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Rap Revelation: ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Does N.W.A. Proud

by Bob Grimm August 20th, 2015December 16th, 2020

I did not realize until I had watched the entirety of Straight Outta Compton, the thrilling new N.W.A. biopic, that Ice Cube’s son was playing Ice Cube. It’s not like the guy is named Ice Cube Jr. He’s actually named O’Shea Jackson Jr.—his dad’s birth name with Jr. tacked on to the end. Jackson Jr. […]

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