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NEW FILM UNCOVERS SECRET
SURVEILLANCE OF RAP STARS
‘Hip-Hop and the Cops’ reveal dossiers
kept on hundreds of artists and execs for
years.
*A new documentary film exposes
a side of the hip hop industry that
has been long known, but difficult
to prove.
"Rap Sheet: Hip-Hop and the
Cops," from filmmaker Don Sikorski,
uncovers evidence that law enforcement
agencies have been keeping secret
dossiers on hundreds of hip-hop artists
and executives for years.
The film shows surveillance footage
obtained by Sikorski from the
NYPD, the FBI and LAPD. Sikorski
also found out that a nationwide task force
to keep tabs on rappers was set up
by the Drug Enforcement Agency.
"I was amazed at the volume of
intimate, private information that
this national network of police had
gathered,” Sikorski told Daily Variety.
“But the more I talked to artists and
cops, the more I understood that this
is a situation with few heroes and
plenty of villains on both sides."
Sikorski scored his first research
breakthrough for the film when
Miami police responded to a request
he made through the Freedom of
Information Act.
The film, which has yet to set a
release date, also features
interviews with such rap notables as
Russell Simmons, Kanye West, Busta
Rhymes, Ja Rule, Snoop Dogg and
Damon Dash. Performances by Eminem,
Fat Joe, Jadakiss and Lloyd Banks of
G-Unit are also included.
SURVEILLANCE OF RAP STARS
‘Hip-Hop and the Cops’ reveal dossiers
kept on hundreds of artists and execs for
years.
*A new documentary film exposes
a side of the hip hop industry that
has been long known, but difficult
to prove.
"Rap Sheet: Hip-Hop and the
Cops," from filmmaker Don Sikorski,
uncovers evidence that law enforcement
agencies have been keeping secret
dossiers on hundreds of hip-hop artists
and executives for years.
The film shows surveillance footage
obtained by Sikorski from the
NYPD, the FBI and LAPD. Sikorski
also found out that a nationwide task force
to keep tabs on rappers was set up
by the Drug Enforcement Agency.
"I was amazed at the volume of
intimate, private information that
this national network of police had
gathered,” Sikorski told Daily Variety.
“But the more I talked to artists and
cops, the more I understood that this
is a situation with few heroes and
plenty of villains on both sides."
Sikorski scored his first research
breakthrough for the film when
Miami police responded to a request
he made through the Freedom of
Information Act.
The film, which has yet to set a
release date, also features
interviews with such rap notables as
Russell Simmons, Kanye West, Busta
Rhymes, Ja Rule, Snoop Dogg and
Damon Dash. Performances by Eminem,
Fat Joe, Jadakiss and Lloyd Banks of
G-Unit are also included.
