Jimmy, known to his friends as Rabbit, is a young man trying to make his way out of the burned-out shell of inner-city Detroit. Rabbit is a white kid trying to make music in a predominantly African-American community and culture. After Rabbit freezes up in the midst of an MC battle, he's convinced he's missed his chance and that he's doomed to lead a marginal life as a factory rat for the rest of his days. With the help of his friends, and his new...

A rap superhero is encased in muscular flesh like armor, his face is an impassive mask, he reaches out to destroy his enemies with his unique talent. Marcus is a gangster who breaks from his youthful life of crime to triumph as a rapper. Marcus's girlfriend helps him pull free the wires holding his jaw shut when he's recovered from being shot in the face. He even has a moment when a razor blade is thrown into his cell and is encouraged to kill himself....

A pair of shady promoters take a chance and try to book a superstar rapper, which leads to trouble.

A comedic spoof of rap stars and life in the hip-hop fast lane. Includes performances by various rap singers.

The final live show of multi-platinum, Grammy-award winning artist, Jay-Z, at Madison Square Garden.

Set in the mean streets of Philadelphia, this is a journey into the dark side of the rap music industry and an underworld filled with hustlers, thieves and killers who will do whatever it takes to stay on top.

"Driven by rage and dreams of wealth, two mismatched rappers join forces to break into the big time. And when they earn a reputation as hard-core gangsta, violence and tragedy rocket them to the top of the charts"--Container.

A culture clash occurs when a born-to-shop socialite tries to clean up the act of a rapper. The new song "Shoot Ya' Teacha" by controversial hardcore rapper Dr. S. causes a public outcry. The stress causes a heart attack for the owner of the hardcore rap record label Felony Assault. It's up to his stylishly sunny daughter Marci to take over his business. She tries to rescue the record label by changing the negative image of Dr. S.

During the mid-'90s a deadly East Coast vs. West Coast rap rivalry erupted, fought between the New York-based camp of Sean "Puffy" Combs and his Bad Boy label, home to Brooklyn's Biggie Smalls (a.k.a. Notorious B.I.G., legally Christopher Wallace), and West Coast riders at Marion "Suge" Knight's Death Row records, home to Tupac Shakur. The feud quickly escalated from CD disses to real-life crime, and murder. On Sept. 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur, 25, was...

In the tradition of Spinal Tap, this mockumentary parodying gangsta rap follows the career of rap group N.W.H.