Last year’s N.W.A. flick Straight Outta Compton has been back in the headlines lately, mostly due to being snubbed by this year’s whitewashed Oscar nominations. Now hip-hop fans have been given some significantly more awesome news regarding the could-have-been best feature. The film’s screenwriter and executive producer Leigh Savidge, who was one of the few people to receive a nod from the Academy, has low-key been working on a podcast. It’s called Straight Outta… The Podcast and launches today.
“I’m very excited to produce Straight Outta … with PodcastOne,” Savidge told The Hollywood Reporter. “PodcastOne is the ideal platform to bring the fascinating — and largely untold — stories surrounding Straight Outta Compton and hip-hop culture to a larger audience.”
Each episode of the weekly podcast will explore a new chapter of hip-hop culture via interviews with its most fascinating personalities. Confirmed guests so far include N.W.A. mentor Alonzo “Lonzo” Williams, original N.W.A. member Arabian Prince, and Sharitha Knight, the ex-wife of Suge Knight. Head to PodcastOne to download Episode One with Lonzo, who “highlights his house as being the Mecca for West Coast hip-hop, Eazy-E owing him 500 dollars for the original recording of Boyz-N-The Hood, and not allowing a young Dr. Dre and Eazy-E into his club.” Sounds like a pretty solid way to spice up your morning commute.
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Text Hannah Ongley