NEW YORK, June 28, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As the world anticipates the return of the Hip Hop Hall of Fame Awards TV show to national television later this year the creator and executive producer of the program J.T. Thompson is preparing his new Hip Hop Music and Cultural history documentary film entitled Hip Hop Hall of Fame Uncut.
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This documentary will follow the History of Hip Hop through the eyes of the Artists and Pioneers who started it, and lived it. We will document their stories in the film that will be completed in time for the Sundance Film Festival.
The project has begun filming and will include the footage from the original Hip Hop Hall of Fame Awards show that aired on BET Network in the 90s, and the upcoming Hip Hop Hall of Fame 'All Star' Museum Benefit Concert on Monday July 30th. The concert and production will feature performances by the Legendary Cold Crush Brothers, the Crash Crew, the Fearless Four, DAS EFX, Brand Nubian, X-Clan, Black Sheep, Rob Base, and Philly's Schoolly D.
The recent success of Ice T's film the Art of Rap, underscores the Hip Hop Hall of Fame Uncut story will be as equally compelling with an accurate account of the history of hip hop music and culture to the creation of the Hip Hop Hall of Fame. The project will also include a bonus music album compilation co-produced by Hip Hop Global Media & Entertainment.
The Hip Hop Hall of Fame was created in 1992 by the Brooklyn born, Queens, Harlem, and South LA raised James JT Thompson, whose grand-uncle played with Harlem legends Billie Holiday and Louise Armstrong, while he was working on the Historic L.A. Gang Truce and serving as a Community Leader and Organizer in the City of Los Angeles during the '92 LA Riots. Mr. Thompson seen there was no outreach between the Music, Culture, Youth, and Community to effect real Socio-Economic and Political change thru Urban Public and Private Partnerships and Hip Hop.
J.T. Thompson established the Hip Hop Hall of Fame in partnership with Hip Hop Pioneers, after he rebuilt the Sear's Hollywood store with at risk youth and former gang members after the civil unrest. He also co-founded the Minority Contractors, worked tirelessly with the R.O.Y.A.L. Alliance of Students, Colleges, and Gang Interventions organizations, producing music concerts, the first Hip Hop Get Out the Vote Campaigns that even got the attention of then Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton who came and played basketball in the neighborhood with his group, and selected some of his members in his 50 faces of Hope.
After working on a television deal for two years the US Army Veteran scored with African Heritage Network in late '94 that lead to the BET Cable Network deal in '95 and subsequent broadcasts of the Hip Hop Hall of Fame Awards TV Show. J.T. Thompson has had to defend and protect the Hip Hop Hall of Fame, and Awards show from trademark infringers, website and domain squatters, and unauthorized merchandisers. "These stories had to be told, because through it all the Hip Hop Hall of Fame Awards Show is back, and the Museum & Entertainment complex has found a home in New York City," stated J.T. Thompson. See http://hiphophall.org
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