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By the dawn of the 21st century, hip-hop sales had reached an all-time high, but one thing has remained the same. The doors were still locked, and the music industry held the keys. Young artists began to self-market on the Internet, ultimately helping to collapse the music industry as we knew it. It’s Yours explores how it became possible to become a rap star through a Twitter account, YouTube site or Myspace page. It tells this story through the unique perspectives of numerous artists, producers, record industry insiders, and music and cultural critics.

미국의 뜨거운 감자, 대마초. 누군가에겐 음악의 친구, 누군가에겐 범죄의 상징이었다. 전국에 합법화의 바람이 부는 지금, '푸르디푸른 풀'의 곡절 많은 역사를 되짚는다.

미국 교도소의 다양한 문제들을 짚어보는 다큐멘터리

An in-depth and provocative look at the 1992 Los Angeles riots exploring the roots of civil unrest in California and the relationship between African Americans and LAPD.

힙합을 주제로 한 다큐멘터리

SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length performance documentary about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film's director and interviewer Ice-T. Taking us on a deeply personal journey Ice-T uncovers how this music of the street has grown to dominate the world. Along the way Ice-T meets a whole spectrum of Hip-Hop talent, from founders, to new faces, to the global superstars like Eminem, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kanye West. He exposes the roots and history of Rap and then, through meeting many of its most famous protagonists, studies the living mechanism of the music to reveal 'The Art Of Rap'. This extraordinary film features unique performances from the entire cast, without resorting to archive material, to build a fresh and surprising take on the phenomenon that is Rap.

A look at the rise of crack cocaine in urban America in the 1980s and it's influence on popular culture, especially in hip-hop music.

Join photographer turned public access guru Ricky Powell in this collection of clips from his influential NY TV show, Rappin' With The Rickster.

His rhymes caught the attention of millions. His flow is un-matched by any. His story is captivating and triumphant. "Big Pun: The Legacy" chronicles the life of the Grammy Nominated artist "Big Pun" aka Christopher Rios, a Puerto Rican from the Bronx who made history by becoming the first Latino rapper to sell over a million records.

Beef II (released on DVD in August 2004) is a sequel to the 2003 documentary Beef, which continued to document the history of rivalries in hip-hop and rap music. Like its prequel, the film was executive produced by Quincy Jones III (QD3), written by Peter Alton and Peter Spirer (who also directed), and was this time narrated by actor Keith David.

A documentary on the evolution of MC battles from verbal one-upmanship to street warfare.

평범해 보이는 어느 성인 나이트 클럽. 그러나 이 곳의 지하에서는 비밀 카드 게임이 벌어지고, LA의 카드 도박꾼들은 한번쯤 그곳을 거치게 된다. 이곳에서는 눈속임과 사기가 유일한 게임의 룰이며, 선수들은 속마음을 들키지 않기 위해 철저히 표정관리를 한다. 이 치열한 게임에서는 선수들마저 속고 모든 승부에는 운이 따라야 한다. 이곳을 드나드는 사람 중 하나인 버논은 카드 기술자이다. 그는 티파니라는 애인을 두고 있다. 그녀는 돈만 벌 수 있다면 남자의 환심을 사는 일쯤은 얼마든지 할 수 있는 여자이다. 그녀의 친구이자 사기꾼인 밀러 역시 돈 뭉치를 위해서 라면 어떤 일이라도 저지를 수 있는 인물이다. 이들이 큰 건 하나를 위해 팀을 결성한다. 그 건이라는 것은 도박계의 전설적인 인물인 큰 손, 딘의 게임에 끼어 한번 올인 해보는 것이다. 그러나 작은 판돈에는 관심이 없는 딘의 판에 끼여들기에는 많은 돈이 필요하다. 돈을 모으기 위해 밀러 일행은 많은 판을 거치고 그 와중에 갱들을 잘 못 건드려 쫓기고 죽음을 당할 뻔하기도 한다.

Rap group M.O.P. gives a tour through Brownsville in Brooklyn to show where they grew up, and what inspires their music.

Hollywood comedian/actor Pauly Shore loses everything: his house, nobody in Hollywood wants to represent him, he moves back home with his mom and is now parking cars at the Comedy Store. Then one night when he's up in his mom's loft, a dead famous comedian appears who tells Pauly to kill himself cause he'll go down as a comedic genius who died before his time. Pauly then fakes his own death, and the media goes crazy.

A portrait of a homeless park community bonded by crack cocaine addiction. In the park's drug-fixated shantytown, Cody is a kind of crackhead father figure who helps his friends when they are in trouble or in desperate need of a "blast." His girlfriend, Alicia, is a romantic who's losing her soul to the drug, and E-Max is a street hustling pimp who is trying to scoop young Linda into his motley legion of harlots. Hoover Blue, earth mother to all the addicts, attempts to pound some knowledge into the starry-eyed Linda while Cody tries to help young P-Air get his hustle on to record a hip hop track and make it big. But when Cody's real son, Terry, tracks him down to tell him his wife has passed away, Cody doesn't even recognize him at first and then can't help him with postmortem affairs. After five years of crack addiction, Cody wants to get straight and do right by Terry, but the harder he struggles to escape the park, the more it closes in on him.

Two rapper childhood friends turn to the quick and easy life of crime to support their needy parents. But after a foiled robbery, one of them is jailed while the other flees, changes his name, joins the military, and grows up to become a narcotics agent.

A study in the world of hip-hop, done mostly with interviews, in order to see why it is as popular as it is today and what the future holds.

Ed Lover and Doctor Dre are two inept barbers. Deciding that maybe they ought to find another line of work, they join the police. A big mistake, as far as their duty sergeant, Sgt Cooper is concerned, who proceeds to harass them at every turn. Despite this, they discover a major crime, and proceed to solve it in their own unusual fashion.