Mixtape (2022): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2022, Mixtape is a documentary film directed by Omar Acosta, running about 86 minutes. “Never Play By The Rules” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. Mixtapes have an out-sized role in the emergence of hip hop around the world. Before radio play, the internet, and social media, there were mixtapes. No matter where you lived, you could pop a cassette into a tape deck, and be transported to a party halfway around the world. DJs were taste makers, trendsetters and creators of the sound that became the biggest musical genre on the planet. A meteoric rise for an art form not yet 50 years old. The importance of mixtapes goes well beyond the tapes themselves. Mixtapes were a form of currency. A signifier that you were In-The-Know and had your ear to the streets. A skeleton key to the underground. The culture was too strong to be stopped, and the artists were too talented to be ignored - so they turned the sub-culture into the mainstream, and made hip hop what it is today.

Who’s in it. Mixtape stars KRS-One as Self, Lil Wayne as Self, Stretch Armstrong as Self and DJ Clue as Self, among others.

Where to watch. In US you can rent or buy it from Amazon Video and Apple TV Store. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Mixtape page.

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