""Once upon a time..."" "All stories begin like that." "Too many homies dead and gone." "Only the cash and rage stay on." "Hang out around the block all life long, nuthin' left." "Too many homies dead and gone." "He went down for nothing." "Look at him." "Sonuvabitch" "Those motherfuckas again." "Always the same patrols." "Fuckin' tramps." "He the one who hit you?" " You're nuts!" " They're coming back." "Based on the novel by Abd Al Malik." "Open up." "Police!" "Calm down." "Hands behind your backs." "You see me throwing rocks'?" "I saw the stone." " We didn't do nothing." " On the Koran!" "MAY ALLAH BLESS FRANCE!" "You're nuts!" "What'd you do now?" "We'll see if you did nothing." "Get in." "What'd you do now?" "Why are you hauling us in for nothing?" "I swear on the Koran." "Taking us in for nothing." "What'd you do now?" "Hey, be quiet!" "He's my brother." "Answer me." "What's your name?" "Louder." "Pascal." " Speak up." " Fuck you, bitch." "Hear that?" "Leave me alone!" "Don't talk to me." "Super." "You talk nicely." "I talk how I want, cunt." "Fuck your mother." "Understand that?" "Lay off me." "I'm gonna kill you!" "On the Koran, you're a dead man." "Shut up, you." "They're brothers." "The new generation." "Great." "Long live France." "What'd you say'?" "Long live what?" "Fuck that France shit." "You horny for me or what?" "France takes crap." "Your France stinks of shit." "Then go somewhere else." "I'm taking your food!" "If I could, I'd leave this shitty country." "You wear a uniform- Feel balls growing under your thong?" "Shame on you!" "Shame!" "You my kid brother?" "You're the boss man now." "You talk like that, you shame me!" "You're crazy." "When will you understand?" "At your age!" "You still don't get it?" "I can't believe it." "Always bailing you out!" "Keep it up and your mother will hear about it." "Have pity on her." "She is my sister, she's smart." "She's no fool." "Uncle, we didn't do anything." " Rashid does crazy things." " It's never you." "It's never you." "Cool." "Who's here?" "You, my brother." "Bilal, look after your brothers." "I'm going away." "Uncle, they gotta take me as an example-I pray-." "I quit messin' around." "Like in the Congo." "France this, France that." "Don't people cry and suffer in this country?" "You gotta be careful." "We love this country." "But it doesn't love us." "It's not yours." "Watch it." "Bilal." "Did you...?" "Pascal!" "You jerk." "You were on the corner- You see Rashid?" "I'm sleeping, brother." "Mama." "Regis, my son." "Sleep well'?" "Praise the Lord." " Wassup, Mama'?" " Leave me alone." "You in shape?" "Number One Mama." "Yo, bro." "Wassup?" "Man, I'm sorry about yesterday." "She really pissed me off." "Who she think she is?" "Man, pissed me off-." "Don't drop me 'coz of all that." "I know you're freaked out..." "Regis." "For the group you're starting I'm special guest." "Don't drop me-." "Please." "Ya know, please." "I'm sorry." "I'm really sorry." "Eat." "It rains on the hood like it weeps in my heart." "The grey concrete increases the bitter part" "I read "Letters to Lucilius" like I was locked up." "Escape this tomb that's shut me up" "I look out the project's window." "Our world isn't the one of Orwell My dreams were literary." "My life prisoner of a world where." "You had to have to finally be." "You had to have to finally be." "My library, my books are my only bling-blings." "Prisoner of..." "Go on." " Hi, Nawel." " Hi." "Seen Rashid this morning'?" "How was your day yesterday?" "It was a rotten day..." "all because of Rashid." "What are you reading'?" ""Sufi Renewal in Morocco."" " Good'?" " Beautiful." "Where you headed now?" "I'm on my way to school..." "Look how ugly these people are." "But they got the cash." "Let me stay handsome-." "I'd rather be ugly and have money." "What crap." "People come from all over and we come from Neuhof." "Takes him a year to get here." "A whole year!" "Did you call'?" "I called him." "He never picks up." "Do I have to call him 50 times?" "Recharge every 5 minutes and just get his voice mail." "So since Socrates, Plato, and even since the early pre-Socratics, up until early Christianity, philosophy always begins with a choice of a way of life, embodied by a vision of the cosmos, realized in the world with others," "in the community, in school..." "From this conversion of the self ﬂows the philosophical discourse that justifies the existential choice and accounts for a worldview." "All right?" "So philosophy is not a system." "It is a preparatory exercise to wisdom." "It is a spiritual exercise." "See you Monday." "That was good, Regis-." "What you said about the myth of Sisyphus." "But when you refer to Camus don't forget to mention him." "But it was nicely expressed." "I'd like to see your mother." "Give her this." "Come with her, because it concerns you." "Do you know the life of boyz in the hood." "Do you