One of my favorite people, (mainly because of his role on TNT’s Leverage)
Aldis Hodge, has been cast as MC Ren in Universal Pictures’ “Straight Outta Compton” – the new film telling the story of the rise of hip-hop superstars N.W.A. Set in the 80s the film will be produced by Ice Cube and Dr. Dre. Neil Brown Jr. has been cast as DJ Yella, and joins O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Ice Cube’s son), Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell to round out the group of Cube, Dre and EasyE.
For more info, see this awesome article from Variety