B-Real

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.

Weed. Marijuana. Grass. Pot. Whatever you prefer to call it, America’s relationship with cannabis is a complicated one. In his directorial debut, hip hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy presents an unparalleled look at the racially biased history of the war on marijuana. A range of celebrities and experts discuss the plant’s influence on music and popular culture, and the devastating impact its criminalization has had on Black and Latino communities. As more and more states join the push to legalize marijuana, this documentary dives deep into the glaring racial disparities in the growing cannabis market.

Today, you're more likely to go to prison in the United States than anywhere else in the world. So in the unfortunate case it should happen to you - this is the Survivors Guide to Prison.

Глубокий и провокационный взгляд на волнения в Лос-Анджелесе 1992 года, исследующий корни гражданских беспорядков в Калифорнии и отношения между афроамериканцами и полицией Лос-Анджелеса.

Exploring the social impact of what The Source Magazine in 1998 voted, "The Best Hip Hop Radio Show Of All-Time." The documentary film is the story of quirky friends who became unlikely legends by engaging their listeners and breaking the biggest rap artists ever.

Рэп-энциклопедия из первых уст: постановщиком этого шумного и боевого фильма стал Айс-Ти, киноактер и крестный отец гангста-рэпа. «Рэп спас мою жизнь», — говорит Айс-Ти, и у нас нет причин в этом сомневаться. Горячая искренность, а не только «умение быстро говорить» (как презрительно определяли рэп позднесоветские комсомольцы) — отличительная черта рэпа, искусства из слов и мяса.

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.

Фильм об эволюции способов и методов противостояний различных музыкальных группировок в мире рэпа и хип-хопа.

В Лос-Анджелесских клубах и барах группа покерных кидал устраивает крупную аферу против гангстера Стивенса. Махинации оборачиваются преследованием шулеров, который желает вернуть себе крупную сумму денег и поквитаться с обманщиками.

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

Комедия о нелегкой жизни голливудской звезды. Знаменитый телеведущий Поли Шор нарушает закон для того, чтобы вскрыть всю глубину лицемерия своего окружения — знаменитых режиссеров, актеров и поп-звезд. Но наказание неотвратимо.

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.

Документальный фильм рассказывает увлекательную историю эволюции хип-хоп культуры, начиная с тёмных времён творчества в бедных негритянских кварталах, заканчивая мультимиллионными контрактами, окружёнными ореолом домыслов и интриг. Правдивый, забавный и бескомпромиссный взгляд на настоящий культурный феномен всколыхнул внимание общественности и вызвал бурную реакцию зрителей.

Эд Лавер и Доктор Дре - два неудачливых парикмахера. Возможно, они должны найти другую работу, и они идут служить в полицию. Большая ошибка, поскольку их сержант Купер достаёт их на каждом шагу. Несмотря на это, они обнаруживают главное преступление, и начинают раскрывать его их собственным необычным способом.