We saw this movie at its World Premiere at the DocNYC festival in New York. Director Roger Paradiso introduced the film and informed us that this work-in-progress would have a new ending which we the audience would be a part of. The film itself tells the story of The Sugarhill Gang, the first artists to record a rap record with "Rapper's Delight". Unfortunately, the group were victims of unscrupulous record producers who royally screwed them. To make matters worse, the present right-holders (the sons of the original producers) have decide to steal the identities of Wonder Mike (Michael Wright) and Master Gee (Guy O'Brien) by copyrighting their rap names and preventing them from appearing as "The Sugarhill Gang". This documentary chronicles their fight to get their names back so that they can continue to make music on their own terms.
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