The Great Hip Hop Hoax

2013 documentary film directed by Jeanie Finlay

The Great Hip Hop Hoax is a documentary by Jeanie Finlay. It is about Silibil N' Brains, a Scottish hip-hop duo who pretended to be Americans to earn a £250,000 record deal with Sony.[1] The film was first shown at South by Southwest[2] and then the Edinburgh International Film Festival[3] before being shown at Scottish cinemas and on BBC Two Scotland and BBC Four, as well as DR2 in Denmark.[4] It was pitched at Sheffield Doc/Fest's MeetMarket in 2008.

The Great Hip Hop Hoax
Directed byJeanie Finlay
StarringGavin Bain
Billy Boyd
Release date
  • 6 September 2013 (2013-09-06)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Reception

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The film got positive reviews.[5][6][7] Both members of Silibil 'N Brains like the film but find it "bizarre" to watch with other people.[8]

References

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  1. "The great hip hop hoax - How the 'rapping Proclaimers' lived a lie". BBC News. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  2. "The Great Hip Hop Hoax: Scots who duped music industry by pretending to be America's hottest rappers land film deal". Daily Record. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  3. "Jeanie Finlay's Great Hip Hop Hoaxers at EIFF". 28 June 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  4. "Dokumania: Det store hip-hop svindelnummer". 8 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  5. McCahill, Mike (5 September 2013). "The Great Hip-hop Hoax – review". The Guardian. The Scotsman. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  6. Gritten, David (5 September 2013). "The Great Hip-Hop Hoax, review". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  7. "Film review: The Great Hip Hop Hoax (18)". The Independent. London. 6 September 2013. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  8. "The Scots rappers who fooled an industry". 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.

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