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The Joy of Positivity: Fear of a Black Hat (1994)

The Joy of Positivity: Fear of a Black Hat (1994)

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Nov 03, 2023
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Rusty Cundieff’s riotously funny 1994 Hip Hop satire Fear of a Black Hat is primarily a parody of NWA’s dramatic rise and even more dramatic fall but the film’s genius is that it’s not just a parody of one group or one rapper so much as it’s a brilliant spoof of Hip Hop as a whole.

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