NWA's debut album 'Straight Outta Compton' cost only $12,000 to make.
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28. NWA's debut album 'Straight Outta Compton' cost only $12,000 to make.
Ruthless Records co-founder Jerry Heller claims that the first money invested into Ruthless Records was his own $250,000, and that Straight Outta Compton was only recorded for $12,000.