know the way to get out of the wood." "The street is a bitch, then you die" "I do my rap to have a different eye," "To let culture lift me high." "When I'm famous I'll be Albert Camus." "Meanwhile I've got my trade You'd do just the same." "Like Moses I say, let my people go Matter not the means but the end you show." "The old lady in pink." " Fuck her." " You kidding, just 50?" "What the tuck?" "Just 50 euros from a tourist?" "Bro, it's..." "How can a wallet be so empty?" "Only two credit cards!" "I should have known." "I never should have." "Samir, why get us to work with fuck-offs like him'?" "Search him." " I don't believe this." " Search, brother." "I didn't take anything." "Search me, brothers." "Look at him." "Get dressed, you're not a tramp." "I swear on the Koran!" "Say something, Mike." " It's impossible." " It's me, Rashid." " Stop, Rashid." " I swear to God." "Don't talk to me." "You think I'd rob you?" " You're a dope fiend." " You're my brothers." "What fiend?" "That's nasty, what you're saying." " He is." " It's Rashid, he's family." "He's been crazy for years." "Can't you tell?" " That's okay with you?" " He didn't scam us." "We caught him red-handed." "I'm no bastard." "I never scammed ya." "I ain't scamming ya." "Stop it, Regis-." "You're freaking out." "You're outta your mind." "We'd spend every Saturday in a club that opened in the afternoon." "Its specialty was also to cater to the delinquent hustlers from all the local projects-." " Wassup, Leech?" " Cool, and you'?" "The usual:" "Dope, dough and babes." "Paradise." "Still snatching' for dough or'd ya change your game?" "You're all grown up now." "Isn't that Rashid there?" "You're nuts, that's not Rashid-." "I tell ya, it's Rashid!" "It's not Rashid, relax-." "No money'?" "He's got champagne and bitches." "See?" "He scammed us." " It's not him." " I'll murder the bastard." "Let go of him." "You gone mad'?" " Shithead!" "Fuck you and your club!" " Bastard!" "Scumbag." "I swear on the Koran." "Motherfucka!" "Whaddya care about Rashid?" "Let's go to my sister's party-." "Don't act like a kid." "You're the ones who are kids!" "He gets us busted, he scams us, flaunts his champ' and his whores!" "You say it's nothing." "Then why stay out here?" "Go on back." "Go play up to him." "I told you, dickhead:" "You're just his shadow." " I told you." " Shadow, yourself." "You too, bro." "Year 2000 is gone and you still pickpocket." "Today only gypsies, Romanians and junkies do it." "Yet we're still pickpockets." "What else can we do?" "Sell coke on street corners?" "Better than your schemes." "If not coke or smack, we can at least deal hash." "How many times we gonna discuss it?" "If we go down for coke or hash, same heavy sentence." "Then you can forget the rap group!" "We gotta stay focused." "We want a knockout demo." "You in or not?" "Easy, man." "We'll do your group." "Ya know what?" "Whassa matter?" "Regis, where you going?" "Let's go to the party." "Meet us there." "Where you going, Mike?" "Where you guys going?" "On the Koran, you bust my balls." "Death was our name for dope." "Death spread through the projects like the plague." "Like a wound torn open with a blade." "What were we hoping for?" "Already little more than to survive." "Apart from these flashes, these winks of existence that made us believe we were alive, that gave us the illusion it was possible tor hope to revive." "Rashid!" "Rashid's here." "Let's party" "Go on up." "You, too." "You missed the cake-It was wicked- Chocolate-praline-coffee-." "Sufi Renewal in Morocco" "I really gotta go." "No, stay awhile, please." "Don't worry." "She's with my aunt from Belgium." "The book's a boomerang." "Just kidding." "It's yours to keep." "I'm kidding." "So, Yehudi Menuhin?" "Yeah, you heard of him'?" "The violinist?" "Samir goes like this." "Samir and Yehudi Menuhin... not very gangsta rap." "Mind if I tell my story?" "I'll shut up." "I'm doing my rap." "Then he stops when I finish, and quotes Yehudi Menuhin:" "The path from the head to the heart must always be direct." "I said the same." "I went off to rewrite my text-." "Yehudi Menuhin." "Hold on." "It might be a false alert." "I think they're here." "Ms. Schaefier didn't tell you anything?" "How can that be?" "You don't summon people without saying something." "She didn't explain." "You didn't do anything wrong'?" "Then we'll see." "Regis came to Notre Dame on the recommendation of his 6th grade teacher." "Is that right'?" "That's right." "He has performed very well in school." "Regis will soon finish high school with excellent grades." "He's especially strong in Latin, Greek, literature and philosophy." "So we submitted his application for hypokhégne and he was accepted." "Congratulations." "What's hippocampus?" "She said something about hippocampus." "Well, it's... it's a school specialized in literature." "Good students can go there." "It's