Image Entertainment Explores a Pop Culture Controversy with ``Hip Hop Immortals: We Got Your Kids,'' February 10th on DVD

Business Wire,  Dec 4, 2003  

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CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2003

The Most Influential Social Phenomenon of the Last Century!

A Powerhouse Hip-Hop DVD Release!

Image Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:DISK), a leading licensee and distributor of DVD programming in North America, announced the February 10th DVD release of "Hip Hop Immortals: We Got Your Kids," which breaks the mold of "urban" films and brings a never-before-seen reality to the public's attention. Twenty years ago hip-hop, or crack rock, was a way to get you off the street for a few hours, or at least to get the street off your mind. Music, dance, art combined for a completely new kind of culture that became a marketing tool. If the market is young people, does hip-hop have an obligation to depict truth? "Hip Hop Immortals: We Got Your Kids" asks the most controversial questions and collects the rawest of answers.

"Hip-hop is everything to a lot of people," says director Kris Palestrini. "Going into this we wanted to depict 'the truth.' After a year of interviews and research, we found there is no one truth, just thousands of voices and opinions. We caught those ideas and incorporated them into the film." This collection of gripping and energetic footage also contains interviews with hip-hop luminaries Rakim, Marley Marl, Gang Starr, the late Jam Master Jay, and many others, capturing hip-hop as it was and still can be: raw, off-the-cuff, smart. Current trendsetters like Lil' Kim, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, and Fat Joe also provide clear insight to where the art form is headed.

The film also features cultural architects of all kinds, including graffiti pioneer James TOP, fashion innovators for Karl Kani, FUBU, Enyce, and Ecko Ultd, renowned tattoo artist Mister Cartoon, and adult film stars Lexington Steele and Tera Patrick, as well as a gripping narration and performance from actor/cultural critic Bonz Malone, the man behind the hit film "Slam" and author of "Hip Hop Immortals." "This film is not about the music," observed Malone. "It's about the connections between Beats, Sneakers, Jewelry, Girls & Money."

Produced on the heels of Sock Bandit Production's successful photo book, "Hip Hop Immortals" (whose first hardcover volume was a runaway hit and created worldwide demand for the recently released soft cover, "The Remix"), "Hip Hop Immortals: We Got Your Kids" is poised to be one of the most important DVD releases in a rapidly growing and vital cultural movement on DVD. More information is available at www.wegotyourkids.com.

Partial cast listing:

Bonz Malone, Black Rob, Bone Crusher, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E, Busta Rhymes, Busy Bee, Black Eyed Peas, Brett Ratner, Benny Boom, Big Boy, Cam'ron, Cypress Hill, Coolio, C-BO, Common, Chubb Rock, Daddy O, De La Soul, Digital Underground, Dilated Peoples, DJ Cash Money, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Scratch, Dres, Enyce, Ernie Paniccioli, Everlast, Erick Sermon, Eve, Eightball, Fabolous, Fat Joe, Fat Man Scoop, Flavor Flav, Fubu, Gang Starr, Game, Ginuwine, India, Jadakiss, Jermaine O'Neal, James TOP, Jam Master Jay, Joe Budden, Jermaine Dupri, Kool G Rap, Killer Mike, Kid Capri, L.A. Reid, LaToya Jackson, Lexington Steele, Lil' Kim, Lil' Cease, Bow Wow, Little X, Marc Ecko, Marley Marl, Marc Ronson, MC Lyte, MC Eiht, MC Serch, Grand Master Melle Mel, Mos Def, Mister Cartoon, Nate Dogg, Pastor Troy, Pete Rock, Pat O'Brien, Redman, Rakim, Ruff Ryders, Special Ed, Schoolly D, Snoop Dogg, Sen Dog, Steven Rifkind, Tera Patrick, Treach, Tyson Beckford, Warren G, Warren Sapp, Wyclef Jean, Xzibit, Young Chris.

About Image Entertainment, Inc.

Image Entertainment, Inc. is a leading licensee and distributor of DVD programming in North America with more than 2,500 exclusive DVD titles in domestic release. The Company also has exclusive videocassette, broadcast, video on demand, audio, streaming video and download rights for many of its exclusive properties. The Company is headquartered in Chatsworth, California and has a domestic distribution facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Image distributes internationally via sublicense agreements for available programming on DVD and videocassette as well as broadcast. For more information on Image Entertainment, Inc., please go to www.image-entertainment.com.

HIP HOP IMMORTALS: WE GOT YOUR KIDS
Order Date: December 30, 2003
Street Date: February 10, 2004
DVD Catalog #: ID0716NRDVD
DVD UPC #: 014381071627
DVD SRP: $19.99

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