TRAGEDY: THE STORY OF QUEENSBRIDGE

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SUMMARY:
One community, 96 buildings, 6 blocks of crime and rap, the home of the richest legacy in Hip-Hop. Gangster, poet, revolutionary, outlaw, paradox, Trag finds inspiration through his rap, transforming pain to beauty. His underground albums Intelligent Hoodlum, Against All Odds, and Still Reportin' resonate deeply with true stories from the war-torn streets of QB.

FEATURING: Marley Marl, The Juice Crew, Nas, Havoc of Mobb Deep, CNN (Capone-N-Noreaga) and host Trag (Tragedy Khadafi).
DIRECTED BY: Booker Sim
WRITER: Booker Sim
PRODUCED BY: Booker Sim
DOCUMENTARY, 75 minutes, 2005

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES :
• "L.A. L.A." video
• "T.O.N.Y." video, The story behind "T.O.N.Y."
• The beef after Killa Black's death, The history of QB's Dunn Language

DETAILED SYNOPSIS:
TRAGEDY: THE STORY OF QUEENSBRIDGE is a gritty feature doc about the worldâs largest housing projects, home of the richest legacy in hip-hop, as told by underground rapper and street legend Tragedy Khadafi.

Queensbridge (QB). Just across the bridge from rich upper east Manhattan. 96 buildings and six blocks of crime and rap, home of MARLEY MARL, THE JUICE CREW, NAS, CORMEGA, MOBB DEEP, CNN and the realest rapper of them all: TRAGEDY.

Tragedyâs story is unique because he lived every great Queensbridge moment. So in telling his story, heâs telling the story of his hood.
While still in his motherâs womb, Tragedyâs dad is shot dead. Thirteen years later, with his mom hooked on smack, Trag robs drug dealers to feed his brothers and sisters.

But the kidâs a rap genius, and joins the world famous Juice Crew -- until heâs arrested for armed robbery and sent to one of the worst prisons in America, at age 16!

Trag emerges political, releasing his acclaimed INTELLIGENT HOODLUM album. If hip-hop is ghetto CNN and the hood a war zone, then Trag is a war reporter...and king of QB, until heâs eclipsed by Nas and Mobb Deep, Queensbridge artists he helped give birth to. Directionless, Trag falls prey to the streets. Until he discovers teen soldiers Capone-N-Noreaga ÎCNNâ and scores them a record deal. Trag is hailed as a genius for masterminding CNNâs geo-political WAR REPORT album, using rap to describe world leaders as thugs scheming in the global hood. CNN are ghetto superstars with no help from corporate America. Trag is a mogul in the making.

Capone is busted for weapons and Noreaga abandons Trag for a solo career. Then Tragâs mom overdoses. Trag turns pain into inspiration, recording his hauntingly beautiful STILL REPORTING album. But days before the release, with stardom on the horizon, Trag is thrown in jail once again.

Today, out on bail, Trag is still reporting from the hood, and keeping it real in Queensbridge. Tragedyâs life IS a tragedy. But through hip-hop, he triumphs.

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