...
Hip-hop music
...
*Soft instrumental music
...
-What do you think?
Do you like it? -It's not bad.
-Yeah? -Yeah, there's something. Do you have
another one?
-Yeah, if you want.
*Another R'n'B instrumental music
...
-How's it going, team?
-It's going, we're working hard.
-I have a gift
from Mastar.
An invitation to the preview of his film, it would be nice
if you could be there.
-I would have come straight away, but I can't.
I have no one to watch Liam. Fatou will watch him
during the recording, but she can't tonight.
She's seeing a guy.
-Don't worry. Brahim loves kids, huh?
-What? It's dead, I'm going to the premiere.
-You've already seen the movie.
-I'm going for the photocall.
Here's the girl too. -Listen, Brahim.
For our label, our artist needs to be there in person.
-Why do I always get screwed over, zebi?
-We need to think a bit about collaborations.
-Mastar is already involved.
-That's not a good idea.
He's the godfather of the label, he's already approved you publicly.
Another rapper needs to bring you
more strength.
You see?
-Who's the rapper you'd love to work with?
-Right now, it's SCH.
I love his universe. -It's dead, I got him yesterday,
he's focused
on his album.
-What are your influences, I mean, the rap you like?
-I grew up with the big names in the scene.
They made me listen to NTM,
IAM, Assassin, Oxmo.
-In current rap?
-I'm more into a vibe...
Ninho, Soolking, Damso,
Jul...
-Okay, we'll think of someone.
Is your work good? -Yeah, it's settled.
My boss agrees
to a part-time schedule for 2 months. -That's solid.
Brahim, don't make that face, it's for our label.
-Thanks, Brahim.
-You're welcome.
At the same time, I have no choice.
*Soft instrumental music
...
-Don't forget,
Cicheman said we must especially not touch Sno,
he has artists working with him.
We're focusing on the girl.
Check out the video
my cousin sent me.
-Who's this kiss? -It's Nasser.
He's solid for 10 years, man.
Drug trafficking, kidnapping, murder.
-Did he make music with Lalpha?
-He was the boss of his group.
In the neighborhood, they say it's because of him she stopped.
-Does your guy know him?
-No.
But he knows a guy who is in his prison, in Montpellier.
We'll see if we can talk to him.
*Shouts
*Soft instrumental music
...
-Should I prepare the booth for you? -Go ahead, it's good.
...
Don't you like it?
-Not really. Sorry, but this track isn't great.
-It's the third song we're recording, so,
if it doesn't work, it's not the instrumental's fault.
-What does that mean?
-Look at what we're going to do.
I'll show you some instrumentals that might suit you,
you stop me
whenever you want. -Okay, great.
*R'n'B instrumental music
...
Sorry, Sno, what do you want me to do on this?
-Something catchy, a bit more club, you know.
You see? -You want me to sing, actually.
-Uh...
William didn't dare tell you, so I will.
What you want to do,
isn't a good idea.
-Okay. Tell me what would be better for me.
-Change style.
Opening up to something more pop, more current.
A bit more feminine, you know.
-I want to lay down 16 bars.
Rapping over slower beats and telling real stories.
-Already, current rap is
8 bars, chorus, 8 bars
chorus.
-Okay. And "Goutte d'eau" by Ninho? 40 bars, no chorus.
-Sorry, Sara, but you're not Ninho.
I'll tell you again
one last time.
What you want to do won't work.
-Sno, why are you ignoring me... Fine, I'm leaving.
Here.
Bell
Not too much ketchup, huh?
Hi, Brahim.
-Oh yeah, you weren't joking, huh?
-You're messing with me.
Come in.
-The Uber is downstairs.
-Okay, I'll go down. Make sure you let him finish eating.
The fish too.
A shower.
A bit of cartoons, but in bed by 9 pm.
-9 pm, sharp.
-If there's a problem, it's Fatou's number.
