How Music Got Free (2024)

6.1/10 • 81 min • Documentary

Overview

The fascinating, and often hilarious, inside story of the technology-driven disruption that changed music in the late '90s and early 2000s," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The documentary looks at the technology that made it possible for millions of young people to quench their thirst for new music by simply downloading it for free.

Cast

Eminem

50 Cent

Rocsi Diaz

Method Man

Steve Stoute

Timbaland

Rhymefest

Self

Paul Rosenberg

Dell Glover

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