Who wouldn’t want to franchise off Straight Outta Compton considering the biopic’s respectable fluctuation in the box office.
TMZ reports that Daz, a member of former music group Dogg Pound, told them that there is a movie in the works that will pick up where N.W.A left off, following the careers of Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg, Daz himself, and Warren G or formally known as Dogg Pound. The movie is titled Dogg Pound For Life.
Daz also told TMZ that the influence of gang-violence on the rap industry would not be simmered down like it was in Straight Outta Compton.
As for casting, Dr. Dre’s son is allegedly supposed to take on his role. There’s no say on who will play Snoop or Ice Cube but it will not be the same actors from Straight Outta Compton. It won’t even be the same producers but according to the source, Ice Cube approves of the sequel.
Oh yeah, and how could we forget our pal Suge Knight, who indeed was a huge influence in West Coast music around this time. Of course he’ll be included in the movie, however, the producers will not be working with him.
The influence of N.W.A can be traced all the way to present day and can be seen on this info graph. So if the “sequel” does happen, can we expect a sequel following the careers of all these rappers? Or if it doesn’t happen, we can just act like we never spoke about this.
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This is where Hollywood always messes up – being greedy and uncreative. The sequel WILL flop because the story of Snoop and the Dog Pound isn’t compelling. If you’re going stick to this same formula then you do a movie on a group like Public Enemy. They are similar to NWA in the sense that they were rapping about political issues and police brutality even before NWA. Also, just to see the back story on how Chuck D met Flavor Flav and Professor Griff would be way more interesting. Not to mention all of the racially motivated beating and killing that took place in NY during that time.