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Movie · 2012

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap

Released 15 June 2012 More from 2012 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length performance documentary about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film's director and interviewer Ice-T. Taking us on a deeply personal journey Ice-T uncovers how this music of the street has grown to dominate the world. Along the way Ice-T meets a whole spectrum of Hip-Hop talent, from founders, to new faces, to the global superstars like Eminem, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kanye West. He exposes the roots and history of Rap and then, through meeting many of its most famous protagonists, studies the living mechanism of the music to reveal 'The Art Of Rap'. This extraordinary film features unique performances from the entire cast, without resorting to archive material, to build a fresh and surprising take on the phenomenon that is Rap.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Ice-T
as Self
54
Chuck D
as Self
51
Ice Cube
as Self
43
Redman
as Self
42
Treach
as Self
41
Snoop Dogg
as Self
40
Common
as Self
40
FR·02

The numbers

Computed from the cast above
14years between the oldest and youngest billed
54Ice-T — oldest on the call sheet
40Common — youngest billed
44average age of the credited cast
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