Straight Outta Compton is Exaggerated and Silly

Attorney Thomas Mesereau who represents Marion “Suge” Knight, has said that Universal’s N.W.A biopic movie Straight Outta Compton falsely portrays the fallen hip-hop mogul as a troublemaker who uses his fists to resolve business disputes.
Thomas said this in defense of his client who couldn’t get to see the movie because he sitting in a Los Angeles jail cell pending his trail in a murder case “I’m sure he wouldn’t like it because a lot of it is exaggerated and silly and ridiculous”.

In the movie Knight was portrayed by R. Marcus Taylor and his character convinces Dr. Dre (Corey Hawkins) to leave the gangster rap group as the two of them went on to launch Death Row Records together. To get Dre out of his contract, Knight and his crew physically assault Eazy-E (Jason Mitchell) the leader of N.W.A’s. Knight was also shown delivering blows to anyone who blocks his path to success or makes him mad, including a man who’s stripped down to his underwear while Knight and company laugh as they urge a dog to terrorize the man.

Mesereau who is yet to see the film himself said he has been contacted about it by several reporters wanting to know if truly that is the kind of person Knight is. He said this “A lot of the media does not realize how many good things he did for people, particularly in his community, he financed athletic facilities in schools, he gave money to the homeless, money to people in need. He tried to arrange truces on the streets so people weren’t killed.”

According to Mesereau, Knight was a pillar in the Compton community.