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- DirectorOmar Iceman SharifStars40 GloccBad AzzBig BoyWill hip hop become more vital in a post-9/11 world? This and other questions are grappled with in this look deep into the heart of rap music that goes into the streets and the palatial mansions of the most vital voices in the industry.
- StarsBill AdlerWill SmithIce-TA five-part documentary series released by VH1 in 2004. The series recounts the development of hip hop culture from its birth in New York City in the 1970s through its flowering into a global phenomenon in the 21st Century.
- DirectorMichael RapaportStarsQ-TipPhife DawgAli Shaheed MuhammadMichael Rapaport documents the inner workings and behind the scenes drama that follows this innovative and influential band to this day.
- DirectorMark FordStarsVoletta WallaceCheo Hodari CokerLil' CeaseThe first authorized biography of Christopher Wallace, allowing Christopher to narrate his own life story. Using archival footage and previously unknown audio to tell the story along with interviews with those that knew him the best.
- DirectorJohn ThreatStarsDead PrezKamel BellDavey D
- DirectorRon KingStarsMerlin Iman50 CentA Tribe Called QuestInterviews of Talent Hip Hop, Athletes, and DJs. Successful before MTV Cribs, BET 106 and Park, and TMZ proving the concept others later copied. Covered Backstage Concert, On the Street, Behind the Scenes. Vintage clips of today's moguls.
- DirectorJohn F. UrandayStarsDiamoniqueKid FrostCecelia Valencia"FOR THE RECORD", is the story of Latin hip hop, it's roots and the impact it's had on hip hop as a culture. Radio Personality "CECE" of LA hip hop radio station KDAY and Director John F.U., introduce you to those artist who paved the way from the east to the west coast and everything in between and now where our new generation is going with those roads paved. Interviewing such artist as Fat Joe, Kid Frost, Chino XL, Mellow Man Ace, SPM, Baby Bash, Cypress Hill and many more. Also including radio personalities and producers who also had a hand in this movement. This is to educate, as well as a way to say thank you to those who paved the way. It's about the music at the end of the day, no que somos (not what we are).
- DirectorKevin FitzgeraldStarsChali 2naMuhammad AliPlanet AsiaA documentary about freestyling--the improvised, on-the-spot rhymes that demonstrate the skills of hip-hop MCs.
- DirectorByron HurtStarsCarmen Ashurst-WatsonYasiin BeyChuck DHip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes provides a riveting examination of manhood, sexism, and homophobia in hip-hop culture.
- DirectorByron HurtStarsTerrence HowardA hip-hop fan addresses the art form's problems with sexism, masculinity, violence, and homophobia.
- StarsShadLL Cool JBig Daddy KaneMC and journalist Shad Kabango meets with Hip-Hop's biggest stars to retrace how Hip-Hop became the world's most popular music, but realizes that Hip-Hop's true legacy is something much more profound.
- StarsBig U. HenleyBimmyDeb AntneyThe power brokers who operate from the shadows of hip hop.
- DirectorLittleton MillerStarsTupac ShakurDavey DFunkdaddy
- StarsJim ForbesIce-T
- DirectorBenjamin HirschStarsJanet JacksonMichael JacksonMariah CareyJanet signs multi-million dollar sponsorship contracts, lands leading roles in feature films, and becomes a sex icon. But with the news of accusations about Michael, her world comes crashing down.
- DirectorAl Gragg IIIStarsDr. DreEazy-EJames 'Kamal' GrayJAMAICA HOUSE, 'the studio 54 of hip-hop', was L.A.'s biggest club in the 90s, founded by four boyhood friends. The club was born out of the golden era of rap and reggae, surviving gangs, drugs, Rodney King and the L.A. Riots. This is also a coming of age story for its boyhood founders, and for hip-hop itself. The music changed from party and conscious rap, to gangsta-rap. The four friends also changed, struggling with fast money, fame, addiction, and their new behemoth size club. Vintage performances and interviews from TUPAC, THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G., RUN-DMC, THE ROOTS, and NWA highlight the film.
- StarsRapsodyJoan MorganRah DiggaRecreates the role that the unstoppable women of hip-hop have played across the 50 years of this groundbreaking genre, putting them where they belong: at the heart of the present day.
- DirectorThomas GibsonStarsSnoop Dogg50 CentAesop RockNarrated By Snoop Dogg- Letter To the President is a feature documentary that showcases the close-knit ties between the Hip Hop Music community and America's social and political policy in the last 30 years.
- DirectorGeorge Tillman Jr.StarsJamal WoolardAnthony MackieDerek LukeThe life and death story of The Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace), who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm.
- DirectorDale Dreher
- DirectorPeter SpirerStars50-GrandEasy Mo BeeTodd BoydThe greatest rapper to ever pick up a mic - with his velvety flow and unparalleled rhyme style he captivated everyone from Jay Z to Tupac. Now Notorious B.I.G. is revealed. Hear the stories from his closest friends and some of the biggest names in Hip-Hop: Diddy, Method Man, Easy Mo Bee, Matty C, E-40, Raekwon, Common and more. See raw footage of B.I.G. free-styling on the streets of New York, rare home video footage, a never-before-seen interview with Biggie shortly before his death and undisclosed video footage from the night of his murder. From the acclaimed director who brought you Rhyme & Reason, Thug Angel, Beef, Beef II and Beef III.
- DirectorJim DziuraStarsIce CubeYasiin BeyKRS-OneFeaturing Ice Cube, Mos Def, Prodigy, KRS-ONE and Young Buck among others, this documentary pulls back the curtain on gun violence in hip-hop America.
- DirectorBenjamin WhalleyStarsJohn CaleChuck DJayne County
- DirectorDarby WheelerStarsB-LegitFreddy B.Davey DIn the Bay Area, Too Short channels pimp culture, MC Hammer becomes rap's first pop star, and Digital Underground introduces the world to Tupac Shakur.
- DirectorRichard LoweMartin TorgoffStarsMichelle AlexanderB-RealMary BarrA 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.