James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson bring energy and pathos to this revival of Donald L. Coburn’s play.
Author
Dylan Green
N.W.A. was at the pinnacle of gangsta rap at the end of the 1980s when their debut studio project ‘Straight Outta Compton’ debuted in the midst of American cultural growing pains; not only were racism and police brutality creeping back into the public consciousness, but hip-hop culture, at the tail end of its infancy, was was being put through the ringer by cultural watchdogs and older music fans alike.