A mediados de los 80, el barrio californiano de Compton era uno de los lugares más peligrosos de Estados Unidos. Cuando un grupo de jóvenes convirtieron sus experiencias vitales en una música brutalmente sincera que se rebelaba contra la autoridad, le dieron voz a una generación silenciada. Siguiendo la meteórica trayectoria de N.W.A. (formado por Arabian Prince, DJ Yella, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube y MC Ren), la película narra la historia de cómo estos chicos revolucionaron para siempre la música y la cultura popular al contar al mundo cómo era realmente la vida en el ghetto.

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.