an advanced school tor literature." "She talked about hippocampus." "I didn't understand a word she said." "Ma, it's hypokhégne." " What?" " Hypokhégne." "For me it'll always be hippocampus." "You come crying to me because you lost your boyz." "Your rap group needs money." "You wanna work with me, let's do it." "But I'm warning you, I only snatch, I don't know how you worked." "I'm determined." "I don't go in tor sentiments." "Let me give this some thought-." "Think this is an office job'?" "Yes or no'?" "If yes, we go straight to work." "Samir and Mike got into smack." " Yes or no'?" " Let's go for it." "You sure?" "Hey, Regis, drugs suck-." "I'm from Neuhof." "Where tragedy varies by the price of a gram." " Abdelos..." " Yo, Regis!" " Wassup'?" " Cool, bro." " Chillin', bro." " Nice one." "Hey, Chouchou!" "How's it going, Regis?" "Cool." "Soumia, hi." "A habit like coke..." "Whaddya say, hey?" " Pascal!" " Say what?" "Frank Lucas is a rat" "I wrote a killer 16- C'mon, let me record it!" "Where the lords come from World's a prison" "Marie good'?" " Yo, Regis." " Yo, bro." " Chillin'?" " Chillin'." "Take my pain if you want it Nothing lasts." "Wassup, Regis?" "Hey, Mohammed." "Your boyz are here." " I close in an hour." " No sweat." "That's your last game, too." "The street's a habit like coke." "Whaddya say?" "Tony's a customer" "Frank Lucas is a rat." "We've been lied to since childhood" "I'm from..." "Why'd you cut it?" "Regis!" "I was almost there." "Regis, were you listening?" "Wasn't that killer?" "You listen?" "Wasn't I kickin'?" "It was killer." "It kicked!" " But were you on the beat?" " What?" "Gotta be on the beat." "It wasn't there." "You're nitpicking." "I'm demanding." "Put the mic back on." "I'll be kickin'." "Put it back on." "I'll kick-Hit it-." "Listen." "I'm from Neuhof." "Where tragedy varies by the price of a gram." "Always something' brewin' The street's a habit like coke." "Rashid, you're gross!" "Dammit!" "Shut your mouth." "Don't diss your big brother!" "Or I'll smack you." "Get inside." "Fucking whore." "Don't say you forget- When we were kids, you followed me-." "You were into me- Don't act proud-." " You're confusing me with Steve." " Who's Steve?" "4th grade." "Carnival." "You went as a princess in a purple dress coz your mom couldn't find pink fabric." "You chose Steve as your knight." "You freak me out-." "And you say you weren't into me?" "Don't blame you." "I went as a princess, too." " No?" " Yes, I did." "They have a studio at home." "So the guy gets up in the night with an idea, goes to write something..." "He gets up and records?" "They can rehearse whenever they want." "Not like us for only a couple of hours a week." "Hey, guys." "Listen to this." "It's killer." " No good." " Try something else." "Think of it!" "4, 5, 6 days." "Are you guys bullshitting?" "I've been grinding on the sound." "Am I the group?" "Keep I'!" "UP" "He's crazy." "He's taking it down." "We're working." "It won't come at once." "We're working together." "Work a little, guys." "I close in 10 minutes." "No sweat." "That's how guys get to the top." "In the good times, NTM and iAM, they made 70,000-90,000 euros a concert." "Per concert?" " 90,000." " Think of ii!" "90,000." "The bastards." "The sound..." "This seems right." "It kicks, don't it?" "Still not right." "Keep looking." "You're getting on my tits." "Like the group was only me!" "What are you doing?" "Some samples are good but let us talk." "We're right here." "We're listening." "We don't need to stand behind you." "I'm the only serious guy in this group." " Relax." " You're nuts." "You're the greatest." "Imagine, 90,000." "What d'ya do with all that?" "Honestly..." "No idea, brother." "It blows my mind." " Know what I'd do with 90,000?" " What?" "I'd help the poor." "I swear, I've given it a lot of thought." " You, help the poor?" " You're rotten." " What's so funny, you sleaze?" " You won't give your family a cent." "Swear to God, I'd help the poor, the homeless, the hungry back home." "I'd build schools in Africa, that's how I am." " I'm gettin' outta here." " Then get out." " What'd you say'?" " Sorry, it's just..." " Want me to tell Bilal?" " We always have to get out." "We share the gear with the entire hood." "Everybody uses it." "Enough." "I'm too easy on you." "Beat it, all of you." "It's not our fault." "We can't work." "Unplug it." "You fucked up." "I told them so." "We're on for the hash." "What'd you say?" "He said the deal is on." "Just hash, no coke, no smack." "Okay, just hash." "Mikey?" "No sweat, man." "Only hash, I swear." "This is good clean stuff." "Nice work, man." "Is it good stuff'?" " The best." " Don't scam me, bro." "You serious?" "I'm clean, man." "We each got our reputations." "You'll cash in with this." "But is this you now?" "Or is it a one-off'?" "There's a time for everything." "Each thing in its time." "We need