Straight Outta Compton movie info - movie times, trailers, reviews, tickets, actors and more on Fandango. That's director F. Gary Gray during an audience Q&A after a recent screening of Straight Outta Compton, the long-awaited N.W.A movie. In our review, Amy Nicholson. The photographer behind one of the most provocative album covers, "Straight Outta Compton," says, "It was raw, just like those guys.".
The iconic photo behind 'Straight Outta Compton'Story highlights. Eric Poppleton was 2. He says he had no idea photo would symbolize gangsta rap. It wasn't a big deal to us at the time. He and his art director, Kevin Hosmann, followed the members of N. W. A around alleys in Los Angeles. There was no entourage.
That was long before the members became household names: Eric . A movie about the rap group's rise hits theaters Friday. Dre was spinning records in his garage, and now he's a billionaire. Poppleton hopped on the ground. It wasn't lit. It was raw, just like those guys. It wasn't a big deal to us at the time. You're taking the perspective of someone who is about to be killed essentially.
Not that they were going to do that to me. Even at CNN, would you print an image like that?
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I'm not sure this type of imagery would be so widely accepted or presented in today's commercial marketplace. He has since traveled the world documenting people and landscapes through his photography.
He was in Nepal earlier this year when the earthquake struck. CNN documented his journey to bring home the body of his best friend killed at Everest Base Camp. An advocate for peace, Poppleton has mixed feelings about being the man behind the N. W. A image. But it was the time, so I did it.