TRAILER | “THE UMC’S: STATEN ISLAND’S FORGOTTEN SONS” (DOCUMENTARY)

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The UMC’s along with Dream Dif­fer­ent Media and Boo and Sarah Hart­man Evans presents the offi­cial trail­er for “The UMC’s: Staten Island’s For­got­ten Sons” documentary.

The trail­er sets the tone for the upcom­ing doc­u­ment­ary and gives insight into how Haas G and Kool Kim became The UMC’s. The duo became the first rap group to emerge from Staten Island, the first group out of Staten Island to appear and per­form on Soul Train, and the first rap group out of Staten Island to chart on Bill­board with two No 1 hits. As a house­hold name, the world became very famil­i­ar as a poster size ‘Fruits of Nature’ album cov­er was hung onset of the fam­ous TV show Martin.

30 years later and The UMC’s are still men­tioned and dis­cussed as pion­eers who heav­ily impacted and influ­enced Hip Hop and the cul­ture past and present. In one of his recent inter­views, Kanye West shared rush­ing to the store with his allow­ance money to buy the cas­sette tape of ‘Fruits of Nature.’  will.i.am was seen star-struck in an inter­view when he men­tioned being a huge fan of the group.

The UMC’s influ­ence on Hip Hop is both undeni­able and unmatched. Watch the trail­er for “The UMC’s: Staten Island’s For­got­ten Sons” and stay tuned for the full doc­u­ment­ary com­ing soon.

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MJ is Hip Hop Blog­ger, Pub­li­cist, Book­ing Agent, Act­iv­ist, but fan first and fore­most. “Hip Hop saved my life, it is only right I give back to the culture”!

About MJ Savino

MJ is Hip Hop Blogger, Publicist, Booking Agent, Activist, but fan first and foremost. "Hip Hop saved my life, it is only right I give back to the culture"!