Fear of a Black Hat

1994 "The First Drive-By Comedy"
7.2| 1h28m| R| en
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Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button issues. This underground laugh riot recounts the rise, fall and resurrection of a clueless bunch of would-be rappers, Ice Cold, Tone-Def & Tasty Taste performing as N.W.H.

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Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.
Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.
Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
J D This movie is hilarious and while the satire leans against material dated from the 80's and early 90's, if you know enough hip hop and pop culture then you'd find it funny, even today. The writing is excellent, the jokes are funny and well delivered and the songs are hilarious. Two 'videos' in the movie, one titled 'Booty Juice' and the other "A Gangstas life ain't fun" hit home today just as well as they did when this movie came out. It appears that much of the hip hop life style and creed hasn't changed much over the years. The movie is consistently funny from beginning to end, with many of the jokes dead panned and often subtly delivered. It's easy to miss a lot of the jokes during the film if you aren't familiar with the subjects that they are poking fun at. But again, much of what the director delivers is still funny and relevant even today. A must see satire!
redhottcrystal I was up late one night and this was the only movie on so I decided to watch it. I'm so glad I did. It was very funny. I believe NWH is a parody of NWA (Ice Cube, Easy-E,& Dr. Dre). There are also parody appearances of Vanilla Ice and a couple of other 90's artist. NWH's videos even resemble videos of other 90's groups. There are references to the style and culture of the 90's in an all but too funny way. I would recommend even non-rap fans to watch this movie. Although this movie is low budget it definitely just adds to the comedy. The cast really pulls off a serious yet ridiculously funny performance.I had know idea what this movie was about, but after the first 5 min. I knew I was going to like it.Overall this is just a great flashback laugh.
mark-lawrence Fear of a black hat is a hilarious spoof of Hip-Hop culture. It is just as funny as This Is Spinal Tap, if not funnier. The actors are incredible and the documentary style is superb. Mark Christopher Lawrence is a tremendous talent that should be starring in a lot more films. This film is a true cult classic!
grassroots13 I first saw this movie about 4 years ago and i was expecting something funny, similar to CB4. I was blown away. I was on the floor laughing my butt off this movie is so great. Way better than CB4, the characters, the songs, the plot, everything. Top notch independent film that was given "Two Thumbs UP" by Siskel and Egbert (and if two old white guys can understand the humour in this flick, you know it's good).