Call her directly. -Yeah.
-Alright, be nice to Uncle Brahim, okay?
You got this? -Go ahead.
Door
How are you?
What do you do for work?
-I'm 7 years old, I go to school.
-Well, go ahead and eat your pasta.
Eat.
*Rap music
...
They are calling Mastar.
...
-Mastar, here.
...
-One more, Mastar.
-Good evening, Mastar.
-Good evening.
-This is your first acting experience, the movie will be screened,
how do you feel?
Is it like before a concert or worse?
-Listen, these are two different professions.
But I made this film with as much passion as I would an album.
I know it was highly anticipated.
We worked hard with the teams to disappoint no one.
-Anyway, we wish you the best.
-Thank you.
-What do you say, Manchester or Chelsea?
You don't say anything.
You watch Ligue 1, right?
Chelsea could work, they have a good reputation.
It's good, eat.
-If I don't eat, what will you do?
-What? But you're crazy.
You've never been to the homeland. In the homeland, they eat
cats, and you're making it difficult for me over some shells.
Come on, eat.
There you go, buddy!
Eat.
So, Chelsea...
Is it okay? I'm not bothering you too much?
Stop that right now.
Hey, give me the plate.
-Just a second.
I wanted to congratulate you. Bravo, I loved what you did.
The movie is awesome.
Let me introduce Marion, my wife, who really liked it.
I was next to the journalists from Télérama and Première,
they loved it.
-Seriously?
-That smells like a million. -Inshallah.
-I wish you that from the bottom of my heart, and again, congratulations.
-Thank you. -I'll leave you, you have work.
Bye. -Bye, Mastar.
Can I ask you a few questions?
-No problem, let's go.
-Leave him some space.
First, congratulations,
the film is very successful.
I imagine you're expecting a big hit.
-When you've worked so hard on a project, you hope it works.
The audience will decide.
-Joey Starr, Nekfeu, Kaaris, Kery James,
cinema has always been sweet on rappers.
Is this the start of a career change?
-Who told you about a career change?
-It's been a while since you released anything... We can imagine.
-That's not the same at all.
Cinema is a new field to conquer,
but I'm not done with rap.
On the soundtrack, I have 10 tracks. So, Mastar isn't finished, no.
Bell
-You're really annoying.
-But he's been acting like the devil all this time.
-I don't want to! I don't want to!
-Liam, what is this mess?
What are you playing at?
Come on, pajamas, to bed. Hurry up.
Hey, where are you going?
Who's going to clean up your mess? Who?
-You're efficient.
-You ruined my evening.
You're going to get us something to eat,
We're going to have
a dinner for two. Now,
you're my date.
-OK. -Yeah.
But I don't eat rat meat.
Real food, though.
Not a Greek.
-Don't worry, I took 200 bucks from Wina,
I'll make us a good time.
Is that all? -Yes, go ahead, move.
-Thanks. -Yeah.
Liam.
Hurry up.
Tchip
-Good evening.
-Good evening. -Pauline from Omega?
-It's me.
-William, Apash Music.
-Nice to meet you, William.
-I asked for an appointment with Etienne Moreau.
I want to discuss with him our first signing,
that of Lalpha, a young artist we believe in.
-Great, congratulations.
-Thanks. -That's awesome.
-We'd like to involve her with an artist from Omega.
With Sno producing, Mastar behind,
the name of Apash Music, it could be a big event.
-Absolutely, that would be great.
I'll leave you my card. We'll set up a meeting very soon.
-Great.
-See you soon.
-Thanks. -Goodbye.
-Don't you want some of your sauce?
-You're a virgin, right?
-What?
You're crazy, I just slept with those girls.
-I'm talking about free sex.
-Of course, free, I've slept with all kinds of girls.
-Oh OK. Cool.
Which one was the most expensive?
-I don't know, they were all pricey.
Oh yeah, totally, that’s tricky.
