The original script had scenes of Dr. Dre and Eminem, and the crew also invited the "Fault in the Stars" actor Ansel Elgert to star in Eminem, but this scene was deleted after the script was changed.
Among the main actors in the film, the actor O'Shera Jackson Jr. who plays Ice Cube is the son of Cube himself, and the other main actors are selected through public audits.
The crew invited "Fantastic Four 2015" actor Michael B. Jordan to star in Dr. Dre, but he refused because there was no schedule.
Lil Eazy-E, Eazy-E's son, also participated in the film audition but failed. Eventually he served as a tutor for actor Jason Mitchell.
The prop "Jheri Curl" wig used in the film cost 15,000 US dollars.
The white Ferrari that appears in the film is Dr Dre's car.
The film was released in 2015 as the 20th anniversary of the death of Eazy-E.
In order to perform better, the main actors of the film sang NWA's "Straight Outta Compton" album together.
Before starting up, O'Shera Jackson Jr. lost 15 pounds in 22 days and only consumed 1,200 calories a day. And Jason Mitchell, who plays Eazy-E, consumes 4000 calories a day to gain weight.
Director Gray watched Jason Mitchell’s audition video and invited him to fly to Los Angeles for an interview, but in order to save money, the two chatted through Skype for more than an hour and decided to play Eazy E by Mitchell.
In the film, there is a movie poster from the movie "The Ghost Baby 2" on the wall of the Easy-E studio.
