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"Meet Oakland's Newest Battle Rapper."

2018

2h 0m

7.2(136 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Music

Overview

A progressive graduate student finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject becomes a competitive obsession.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Calum Worthy

Adam

Jackie Long

Behn Grymm

Rory Uphold

Maya

Jonnie Park

Prospek

Walter Perez

Che Corleone

Shoniqua Shandai

Devine Write

Debra Wilson

Dean Hampton

Dizaster

Megaton

Anthony Michael Hall

Professor Merkin

Simon Rex

Donnie Narco

Creative team

Directed by: Joseph Kahn
Written by: Joseph Kahn
Alex Larsen
Produced by: Eminem

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