The biopic has also gained a ton of buzz on social media thanks to the viral “Straight Outta Generator” that allows users to type in a location or a word that shows up in the Straight Outta logo.

“This is definitely the last big hurrah for the summer, and my gut is that everything is going to go fine and people will enjoy it”, he said.

“The answer I got I don’t think it was a racial thing, I think it was more of a safety issue”, said St. Petersburg City Councilman Wengay Newton. The movie is projects to make over $50 million in it’s opening weekend, according to some analysts.

Fourteen years later in the same magazine, the near-billionaire producer spoke frankly about the incident: “I made some f***ing disgusting mistakes in my life”.

The interview comes on the heels of the release of Straight Outta Compton, the biopic about the rise of N.W.A. The hip hop group, known for popularizing gangsta rap, was well-known for its intense, often offensive lyrics about women. To celebrate the release of the film Straight Outta Compton, former N.W.A members Dr. Dre and Ice Cube explain the importance of representing their roots on their influential album of the same name for Beats by Dre. O’Shea Jackson Jr., son of NWA member Ice Cube, auditioned for two years to get the role of Ice Cube.

Jason Mitchell, who took on the role of the late Eazy-E, credits director F. Gary Gray with creating a safe environment, enabling him to really let loose during some of the film’s emotional scenes. “That’s when I started realizing he wasn’t just “Dad” anymore, he was Eazy E”. “When we was editing this movie, at certain points I was thinking we was looking at the young N.W.A“. They told the truth, ‘ says Lamar.

Ice Cube also gave his take and says that while the group didn’t necessarily participate in protest, their music provided them a platform to let everyone know what was happening in their community.