for the hip hop crowd

Rating: 6/10 (1 August 2016)

This is a sort of biographical tale of how rappers Ice Cube, Easy E, and Dr Dre came to fame. I'd say you need to be a fan in order to really like this movie.
The movie starts with them as teens living in South Central. The part I didn't like was how they portrayed all the cops to be bullies with no cause. I seriously doubt it's like that in South Central.
Anyways they get popular in clubs and a music producer, Jerry, wants to sign them (but is really only after Ease E). So of course with money involved the friends grow apart and they get mixed up with thug, Sug Knight. Eventually E dies while the other 2 have even more success.
I thought the actors portraying the rappers really played the part. And I didn't know it was Ice Cube's son playing him until looking here. Now I know why he looked so much like the real Ice Cube.
FINAL VERDICT: OK, better if you were one of their fans.