VIDEO: Producer Ice Cube Talks New Film 'Straight Outta Compton' on TODAY

He was part of seminal rap group N.W.A. and went on to a successful career in movies, and now Ice Cube is the producer of the biopic "Straight Outta Compton," the story of N.W.A., starring his son O'Shea Jackson Jr. who portrays Ice Cube in his youth. Ice tells TODAY he's "proud on a thousand different levels" about the project. Watch the appearance below!

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