Straight Outta Compton Aldis Hodge ("Turn") will play MC Ren and Neil Brown, Jr. ("The Walking Dead") will play DJ Yella in F. Gary Gray's upcoming N.W.A. biopic "Straight Outta Compton" at Universal Pictures. The duo join O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell have been cast as Ice Cube, Dr.