You're a weird girl.
-You know what? You're not that handsome,
you have serious physical flaws,
but you're cute.
Don't make that face,
if you're nice, maybe we'll sleep together for free.
They were all pricey...
She laughs.
-Bro, your ending track,
with the studio sound, was crazy.
-Did you see the vibe he sets? It's a thrill to hear it here.
-I can imagine. -Sara told me about your session.
-What happened?
-Nothing at all, she drives me crazy. The instrumentals, they're not right.
She's annoying.
-Did you have to do that? -What did you tell her?
-He told her her ideas were crap. Do you do that to Rohff?
-You two need to stop being blind.
If it's just rap, it won't work.
If she doesn't listen to me, nothing will happen to her.
-You know she signed a contract
that gives her artistic control over her album?
-I have nothing to do with that contract.
I won't pretend to please her.
-I'll let you handle it, or it will end badly.
-Sno, I don't understand,
what's the problem?
-You have my number, you send me messages.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
Also dick pics.
-Huh?
-Good evening.
She laughs.
Beep
*Instrumental rap music
...
-It's heavy.
-Thanks. -Heavy, heavy, heavy.
I really like it. -Sara?
Let me introduce you to my friend, Cyril Gane, an UFC fighter.
We were working
on a beat.
-I'll leave you.
-OK. -Thanks a lot.
Will you send me that? -Yes.
-You nailed it. -Thanks, that's cool.
How are you? -Yeah, I'm good.
-I'll play some beats for you, when you like one, stop me.
-OK.
*Instrumental R'n'B music
...
-No.
...
-OK.
*Other instrumental R'n'B music
...
-No, no.
-No?
...
*Other instrumental R'n'B music
...
-No. Sno, can you cut it, please?
This style, it's not going to work.
-Aren't we going to repeat what we've already said?
-It's okay, I understand.
We'll try other things and see, OK?
-Maybe you don't mind wasting others' time,
but I have other things to do. Vincent,
put the tracks she wants on,
and make her a CD for her mother. Have fun.
Door
-Can you send me some beats?
Phone
-Hello, Pauline?
-Hello, William. I'm calling to cancel our appointment.
-Let's reschedule for tomorrow, same time. 3 p.m., is that good?
-No, I won't waste your time.
The feature with your artist is going to be complicated.
-Why's that? *-We listened to your rapper,
she doesn't sing.
-No, she kicks.
She kicks very hard. She needs to collaborate
with artists at her level.
-I understand, but we're not interested.
It's too street,
if it were more sexy, like Shay, it could work, but not now.
I'm sorry.
Developing a female rapper is a brave gamble.
Good luck. -Yeah, thanks.
*-Goodbye.
Ruckus
...
-Hey guys, how's it going?
-It depends. If the news is good...
-It's very good.
It blew up.
-It's killing it.
-I swear, it smells good. It really smells good.
Numbers like these don't happen by chance. Trust me.
-I'll leave you to do the totals. Thanks, huh.
-Here's Jérôme, our distribution director,
he'll give you the details.
-Hello, Mastar. -Nice to meet you.
-Please, have a seat.
We're very happy, huh. Things are going very well.
I heard about some venues in the suburbs with incidents.
For this kind of film, honestly, it's normal.
No worries. -OK.
-Are you coming
to the chart night? -Yeah.
-The producers
pay for the champagne. -I'll be there.
Laughter
...
Shouts
...
-Nasser, sorry.
-What do you want, man?
-Bro, this raises questions about you.
-Who?
-It's the cousin of one of my friends who works for me in Marseille.
-And what does he want?
-They're guys from Paris. They're into music.
They want info on a girl you've already rapped with.
Alpha or I don't know what.
Do you know her?
-Get lost.
*-Sno, I just listened to the track, it's crazy.
It's a genius move to have her rap over Cloud-rap.
Honestly, bravo, it's heavy.
*Catchy rap music
...
