The Great Hip Hop Hoax (2013)
The Great Hip Hop Hoax (2013)
Get rich or try lying.
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.

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Gavin Bain Gavin Bain As: Himself
Billy T. Boyd Billy T. Boyd As: Himself
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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.


Tagline: Get rich or try lying.
Certification: 18

Details

Genres: Documentary, Comedy, Music

Language: English

Release Date: 26 June 2013

Country: GB

Runtime: 92m

Company Credits

Company: Met Film Production, Glimmer Films

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Jerry Rothwell

Jerry Rothwell

Executive Producer

Stewart Le Marechal

Stewart Le Marechal

Executive Producer

Jeanie Finlay

Jeanie Finlay

Producer

Jonny Persey

Jonny Persey

Executive Producer

Al Morrow

Al Morrow

Producer

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Roger Knott-Fayle

Roger Knott-Fayle

Cinematography

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