Bones 2001   R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Cast: Snoop Dogg, Pam Grier, Michael T. Weiss, Clifton Powell, Ricky Harris, Bianca Lawson, Khalil Kain, Merwin Mondesir, Sean Amsing, Ron Selmour, Katharine Isabelle, Deezer D, Garikayi Mutambirwa, Erin Wright, Josh Byer
The ghost of Jimmy Bones (Snoop Dogg) returns after 20 years to avenge his murder and to rid his old neighborhood of drug-infested crime.
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CB4 1993  R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Tamra Davis
Cast: Chris Rock, Allen Payne, Deezer D, Chris Elliott, Phil Hartman, Theresa Randle, Ice-T, Charles Q. Murphy, Khandi Alexander, Art Evans, Willard E. Pugh, Ty Granderson Jones, Rachel True, Victor Wilson, Richard Gant
CB4 stands for the name of the rap group, Cell Block 4. Its members–CB4 leader Albert, aka MC Gusto (Chris Rock); Otis, aka Stab Master Arson (Deezer D); and Euripides, aka Dead Mike (Allen Payne)–use a scheme of pretending to be gang members to make their message appear more realistic. They rise to fame only to be threatened by the real Gusto (Charles Q. Murphy) who learns of their scam and wants a share of the profits.
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Fear of a Black Hat 1994  R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Rusty Cundieff
Cast: Larry B. Scott, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Rusty Cundieff, Kasi Lemmons, Howie Gold, G. Smokey Campbell, Lamont Johnson, Faizon Love, Bobby Mardis, Brad Sanders, Moon Jones, Tim Hutchinson, Deezer D
This is good satire on hip-hop music and its performers. It is the story about a rap group named Niggaz With Hats and shows what happens as the group rises in popularity.
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| 1. Bones (2001)
2. CB4 (1993)
3. Fear of a Black Hat (1994)
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