Straight Outta Compton is a film about a group called N.W.A. According to Kautz (2017), “Niggaz with Attitudes is a hip-hop group formed in 1986 in Compton, California by artist Eric Wright also known as Eazy-E, N.W.A considered one of the greatest in the history of hip-hop music” (p.3). The group has a total of five members, including the founder Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Mc Pen and Dj Yella. However, the movie primarily concentrates on the three main head characters, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, and Ice Cube. They were close friends from the same neighborhood. Eazy-E formed a record label called Ruthless with a businessman Jerry Heller. He signed his fellow friends to the record label. Thereafter, the group released many hits including “Boyz in the
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As stated in the United States Constitution, “freedom of speech gives the people the right to express their opinions publicly without government interference”. We don’t see country music artists being told what they can and cannot sing, unlike the hip-hop artists. Essentially, the group was expressing themselves whether you like it or not. Their music is the reflection of their reality. The police have the authority to kill and shoot a Black person, whereas the Black artists do not have the freedom to openly express their struggles. The music they produce inspired by the encounters they had with the law enforcement. The group was discriminated against by the law enforcement, the movie doesn’t show a crime which they violated. However, the police and the media represent them as violent and dangerous to the society. As their music led to the belief that has a bad influence on the community. The police felt they were disrespected by the music, but not liking and disagreeing with the music doesn’t make the artists’ criminals nor a danger to the society. On the other hand, the artists deeply believe that their music is only giving a voice for the voiceless African American and not encouraging …show more content…
Let alone a restorative justice; in fact, they were being arrested and charge for the crime they did not commit in the first place. I believe the ultimate goal was to punish African Americans to the fullest extent of the law. Additionally, the correlation does still exist, seeing White officers, shooting and killing unarmed Black individuals in many cities across the United States. The criminal justice system wasn’t built in favor of African Americans, in fact, it is rigged against them, as they often get jail time rather than going into the rehabilitation
As stated in the United States Constitution, “freedom of speech gives the people the right to express their opinions publicly without government interference”. We don’t see country music artists being told what they can and cannot sing, unlike the hip-hop artists. Essentially, the group was expressing themselves whether you like it or not. Their music is the reflection of their reality. The police have the authority to kill and shoot a Black person, whereas the Black artists do not have the freedom to openly express their struggles. The music they produce inspired by the encounters they had with the law enforcement. The group was discriminated against by the law enforcement, the movie doesn’t show a crime which they violated. However, the police and the media represent them as violent and dangerous to the society. As their music led to the belief that has a bad influence on the community. The police felt they were disrespected by the music, but not liking and disagreeing with the music doesn’t make the artists’ criminals nor a danger to the society. On the other hand, the artists deeply believe that their music is only giving a voice for the voiceless African American and not encouraging …show more content…
Let alone a restorative justice; in fact, they were being arrested and charge for the crime they did not commit in the first place. I believe the ultimate goal was to punish African Americans to the fullest extent of the law. Additionally, the correlation does still exist, seeing White officers, shooting and killing unarmed Black individuals in many cities across the United States. The criminal justice system wasn’t built in favor of African Americans, in fact, it is rigged against them, as they often get jail time rather than going into the rehabilitation