Storyville: The Great Hip Hop Hoax

Documentary telling the audacious tale of how two lads from Dundee duped the record industry and nearly destroyed themselves. Foul-mouthed Californian hip hop duo Silibil n' Brains were going to be massive, but no-one knew the pair were really amiable Scotsmen with fake American accents and made up identities. When their promising Scottish rap act was branded 'the rapping Proclaimers' by a scornful record industry, friends Billy Boyd and Gavin Bain reinvented themselves as Los Angeles homeboys. The lie was their golden ticket to a record deal and a dream celebrity life. With confessions from the rapping imposters, insight from the music industry they duped and animated elements, the film charts the rollercoaster story of this outrageous scam. A stranger-than-fiction true account of fractured friendship, the pressure of living with lies and the legacy of faking everything in the desperate pursuit of fame.