Def Jam biopic in the works
Following the huge critical and financial success of the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton, we’re hearing that Universal is considering another high profile deep dive into hip hop history, this time the story of Def Jam Recordings and its co-founder Russell Simmons. We’re also hearing Michael B. Jordan and Jonah Hill mentioned as possibles for Simmons and Def Jam co-founder Rick Rubin respectively, though there are no deals in place at this time. The film would be based on 2002’s Life and Def: Sex, Drugs, Money, + God, co-written by Simmons and Nelson George, which chronicles Simmons’ career, particularly the creation (with Rubin) of the legendary hip hop label that defined rap in the 80s. We’re told it would focus on the early years of Def Jam, and how hip hop grew from an underground sensation into a dominant and pivotal voice of culture and change. Things are still very preliminary, but time is certainly ripe for the project. Not only looking at Compton, Fox’s Empire and the Broadway hit Hamilton demonstrate handily that there’s heavy interest in rap and the rap music business. Simmons got his start on practically the ground floor of the rap game, managing Kurtis Blow early on, and soon after, being instrumental in the rise and incredible success of his brother Joseph’s group Run-DMC. In 1984 Simmons and Rubin launched Def Jam in Rubin’s NYU dorm room, going on to foster the careers of some of the most successful rap artists of all time, among them LL Cool J, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, EPMD, Warren G and Nate Dogg, and Jay-Z. A fictionalized version of the label was the subject of the cult 1985 film Krush Groove. |
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Of course :lol:
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:lol:
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We knew this was coming.
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I wouldn't be surprised if BET has a few low rent versions in production now.
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Excuse me while I go watch 'Fear of a Black Hat.'
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Looking forward to seeing a re-enactment of the recording of "Pour Some Sugar on Me".
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Their going to milk this well dry. I fully expect a Digital Underground biopic.
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Originally Posted by Thrush
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Their going to milk this well dry. I fully expect a Digital Underground biopic.
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Wake me up when they make a Wu Tang one.
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Forget Def Jam, I want one about Sugar Hill records. I'll also take one about Afrika Bambaataa and The Universal Zulu Nation. Also one about Grandmaster Melle Mel.
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So when does Motown get one?
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Def Jam was a good record label but that it is it. Their roster was pretty spread out and didn't have much coherency like Ruthless and Death Row did. Who are they going to choose for it to be about? Russell Simmons? Haven't we already seen enough of him already? Will there be mention of the Def Jam Icon game in the movie?
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Krush Groove already hit the entertaining parts...
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Originally Posted by inri222
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I wonder what member the main focus will be on? :sarcasm:
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Who are going to play the Beasties?
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