Grammy winner Kendrick Lamar continuously wows fans and critics alike with his contributions to the world of hip-hop. Born in Compton, California, Lamar was no stranger to street violence. He channeled his experiences into pensive lyrics, releasing his first mixtape at the age of sixteen. Readers will learn about Lamar's experiences in the music world, his association with Dr. Dre, and his ascent to becoming a Pulitzer Prize winner. Quotes from Lamar,...

Part documentary, part graphic novel, this program explores the remarkable friendship between boxing legend Mike Tyson and one of hip-hop's greatest rappers, Tupac Shakur, culminating in the infamous night in Las Vegas (September 7, 1996) when Tupac was brutally murdered.

In this documentary, Che Smith (a.k.a. Rhymefest, the Grammy-winning rapper) reunites with his father, an alcoholic living on the streets of Chicago, and struggles to deliver him to safety and an existence that is productive and meaningful, in essence, taking responsibility for the man who had abandoned him as a young child.

"A talented teenager who spent a chunk of his childhood growing up in a housing project in the shadows of Atlanta delivered a mammoth, history-making hit in 2019 - captivating the country and turning heads throughout the music industry - while sling-shooting his way to superstardom. When rapper Lil Nas X released "Old Town Road'' to the Internet, it quickly went viral on the social media platform TikTok. That was the springboard to a meteoric rise...

During the mid-'90s a deadly East Coast vs. West Coast rap rivalry erupted, fought between the New York-based camp of Sean "Puffy" Combs and his Bad Boy label, home to Brooklyn's Biggie Smalls (a.k.a. Notorious B.I.G., legally Christopher Wallace), and West Coast riders at Marion "Suge" Knight's Death Row records, home to Tupac Shakur. The feud quickly escalated from CD disses to real-life crime, and murder. On Sept. 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur, 25, was...

Nine-year-old Priscilla tries to fulfill her father's dream of being a rapper and succeeding in the music business. But in the efforts to make him proud, she struggles to remain a child. Priscilla's father, a rapper, finds his own voice and self-respect as her manager, and is caught between wanting to protect her innocence and exploiting her raw talent to fulfill his deferred dream. All they know is that the ride has just begun.

"She's one of the biggest stars on the planet with a penchant for controversy that ensures her music often shares the limelight with her outrageous performances and risqué routines; but there are few more compelling characters in pop today than Rihanna. Since bursting on the scene in 2005 the Barbadian singer has consistently reinvented her style and image to great success but it is often overshadowed by her volatile relationship with Chris Brown....

"This film dissects the work and career of RATM and looks at their place in the always fascinating lineage of artists and performers who have spoken out on behalf of, and drawn attention to, the world's marginalised, downtrodden and oppressed. Featuring: brand new interviews with renowned Rage producer and engineer, Garth Richardson; RATM biographer, Colin Devenish; the band's live sound engineer, Dave 'Rat' Levine and the man who signed them Michael...