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A new documentary about the untold story behind the rise of digital production piracy Eminem & LeBron James debuts in June.
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One of more The dark stories behind the rise of digital piracy and how it turned the music industry into what it is today are revealed in a new documentary series, titled How music became free. The two-episode series is based on the 2016 best-selling book by Stephen Witt. Eminem and LeBron James are executive producers along with me Maverick Carter, Paul Rosenberg and Steve Stoute. The series is directed by Alexandria Stapleton, a veteran who recently helmed the Amazon Prime documentary Reggiefor New York Yankees Hall-of-Famer Reggie Jackson.
How music became free focuses in part on the life of Dell Glover. Glover, a Shelby, North Carolina man, worked at Universal Music's record pressing plant and used his access and ingenuity to leak music as part of the upheaval that rocked the music industry in the late 1990s and early 1990s. of the 2000s. The series shows how his efforts and others led to the rise of Napster and other download sites. As Stapleton expresses in the press release, “The real visionaries, rebels and anti-heroes of the era were a group of young people hidden behind online pseudonyms. They harnessed technology and showed the world how fans really wanted to consume music in the 1990s, 2000s and beyond. The music industry was too busy making CD profits to see the digital tsunami that was about to overwhelm them. When the flood came, the industry didn't build better boats, they blamed pirates for riding the wave and tried to put them in federal prison.”
How music became free Narrated by Method Man and features interviews with Eminem, 50 Cent, Steve Stoute, Timbaland, Jimmy Iovine, Rocsi Diaz, Rhymefest and more. The series is also produced by Warner Bros. Unscripted Television/Telepictures, in association with SpringHill, Interscope Films and Shady Films. How music became free will premiere on Paramount Plus on June 11.
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