In the same spirit as the classic rock satire This is Spinal Tap, Damon Dash is getting set to release the film Death of a Dynasty which offers a funny and satirical look behind the closed doors of Dash’s and Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella empire.
The film centers upon the rise of hip hop from music subculture to mainstream lifestyle staple. Shot in New York City, the film centers around Dave Katz (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), a journalist at a hip-hop magazine who is sent on assignment to uncover the often comedic underworld of the hip-hop music world run by the Dash (producer of The Woodsman) and rap superstar Jay-Z (Fade to Black). Dave believes he is suddenly accepted into Roc-a-Fella team and privy to the daily “goings on” at one of the world’s hottest record companies. Although he is actually “two timing” the magazine (feeding sordid gossip items about the feuding partners to local gossip columns), the journalist thinks he is a real “playa” only to find it’s he who is getting “played.”
The film features a number of cameos from the likes of Carson Daly, Jamie Lynn Sigler and Peter Saarsgard as well as a number of hip-hop stars.
Look for Death of a Dynasty in theaters April 29th.
