MC Ren pissed off about the offcial Straight Outta Compton biopic trailer

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The reason is cuz the other ones are signed to major labels or have/had dealings with them. I always tell yall about how much business and popularity plays a huge part in what people say, dikkride and everything. Of course Ren didnt get as popular as Cube and nem, but to say he was irrelevant is bs. NWA didnt have that "U-God" type, esp since they were a smaller group. If anything its Yella whos the least popular. And same thing with him. But then its also the fact that he was the Dj/engineer so his "face" wasnt out there as much too of course..
 

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It's simple.

This movie is aimed at the casual fan, not the diehards. Hollywood trying to make money. A casual fan is gonna instantly think of Dre or Ice Cube, so they are going to be the main focus of the movie. .

The casual fan probably has no idea that Dre and Cube were in a group. It's not like Cube or Dre have shouted out "NWA" in anything. The people that would support an NWA movie are at least mid-30s and definitely know who Ren is, and his contributions to the group. Besides, this is essentially Dre & Cube's movie, so they couldn't show Ren some love? Any love? I thought it's about NWA, not Cube, Dre and Eazy/Heller as the villain.

I remember in the trailer thread when we were talking about how much they were gonna downplay Ren's contributions.
 

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kinda dumb, of course the trailer is gonna focus on Cube/Dre/Eazy. and they gotta show Heller his part has the biggest name actor by far

if they snub him in the film, ok that's a problem but the trailers always show the juicy parts
 

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Cube and Dre are behind this movie so for Ren to call out Universal when clearly nepotism and other fucboi tactics have been used to diminish both Eazy's and Ren's contributions is also these dudes bag to hold.As for these comments about Ren being some sort of back up singer for NWA? ...not quite shure what to tell you because you weren't around to witness the impact that group had on people worldwide.Ren was a fan favourite and many debates at that time were about who was you favourite MC,Ren or Cube..not relevancy..
 

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worst part is cube and dre are directly involved...for one. then cube wasnt even there the whole run and ren was. i would be pissed off too.

omitting ren is very confusing to nwa fans, it doesnt make sense
 

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Wait, I just watched the red band trailer. Is he mad that he wasn't a part of the intro with Cube and Dre? or is he mad that they briefly covered Dre, Eazy, Yella, and Cube in the actual trailer, but not him?

Ren was low key my favorite after Cube. I can understand why he's pissed. A movie like this is what a lot of young people will view as "NWA" going forward, and unless the movie is different, it almost sort of it like being written out of history.
 
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