A new movie about the rise of hip-hop icons NWA depicting racial tensions and the targeting of black youth by police in the 1980s shows things haven't changed much in some US cities.
The film opens in New Zealand in September.
They were NWA – five guys from inner-city Los Angeles who in 1988 released a groundbreaking album, Straight Outta Compton.
The album was labelled gangsta rap. It aired an unflinching look at urban United States and police brutality.
Hip-hop icon and former member of NWA Ice Cube helped produce the film.
"We started to have these people coming from all directions to try to discredit us and try to really stop us, from the FBI to the police," says Ice Cube.
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