O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Jason Mitchell dropped into the BBC’s 1Xtra studio to chat with Semtex about the legacy of NWA and their starring roles as Ice Cube and Easy E in ‘Straight Outta Compton’.
Watch the interview as the actors talk about their breakout roles in the film – O’Shea explains how at times it was like a feeling of almost ‘ripping the space-time continuum’ by playing his father in the movie; Jason talks about the need to capture the essence of Easy-E to show who he was and why he had the stigma of being known as the ‘Godfather of Gangsta Rap’; both actors talk about the legacy of N.W.A, working with Dr Dre, about the future of Black movies in Hollywood and their aspirations as rising actors.
Listen to the full #StraightOuttaCompton special with DJ Semtex on BBC 1Xtra now.
Straight Outta Compton has opened in the U.K and is in cinemas nationwide.