*-To get here, I took my time
My sister, we take the money and split
I climbed to the top of the cliff
The sun's shining here, I'm having a good time
I fought my battles alone
Who loves me, follow me, or unfollow me if worse comes to worst
Nothing scares me here anymore, I'm comfortable
Don't think you're putting on a show
Enjoy my flow, tell me who’s stopping you
I'm going straight ahead, too much hate behind me
Khaki camo, fuck the lace thong
Coming from below, I want to shine in the sky
No half-time, I took my time
No one judges me
-Before we close the venues, how much did we make?
Are these today's figures?
Brouhaha and phones
...
-This is a pain in the ass.
...
*-The clashes between law enforcement
and the rioters continued
on the shopping center parking lot,
where several cars were burned and there were even some injuries.
-Gaumont-Pathé, it's dead.
They are canceling screenings until further notice.
-UGC is considering the same.
-Any news from CGR?
-There were 4 assaults during the 8 p.m. showing. They are stopping the film.
-Damn, look at this.
*-We managed to get
footage
shot on a mobile phone
in a multiplex in the Lille region.
Fire starting, smoke grenades, or the use of tear gas...
-Very well. Thank you, good evening.
-So, what's the situation?
-It was the ministry, they called all the prefects.
The film is going to be banned
across the entire territory.
This is the first time this has happened to me, sorry.
I can't do anything right now.
Sorry.
Hello?
It's dead, it's dead.
-Hello? No signal.
-Bro, what's happening is intense.
*-This one is for Mastar. I warned you or not?
The neighborhoods of France are with me. Everyone wants to screw you.
Do you understand what happens when you act smart, son of a bitch?
*-Got it, bitch? *-You little asshole.
...
He loads his gun.
-Oh...
-You're no longer welcome here.
-Well, my sister... -Yeah.
-I'm coming home tonight. It's for Liam's snack.
Things are paying off since you signed. Giving 10 bucks.
-See you later.
-Go ahead. Take care of yourself. -Yeah.
*-To get here, I took my time, my sister
We take the cash and leave
I went up to the top of the cliff
The sun is shining here, I'm having a good time
I fought my battles alone
Whoever loves me, follow me. At worst, unfollow me
-Hi, Sara. How are you?
-Yeah. Thanks for your message.
I'm glad you liked it. It's going to make me take off.
-But there's a problem. -What?
-The beat chosen with the sound engineer,
Sno had planned it for another artist.
-So, it's dead?
-Well, I'll let you sort that out with him.
-Are you okay? -I'm fine.
-Lalpha, you know Alonzo.
-Of course, definitely.
I love what you're doing. Honestly, I'm sorry about the sound.
-No, don't apologize.
I'm telling you the truth. Plus, you killed the track.
But I have to admit,
it's my beat and I care about it.
-Of course, I understand.
-Then again, if you want, we can kill the beat together, too.
-What do you say?
-What?
Of course, I'm here, straight away.
-Can you come down to Marseille to shoot the clip on Monday?
-Whenever you want.
I'm here. -I'm good.
-And there you go.
Your first feature.
-Thank you.
Brouhaha
...
-Are you okay?
Nice of you to put us on your visitor list.
of the visiting room.
-Who are you? What do you want?
-We were told you were in a fight
with a girl.
Lalpha.
-So what?
-We are having a beef with her label, Apash Records.
We saw they are coming to Marseille on Monday
to shoot a music video with Alonzo.
-We want to ruin his video, that's why we came.
You, in Marseille, you're someone.
We wanted to know if you could
connect us with a team there.
You see?
-Here's what we're going to do.
I'll help you with Marseille, you help me with Paris.
Huh?
I want to know everything about her. Who she hangs out with,
where she sleeps, where she lives, when she wakes up,
everything she does.
We agree?
You guys, you want to ruin her music video.
I want to ruin her life.
Subtitle: VDM