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Hip Hop Uncovered

The power brokers who operate from the shadows of hip hop.

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N/A

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Genre

documentary, music

Production

Lightbox Entertainment,Five All in the Fifth Entertainment

Awards

1 nomination

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https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/hip-hop-uncovered

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So they know--when
they was penning that song, - Hip Hop Uncovered

So they know--when they was penning that song,

It's a party record,
but you're telling - Hip Hop Uncovered

It's a party record, but you're telling

You know, on some real shit,
without Run-DMC, - Hip Hop Uncovered

You know, on some real shit, without Run-DMC,

That was the fucking Beatles,
you know? - Hip Hop Uncovered

That was the fucking Beatles, you know?

{\an8}He just got killed. - Hip Hop Uncovered

{\an8}He just got killed.

{\an8}MALCOLM: The fact that
the number one cause of death - Hip Hop Uncovered

{\an8}MALCOLM: The fact that the number one cause of death

Like, it was hard times,
your ins, your lows, - Hip Hop Uncovered

Like, it was hard times, your ins, your lows,

More and more people
are starting to fucking die. - Hip Hop Uncovered

More and more people are starting to fucking die.

If you got a fucking OG - Hip Hop Uncovered

If you got a fucking OG

{\an8}The importance of a Big U,
a Trick Trick, a Mugs, - Hip Hop Uncovered

{\an8}The importance of a Big U, a Trick Trick, a Mugs,

BIG U: Pop Smoke was in LA, - Hip Hop Uncovered

BIG U: Pop Smoke was in LA,

I need to change
my whole situation, - Hip Hop Uncovered

I need to change my whole situation,

{\an8}♪ ♪ - Hip Hop Uncovered

He never affiliated
with Wack 100, - Hip Hop Uncovered

He never affiliated with Wack 100,

{\an8}♪ ♪ - Hip Hop Uncovered

{\an8}♪ ♪ - Hip Hop Uncovered

People don't understand
that sometime - Hip Hop Uncovered

People don't understand that sometime

{\an8}We heard a lot of, you know,
stories about them. - Hip Hop Uncovered

{\an8}We heard a lot of, you know, stories about them.

Is it, um, like,
a solid science? - Hip Hop Uncovered

Is it, um, like, a solid science?

You know,
when you in the streets - Hip Hop Uncovered

You know, when you in the streets

BIG U: Everywhere
is somebody like me - Hip Hop Uncovered

BIG U: Everywhere is somebody like me

(dramatic music sting) - Hip Hop Uncovered

(dramatic music sting)

Crack just didn't pop up
in communities of color. - Hip Hop Uncovered

Crack just didn't pop up in communities of color.

{\an8}For the first time
since slavery, - Hip Hop Uncovered

{\an8}For the first time since slavery,

When I went viral, uh,
I had a altercation - Hip Hop Uncovered

When I went viral, uh, I had a altercation

(uneasy music) - Hip Hop Uncovered

(hip hop music) - Hip Hop Uncovered

(hip hop music)

BIG U:
All the security together, - Hip Hop Uncovered

BIG U: All the security together,

My home's gonna be better,
and I'ma smell good. - Hip Hop Uncovered

My home's gonna be better, and I'ma smell good.

But how the rules go, - Hip Hop Uncovered

But how the rules go,

BIG U:
So when I'm on the ground, - Hip Hop Uncovered

BIG U: So when I'm on the ground,

{\an8}I really believe that if I
didn't go through the majority - Hip Hop Uncovered

{\an8}I really believe that if I didn't go through the ...

BIG U: So the blood's--
I'm on my back, - Hip Hop Uncovered

BIG U: So the blood's-- I'm on my back,

I think I did pretty good, - Hip Hop Uncovered

I think I did pretty good,

Other niggas would have said,
"Fuck it," then went back home - Hip Hop Uncovered

Other niggas would have said, "Fuck it," then went...

I hit the pavement so hard - Hip Hop Uncovered

I hit the pavement so hard

Deb was a hustler, period,
but she didn't hu-- - Hip Hop Uncovered

Deb was a hustler, period, but she didn't hu--

With her, it was just-- - Hip Hop Uncovered

With her, it was just--

(siren wailing) - Hip Hop Uncovered

(siren wailing)

It was just about her
leaving to be free. - Hip Hop Uncovered

It was just about her leaving to be free.

Went too far, so we ended up
shutting Hollywood down. - Hip Hop Uncovered

Went too far, so we ended up shutting Hollywood down.

You know, we had, um, sat down - Hip Hop Uncovered

You know, we had, um, sat down

Yo, it take you
so many different places, - Hip Hop Uncovered

Yo, it take you so many different places,

We used about $70,000, $80,000
to do a food giveaway, toys. - Hip Hop Uncovered

We used about $70,000, $80,000 to do a food giveaway, toys.

