"We going to see "Avatar" tramp deep cuhz!"
"LA is MY Playground" . . .is a short film about the subculture of burgeoning LA Hip-Hop acts starring Nipsey Hussle, DOM Kennedy & Pac Div (with a special guest appearance by David Banner). The film captures a once in a lifetime experience of these artists on their rise to stardom. Each artist has a song in the film that directly relates to LA; Showtime-DOM Kennedy, The Mayor-Pac Div, Hometown-Nipsey Hussle, demonstrating different places in their career.
As a soon to be graduate of LMU's film school, Jason took a break to complete this film. As a Music Producer (DOM Kennedy's 25th Hour, Showtime), Rapper (featured on DOM Kennedy's Watermelon Sundae, debut album Stick to the Script - coming soon) and a Director, he felt that it was his duty to present a window for all into the lives and music of these artists on a different platform.
"Mayor" is PAC DIVs first hit, that sparked them a deal with Universal Motown and the video shot by myself and coodie&chike(creative control) was a journey thru the streets of South Central and Downtown Los Angeles. We go behind the scenes of the video and their everyday lives to get a feel of how the group operates, what sparked the song and what's up next.
Nipsey's story is one of a rapper on the come up. He is in complete grind mode in the studio recording his own verses while taking coffee and pizza breaks in-between. His "gangsta" comrades stop in to join him but that doesn't knock him off his hustle for 1 minute.
DOM's portion is the direct video for the never released "Showtime" single, due to technical reasons. The video was shot in front of the Staples Center during Game 1 of the Finals of our World Champion Lakers, as well as a cameo of the infamous LA In-n-Out burger.
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