#MTOS: MCs at the Movies

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It’s been a busy week, as I prepare to spend the next week celebrating turning 21 (for the 26th year), so I kind of fell behind in prepping a topic for this week. To the rescue, however, came @Nakedairplane with a great topic for the chat this Sunday.

Hip hop and rap has pervaded aspects of films over the past few decades, whether it is the use of the music to add atmosphere, the culture to add story, or the artists to add Will Smith. So let’s explore how the music culture has intersected with the visual delights that we all embrace.

You know the drill by now – 10 questions (listed below) firing out on Sunday from 8pm (UK time) over on Twitter. To join in simply follow the #MTOS or @filmfileuk and answer along as each question fires out.

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Q1: Firstly, what is your relationship with hip hop? Do you listen to the music? What does rap music mean to you? #MTOS

Q2: Hip Hop really began to pervade mainstream cinema in the late 80s and early 90s with the films of Spike Lee and John Singleton among others. Which of these films impacted on you? #MTOS

Q3: What’s your favourite use of a rap song in film within any context? #MTOS

Q4: There have been plenty of Rap documentaries on film and TV over the years. Which would you recommend for others to check out? #MTOS

Q5: Plenty of rappers have turned actor over the years. Do you have any favourite individuals among these? #MTOS

Q6: Are there any rappers who should have stuck to rapping? What when wrong in their acting careers? #MTOS

Q7: Biggie, Tupac and NWA have all received the biopic treatment in recent years. Which other rappers would you like to see immortalised in this way? #MTOS

Q8: Later this year a Broadway musical that draws from Hip Hop culture is getting a release with Lin Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights. How excited are you for this? Were you aware of it? #MTOS

Q9: There have been lots and lots if notable hip hop soundtracks to movies. Are there any that you would recommend to the rest of the #MTOS gang?

Q10: What are your top films of any description that celebrate Hip hop culture in one way or another? Feel free to mention as many as you want #MTOS

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