Dr. Dre & Ice Cube Hit W/ $110 Million Lawsuit Over “Straight Outta Compton”

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

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Music moguls Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and other notable figures have been hit with a $110 million lawsuit over last summer’s Straight Outta Compton box office hit.

According to reports, former N.W.A. manager Jerry Heller is taking legal action over his portrayal in the biopic.

Heller has just filed suit against Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, the Estate of Eazy-E, NBC Universal and others, claiming the portrayal of him in the movie was false and damaging. He claims he never gave permission to use his likeness and he wants profits from the movie as well because NBC sold tickets off his back. He also claims producers used his book without permission for pivotal scenes, including the one where Suge Knight strong-armed Eazy-E into signing away his rights to Death Row. (TMZ)

After its first 3 full days in theaters, the flick managed to debut at number 1 and easily surpassed its $28 million budget.

“Straight Outta Compton” lifted the box office out of its August funk, debuting at No. 1 in the U.S. and Canada with an estimated $56.1 million. The movie posted the biggest August opening ever for an R-rated film, and it has become the No. 1 musical biopic. (Los Angeles Times)

Late N.W.A. leader Eazy-E‘s daughter E.B. Wright talked to SOHH recently about her overall support for Straight Outta Compton.

“We were filming it about a year ago and I spent some time on the set, just getting to know Jason Mitchell, who portrays my dad and he really just did a phenomenal job. I couldn’t be more proud and I don’t think there was anyone that could have played my dad better. The overall film is really good. Dr. Dre and Ice Cube and F. Gary Gary, director, they did a really good job. They were really sensitive with the whole story since my dad isn’t alive. His own personal part of the story, they had to sort of build around that so I’m just proud of it. There’s a lot that I feel was left out of his personal storyline but this movie was about N.W.A. as a collective and their brotherhood and how they started and everything they went through.” (SOHH)

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

SOHH.com Writer. You're likely to find me covering hip-hop news and music releases. Netflix is still my go-to before Disney Plus.

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  1. Knew it was a matter of time before he filed a lawsuit. He alluded to it before the movie even came out..

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  2. don’t blame him. it was a shitty ass movie anyway. slap full of bullshit. they portrayed eazy completely wrong. ren should have been in it lots more. it was just some dre and cube shit. they left out sooooo much and fabricated a lot of shit as well. oh well. it’s a good fairy tale movie anyway.

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