Directed by F. Gary Gray Written by Jonathan Herman   Andrea Berloff   S. Leigh Savidge   Alan Wenkus   Cast O'Shea Jackson Jr. ... Ice Cube Corey Hawkins ... Dr. Dre Jason Mitchell ... Eazy-E Neil Brown Jr. ... DJ Yella Aldis Hodge ... MC Ren Marlon Yates Jr. ... D.O.C. R. Marcus Taylor ... Suge Knight (as R. Marcus Taylor) Carra Patterson ... Tomica Alexandra Shipp ... Kim Paul Giamatti ... Jerry Heller Elena Goode ... Nicole Keith Powers ... Tyree Joshua Brockington ... Young Warren G Sheldon A. Smith ... Warren G LaKeith Stanfield ... Snoop (as Lakeith Lee Stanfield) Cleavon McClendon ... Jinx (as Cleavon McClendon III) Aeriél Miranda ... Lavetta Lisa Renee Pitts ... Verna Griffin Angela Elayne Gibbs ... Doris Jackson (as Angela E. Gibbs) Bruce Beatty ... Hosea Jackson Corey Reynolds ... Lonzo Williams Tate Ellington ... Bryan Turner Rogelio Douglas Jr. ... Chuck D Andrew Borba ... Journalist Matt Corboy ... Journalist Larry Sullivan ... Journalist Deborah Lacey ... Journalist F. Gary Gray ... Greg Mack Allen Maldonado ... Tone Demetrius Grosse ... Rock Og Blood ... Michael 'Compton Menace' Taylor Ashton Sanders ... Kid Joshua Geter ... Kid Kofi Siriboe ... Block Dude Orlando Brown ... Block Dude Matthew Boylan ... LAPD Crash Cop Chic Daniel ... LAPD Crash Cop Tim Connolly ... LAPD Cop Cris D'Annunzio ... Uniform Cop Dan Wells ... Uniform Cop Justin Goslee ... Doo To's Security Guard Alex Wexo ... Officer Marcus Callender ... HBO Rapper Vaughn Wilkinson ... HBO Rapper Dean Cameron ... Capitol Records Executive Mark Thomas Holguin ... Torrance Cop Sky Soleil ... Torrance Cop Inny Clemons ... Officer Rauch Jody Burke ... Big Dude Asia'h Epperson ... Felicia Scott Endicott ... Tour Bus Driver Greg Collins ... Joe Louis Police Mark Sherman ... Jimmy Iovine Rob Brownstein ... CNN Journalist Marcc Rose ... Tupac Shakur Water ... Guy with Dog (as Water L) Nigel Lawes ... Chillin' Cop William LaDawn English ... Goon Lazarus Guidry ... Poor Bastard Ariel Rogers ... Goon Girl LaFrazia D. Knighten ... Suge's Pit Handler Ashley Stepteau ... Street Interviewee Christian Brown ... Street Interviewee Ebony Lanet ... Street Interviewee (as Ebony Randall) John Prosky ... Doctor A. Friedman (as 'Young Doctor') Derrick L. McMillon ... Ron Sweeney A. Russell Andrews ... Pastor Lesean Tarkington ... Pastor (as Le Sean Tarkington) Rob Nagle ... LAPD Westwood Travis Nicholson ... Georgia Officer Todd Quillen ... Alabama Officer Matthew Downs ... Missouri Officer Leo Stallworth ... News Reporter Joy Benedict ... News Reporter David L. Cox ... Blood Thomas Q. Jones ... Large Man Toni Duclottni ... Ménage Girl Phedra Syndelle ... Ménage Girl Val Emanuel ... Girl (as Valerie Emanuel) Spencer Melville ... Girl Michael W. Broomer ... Bus Driver (as Michael Walter Broomer) Zee James ... Tasha Natascha Hopkins ... Keisha Simon Rhee ... Korean Store Owner Lawrence Moran ... Sgt. Moore Uncredited Cast $hutter ... Club Patron / Dopeman Marc Abbink ... Pedestrian Keion Adams ... Boulevard King Adebayo Adaudi ... Club Executive Benjamin Levy Aguilar ... Protester Lucy Alex ... Protester Aswad Ali ... Lynch Mob Security Nicole Michelle Arnold ... Side Chick Diana Atai ... Studio Patron Thomas R. Baker ... Teamster Union Driver Danny Barba ... Club Attendee Shahira Barry ... Dancer Christon Blue ... Concert Attendee Cassandra Bautista ... Protester / Looter Brian Bell ... Concert Goer Dakota Black ... Rap Patron Justin Blake ... Waiter Ashanna Bri ... Big Dave's Girlfriend Cindy Buck ... Protester David Anthony Buglione ... D.R Employee Michael Butler Jr. ... NWA Fan Charity Caldwell ... Pool Party Girl Stephanie Campbell ... Charis Henry Jordan Cann ... 