As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial is an American documentary-drama film. Helmed by noted documentary filmmaker J.M. Harper, the engaging film follows the Bronx-based musical rap artist Kemba who analyses the usage of hip-hop lyrics in America by the justice system.
Here’s how you can watch and stream As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial via Paramount Plus.
Is As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial available to watch via streaming?
Yes, As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial is available to watch via streaming on Paramount Plus.
For those unaware, Kemba is a Bronx-based rapping artist. Interestingly, the black hip-hop rapping artist evaluates the growing usage and weaponization of hip-hop rap lyrics by the United States justice system. Similarly, he aggressively conducts interviews in cities across the U.S. and in London to verify his claim. Besides, Kemba does this to ultimately establish that America’s justice system has been using hip-hop song lyrics. Besides, the film gives an insight into the criminalization of black hip-hop music with some of the earliest known instances like slave songs and instruments used in certain Southern states.
As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial stars Kemba, Killer Mike, Bun B, Mac Phipps, Glasses Malone, Stash P, and Ari Melber.
Watch As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial by streaming via Paramount Plus
As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial is available to watch on Paramount Plus.
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The official film synopsis is as follows:
“Bronx rap artist Kemba explores the growing weaponization of rap lyrics in the United States criminal justice system and abroad. He is revealing how law enforcement has quietly used artistic creation as evidence in criminal cases for decades.”
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