The stories of hip hop power brokers Big U, Deb Antney, Bimmy, Trick Trick and Haitian Jack are being told in FX’s upcoming documentary series Hip Hop Uncovered.
You can watch the trailer above for the series, which launches at 10 p.m. Friday, February 12, on FX before hitting FX on Hulu the following day.
Coming from executive producer Malcolm Spellman, who worked on Empire, and Lightbox, the company behind Whitney and the upcoming Tina Turner documentary, the series will look at this dying breed of power brokers who operate from the shadows of hip hop.
It will tell the stories of gang leader-turned-community activist Eugene “Big U” Henley, who has worked with artists including Nipsey Hussle; Antney, the founder of Mizay Entertainment who has worked with Gucci Mane and Nicki Minaj and is the mother of Waka Flocka Flame; James “Bimmy” Antney, who has worked with LL Cool J and Slick Rick and is a former member of the Supreme Team; Christian “Trick Trick” Mathis, a founder of the Good Sqwad who has worked with Eminem; and Jacques “Haitian Jack” Agnant, who had relationships with the likes of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. Continue Reading Story