Inside Hip Hop

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"Inside Hip Hop" features exclusive interviews with today's top hip-hop moguls: Russell Simmons, Damon Dash, Steve Rifkind, Mona Scott (President of Violator Management), Kevin Liles (President of Def Jam Records), Craig Kallman, Baby (Cash Money Millionaires) and Fat Joe. Host Fatman Scoop, HOT 97 radio personality, explores how these entrepreneurs achieved success in the music business and beyond. Unlike other films about hip hop, "Inside Hip Hop" focuses on the "check-writers," offering a rare glimpse into the industry at the highest level. The interviews with the founders and chief executives of major record labels reveal the challenges and achievements each experienced along the journey to the top. The film also examine the state of the music industry, specifically the rap business world through the eyes of the "movers and shakers" and the effects these amazing entrepreneurs have had on many of today's top artists. By tracing the path from where they started to where they are now, the film provides viewers with a unique inside-look into the business side of the music industry and offers inspirational stories from the architects of rap music, whose vision helped spawn a new musical genre-not to mention a cultural revolution.