Last night, Ice Cube, F. Gary Gray, O’Shea Jackson, Jr. and Jason Mitchell hosted a private screening of the Universal Pictures’ film Straight Outta Compton at Regal Atlantic Station in Atlanta’s midtown area. After the screening, there was a discussion on Compton, police brutality, and N.W.A’s impact on hip-hop with the film’s executive producers Ice Cube and Will Packer, director F. Gary Gray, and members of the cast: O’Shea Jackson, Jr. and Jason Mitchell.
Celebrity guests included Roger Bobb, B.o.B., David Banner, Da Brat and Atlanta notables, Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall and his wife Natalie, RL from the group Next and his wife, and Takeo Spikes.
Straight Outta Compton hits theaters August 14.
(Photos by Robin Lori for Steed Media Service)