About this project
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this documentary is worth millions!
Narrated by Public Enemy's Chuck D., the Untold Story of Detroit Hip Hop explores and uncovers the true beginnings of the Motor City rap scene. With over 40+ hours of raw footage to sift through- including tons of pre-fame Eminem and Kid Rock clips- The Untold Story of Detroit Hip Hop is a true who, where, when and how account of how everything REALLY happened.
Nearly forty Detroit pioneers have been interviewed to date including: Awesome Dre, The Blackman,Champtown, Detroit’s Most Wanted, Esham and many more. There are still several to go! With your help, Director/Producer Brian Harmon would like (and could in 8-12 weeks) to finish and mass release this documentary. If successful, he'd like to create a web or TV series, traveling to various major U.S. cities to unearth other true stories.
BASIC BUDGET: (40+ hours of footage far exceeds "favors")
$3,000- Video Editing and Post Production.
$3,000- Travel/Final Interviews (HD Cameras).
$1,500- Post Production- Sound Editing, Mixing, Mastering.
$1,000- Cost of cover Art, DVD replication/pressing
$500- Additional Incentives and Emergency Fund.
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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on July 22, 2011.
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Brian Harmon is a founding father of Detroit hip hop. At age 8 he started his career with underground hip hop legend Esham. By age 10 Harmon was the hip hop leader of the legendary street and music crew called the Beast Crew. Harmon has toured with some of the world's greatest acts such as Ice-t, Public Enemy, Marky Mark( Mark Wahlberg), Kid Rock, Sammy Hagar, and MC Hammer, just to name a few Brian Harmon started his own record label at age 16, Straight Jacket Records. The first artist he put down was Eminem. Champtown has even written songs for Rev Run of Run D.M.C
