"The Voice of the Streets": actors and the plot

Today we will talk about the film "The Voice of the Streets". Actors and roles will be given in this material. It's about an American biopic, which was shot by the director F. Gary Gray. The plot is based on real events. The picture tells of the rise and the subsequent fall of the hip-hop team NWA The name of the tape came from the name of the debut album, which was released in 1988. The premiere took place in 2015 in Los Angeles. Soon he got into a rental in almost all the major cinemas in the United States. The picture is marked by positive reviews of many film critics, it has collected 201 million dollars worldwide.

History

The actors of the film "The Voice of the Streets", reincarnated as heroes of the narrative, immerse the viewer in the atmosphere of 1987. The story tells about how five impudent and young friends living in a suburb of Los Angeles, begin their road to fame. They join a group called NWA. Their names were MC Ren, DJ Yella, Ice Cube, Isi-I and Dr. Dre. After the success of the first single of young talented musicians noticed producer Jerry Heller. The debut album, entitled Straight Outta Compton turned into a real hit. The audience encountered the true voice of the streets, which was supplemented by music and bold texts. Soon, rebels from the NWA conquered the whole world. The film tells how they overcame the difficult trials of money and fame. As a result, these people have become successful businessmen, producers and musicians, as they are to this day.

Main roles

Ice Cube and Dr. Dre - this is the name of the two main characters in the film "The Voice of the Streets." Actors O'Shea Jackson Jr. and Cory Hawkins embodied the images on the screen. About the second we'll talk a little more. Cory Antonio Hawkins is an American actor. He is also known for the role of Heath from The Walking Dead.

Eazy-E, MC Ren, DJ Yella

Eric Wright and Lorenzo Patterson - no less significant characters in the film "The Voice of the streets." Actors Jason Mitchell and Aldis Hodge reincarnated in these images. Antoine Carrabi, also known as DJ Yella, was played by Neil Brown, Jr..

Other roles

The characters of Kim and The DOC are also featured in the plot of the film "The Voice of the Streets." Actors Alexander Schipp and Marlon Yates, Jr. embodied these roles on the screen. Paul Giamatti appeared on the screen in the image of Jerry Heller. Carra Patterson played Tomica Woods-Wright. The role of Alonzo Williams was given to Corey Reynolds. Brian Turner and Doris Jackson are also present in the plot of the picture "The Voice of the Streets." Actors Tate Ellington and Angela Elaine Gibbs played these people. Bruce Beatty got the role of Hoshi Jackson. Lisa Renee Pitts played Vernu Young. Keith Stanfield embodied on the screen the image of Kelvin Brodus, also known as Snoop Dogg. R. Marcus Taylor starred in the role of Shug Knight. Sheldon A. Smith participated in the painting in the image of Warren Griffin III, who is also known as Warren G. Tyrone Woodley played T-Bone. Markk Rose was given the role of Tupac Shakur. Brandon Lafursh went to Arabian Prince. F. Gary Gray played himself.

additional information

The film "The Voice of the Streets" began to be created in 2009. It was then that New Line Cinema announced that it intends to begin work on a picture about the history of the NWA team. It was planned that the producers of the project would be Dr Dre, Ice Cube and Tomica Woods-Wright. In 2010, Andrea Berloff began to develop a script for the future of the film. In 2012, it was announced that the director of the picture was F. Gary Gray. He already worked on the tape "Friday" in conjunction with Ice Cube.

In "Challenge" the director collaborated with Dr. Dre. In addition, he created many video clips especially for hip-hop artists, such as Queen Latifah and 50 Cent. In 2013 Universal Studios acted as a distributor of the film. Earlier, back in 2010, the first castings started. Eric Wright, Jr., who is also known as Lil Eazy-E, was to assume the role of his late father - Isi-I.

In 2014, the film's director announced the start of an open casting. The auditions were held in Chicago, Atlanta and California. In 2014 studio Universal made an official announcement about the release date, which was appointed for 2015. It was also confirmed the participation in the film of the son of Ice Cube. Besides him, then they approved Jason Mitchell and Corey Hawkins. Soon Paul Giamatti entered the team. He played Jerry Heller, the manager of the band. The picture shows a pair of famous rappers - Snoop Dog and Tupac Shakur. The role of the first was approved by Keith Stanfield, the second went to debutant Mark Rose.

The filming began in 2014. Most of the scene scenes were recreated in the state of California, in Compton. The film "The Voice of the Streets" contains scenes of violence, drug use and sexual abuse. Also there is obscene language in it. The picture was rated R.

The premiere of the tape in Russia was held in 2015, on November 12. Initially, it was planned that the film would be called "Straight from Compton". However, representatives of the company Universal Pictures stopped at the option "Voice of the streets." In Russia, the picture was age-restricted "18+".

In 2016 the film was nominated for "Oscar" in the category of the best original script. He was also nominated for Sputnik. The painting was nominated for a prize called "The Choice of Critics", the category - "Best Actor". The film was among the top ten best projects of the year by the National Council of Film Critics of the United States.