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Ice Cube has teamed up with Andrea Berloff to write the screenplay for the NWA documentary Straight Outta Compton.

According to published reports, Berloff, is set to work with Ice Cube to write the story based on the rise and fall of the Compton, Calif.-based Hip-Hop group, whose initials read Ni**az With Attitude.

 

Berloff is writing “Straight Outta Compton,” the story of the rise and fall of the Compton, Calif.-based group. Having a white writer on black-themed projects, especially biopics, is a fairly recent trend. Sheldon Turner penned a draft of the Rick James project “Super Freak,” while Brad Kane wrote the draft of the Richard Pryor project that attracted director Bill Condon.

Especially noteworthy is that the person tackling the N.W.A. adaptation is a white woman. However, the scribe, repped by UTA and Benderspink, is known around town for tackling true-life stories. On top of “World Trade Center,” she wrote “The Fugees,” adapting a New York Times article for Universal, about a group of international refugee soccer kids who settle in Atlanta.

The group, which featured members Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Eazy E, DJ Yella and MC Ren, went on to become Hip-Hop royalty starting with their critically acclaimed debut Straight Outta Compton, which produced the ghetto anthem “F*ck the Police.”

The legendary group went on to branch out in their separate directions but their branches and contributions to the game include Eminem, Snoop, 50 Cent, Mack 10 and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.

As of press time there was no release date for the upcoming documentary, but it scheduled to be released through Ice Cube’s Cubevision and New Line Cinema.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter and HipHopWired.com