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Ice Cube has new Documentary about the Oakland Raiders

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Ice Cube may not be an active rapper, but he’s definitely not sitting around twiddling his thumbs.

The West Coast rap legend has made a new documentary about his beloved Los Angeles Raiders American football team, now known as the Oakland Raiders. He has always donned the colors of the sports franchise over the years, so it’s no surprise that he would make a movie about it. Ice Cube and the hip-hop super group N.W.A. helped popularize The Raiders’ merchandise by wearing the teams’ signature black and silver clothing.

In an interview about “Straight Outta L.A.,” Ice Cube said that N.W.A., the group he founded, brought national attention to the Raiders, increasing its popularity.

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“The music, lyrics and images that I created with N.W.A. as a solo artist and as an actor helped turn the Raiders into something more than a football team,” Cube said. “To this day, kids all over the world buy Raiders gear, imitate the ‘Gangster Rap’ style and try to connect with the South Central L.A. vibe that we brought to the masses.”

“Straight Outta L.A.” chronicles the rise and fall of the team during its time in Los Angeles and recounts the origins of The Raiders from their time as an Oakland-based team until 1982 when a court decision allowed the team to move to Los Angeles.

The film will make its worldwide debut at the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival in April.

“We are thrilled to launch this year’s Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival with a film that show how sports are intertwined in so many other cultural arenas, ESPN senior VP for content development Keith Clinkscales said in a statement. “All of the sports documentaries in this year’s festival truly illustrate that the reach of sports in society extends far past solely athletics and into such disciplines as music, language, art and of course, film.”

It will be screened on April 23 at the film festival and make its television debut on May 11 on ESPN.

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QD3 Presents Lil Wayne & The Carter (Sundance) Documentary Trailer Premiere

Saturday, November 7th, 2009


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All aboard the ‘Soul Train’; next stop movie theaters

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

One of TV’s longest-running music shows is making the leap to the big screen.

Warner Bros. Films has hired writer Malcolm Spellman to pen a feature based around the highly danceable program “Soul Train.”

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The movie will be produced with the participation of “Soul Train’s” host and brain trust, Don Cornelius, who made headlines in 2008 after his arrest on domestic violence charges.

The film will be set in the ’80s. (“Soul Train” ran from 1971 to 2006).

“All the hip-hop street dances you see today were born during that time period and were first seen on that show,” said Spellman, whose screenwriting credits include “Dead Presidents.” “I remember doing all of them when I was a kid.”

The lead character comes from the ghetto of L.A. His escape comes through his talent for “popping,” a street dance that became popular during the ’80s.

“This guy is a serious popper, with street edge, and he wants to get on that tour, with the hottest of the hot,” Spellman said. “Writing with Don (Cornelius) involved is quite an experience. He’s still the godfather of cool.”

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