Straight Outta Compton - the NWA influence

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Straight Outta Compton, the much-awaited biopic of the LA gangsta rap group NWA, has had its world premiere in Los Angeles. NWA were pioneers of a raw, confrontational rap style that chronicled the lives of young black men in inner-city LA. Rap music historian Ben Westhoff explains the group's influence on pop culture. (Photo: Rapper Ice Cube of NWA together with his son O'Shea Jackson Junior, who plays him in the film Straight Outta Compton. Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images)