Mar 04, 1997
90 min
Full-HD

Rhyme & Reason (1997)

A study in the world of hip-hop, done mostly with interviews, in order to see why it is as popular as it is today and what the future holds.

Category

Documentary Music

Country

United States of America

Companies

Dr. Dre

Self

Nas

Self

RZA

Self

Method Man

Self

Ice-T

Self

Too $hort

Self

Q-Tip

Self

B-Real

Self

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