Here we've displayed a list of the best Rap Music films : Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives(2015), Awesome; I F... Shot That!(2006), Fear of a Black Hat(1993), Rize(2005), Patti Cake$(2017), Junction 48(2016), East of Havana(2006), Krush Groove(1985), CB4(1993), Class Act(1992), The Hip Hop Project(2006), All Eyez on Me(2017) ... ...
Documentary
USA
2015
90 Minutes
speaker radio dj jay-z rapper musician amusing charming positive inspiring radio station united states interview informing documentary filmmaking rap music music industry radio show hip-hop rise fall
A retrospective look at the "Best Hip Hop Radio Show of All-Time".
Documentary, Music
USA
2006
89 Minutes
Mike D Adam Horovitz Adam Yauch Doug E. Fresh Darryl McDaniels Ben Stiller
the beastie boys audience member musician cool frenetic madison square garden concert stage new york city rap music filmmaking performance discovery 2000s
A live performance shot by audience members at a 2004 Beastie Boys concert at Madison Square Garden.
Comedy
USA|UK
1993
85 Minutes
Larry B. Scott Mark Christopher Lawrence Rusty Cundieff Kasi Lemmons Howie Gold Barry Heins Eric Laneuville
performer sociologist filmmaker manager groupie rapper hilarious hedonistic madcap road arena hotel hip-hop touring music industry sexual conquests violence rap music discovery rivalry
A mockumentary chronicling the rise and fall of NWH, a not particularly talented--or particularly bright but always controversial--hip-hop group.
Documentary
USA|UK
2005
85 Minutes
dancer dance instructor activist neighbor teenager unrestrained inspiring los angeles south central street stage inner city performance race relations riots krumping rap music gangs transformation rise
Rize chronicles a dance movement that rises out of South Central Los Angeles with roots in clowning and street youth culture.
Drama, Music
USA
2017
108 Minutes
Danielle Macdonald Bridget Everett Cathy Moriarty Siddharth Dhananjay Mamoudou Athie Patrick Brana Sahr Ngaujah MC Lyte McCaul Lombardi Wass Stevens Nick Sandow
rapper young woman grandmother friend emotional heartwarming inspiring moving bar house neighborhood rap music glory family friendship misfortune alcohol escape love pursuit
PATTI CAKE$ is centered on aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey.
Drama, Music
Israel|Germany|USA
2016
96 Minutes
Tamer Nafar Samar Qupty Salwa Nakkara Saeed Dassuki Adeeb Safadi Tarik Kopty Michael Moshonov Ayed Fadel
rapper singer girlfriend police officer intense frenetic gripping fiery club apartment building slum city neighborhood middle east aspirations rap music aimless youth discovery love growing up
Set against a backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian rapper Kareem and his singer girlfriend Manar struggle, love and make music in their crime-ridden ghetto and Tel Aviv's hip-hop club scene.
Documentary
USA
2006
82 Minutes
Emilia Menocal
rapper government official dj rousing inspiring alamar, cuba musical gathering rap music social change censorship counterculture communism poverty underdog quest 2000s
East of Havana is a blunt, unflinching close-up on the lives of three young rappers compelled to address their generation's future from the confines of a Cuban ghetto. Soandry, Magyori, and... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1985
94 Minutes
Blair Underwood LisaGay Hamilton Richard Gant Daniel Simmons Russell Simmons Charles Stettler Rick Rubin Sal Abbatiello Karen Moss Chad Elliot
business owner music producer rapper brother dj run-d.m.c. cool spirited amusing inspiring bronx, n.y. apartment club street new york city business rap music rags to riches competition musical performance
The story of a man who has started a new hip-hop/rap label called Krush Groove.
Comedy
USA
1993
86 Minutes
Chris Rock Allen Payne Deezer D Chris Elliott Phil Hartman Charlie Murphy Khandi Alexander Art Evans Theresa Randle Willard E. Pugh
rapper friend activist documentarian kingpin manager unrestrained witty los angeles nightclub retirement home car prison rap music identity theft band fighting jailbreak fame rise
A guy makes a documentary of the rap band CB4 by following them. CB4 got popular by stealing Gusto's name, background and image. He wants them dead.
Comedy
USA
1992
98 Minutes
Christopher Reid Christopher Martin Karyn Parsons Alysia Rogers Meshach Taylor Doug E. Doug Rick Ducommun Lamont Johnson Rhea Perlman Pauly Shore Mariann Aalda
nerd bad boy principal student parole officer drug dealer hysterical wild madcap outlandish high school classroom street jail trading places new life teen romance rap music friendship unlikely allies
A valedictorian and a juvenile delinquent have their school records switched and begin to be treated like the other.
