--- title: 'Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012)' type: 'film' director: 'Ice-T' released: '2012-01-01' runtime_minutes: 111 genres: - 'Documentary' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/something-from-nothing-the-art-of-rap-2012' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2062996/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012) 2012 · 111 min · Documentary · United States ## Synopsis Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap is a 2012 American documentary film directed and executive produced by Ice-T and co-directed by Andy Baybutt. It focuses on the craft of writing and performing rap verses, and all the interviewees are musicians of the genre and friends of Ice-T. Producer Paul Toogood states on the DVD release that the genesis of the project stemmed from a conversation he had with Ice-T in which he asked him how he wrote "seminal tracks" such as "6 in the Mornin'" and "Colors". ## Credits - **Director:** [Ice-T](https://cinepixo.com/people/ice-t) ## Cast - [Bun B](https://cinepixo.com/people/bun-b) - [Chuck D](https://cinepixo.com/people/chuck-d) - [Eminem](https://cinepixo.com/people/eminem) - [Xzibit](https://cinepixo.com/people/xzibit) - [Common](https://cinepixo.com/people/common) - [Busy Bee Starski](https://cinepixo.com/people/busy-bee-starski) - [Nas](https://cinepixo.com/people/nas) - [DJ Premier](https://cinepixo.com/people/dj-premier) - [Dr. Dre](https://cinepixo.com/people/dr-dre) - [Joe Budden](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-budden) - [Kanye West](https://cinepixo.com/people/kanye-west) - [Raekwon](https://cinepixo.com/people/raekwon) - [Redman](https://cinepixo.com/people/redman) - [Grandmaster Caz](https://cinepixo.com/people/grandmaster-caz) - [Yasiin Bey](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasiin-bey) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/something-from-nothing-the-art-of-rap-2012 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3985698); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.