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'Straight Outta Compton' film about N.W.A echoes the past and present

Ice Cube and Dr. Dre watched from directors' chairs as Compton circa 1991 unfolded before their eyes. In a parking lot behind an old, dilapidated theater in Leimert Park, low-rider Impalas hopped, Jheri curl hairdos glistened and Daryl Gates-era LAPD officers harassed. The area had been transformed...

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20:38 on July 30 2015

'Straight Outta Compton' film about N.W.A echoes the past and present

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Ice Cube and Dr. Dre watched from directors' chairs as Compton circa 1991 unfolded before their eyes. In a parking lot behind an old, dilapidated theater in Leimert Park,... more info