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Original title: American Rapstar
Year: 2020
Running time: 79 min.
Country: United States
Director: Justin Staple
Cast: Documentary
Music: Joel Kynan, Nathan Williams
Cinematography: Jake Moore, Michael Marius Pessah
Producer: Ventureland. Distributor: Utopia
Genre: Documentary | Music Documentary. Hip Hop
Synopsis: A new scene of troubled, lo-fi young rappers has emerged from Trump's America, utilizing the SoundCloud streaming platform to quickly become the most culturally disruptive force in hip hop, shocking the world with their rambunctious antics, prescription drug use, facial tattoos, and rebellious punk energy. We examine the SoundCloud rap scene's biggest stars from within the culture as well placing them in the broader musical context in an attempt to understand how we arrived here and where we are headed.

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American Rapstar

2020

Justin Staple