The 1988 release of N.W.A’s “gangsta” rap album Straight Outta Compton vaulted Compton, California, into the national spotlight as a symbol of urban gang violence. The double-platinum album ...

The iconic photo behind ‘Straight Outta Compton’ by: CNN Wire. Posted: Aug 15, 2015 / 12:46 PM EDT. ... He had no idea the photograph would become an iconic symbol of gangsta rap.

Opinion: Straight outta Compton: What mapping L.A. through its music history tells us about our city. ... Like Compton, Beverly Hills is a symbol as much as it is a place.

One of the summer’s most entertaining and provocative movies, F. Gary Gray’s “Straight Outta Compton’’ provides timely context to one of the most inflammatory songs of the 20th century ...

The 'Straight Outta Compton' album cover art summed up the album's lyrics at the time. I'm not sure this type of imagery would be so widely accepted or presented in today's commercial marketplace ...