REPORTER: The Supper Club's
giving all these free toys - Hip Hop Uncovered

REPORTER: The Supper Club's giving all these free toys

(somber music) - Hip Hop Uncovered

For me, being able
to take something bad - Hip Hop Uncovered

For me, being able to take something bad

DAIROLD: It's so many dynamics
to Big U - Hip Hop Uncovered

DAIROLD: It's so many dynamics to Big U

And as that avalanche of drugs
is coming through Miami - Hip Hop Uncovered

And as that avalanche of drugs is coming through Miami

{\an8}PROBLEM:
Because he went through - Hip Hop Uncovered

{\an8}PROBLEM: Because he went through

TRICK TRICK: Detroit
has become a No Fly Zone, - Hip Hop Uncovered

TRICK TRICK: Detroit has become a No Fly Zone,

(laughter) - Hip Hop Uncovered

(laughter) - Hip Hop Uncovered

{\an8}-I'm praying for that crack.
-See? Crack. - Hip Hop Uncovered

{\an8}-I'm praying for that crack. -See? Crack.

{\an8}-Yup.
-19-- - Hip Hop Uncovered

{\an8}-Yup. -19--

{\an8}Like, I chose to take on
with you in the first--first. - Hip Hop Uncovered

{\an8}Like, I chose to take on with you in the first--first.

I found my first sack
of fucking crack - Hip Hop Uncovered

I found my first sack of fucking crack

Y'all record labels
don't see y'all people here. - Hip Hop Uncovered

Y'all record labels don't see y'all people he...

Holy Jesus, and I had made
more money at that time - Hip Hop Uncovered

Holy Jesus, and I had made more money at that time

I've had artists
come to Detroit - Hip Hop Uncovered

I've had artists come to Detroit

I used to cut grass,
shovel snow, rake leaves, - Hip Hop Uncovered

I used to cut grass, shovel snow, rake leaves,

Okay, you do the math.
This shit was easy. - Hip Hop Uncovered

Okay, you do the math. This shit was easy.

I didn't see a fucking cop car
the whole time - Hip Hop Uncovered

I didn't see a fucking cop car the whole time

It was a bad influence, period. - Hip Hop Uncovered

It was a bad influence, period.

But when you was 14, 15, 16, - Hip Hop Uncovered

But when you was 14, 15, 16,

{\an8}He made a stand, and yes, he
looked like the troublemaker, - Hip Hop Uncovered

{\an8}He made a stand, and yes, he looked like the troublema...

We can't, you know,
depend on people - Hip Hop Uncovered

We can't, you know, depend on people

They have to know
what the reputation is - Hip Hop Uncovered

They have to know what the reputation is

You know, it was all about
who was the vicious, - Hip Hop Uncovered

You know, it was all about who was the vicious,

{\an8}Trick Trick damn ass - Hip Hop Uncovered

{\an8}Trick Trick damn ass

{\an8}You had to pay your dues
to Trick Trick when you come, - Hip Hop Uncovered

{\an8}You had to pay your dues to Trick Trick when you come,

{\an8}Whenever I go to the D,
I'm hitting up Trick Trick, - Hip Hop Uncovered

{\an8}Whenever I go to the D, I'm hitting up Trick Tric...

Come out
and get down with me." - Hip Hop Uncovered

Come out and get down with me."

They have a song out there
saying, - Hip Hop Uncovered

They have a song out there saying,

I knew the politics
of this game, - Hip Hop Uncovered

I knew the politics of this game,

BIG U: I could tell you
what side of town to go in, - Hip Hop Uncovered

BIG U: I could tell you what side of town to go in,

The way I got propelled
into robberies was, - Hip Hop Uncovered

The way I got propelled into robberies was,

{\an8}You might have a show
in that market, - Hip Hop Uncovered

{\an8}You might have a show in that market,

{\an8}There's gonna be some
real dudes in that corner - Hip Hop Uncovered

{\an8}There's gonna be some real dudes in that corner

{\an8}We're gonna rob 'em." - Hip Hop Uncovered

{\an8}We're gonna rob 'em."

One day, my dad's cab
got stolen, - Hip Hop Uncovered

One day, my dad's cab got stolen,

Well, the record labels
at first was like, - Hip Hop Uncovered

Well, the record labels at first was like,

(dramatic music) - Hip Hop Uncovered

(dramatic music)

So you know all the thieves
in the neighborhood, huh?" - Hip Hop Uncovered

So you know all the thieves in the neighborhood, huh?"

Someone has locked the gates
to the venue. - Hip Hop Uncovered

Someone has locked the gates to the venue.

Car thieves, burglars, - Hip Hop Uncovered

Car thieves, burglars,

He's in fear of his life, - Hip Hop Uncovered

He's in fear of his life,

REPORTER: Over the weekend,
rapper Rick Ross, - Hip Hop Uncovered

REPORTER: Over the weekend, rapper Rick Ross,

If not, right, tomorrow I start
shooting car thieves, okay?" - Hip Hop Uncovered

If not, right, tomorrow I start shooting car thieves, okay?&...

Any performer that goes there
must pay homage to him first, - Hip Hop Uncovered

Any performer that goes there must pay homage to him first,

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The power brokers who operate from the shadows of hip hop.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Production: Lightbox Entertainment,Five All in the Fifth Entertainment

Genre: documentary, music

Year: 2021

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice:

Released: 12 Feb 2021

Awards: 1 nomination

Homepage: https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/hip-hop-uncovered