money." "Right you are." "How's your sister?" "Her baby's due in 2 months." "Huge!" "Really." " Nice to hear." " A li'l fella." "Cool!" "Pablo Escobar." "So long, bro." "Call if you need me." "Watch yourself." "All good skunk." "Good ganja from back home." "Even the dope is crap." "See the suckers'?" "On the Koran, nice goin'." " Like an international porn ﬂick." " Suckers galore." "From all over." "You guys are nuts!" "We'll get busted." "We're on home turf." "You nuts?" "International traffic." " You nuts?" " The day the cops come here." " What d'you know?" " No one comes here." "We're gonna get jacked." " By who'?" " You'll get jacked." "The guy who jacks me isn't born yet." "On the Koran!" "Cut it out, asshole." "You wanna jack me?" "You sleazy dog." "Counting bucks in full view." "I count bucks, bars, everything." "People rob banks, we sell bars." "Claw's right." "We're a pack of amateur pushers." "Don't give a shit!" "Customers here, there, everywhere." "Whassa matter?" "You nuts?" "Fuck'em." "We get one or not'?" "We got dough." "What's wrong?" "We're here, man." "Too many homies dead and gone." "Only the cash and the rage stay on." "Boyz, they're warmed up." "Go for it." "Yeah!" "Strasbourg!" "Make some noise." "Regis." "Samir." "We're here." "Pascal." "Mikey!" "Too many homies dead and gone." "Only the cash and rage stay on." "Hang out on the block all life long." "Nuthin' left, Nuthin' left." "Too many homies dead and gone Only the cash and rage stay on." "Hang out on the block all life long." "Nuthin' left, Nuthin' left" "I'm from Neuhof." "Where tragedy varies by the price of a gram." "Always something' brewin' The street's a habit like coke." "Whaddya say'?" "Tony's a customer" "Frank Lucas is the rat of the hood." "They've lied to us since childhood" "I'm from Neuhof." "Where the lords come from." "Even if the world's a prison" "God knows my aim A gun in my heart, get a new start." "Our tower blocks are getting an." "Want my pain?" "Take it!" " Yo, bro!" " Wassup, family!" " Who's the boss'?" " The barons of rap!" "We made it, on Mecca." "Here we are." "Yo, bros." "Wassup'?" "Chillin'?" "Is the town ours?" "Strasbourg, we're the rap stars!" "Rappin' like this;" "Frank Lucas is the rat of the hood They've lied to us since childhood." "They were there, man." "You'd have thought every number was killer." "That's him." "Motherfucka." "The movies definitely inﬂuenced our behavior." "They definitely inﬂuenced what formed our values and imaginary." "Added to that was what frustration and addictions would make us commit." "In the projects the influence of Scarface on the older ones was particularly striking." "That story made us believe the world was ours until piss, vomit and blood splattered our reality tor real." "This life is like the shade of a tree under which the traveler rests before going on his way." "While man must answer for his choices and acts, during the life he is given, he can repent for his sins for God the Merciful likes his servants to repent and likes to forgive them." "One prophetic tradition says that all Adam's sons are sinners and that the best of them is the one who repents-." "The death of someone is a sign for all, a reminder that our existence is brief." "But death also reminds us of life's importance, for our attitude on earth determines our place in the beyond." "We must of course fear God, but not fear his mercy, which he places before his wrath." "One mustn't judge hastily." "In fact, we should never judge others, for the only judge is God himself." "He knows what hides in people's hearts." "He alone can probe the souls' depths." "He is the Creator of Heaven and Earth." "He calls His creatures home." "He brings all things to His mercy." "For yes, mercy is the key word." "In the name of God the All-Merciful, the Compassionate." "Leech;" "Murdered." "Paul;" "Committed." "On Resurrection Day, He shall remind men of the crimes and sins they committed." "It is not to reprimand them or confirm their faults-." "On the contrary;" "Only to show them the extent of His mercy, so vast that it reaches even those undeserving of it-." "I attest there is no god but Allah and that Mohammad is His prophet." "There." "Now you are a Muslim." " Did you choose a name?" " He doesn't have to." "You can keep your Christian name." "He has to change names." "He's no longer a miscreant." "Relax, bro." "Hold the rhetoric." "Changing names is symbolic." "You understand symbolic?" "It's not like he's Adolf the drunk or Mongolian HornyYak." "Show love, bro." "At least you met Islam before Muslims." "Never mind." "Did you cop a name'?" " Yeah." " Spit it out." "Abd AI Malik." "My God, bro." "Literature and poetry would beam me to another world." "I not only questioned the great authors, I literally heard their replies." "But for the moment I only cared about what agreed with me." "So despite Islam, I embraced