JAY-Z, Kanye West, Eminem and more have been parodied in Affion Crockett’s new film A Hip Hop Story.
The musical comedy, which also stars Cedric the Entertainer, Lil Rel Howery and Lil Mama, focuses on a Hip Hop culture in crisis and will see various rap legends team up to save the genre.
The first trailer for the movie features caricatures of Kanye West (complete with a face-covering mask), JAY-Z, an early Eminem and various other figures including Snoop Dogg, Biggie, Diddy, Run-DMC, Russell Simmons, Salt-N-Pepa, Joe Budden and Chris Rock.
Crockett himself plays multiple characters, including Simmons who is the founder of Def Man Recordings — a spoof of his and Rick Rubin’s iconic Def Jam label.
Producer Charlie Mack added: “A Hip Hop Story is a wonderful journey over the span of 50 years, through the eyes of one of the forefathers of Hip Hop. The film explores where it came from and where the journey actually settles today.”
The film is released in the U.S. on February 23rd.
