Which 1988 film made the hip-hop group N.W.A. the subject of the song “Straight Outta Compton”?

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There is no 1988 film that made N.W.A. the subject of “Straight Outta Compton”; the song is the title track of their 1988 album.

The wording separates two different works that are often confused. “Straight Outta Compton” is a song by N.W.A. and the title track of the group’s 1988 studio album. The song helped define gangsta rap’s early national impact through its forceful depiction of life in Compton and South Central Los Angeles.

A film titled Straight Outta Compton was released much later, in 2015. Directed by F. Gary Gray, it dramatizes the formation and rise of N.W.A. and stars O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, and Jason Mitchell.

Because the requested answer is a correction rather than a single historical title, this question does not meet the required single-answer format and should not be used in a published trivia set.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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