another form of delinquency." "Binary, I acted like I was no longer afraid since we were right, the others in the wrong." "Dealing no longer had a place, as we'd taken up prayer." "We kept making music, but our old lives had to die." "ONE YEAR LATER" "ONE YEAR LATER" "What's the point of these sermons?" "We don't really give sermons." "More like..." "How to put it?" "Like a call." "A call to order." "God says in the Koran that the call to order benefits all believers." "It's him!" "Go on!" "You're closest." "Hi." "We're in the same ancient Greek class." "My girlfriends and I were wondering if it was you." "We were at the concert last month." "It was fantastic." "Can I shake your hand?" "Or kiss you?" " Hey, Malik." " Yo, bro." "We've done it." " We gonna sign or not?" " We'll be stars." " Are we there, man?" " On Mecca, we're in." "You know what?" "On the Koran, producers are gonna fight over us." "We've struggled long enough." "It's wild." "When's the train?" "12145." "You've got time." "Whoah, stars!" "I'm gonna rush." "I'll do anything to make it." " Hey, nigga, where you headed?" " Gotta go." " I'm here." " C'mere." "I gave him the CD." "When's your train?" "C'mere." " Don't worry about the demo." " I heard it." "Did you give him the demo?" "Hey." "Those kids are nuts." "They're not nuts, they're lost." "No shame, no modesty in the hood." "Hell!" "This isn't Neuhof, it's Beverly Hills." "Beverly Clueless!" "Look at them!" " They're not screwing." "You nuts?" " Why talk about screwing?" "You're nuts." "Always judging people." " Isn't that your little sis?" " Mikey!" " Isn't that your sis?" " My sis?" "That's your sis!" "Cool it, Mikey, don't judge." "Don't judge, come here." "You nuts?" "That's my sista." " What're you doing'?" " Beat it or I'll bust your teeth." " I'm talking with my friends." " Friends, huh'?" "It's sweet." "A little kiss!" "We're about to hit the big time." "Say, nigga, how many meetings did I get you in no time?" "How many?" "Dunno." "Is this the 10th'?" "You crazy, nigga'?" "It's the 13th!" "You hear me?" "Can't you count?" "The guy gives me no credit-." "Yeah, but we get thrown out every time." "That was then, bro!" "This is Universal Music." "Relax." "They signed all the greats;" "Elvis, Prince, Michael..." "Paris Hilton!" "Chopin, Vivaldi, everybody." "Whassa matter?" "Cuz..." "And ya know what?" "Don't forget my cut." "I'm gonna be your manager." "You don't pay for all the train trips I take for nothing." "You're not listening." "I said, all that's over." "So scratch up the dough." "Because soon I'll be your agent, assistant, manager, assistant manager," "Because soon I'll be your agent, assistant, manager, assistant manager, your stylist." "Even your hairdresser." "Cousin..." "What?" "That's family spirit." "How many?" "How many?" "How many?" "The 13th!" "13 meetings for a lot of hot air!" "You've been stringing me along for years with your Paris jive." "Universal, mega CD sales, it's all gonna change!" "Universal, mega CD sales, it's all gonna change!" "You hear her'?" "Like we wanted a job cleaning their office!" "You're deluded, cuz." "Hey, we're from the same hood." "Gotta stick together, man." "You need cash." "I got it." "That's solidarity, cuz." "Whaddya got?" "Management?" "Concerts?" "Phonon-..." "What'd you call it?" " Phonographic publishing." " Yeah, that." "It's no big deal." "It's like any other biz." "Just gotta make sure you do quality." "That's your game." "That's your game." "You need more, I'm here." "You need more, I'm here." "We'll work out the details later." "Fuck." "I gotta roll." "Catch ya later." "Say hi to Pascal." "Your bro's a good man." "Our problem with life lay in the fact." "Our problem with life lay in the fact that we couldn't make others hear our own inner music, the kind that was supposed to restore harmony and ward off all fear-." "That's probably why I was so desperate to make it in music, convinced that." "That's probably why I was so desperate to make it in music, convinced that it was the only medium through which" "I would be understood by all intuitively, thus instantly." "As for Samir, he thought that to find inner peace he had to experience Islam all the way." "That to find inner peace he had to experience Islam all the way." "We were both unable to express the inexpressible." "Could a language issue be at once the root and the result of our trouble?" "Could a language issue be at once the root and the result of our trouble?" "No, because you think we..." "Listen, brothers, calmly." "Maybe your approach scares some people off-." "I don't see how we can scare people." "I don't see how we can scare people." "We dress like the prophet." " We go in peace." " Not everyone knows the prophet." "See what's going on in the world'?" "Listen to your big brothers." "If you want to succeed, just listen to your big brothers." "If you want to succeed, just