Let The Hood Talk captures every detail about what your favorite superstars were REALLY like BEFORE they made it big and left the ‘hood.
From the barber shops to the beauty parlors, to the alleys and the project lobbies and urine stained hallways – wherever the story is, they go get it. Every hood. Every story. Every entertainer. Host Ameer Baraka, who grew up in New Orleans’ notorious Calliope Projects, knows the streets and masterfully gets right at every detail to let the fans know the real deal. The real rappers who did time or are on lockdown as we speak include:C-Murder, Jewelz Santana, Black Rob, Mystikal Maino, Beanie Siegel, Prodigy, Remy Ma, Lil Kim, Foxxy Brown, Gucci Mane, John Forte, DMX, Chi Ali, Da Brat Shyne, Pimp C, Flesh N Bone, T.I.,Steady B, Mac, Lil Boosie, Cassidy, Saddat X, Royce Da 5’9, Styles P, Cool C and many more.
By no means is ‘Let The Hood Talk’ limited to capturing compelling stories about rappers, but the series will also delve deep into the pasts of pop culture’s biggest ball players, pop acts, actors and actresses of the big and small screens. The pool of subjects is limitless, as is the potential for this incredibly captivating new series.
Baraka, himself a former inmate who did hard time as a youth, is now one of America’s brightest acting talents, starring opposite Academy Award winner Forrest Whitaker in a soon-to-be-released feature film, and stealing scenes as a character on HBO’s acclaimed ‘Treme,’ this veteran of countless TV commercials, films, videos, and print is also the driving force behind New Orleans’ celebrated Circle of Courage program that provides wayward, at-risk youth with positive role models and avenues to academic success and self improvement. Let The Hood Talk is shooting for early June to release. Stay tuned…..
Let The Hood Talk
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