The film, which will be titled “Banned!,” is based on Wong Won’s 2015 autobiography, “My Rise 2 Fame “ by Christopher “Fresh Kid Ice” Wong Won and Jacob Katel on Amazon books. According to the producers, the movie will feature the explicit and untold stories of Fresh Kid Ice co-founder of the famous Hip Hop group 2 Live Crew which rose to prominence in the late 1980s.
Throughout the film, viewers will witness how the past, present and future collide as the music industry takes a toll on the lives of members of 2 Live Crew and their families. It portrays a story of sex, music and the fight for freedom, paralleling the group’s emergence as a symbol for First Amendment rights in the music industry a case that rocked America.
A significant portion of the film will focus on the controversy surrounding 2 Live Crew’s 1989 album, “As Nasty as they Wanna Be,” which a U.S. District Court in Florida, ruled legally obscene shortly after the album’s release. Although the ruling was eventually overturned, three of the group’s members were arrested and their album was banned in various counties in throughout the United States.
Fresh Kid Ice is the first well-known rapper of Asian descent. He grow up in Brooklyn, New York, and eventually moved to Miami. He co-founded 2 Live Crew in 1984 at March Air Force Base in California. In 1986 the group made their new home in Miami to launch Luke Skyywalker Records. Fresh Kid Ice continues to tour today.
Production on “Banned!” is expected to begin soon, with a projected release date of late 2016.
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