The Great Hip Hop Hoax

The Great Hip Hop Hoax (2013)

Not Rated 06 Sep 2013 • Documentary, Comedy, Music • 1h 33m
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Californian hip-hop duo Silibil n' Brains were going to be massive. No one knew the pair were really Scottish, with fake American accents and made up identities. When their promising Scottish rap act was branded "the rapping Proclaimers" by scornful A&Rs, friends Billy and Gavin reinvented themselves as LA homeboys. The real deal. The lie was their golden ticket to a dream life. With confessions from the scammers, insight from the music execs they duped and doodle reconstructions, the film charts the roller coaster story of the highs of the scam and the lows of madness and the personal toll the deception took. A film about truth, lies and the legacy of faking everything in the desperate pursuit of fame.

Jeanie Finlay
Director
Jeanie Finlay
Writer
Gavin Bain, Billy Boyd
Starring

Language: English
Awards: 2 nominations
Country: United Kingdom
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7.1

IMDb (635 votes)
89%
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