War on wax : rivalries in hip hop / Live Music Channel.

Tracks the history of rivalries from the beginning of hip hop with early battles like KRS-One vs. MC Shan and Kool Moe Dee vs. LL Cool J, up until the legendary East Coast/West Coast rivalry which culminated with the deaths of Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur. Explores how the media has capitalized...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Live Music Channel
Image Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Fresh, Doug E.
KRS-One (Musician)
Ice-T (Musician)
Kool Moe Dee (Musician)
DMC (Musician)
Vanilla Ice
Language:English
Published: Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [2003], ©2003.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Rap (Music) > History.
Rap musicians > United States.
Music videos.
History.
Rap (Music)
Rap musicians.
United States.
Genre:
Music videos.
History.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Tracks the history of rivalries from the beginning of hip hop with early battles like KRS-One vs. MC Shan and Kool Moe Dee vs. LL Cool J, up until the legendary East Coast/West Coast rivalry which culminated with the deaths of Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur. Explores how the media has capitalized on feuds and manipulated them, and how the evolution of rivalries grew from dissing a rival on a track to more dangerous and physicallly threatening hatred. Features interviews with various hip hop artists and industry insiders.
Note:Videodisc release of the 2003 documentary.
Special features included.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AQ7 D0032747 VideoDVD
System Details:DVD; Dolby Digital, stereo.
Participant or Performer:
Interviewees: Doug E. Fresh, KRS-One, Ice-T, Kool Moe Dee, DMC, Vanilla Ice, and others.