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Fear of a Black Hat

Fear of a Black Hat

The First Drive-By Comedy

19945.91h 28m

Overview

Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button issues. This underground laugh riot recounts the rise, fall and resurrection of a clueless bunch of would-be rappers, Ice Cold, Tone-Def & Tasty Taste performing as N.W.H.

Directed by Rusty Cundieff
Written by Rusty Cundieff
Box OfficeBudget: $1.0MRevenue: $234K

Top Cast

Larry B. Scott

Larry B. Scott

Tasty Taste

Mark Christopher Lawrence

Mark Christopher Lawrence

Tone Def

Rusty Cundieff

Rusty Cundieff

Ice Cold

Kasi Lemmons

Kasi Lemmons

Nina Blackburn

G. Smokey Campbell

G. Smokey Campbell

Backstage Manager 1

Faizon Love

Faizon Love

Jam Boy 1

Deezer D

Deezer D

Jam Boy 2

Devin Kamin

Devin Kamin

Vanilla Sherbet

Don Reed

Don Reed

Daryll in Charge

Barry Shabaka Henley

Barry Shabaka Henley

Geoffrey Lennox

Themes & Keywords

hip-hopmusicianmockumentaryspoof

About Fear of a Black Hat

Fear of a Black Hat is a comedy, music film released in 1994 exploring themes of hip-hop, musician, mockumentary, spoof. Directed by Rusty Cundieff, it stars Larry B. Scott, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Rusty Cundieff. Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button issues. This underground laugh riot recounts the rise, fall and resurrection of a clueless bunch of would-be rappers, Ice Cold, Tone-Def & Tasty Taste performing as N.W.H.

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