The Great Hip Hop Hoax

The Great Hip Hop Hoax is a documentary film by Jeanie Finlay about a Scottish hip-hop duo called Silibil N' Brains, who pretended to be Americans to secure a £250,000 record deal with Sony.[1] The film premiered at South by Southwest[2] and was later shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival,[3] before a national theatrical release in Scotland and broadcasts on BBC Two Scotland, BBC Four, and Danish station DR2.[4] It was pitched at Sheffield Doc/Fest's MeetMarket in 2008.

The Great Hip Hop Hoax
Directed byJeanie Finlay
StarringGavin Bain
Billy Boyd
Release date
  • 6 September 2013 (2013-09-06)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Reception

The movie has received positive reviews.[5][6][7] Both members of Silibil 'N Brains are reportedly happy with how the film turned out, though find it "bizarre" to watch with other people.[8]

References
  1. "The great hip hop hoax - How the 'rapping Proclaimers' lived a lie". BBC News. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  2. "The Great Hip Hop Hoax: Scots who duped music industry by pretending to be America's hottest rappers land film deal". Daily Record. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  3. "Jeanie Finlay's Great Hip Hop Hoaxers at EIFF". 28 June 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  4. "Dokumania: Det store hip-hop svindelnummer". 8 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  5. "The Great Hip-hop Hoax – review". The Scotsman. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  6. Gritten, David (5 September 2013). "The Great Hip-Hop Hoax, review". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  7. "Film review: The Great Hip Hop Hoax (18)". The Independent. London. 6 September 2013. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  8. "The Scots rappers who fooled an industry". 11 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.


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