According to the Billboard interview… Cube says… “The actors that we chose… They were just perfect matches for the group,” he says. “And this was a big concern of mine, I was just concerned that we would have a lot of Hollywood actors that you’ve seen trying to mold themselves into something.” In fact, playing Cube (born O’Shea Jackson) is son O’Shea Jackson Jr.

Cube continues… “You can go see Marvel superheroes and those kind of movies,” he says dismissively. “Or you can see the real superheroes, which is N.W.A. The N.W.A. story is just controversial no matter how you slice it… there’s always danger lurking in the midst of all this creativity and talent.”