Fear of a Black Hat

The film "Fear of a Black Hat" is a mockumentary comedy about the rise and fall of N.W.H., a hardcore gangsta rap group, as documented by sociologist Nina Blackburn for her graduate thesis. The film pokes fun at the hip-hop genre's hot-button issues and features outrageous headwear, graphic language, and over-the-top behavior from the group members, who include Ice Cold (Rusty Cundieff), Tasty Taste (Larry B. Scott), and Tone Def (Mark Christopher Lawrence). As Nina documents N.W.H.'s year-long experiment, she becomes familiar with their bizarre logic, feud with another rap group, Jam Boys, and internal conflicts that lead to the dissolution of the band.