listen to your big brothers." "We won't set you wrong." "We've been praying for years." "Civilian clothes don't make our hearts impure." " That's right." " What'll it change?" " That's right." " What'll it change?" " It's not what it'll change." " Listen, brothers." "Dress normal, then we can talk." "Otherwise I swear, it's impossible." " Why not'?" " You can't impose on others." "Why not?" "You think the Lord looks at appearances'?" "You think the Lord looks at appearances'?" "Where do you think God looks?" "The Lord looks in people's hearts!" "We dress Sunnah, like the prophet." "The prophet wore hi-tops'?" "I understand." "We'll talk about it after salat." "But beware of racism." "It's not racism!" "Arabs should marry Arabs!" "Whites marry Whites!" "Whites marry Whites!" "Blacks marry Blacks!" "Don't say that." "No Arab is better than another man except in faith-." "Ethnicity isn't enough to oppose a marriage." "We're all Muslims." "Ethnicity isn't enough to oppose a marriage." "We're all Muslims." "That's all well enough." "But what will people say if I give my daughter to this man'?" "The family honor matters too!" "Matters too!" "What'll I do now?" "Think with your heart." "Whoever said that has a point, Mike." "We say brother or son, but girls can't marry Blacks!" "Jewish, Christian, Muslim..." "religion isn't the trouble." "Jewish, Christian, Muslim..." "religion isn't the trouble." "The trouble is people." "And people are dumb." "And a dumb-ass just sent me a message." "It's Samir, that asshole." "Just joking." "We won't write music tonight." "We'll pick tracks and master your radio piece." "We'll pick tracks and master your radio piece." "Wow!" "News travels fast!" "Everyone knows we'll be on Planet Hap'?" "It's the talk of the town." "It's great he invited you." "Your career'll take off." "It's great he invited you." "Your career'll take off." "Inch'Allah." "When Samir gets here, we pick the tracks." "Then you'll have to wait." "He's never around." "Look." "It's the third time he's done this." "I've had it." "He's never around!" "It's the third time he's done this." "I've had it." "He's never around!" "Hey, Regis-." "Remember that cop-faced journalist?" "Yeah." "You said he was gonna write a good piece on the hood?" " Yeah, and'?" " Listen to what the asshole wrote." " Yeah, and'?" " Listen to what the asshole wrote." "Watch your language!" "Sorry." "That sonuvabitch..." "Lemme read it." "It's your fault, too." "You and your Islam and all that." "Islam means you gotta be responsible, but it's personal." "Now the result is..." "People..." "The guy writes, A Social Bomb." "The title alone disses you." "Look, guys;" "Regis," "Look, guys;" "Regis, aka Abd Al Malik, 21, Congolese, and his Kabyle brother' Samir, may say with a smile they didn't convert to Islam, but merely answered its invitation, there's no denying the obvious;" "There's no denying the obvious;" "Fanatic activism in France is gaining ground." "It uses a weapon that's beyond us, a religious weapon..." "Muslims obviously are not all potential terrorists," "Muslims obviously are not all potential terrorists, but these soldiers of Islam find in suburbs hit by unemployment and crime a breeding ground." "The question is not vain;" "How can this social bomb be defused?" "Buyaka!" "Buyaka!" "Buyaka in your face!" "They come with good intentions and get dissed by a journalist!" "Honestly, guys." "Terrorists!" "Let us pray." "Lord God, Jesus Christ," "I give praise tor the beautiful things you've granted us." "Make it so that our family in Brazzaville." "Make it so that our family in Brazzaville can eat their fill." "I also give praise that one way or another, my sons let you into their hearts." " Amen." " Ameen." " Amen." " Ameen." "You pray for them back home and forget me!" "The family forgets me!" "That's the family spirit." "Pascal's out." "School is pointless, Mama." "Honestly, look." "Bilal graduated, but he has no work." "There're no jobs." "There's nothing." "There's nothing." "At least stop hanging out with those thugs and pray like your brothers, surely you'll find work." "Don't worry, Mama." "I got a career plan." "I'm gonna be a rap star." "I got a career plan." "I'm gonna be a rap star." "When I'm on Planet Rap with Malik, on Skyrock, we'll be the Jackson 5 of the projects!" " Jackson 5." " Forget it." "Chill, it's under control." "Get this;" "Bilal." "Chill, it's under control." "Get this;" "Bilal" " will manage us." " Leave me out." " Isn't that great?" " Leave Bilal out of your stuff." "Bilal manages us." "Not the Parisian." "You see how the cousin is?" "Bilal manages us." "Not the Parisian." "You see how the cousin is?" "He's into his trip." "He is what he is." "We got a killer demo." "It's so hot!" "Have Mama hear it." "You listen to our demo, Mama, and you'd sign us on the spot." "Sign cash." "400,000 euros." "Lay off with