something from nothing!!

The spirit of Hip Hop culture really comes to life in Ice-T's movie: "something from nothing: the art of rap"

In the movie he takes us on a personal journey into the heart and soul of hip-hop with the legends of rap music. This documentary shows us what goes on inside the minds of the grandmasters of rap. Ice-T is known as the godfather of Gangsta rap, he is granted unparalleled access to the personal lives of the masters of this art form that he credits for saving his life. Interspersed with the performers' insightful, touching, and often funny revelations are classic raps and freestyle rhymes. What emerges is a better understanding of, and a tribute to, an original American art form that brought poetry to a new generation

"I've interviewed 50 emcees - everybody - [from] Kanye West, Ice Cube, Eminem to Melle Mell, Grandmaster Caz," explained Ice. "The Hip Hop scene has become so pop. I was like, 'I'm gonna do a movie about real rappers and what inspired us.' Maybe that'll hit a reset button on the game and let these kids know it's not just about a pop record. Rap can do a lot."

"Without rap, where do you think you would be right now?

ICE-T: Oh man, if it wasn’t for hip-hop, I don’t know. I’d probably be in prison. I was actually on a different road. I was another road to what I thought would be success, and then I started to rap on the sidelines. I would go out and do whatever I was doing, and then I would go rap. And then, my friends started getting deeper in trouble and getting locked up, and they were like, “Ice, stick with that, man. Don’t come here.” I did the movie Breakin’, and that was my foot out of the game. I’d say people are victims of circumstances and they’re limited to the opportunities that they see. Even though there might be more opportunities, you might not see them. You might just think, “I don’t have any options.” You usually go to the dark side, in that situation."  --> this was Ice-T's answer when a editor ask him this question. 

As we have learnt till now, rap saved and inspired many people that had nothing.