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The Great Hip Hop Hoax

“Get rich or try lying.”

★ 6.3 TMDB Rating · 11 votes

GET RICH OR TRY LYING Foul-mouthed Californian hip hop duo Silibil n' Brains were going to be massive. But no-one knew the pair were really amiable Scotsmen, with fake American accents and made up identities. This documentary tells the audacious tale of how two lads from Dundee duped the record industry and nearly destroyed themselves. When their promising Scottish rap act was branded 'the rapping Proclaimers' by a scornful record industry, friends Billy Boyd and Gavin Bain reinvented themselves as Los Angeles homeboys. The lie was their golden ticket to a record deal and a dream celebrity life. A stranger-than-fiction true account of fractured friendship, the pressure of living with lies and the legacy of faking everything in the desperate pursuit of fame. Truth, lies and the legacy of faking everything in the desperate pursuit of fame.

Director
Jeanie Finlay
Release date
Jun 26, 2013
Original language
English
Origin
United Kingdom

Cast of The Great Hip Hop Hoax

  • Gavin Bain

    Himself

  • Billy T. Boyd

    Himself

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United States
Streaming on Prime Video, DOCSVILLE, True StoryRent or buy on Amazon Video
United Kingdom
Streaming on Netflix, Prime Video, DOCSVILLERent or buy on Google Play Movies, YouTube Movies
India
Streaming on DOCSVILLE, True Story
Canada
Streaming on DOCSVILLE, True Story, Tubi
Australia
Streaming on Prime Video, DOCSVILLE, True StoryRent or buy on Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube Movies

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