'New Jack City' Cast Says Play Highlights Street Violence, but Responsibly

Naughty By Nature's Treach and his 'New Jack City' stage play costars are well aware of the real-life violence in hip hop today, and hope their production of the classic '90s film can scare the genre straight.

Friday in Burbank, CA -- they're putting on the play all weekend at L.A. Orpheum Theater, and they say the production doesn't shy away from violence ... even with the recent string of tragic headlines about slain rappers.

Treach says 'New Jack' highlighted the brutality of the '80s crack epidemic, and delivered the message"that wasn't the route to take." He's hoping today's generation will take that lesson and apply it to the rap game. Flex says most of the cast has known each other for several decades, so it's been easy to mesh ahead of their live performances -- there's no"take 2" in theater -- and they all credit director

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