The Great Hip Hop Hoax

"Get rich or try lying."Movie
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The Great Hip Hop Hoax
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StarringGavin BainBilly T. Boyd
DirectorJeanie Finlay
WriterJeanie Finlay
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NR 1 hr 32 minComedy, Documentary, Music
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GET RICH OR TRY LYING Foul-mouthed Californian hip hop duo Silibil n' Brains were going to be massive. But no-one knew the pair were really amiable Scotsmen, with fake American accents and made up identities. This documentary tells the audacious tale of how two lads from Dundee duped the record industry and nearly destroyed themselves. When their promising Scottish rap act was branded 'the rapping Proclaimers' by a scornful record industry, friends Billy Boyd and Gavin Bain reinvented themselves as Los Angeles homeboys. The lie was their golden ticket to a record deal and a dream celebrity life. A stranger-than-fiction true account of fractured friendship, the pressure of living with lies and the legacy of faking everything in the desperate pursuit of fame. Truth, lies and the legacy of faking everything in the desperate pursuit of fame.

Movie Details

On DVD & Blu-ray:November 5th, 2013 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Jerry Rothwell, Stewart Le Marechal, Jonny Persey
Production Companies:Met Film Production, Glimmer Films
The Great Hip Hop Hoax on the Web:WikiData, Official Website
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