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GANGSTA RAP: THE GLOCKUMENTARY
BUSTS INTO L.A. THEATERS MARCH 2
Murder Mike, Du Rag and DJ Ballistics Are Back!
L.A., Cali - GANGSTA RAP: THE GLOCKUMENTARY will have its theatrical release Friday, March 2 on
nearly two dozen screens in the L.A. area. The feature-length comedy is independently released by Ill
Ville Films/Big Business.
Written and directed by Damon "Coke" Daniels, who co-wrote My Baby's Daddy with Eddie Griffin for
Miramax, GANGSTA RAP: THE GLOCKUMENTARY owes its street cred to Daniels' extensive turn in the
world of hip hop, during which his group Madkap (Loud Records) toured with the likes of Notorious
B.I.G, The Pharcyde, Twista, Common, The Alkaholics and the Wu Tang Clan.
Daniels also served as producer, alongside Craig Chapman, Chris Dreyer and Paul Stewart, who also
handled the film's music supervision. Stewart, who founded PMP, a promotions company associated
with Island/Def Jam and Loud Records, has also served as music supervisor for the Oscar-winning
Hustle & Flow and Four Brothers, starring Mark Wahlberg and Terrence Howard, as well as the
Barbershop franchise. Myles Nestel, who was founding partner of Cobalt Media Group, which financed
the Oscar-nominated House of Sand and Fog, Swimfan and Steven Spielberg's Band of Brothers, and
Mike Medlock, are executive producers.
Shot in mockumentary style, with Daniels in the role as filmmaker, GANGSTA RAP follows the
flickering fortunes of Gangsta Rap, "the hardest group you've never heard of," a trio of old school,
West Coast rappers: Murder Mike, Du Rag and DJ Ballistics. Despite run-ins with the law, shady
dealings, numerous child custody cases, and a serious slide into irrelevance with the public, these selfproclaimed
godfathers of gangsta rap are hell-bent on staging a comeback.
With fresh tracks such as "My Mamma's A Bitch" and "In My House Shoes," Gangsta Rap is angling to
re-establish their supremacy. The group originally burst on the scene in the mid-eighties, virtually
ruling the West Coast underground into the next decade. Following a slew of setbacks and some
vicious in-fighting, the O.G.s put the past behind them to take one more stab at success.
The film features an ensemble cast of both real-life rappers and stand-up comedians, including Howie
Bell (P. Diddy Presents...The Bad Boys of Comedy; Jamie Foxx's Laffapalooza), Gerald Johnson (aka,
Slink Capone The Cutaluff, produced by Too Short), Schuylar Harvey, Leslie (aka Leslie Jones; HBO's
Def Comedy Jam; Girlfriends; National Security) Tomy'a Bowden (The Steve Harvey Show; Dahmer),
Clifton Powell (Ray; Woman, Thou Art Loosed) and Sam Maccarone, director of the recently released
National Lampoon's TV: The Movie and also features cameos by rappers Too $hort and GLC.
The soundtrack from the film will be available on Delicious Vinyl.
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