The billionaire boys club could have a new member: hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre. Reports are flying that Apple will buy his audio electronics company Beats by Dre for a cool $3.2 billion. It's been more than 25 years now since Dre's groundbreaking rap group NWA released its controversial album "Straight Outta Compton." The record is widely credited with launching the gangsta rap genre on the West Coast. This summer, production begins on a movie about the group?s rise to fame. We stop by an open casting call for the film "Straight Outta Compton" in South Los Angeles, where NWA has its roots.
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