that Michael Jackson stuff." "You're off!" "At least Regis didn't leave school." " Stop dreaming." " He's off!" "Bilal, I'll let you in on it." "Hey, family, we're here." "Pascal's with you." "Right." "Eat up, Superman." "I'm eating!" " It's high time." " I'll feed you all some day." "Look, Malik, you're my brother." "Man, you've always been there for me." "But you're gonna have to understand." "You may think I'm nuts, but I've got reasons." "It's been doin' my head in for a year." "I've made up my mind;" "Man, I quit." "You quit what?" "Music." "You know music is haram." "I can't go on lying like that, being hypocritical with the Lord." "You can't dump us like that." "And legal opinions differ." "A fight!" "There are other opinions on music." "Not all scholars say it's haram." "I'm not judging you, bro." "I'm just asking you to help me- Let me quit, that's all I ask." " We've almost made it." " I know." "It's Planet Rap!" "We'll make it big with the buzz." "You saying you can't be a good Muslim and make music?" "I'm not judging, but we don't see you at the mosque much." "While we're at it, tell me, that money your Pablo Escobar gave us..." "Is it halal?" "Tell me, is that money halal?" "We have to avoid a cultural and religious rift-." "We should be a bridge." "We have to reassure the West." "It's essential because the West is our home, too." "We shouldn't feel like foreigners in our own country;" "France." "Listen to you!" "Really..." "People here must be really zen." "You said it." "They must not see life the same way." "Too romantic." "I don't care where I am." "When I'm with you, it's always romantic." "Samir... you see him on the straight and narrow." "We'd go on vacation together." "The beach." "Naked!" "Naked, nothing on, bare-assed!" " Naked, in public'?" " Shitfaced." " In front of vacationer'?" " At 2-3 a.m." " Thin as a rake'?" " Thin as Judas!" "Samir's insane." "I tell ya, he's loc." "When was it?" "Before he got into religion." "2-3 years before Islam." " Why's he lecture us'?" " The straight and narrow." "Respect." "But before'?" "Samir was insane." "Always struttin' his stuff." "You kill me." "Yo, bros!" " Malik, Wassup?" " Wassup?" "Hey, cuz!" " Salem." "What's the deal?" " I'm here, man." "You're killin' me-." "Naked with a beer!" " What's happenin'?" " Tell him." " Samir, he..." " Forget Samir." "Gotta tell you something insane, I swear." "I got a letter 2 days ago from the judge." "I go to court Friday." "What's the deal?" "Old business." "Remember that job in Metz?" " The Metz job back then?" " The stickup?" "That's insane." "Doesn't the judge..." "Isn't there a date?" "You think the judge forgets'?" "Think they forget'?" "You nuts?" "When they got you, they got you." "You risk something?" "For sure. 10 years!" " What?" " Yeah, 10 years." " 10 years'?" " Yeah." "The stickup, bro." "You know Mimoun from Eyzies?" "Mimoun's not around anymore." "Guess where he is'?" "In the slammer!" "10 years, for the same thing." "Same thing, he got 10 years." "What about Skyrock, then?" "You shitlin' me?" "Talk about Planet Rap when I'm talking about 10 years?" "Planet Hap's over." "For me, rap is dead." "Mike, sorry..." "Go get him." "His food'll get cold." "It'll get cold." "He's gotta eat." "Police!" "Hands up!" "Take it easy!" "Keep your hands up." "Don't move." "All clear." "Lemme see your hands." "Don't move!" "Morning, gentlemen." " There's a mistake." " What's going on?" "There's nothing here." "Sit down." "Let him talk." "What's going on?" "Hey, rap star, where's the dope?" " Whaddya want?" " The dope!" "What dope?" "Easy." "What'd they do?" " The dope!" " There's no dope here." "Calm down!" "How you treat people!" "You can't do this!" " Is that any way to treat people?" " Calm down." "Calm down." "You're housing a dealer." "Now calm down!" "Calm down." "Speak to her nicely!" "Shut up!" "Max, stall the search." "Don't worry, we'll find it." "There's nothing here." " Stay there." " Relax." "Shut up!" "I tell you, we'll find it." " There's nothing here." " Shut up." "Turn around and shut up." "He's young, go easy." " Shut up." " Easy!" "I said, shut up!" "Go easy." "Just don't disrespect." "Do your job." "Don't disrespect my ma." "What have they done'?" "We'll find it, you'll see." "There's nothing here." "This is a plot!" "Let me by!" "I want to see my kids." "It's a plot!" "Look at this." "Here, look!" "What is it?" "Here." "Look!" "So what's this?" "Look at that!" "What is this?" "What do you think this is'?" "What is this?" "I got nothing to do with it." "Don't know what it is'?" " Don't know what it is'?" " It's not mine!" " What is it?" " I don't know." "What is this?" " Go easy!" " What is it?" "It's dope!" "We're taking everyone in." "You'll be free this afternoon but now, everyone to the station." "I'm going with my kids!" "Where you taking them?" "Where are you taking them?" "I'm going with my