Hip-hop didn't invent anything... hip-hop reinvented everything.-Grandmaster Caz
A feature length performance documentary film about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film's director and interviewer Ice-T. Ice-T takes us on a deeply personal journey to uncover how this music of the street has grown to dominate the world. Along the way Ice-T meets some of the remarkable superstars of Rap, from Eminem to Dr Dre, to Snoop Dogg and Kanye West. He exposes the roots and history of Rap and then, through meeting most of it's most famous protagonists studies the living mechanism of the music to reveal The Art Of Rap. This film features unique performances from it's entire cast and does not use any archive material.
2011, United Kingdom, 107mins
Director: Ice-T
Co-Director: Andy Baybutt
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Paul Toogood, Jorge Hinojosa, Ice-T, Simon D. Pearce, David Kaplan, Alison Toogood, Jelena Nikolic
PRODUCER
Paul Toogood
CINEMATOGRAPHERS
Andy Baybutt, Jeremy Hewson
EDITOR
Kieran Smyth
SOUND
Jamie Selway
2012 | Sundance
* Doc Premieres
http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120027/something_from_nothing_the_art_of_rap