Title DossierComedy

Fear of a Black Hat

ComedyMusic

A mockumentary chronicling the rise and fall of NWH, a not particularly talented--or particularly bright but always controversial--hip-hop group.

Year

1994

Duration

1h 28m

IMDb

7.2

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Cast

Rusty Cundieff

Director

Larry B. Scott

Tasty Taste

Mark Christopher Lawrence

Tone Def

Cast

Rusty Cundieff

Director

Larry B. Scott

Tasty Taste

Mark Christopher Lawrence

Tone Def

Rusty Cundieff

Ice Cold

Kasi Lemmons

Nina Blackburn

HG

Howie Gold

Guy Friesch

G. Smokey Campbell

Backstage Manager #1

Bobby Mardis

Promoter #1

Brad Sanders

Promoter #2

Moon Jones

Jam Boy

TH

Tim Hutchinson

Reggie Clay

Faizon Love

Jam Boy

Deezer D

Jam Boy

Darin Scott

Security Head

DK

Devin Kamin

Vanilla Sherbet

Jeff Burr

Chicago Cop

Kenneth J. Hall

John Liggert

DR

Don Reed

Daryll in Charge

RB

Reggie Bruce

Video Director

Rusty Cundieff

Writer

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10 Comments

StephanieMay 29, 2023

source: Fear of a Black Hat

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Maps MaponyaneNov 16, 2022

Fear of a Black Hat

Bilz IbrahimNov 16, 2022

Just a note to add to the above comment. Fear of a Black Hat doesn't have the criminal who's image has been ripped off by the band, that's in CB4. Easily confused as the two films are so similar, but Black Hat is vastly the superior of the two..... yeah.

Angelica Jane YapNov 16, 2022

. . . is just as good as the original. Very nearly achieves greatness because of Cundieff's remarkable ear for music and dialogue. Skewers the self-important swagger of the hip-hop poseurs. The group "Niggaz with Hats" (NWH) are every rap group you ever heard and utterly self-parodic. Wardrobe is unbelievable. Buy the OOP soundtrack if you can.

สงกรานต์ รังสรรค์Nov 16, 2022

I don't remember when I first heard about this movie, but I rented it about six years ago, and it still remains one of my favorite comedies. I will admit, you probably will despise this movie if you know nothing about rap music. But if you are a rap fan, even a casual one, you will love the inside jokes and references. One of the best lines in the movie is about the difference between a b**** and a h**; I still use this line today and get lots of laughs with it. One of the best performances comes from Larry Scott, who played nerd Lamar in `Revenge of the Nerds'. It is unfortunate that this movie will likely never get a DVD release.

Chamie SiimaneNov 16, 2022

i've just read the most recent remarks about this movie and i would like to respond. you're probably not familiar with the original story of rap group N.W.A. which dates back to the beginning in 1988, in 1989 ice cube left the band to go solo and ultimately in 1991, the band breaking up when Dr.dre left. which led to a lot of beef starting with the departure of ice cube and dr.dre in 1991. this story was somewhat based on that. further more this movie was a 90 minute laughing spree, the way they explained the bootie juice song to be a political statement was hilarious. not to mention the "love song" tasty was hooking up. and when vanilla sherbert got his ass kicked, just like the record company executive is also hilarious and having they're managers getting shot every time too. people who didn't enjoy this movie probably didn't get it or were complete idiots, my opinion

Pascale FleurNov 16, 2022

Well I don't personally like rap, but I still found Fear of a Black Hat hilarious. I'm sure I didn't get some inside jokes, but some I knew, and it was funny enough to make me laugh just after I'd stopped laughing. I'm a big fan of Spinal tap, so naturally I had to check this out. It was deriviative from This Is Spinal Tap, sometimes blatantly, but this film still stood on it's own as an original, intelligent, and funny satire. My personal favorite: "Back in the time of slaves, they didn't have hats to protect them from the sun, so at the end of the day they were too tired to revolt. Now we have hats."

IniedoNov 16, 2022

This movie is hilarious and while the satire leans against material dated from the 80's and early 90's, if you know enough hip hop and pop culture then you'd find it funny, even today. The writing is excellent, the jokes are funny and well delivered and the songs are hilarious. Two 'videos' in the movie, one titled 'Booty Juice' and the other "A Gangstas life ain't fun" hit home today just as well as they did when this movie came out. It appears that much of the hip hop life style and creed hasn't changed much over the years. The movie is consistently funny from beginning to end, with many of the jokes dead panned and often subtly delivered. It's easy to miss a lot of the jokes during the film if you aren't familiar with the subjects that they are poking fun at. But again, much of what the director delivers is still funny and relevant even today. A must see satire!

Uriah SeeNov 16, 2022

If you like rap or hip-hop, watch this movie, although it's funny if you don't get the references, as a straight comedy. Haven't seen much of the much hyped CB4, but what I did see didn't have the heart that this little stormer has. Haven't heard from the people involved since, which is a surprise. The film is very similar to Spinal Tap, which is no bad thing, and I think a lot of the dialogue, while priceless in Tap is funnier here, probably because I'm more into rap than rock theses days, so my own judgment does cloud that point. The rap songs are funny as hell, and it's basically spot the reference for most of the film, not all of them are in-your-face, which means the physical comedy and the one-liners get priority over the take-offs. Great fun, one to watch twice if there ever was a movie.