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The Great Hip Hop Hoax

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Scottish friends Billy Boyd and Gavin Bain adopt fake accents and pass themselves off as a California rap group.
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Mike McCahill Guardian Sep 5, 2013
3/5
It's mostly a poppy, funny anecdote, if no advert for the music biz: Daniel Bedingfield emerges as one of its savvier souls. Go to Full Review Sophie Monks Kaufman Little White Lies Sep 5, 2013
3/5
Undoubtably, the best reason to watch The Great Hip Hop Hoax is the delirious schadenfreude of seeing high-level execs getting taken for a ride by a pair of chancers. Go to Full Review David Gritten Daily Telegraph (UK) Sep 5, 2013
4/5
A smart morality tale about the illusory nature of celebrity, and the pressures it exerts once attained. Go to Full Review Graeme Tuckett The Post NZ Dec 28, 2020
A story so good, it can only be true. Go to Full Review Jim Ross TAKE ONE Magazine Feb 13, 2020
THE GREAT HIP HOP HOAX is a mild indictment of the artifice of modern music, and a portrait of obsession and the malleability of identity. It may leave you questioning whether the hoax referred to is the audacious Gavin and Billy, or modern music itself. Go to Full Review Ben Nicholson CineVue Mar 2, 2019
3/5
A strange and enthralling story, about the absurd lengths gone to in the name of fame, that Jeanie Finlay has presented with compassion and insight. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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May 11, 2014 Intriguing and almost unbelievable story. Interviews are great and give insight into these strange characters. See more Dec 19, 2013 Thought provoking documentary about music industry, the pursuit for success, but also how innocent lies can destroy lives and friendship See more Nov 22, 2013 Interesting documentary about two chancers from Scotland who fooled the record industry into thinking they were American so they could be signed to a record label. I do not care for this type of music much, but it was interesting to see how the story played out. See more Oct 29, 2013 This is like something out of an 80's comedy. A fascinating, funny, dark, insane documentary about two lads from Scotland who pretend to be a hip hop duo from L.A and in the process land a record deal. A must see. See more Oct 27, 2013 The fooled them all - This gripping documentry was so so so good and the boys so likeable. How they managed to do it who knows. They did become a bit creepily to much like their make up alto agos but the never faltered. See more Oct 24, 2013 An intriguing insight into the gullibility of the music industry. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Jeanie Finlay

Director

Gavin Bain

Actor

Billy Boyd

Actor

Jeanie Finlay

Writer

Stewart Le Maréchal

Executive Producer

Jonny Persey

Executive Producer

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The Great Hip Hop Hoax

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Movie Info

Synopsis Scottish friends Billy Boyd and Gavin Bain adopt fake accents and pass themselves off as a California rap group.
Director
Jeanie Finlay
Producer
Jeanie Finlay, Al Morrow
Screenwriter
Jeanie Finlay
Genre
Documentary, Comedy, Music
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2017
Runtime
1h 32m
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