• Director(s)

    Slane Hatch

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary, Music

  • Cast

    Nas, Peter Rosenberg, Kim Osorio

TV Show

Origins Of Hip Hop

ORIGINS OF HIP HOP is a US music documentary series; this episode is about the life and career of pioneering Latino-American rapper Fat Joe.…

ORIGINS OF HIP HOP is a US music documentary series; this episode is about the life and career of pioneering Latino-American rapper Fat Joe.

  • Director(s)

    Slane Hatch

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary, Music

  • Cast

    Nas, Peter Rosenberg, Kim Osorio

implied strong language, references to violence, drugs and domestic abuse
Classified Date:
24/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are references to violence, including people being beaten up and shot, as a way of life within a community. A person implies that he was hit by his father during a tough upbringing.
language
There is bleeped strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as milder terms such as 'ass', 'balls' and 'God'.
drugs
There are references to drug dealing and drug misuse, including brief reality footage of people injecting heroin and smoking crack pipes. Drug misuse is not endorsed by the work as a whole.
additional issues
There are references to cancer and the deaths of friends and family members.
implied strong language
Classified Date:
24/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is implied use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') as well as use of milder terms including 'bitch', 'shit' and 'ass'.
additional issues
References are made to a man who took his own life, and others grieve his loss in the aftermath. There is a single use of a discriminatory term ('spaz'), though the episode as a whole does not condone discriminative behaviour. There are references to illegal drugs including cocaine. Mild sex references include a woman's description of a man's sex appeal. A man describes a violent altercation which caused him to bleed from the mouth.
implied strong language
Classified Date:
24/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
The episode features frequent bleeped but mouthed uses of 'f**k'. There is also a bleeped use is racial language ('n***a').
additional issues
A photo o screen shows a man with a cannabis joint in his mouth. Verbal references are also made to a teenager dealing drugs. There are references to domestic abuse when a man recalls his father coming home 'high or drunk' and 'fighting' with his mother, but there's no strong detail.
sex references, domestic abuse, sexual violence & drug references, language
Classified Date:
24/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a sequence discussing a song called 'Love Is Blind' which concerns domestic abuse. Eve explains that the song tells a true story about a female friend who was beaten by her boyfriend. The song is described by interviewees as an important record for shedding light on the issue, and Eve also explains how women have claimed that the song helped them and others to deal with the consequences of domestic abuse. .
language
There is implied strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'bitch', 'shit', 'crap', 'hell', 'damn').
sex
Eve talks about leaving home and working in a strip club during a prolonged scene which also includes brief and discreet sight of female pole dancers in their underwear. Eve explains how she subsequently received advice from a successful male rapper who told her she didn't belong in a strip club if she wanted to succeed in the music industry, and she states that she consequently left the club and never went back. These incidents are contrasted with hypocritical attitudes which affirm male rappers who overcome harsh life experiences whilst denigrating women who rise above personal adversity.
drugs
There is a brief sight of a marijuana joint accompanied by Eve explaining how self-medicating with drugs and alcohol negatively affected her mental health when she subsequently suffered anxiety attacks and a breakdown.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Eve sings a song about a toxic relationship, and which includes the lyrics "All I know is that my girlfriend used to date you, how would you feel if she held you down and raped you". Sexual violence references are brief, the issue is negatively presented and is clearly not condoned by the work as a whole.
additional issues
In a scene of emotional upset, a girl briefly cries and is comforted by Eve.
implied strong language, racist violence
Classified Date:
24/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is real, but brief, footage of the police's racist attack of Rodney King.
language
The episode features frequent bleeped but mouthed uses of 'f**k' and 'motherf**ker'.
additional issues
A song lyric refers to a man's breath smelling like semen. There are also undetailed references to real drug dealing, grand theft auto and gun possession. A protestor compares rap lyrics to 'rape'.
implied strong language
Classified Date:
24/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
The episode features bleeped but mouthed uses of 'f**k'.
additional issues
There is a brief clip of a woman in a thong shaking her buttocks in a sexualised manner. There are references to a man grieving over the death of his mother.
drug references
Classified Date:
01/08/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
drugs
Brief sight of cocaine preparation and misuse and of freebasing occurs within the context of stark and negative recollections of the consequences of drug addiction. These include references to hospitalisation and death; with drug misuse not condoned by the work as a whole.
additional issues
There is identifiable bleeped strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms ('ass', 'shit', 'piss', 'God', 'damn', 'hell'). Brief domestic abuse references occur when a man recalls being beaten by his father. The episode also contains verbal references to mental health.
strong sex references, implied strong language
Classified Date:
24/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is bleeped use of strong language ('f**k') which is accompanied by moderate ('bitch', 'pussy', 'whore', 'cock') and milder terms such as 'dick', 'ass', 'shit' and 'hell'.
sex
Scenes include strong sex references throughout, primarily within song lyrics, some of which are heard and some of which are printed on the screen. There is sight of sexualised album covers and photographs featuring blurred out female nudity.
additional issues
There are references to segregation and historical racism within the United States including brief interviews with racist white demonstrators. Verbal and visual mentions are made to drug dealing and drug misuse.
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  • Classified date

    24/07/2023

  • Distributor

    Starz.

  • Language

    English