With this amateurish but undeniably entertaining gangsta caper, West Coast rapper Mack 10 follows the lead of Master P, who parlayed hip-hop success into a career as producer and star of films like I GOT THE HOOK UP. The trend seems to be toward a new kind of
Poverty Row filmmaking, rough-edged, no-budget genre flicks targeted at African-American audiences and free of Hollywood requirements like "name" stars. DJ (Mack 10) is an L.A. banger and aspiring hip-hop producer who knows the legal way isn't for every man...at least, it's not for him. After his
mixing equipment catches fire, DJ and his gang decide to return to dope dealing to fund his career. DJ enlists the ...
Released:
1999
Rated:
R
Length:
91 mins