomed to getting from the legendary producer.

Even before the box office success of Straight Outta Compton, criticism of Dr. Dre’s past as a domestic abuser constantly was rehashed. One of his victims was artist and Pump It Up host Dee Barnes, who has watched and reflected on the movie for Gawker.com.

Detox is still a mythological construct, but Dr. Dre is dropping a new album. The Beats By Dre founder announced today that he will be dropping Compton: The Soundtrack on August 7, exclusively via Apple Music. 

The surviving members of the N.W.A are masters at whetting the public’s appetite for the forthcoming Straight Outta Compton, seeing that it still a little too early to start camping outside of theaters.

Dr. Dre recently revisited his heinous past as a woman beater; the best way you’d expect a man of his stature and profile to respond.