Fear of a Black Hat

Jun 3, 1994

1h 28m

★ 6.1

The First Drive-By Comedy

Overview

Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button issues. This underground laugh riot recounts the rise, fall and resurrection of a clueless bunch of would-be rappers, Ice Cold, Tone-Def & Tasty Taste performing as N.W.H.

Genres

Comedy

Music

Production Companies

The Samuel Goldwyn Company

ITC Entertainment

Fear of a Black Hat Trailers

Cast

Tasty Taste

Larry B. Scott

Tone Def

Mark Christopher Lawrence

Ice Cold

Rusty Cundieff

Nina Blackburn

Kasi Lemmons

Backstage Manager 1

G. Smokey Campbell

Jam Boy 1

Faizon Love

Jam Boy 2

Deezer D

Vanilla Sherbet

Devin Kamin

Daryll in Charge

Don Reed

Geoffrey Lennox

Barry Shabaka Henley

Re-Re

Penny Johnson Jerald

Cheryl C.

Rose Jackson

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