<Li> F. Gary Gray in a cameo appearance as KBLA disc jockey Greg Mack </Li> <Li> Michael "Compton Menace" Taylor as Bloods gang member OG 2 Tone </Li> <Li> Brandon Lafourche in an uncredited role as early N.W.A member Kim "Arabian Prince" Nazel </Li> <P> In March 2009, it was announced that the film was in development at New Line Cinema, with S. Leigh Savidge and Alan Wenkus writing, and Tomica Woods - Wright, Ice Cube, and Dr. Dre set to produce the film . In May 2010, it was announced Andrea Berloff would write a draft of the screenplay . In September 2011, John Singleton told The Playlist that he was in talks to direct the film, saying: "I can't talk about it too prematurely about the stuff I'm doing because nothing's come to fruition yet, but Cube and I are talking about doing the N.W.A. story . The script is really, really good, and so we're just figuring it out . New Line really wants to make it ." Also in September 2011, F. Gary Gray, Craig Brewer, and Peter Berg were reportedly in talks to direct the film . In April 2012, Gray was selected as director . Gray had worked with Ice Cube in the film Friday and Dr. Dre in the film Set It Off . He has also directed some of their music videos . By 2013, the film was picked up by Universal Studios, who, in December 2013, hired Jonathan Herman to write a new draft of the script and brought in Will Packer to executive produce, alongside Adam Merims, Alan Wenkus David Engel, Bill Straus, Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni . </P>

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