Documentary
USA
2006
88 Minutes
Scott K. Rosenberg
young girl friend musician music lover inspiring new york city brooklyn, n.y. rap music collaboration self-discovery teen angst family poverty discovery rise 2000s
The Hip Hop Project is the dynamic and inspirational story of a group of New York City teenagers who transform their life stories into powerful works of art, using hip hop as a vehicle for ... See full summary »
Biography, Drama, Music
USA
2017
140 Minutes
Demetrius Shipp Jr. Danai Gurira Katerina Graham Dominic L. Santana Jamal Woolard Jarrett Ellis Harold House Moore Lauren Cohan Hill Harper Annie Ilonzeh Chris Clarke
rapper musician police officer mother friend bleak brooding chilling gripping gritty street projects club park house racism police brutality rap music discovery rise
Tells the true and untold story of prolific rapper, actor, poet and activist Tupac Shakur.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2001
113 Minutes
Sam Jones III Zoe Saldana Nelly Dean Winters Rashaan Nall Joel Marsh Garland Mpho Koaho Victor Togunde Carlo Alban Rich Heidelberg Frank Vincent
rapper businesswoman business owner police officer teen boy friend tense gripping recording studio philadelphia street office bar music industry ambition rap music theft kidnapping false accusations pursuit
Erik is an ambitious teenager who spends more time posting fliers for his favorite rapper, Prolifik, than sitting in the classroom. When he and his best friend stumble across a dead body one night, they trigger a series of tragic events.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
105 Minutes
Billoah Greene Darien Sills-Evans Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Janine Green Novella Nelson Tuffy Questell Eartha Kitt Patti LaBelle Rosa Arredondo Denise Burse Tim Reid
gangster brother rapper twin preacher older brother heartwarming emotional hilarious church harlem, n.y. household street relationships family religion brotherhood on the run rap music transformation
A pair of estranged twins driven apart by the death of their parents find reconciliation and redemption after following radically different paths in life.
Comedy
USA
2003
86 Minutes
Jamie Kennedy Taye Diggs Anthony Anderson Blair Underwood Regina Hall Damien Dante Wayans Ryan O'Neal Snoop Dogg Bo Derek Jeffrey Tambor Giuliana Rancic
young man politician father mother actor rapper amusing madcap california malibu, calif. south central ghetto culture clash aspirations inner-city life rap music ineptitude deception discovery pursuit
A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to try and shock him out of his plans to become a rapper.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
1999
98 Minutes
Scott Caan Robert Downey Jr. Stacy Edwards Allan Houston Gaby Hoffmann Kidada Jones Jared Leto Marla Maples Joe Pantoliano Bijou Phillips Power
rapper gangster filmmaker high-school student basketball player corrupt cop dark dense unrestrained manhattan central park high school harlem, n.y. apartment race relations rap music coming of age filmmaking crime sexual identity
A group of white high school teens become involved with Harlem's black hip-hop crowd.
Drama, Music
USA
2000
86 Minutes
Pras Ja Rule Vondie Curtis-Hall Tamala Jones Jason Statham Eugene Clark John Ralston Chris Messina
rapper manager drug trafficker mother father girlfriend engaging brutal gritty brooklyn, n.y. nightclub recording studio stage warehouse mansion street life rap music drug trade theft aspirations
Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate ... See full summary »
Comedy
Germany|USA
2003
84 Minutes
Lisa Kudrow Damon Wayans Richard Benjamin Christine Baranski Paula Garcés Billy Griffith Jane Krakowski Sherie Rene Scott Veanne Cox Erik LaRay Harvey Capital Jay
rapper senator media mogul philanthropist daughter record label owner amusing lighthearted engaging awards ceremony auction house hospital room nightclub u.s. capitol rap music opposites attract scandal culture clash outsider music industry
A Jewish-American Princess is forced to take control of a hard-core hip-hop record label and tries to rein the one of the label's most controversial rappers.
Musical, Romance
USA
1991
90 Minutes
Vanilla Ice Kristin Minter Michael Gross Sydney Lassick Dody Goodman Naomi Campbell Candy Clark John Haymes Newton
rapper love interest rebel jock ex-boyfriend father campy melodramatic suburb countryside high school family home unlikely romance witness protection motorcycle gang young love father/daughter relationship rap music love rescue
A rapper gets stuck in a small town and falls for a local girl whose family is in witness protection.
Documentary, Music
2018
90 Minutes
singer female rapper speaker music journalist interviewee interviewer airy intense inspiring emotional powerful creative united states recording studio stage russia informing documentary filmmaking music rap music
Drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, Stephen Loveridge creates an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician known as M.I.A.