'J-Dee' Cooper Tonya T. Cannon ... Reporter Menah Carter ... Protester / Concert Fan Bryan Casserly ... Pool Party Guest Steve Troublesome Castillo ... Eazy E Fan Rey Castro ... Audience Member Julio Cesar ... Man Throwing Trash at Cops Rickey Chaney ... J-Dee Gustavo Chavez ... Cinema Cars Michael Cissell ... Supporting Leonel Claude ... NWA Fan Anna Clols ... Gorgeous Girl Jerdonald Cobbs ... Thug David Cohen ... Press Shanae Cole ... Club Dancer Shaniece Cole ... News Reporter Andrea Conrad ... Car Driver Billynaire Cruz ... Bell hop Armah David ... DJ Callen David ... Restaurant Patron Kelsey Delemar ... Pool Party Girl Julius Denem ... Dude DJ Yella ... Himself (archive footage) David Donah ... Police Officer Dr. Dre ... Himself (archive footage) Greg Duncan ... SWAT Officer Michael Eauslin ... Police Officer Eazy-E ... Himself (archive footage) Fernando Edwards ... Thug 2 Tyler Rae Edwards ... N.W.A Fan Hasnaa El Faizi ... Tupaks Girls Sarah Elise ... Protestor / Pedestrian Arturo Encinas ... Concert custodian Scott Engrotti ... Looter Anissa Eve ... Porn Star Vi Faulkner ... Promoter Suzanne Sumner Ferry ... Mare, Record Label Employee Erica Ficklin ... Supporting Alfonso Flores Jr. ... Rap Concert Fan Ciera Foster ... Super Fan Rick Foxx ... Rioter Mandell Frazier ... Tour Manager Americo Galli ... Football Jock David A. Garcia ... Looter Khalid Ghajji ... ATL Crew Member Brian Gilleece ... Videographer / Cameraman Tekin Girgin ... Tekin Karina Gomez-Trejo ... Pool Party Girl Alexandra Grey ... Press David Greyson ... Pedestrian Dan Gruenberg ... Club Patron Phillipos Haile ... D.R. Employee Benicio Hall ... Darrell Jackson Austin Hanner ... Cameraman Joe P. Harris   Krystal M. Harris ... No Vaseline Girl #1 Akil Henry ... Pedestrian David S. Robinson Hicks ... Vigil Mourner Solange Hordatt ... Press Camryn Howard ... DJ Speed India Howard ... Topless Female Michael L. Howard ... Pool Party Patron Derrick Jackson ... Thug / Rioter Jahmilla Jackson ... Concert Attendee Precious Jenkins ... Go Mack Dwayne Marion Johnson ... Bouncer Jason Johnson ... Stage Manager Jessica Juarez ... Cashier Kasland ... NWA Fan Steve Kaufmann ... Bouncer David Dustin Kenyon ... Concert Security Slim Khezri ... Club Patron Tiffany Kimbrough ... Concert Goer King ... Concertgoer Ina-Alice Kopp ... Restaurant Patron J. Kristopher ... Lay Law Madeleyn Kurg ... Poolside Girl Brandon Lafourche ... Arabian Prince Kendrick Lamar ... Himself (archive footage) Amber Legaspi-Valdez ... Hospital Mourner Ray Leonard Jr. ... Orderly Jamaal Lewis ... HBO Rapper Tynisha Lewis ... Looter Blu Lindsey ... Eazy-E Brother John Lobato ... NWA Fan Luis E. Lopez ... N.W.A. Fan Wilfred Lopez ... Attorney Sean Anthony Lucero ... Concert Goer Ron Lunceford ... NWA Studio Tech Tosha Lynette ... Cute Club Patron Steffanie Malanga ... Mourner Mota Maria ... Club Patron Jaron Marquis ... T-Shirt Vendor Newton Mayenge ... Car Driver David McClellan ... News Reporter Cherie Mercedes ... Woman at Riot Brian Metran ... Club Attendee Evan William Miller ... Doctor Tsion Mitchell ... Hero Woman Lex Montgomery ... Blood Kendall Neal ... Gang Banger Anthony Nolan ... Roadie Jaime Nungaray ... Street Thug Katie O'Malley ... Waitress Phillip O'Riley ... Protester / Concert Goer Rebecca Olejniczak ... Hostess Chris Ostrowski ... Rioter Levi Otis ... Club Patron Lauren Daisy White ... Pool Party Girl Donald Dep Paige ... DJ Hype Man Starla Parker ... News Reporter M.C. Ren ... Himself (archive footage) David Pearl ... Hotel Guest Chauntae Pink ... Suge's Girls Gary Plummer ... Firefighter Frankie Ponce ... LAPD Officer LaDell Preston ... Shorty Ken Maurice Purnell ... Looter Sean Quezada ... Police Officer Jamal Quezaire ... Rapper #1 Diezel Ramos ... Thug Radcliff Redding ... Pedestrian James M. Rhaburn ... Partygoer Maria Magdalena ... Restaurant Guest Phillip Ristaino ... Protestor Jana Ritter ... Protester Dominique Rodriguez ... Concert Goer Ella Rodriguez ... Club Dancer Toryan Rogers ... Protective Boyfriend Vince Romo ... Looter Paul Mitchell Rosenblum ... Alabama Cop Aerin Ross ... Patron Alex Roth ... Bev Hills High Girl Fermon Rowyne ... Club Dancer Kimberly Ryans ... Concert Attendee Lavinia Iskandar Salim ... Pool Party Babe Philicia Saunders ... Club Goer Jaz Sawyer ... Concert Riot Fan Carmina Scarpa ... Pool Party Guest Caileigh Scott ... Hostess Prince Shah ... Easy E Pool Party Guest Rick Silver ... Police Officer Carlos Simental Jr. ... Looter Jovan Simon ... Car club member Matthew Spach ... Protester Maria Sten ... Girlfriend Franklin J. Sterns ... Record Mogul Philly Swain ... Rap Fan Bogdan Szumilas ... Jim Atu Tesla ... Nation of Islam Brotha Tuesday Thomas ... Christian Protester Rachel Thundat ... Groupie Aka Torti ... Bartender Yatoya Toy ... Skater Fan Yissendy Trinidad ... Club Patron Yana Trofimova ... Actress Kimberly Truitt ... Restaurant Patron / Rich Girl waiting for Valet / VIP Concert Member Steve Turner ... Keith Shocklee David Ulmer ... Groupie Security Amber Villanueva ... Ice Cube's Girlfriend, Houston Scene Tashiana Washington ... Dee Barnes Leland White ... Lench Mob / Bodyguard Derrick Whitney ... Club Guy Monay Williams ... Supporting Sierra Meshele Williams ... Girl 2 Tyron Woodley ... Terry 'T-Bone' Gray Mercedes Young ... Dancer Produced by Matt Alvarez   Scott Bernstein   Dr. Dre   David Engel   F. Gary Gray   Ice Cube   Darrell Jackson   Jon Jashni   Adam Merims   Will Packer   Robert Redd   S. Leigh Savidge   Daniel Schnider   Bill Straus   Thomas Tull   Alan Wenkus   Tomica Wright   Original Music by Joseph Trapanese

Additional Info Premiere: August 11, 2015 Theatrical Release: August 14, 2015 DVD Release: January 19, 2016 Blu-ray Release: January 19, 2016 Country: Distributor: Universal Studios Websites: Production Companies Universal Pictures (as A Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures Presentation) Legendary Entertainment (as A Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures Presentation) New Line Cinema (in association with) Cube Vision (in association with) Crucial Films (in association with) Broken Chair Flickz (as A Broken Chair Flickz Production) Circle of Confusion (uncredited) Xenon Pictures (uncredited) Distributors Universal Pictures   (2015) (USA) (theatrical) KVH Media Group   (2015) (World-wide) (all media) (ships) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2016) (USA) (Blu-ray) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2016) (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.8 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #905 / 20,869 Site Ranking #901 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) #902 Coming To America (1988) #903 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) #904 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) #905 Straight Outta Compton (2015) #906 Doctor Sleep (2019) #907 What Women Want (2000) #908 Fracture (2007) #909 Basic Instinct (1992)