kids." "I'm coming." "I'll follow you." "My kids can't go alone." "If we aren't convinced ourselves that we're French how do you expect others to think it?" "You're right." "I'm always right." "Haven't you noticed?" "And it you have other questions about" "God, the cosmos and stuff like that, I'm here." "No kidding'?" "You still here?" "I remember your book on Morocco." "It says when you've hit bottom you're truly ready to experience God." "Planet Rap, thank you, Psy4 de la Rime, you just heard live, thank you Vincenzo, Alonzo, Soprano and Sya Styles." "Let's hear it for him." "The album goes on sale Monday." "Let's do some dedications." "Shout out to Cesare, soon back behind the mic." "Big shout out to all the northern hoods of Marseille." "Watch out!" "Don't miss the Psy4 de la Rime tour near you;" "At home at the Dome in Marseille Nov. 16, in Paris, at the Olympia Nov. 18, in Nantes Nov. 19." "For those who listen on the web, in Canada Oct. 1." "Montreal!" "And Strasbourg on Oct. 4." "Speaking of Strasbourg, a surprise;" "We met a really kickin' artist there." "Yeah, during our tour!" "From Neuhof, his name is Abd Al Malik." "He's here, man!" "Let's hear it for Abd Al Malik." "He's gonna bust out a 16... a little 16-bar rap." "Go for it!" "Settle in at the mic." "Hit us with a 16-bar." "Off we go, live on Planet Rap!" "Scrawny in my big jacket like a suit oi armor." "With hash in my socks and shitting my pants fin Soldier" "fin Soldier" "I was only 12." "My pockets full of dough, I'd seen too much blood fin Soldier" "I was only a teen when I saw fate pick up a gun." "And take us out one by one." "Death by overdose, firearm," "Blade or rope fin Soldier." "Sure, a smile could have gone a mile." "Some attention might have made a difference." "We'd have been normal and not child soldiers." "It could only end badly in that cellar space." "And the whole squadron was sniffing smack." "Girlz I'd known pretty were now human wrecks." "The heroin in their veins destroyed their sex fired girl soldiers." "Some of my brothers." "Went and stuck up a bank." "Five, ten," "Fifteen years without parole Now we only talk through the mail." "Under the steering wheel wires hang." "He drove fast not to get caught." "The explosion rang out, Boom!" "And he got hung." "And incidents gone awry;" "An ID check ends with a bullet in the head." "So it ends in pitched battles." "Riot police versus youth in furious packs." "So today." "When I hear what journalists meant." "About peace and love being just entertainment" "I think of those boyz and girlz." "Who rest under a cross or facing Mecca." "Those boyz and girlz they'll never be called heroes." "Or even casualties of war, just zeros" "I won't forget you." "And in your everlasting memory" "I'll do my best to make peace with myself." "And others, too." "For a better world." "Long live France of rainbow colors." "United and freed of all its fears." "Give me your hand, yes." "Give me your hand..." "Malik," "I've got 2 people here to see you." "So I send them in?" "Come back in a minute and say I have to be somewhere." " So I send em in'?" " Yeah." "Ladies." "Hello, Regis-." "Ms. Schaefier!" "So glad to see you." "How are you'?" "Fine!" "This is my daughter, Angele." "We really had a great time tonight." "Really." "It was so good." "We've been trying to find a date." "Then I'm glad." "I'm really glad to see you." "Have a seat." "Sorry, but we gotta go." " We won't be long." " Now." "We don't want to disturb." "It's not that urgent." "What d'you mean?" "Sorry, ladies." "Everyone's waiting." "What's going on?" "Skip it." " I'm really impressed." " Really?" "What presence!" "No longer the schoolboy." "I often tell Angele what I told you;" "Get rid of what's irrelevant and things become clear-." "I'm not sure how that applies to me." "Remember school, Regis-." "You were..." "It couldn't have been easy for you, and yet you made a choice." "And what was that?" "To love life." "If you love life, you want to succeed." "So that means..." "I have to make a choice again'?" "No, Regis-." "You haven't come all this way to make more choices." "It just means you have to understand why you made the choice you did." "In the Strait of Gibraltar, a young Black man laments a dream." "That will come to life once across Gibraltar." "In the Strait of Gibraltar, a young Black man wonders." "If history will remember him." "As the man who bore that mountain's name." "In the Strait of Gibraltar, a man lays to rest his foolish life." "Of gangsta rapper but." "In the Strait of Gibraltar, a young man will be born." "That the projects kept from living." "In the Strait of Gibraltar, a young Black man." "In a bar where hopes push and shove." "Drinks from a can of Fanta." "Like a dog without a collar, he seeks." "The home he never really had." "Maybe soon he won't look anymore." "There is laughter all around him." "And sobs deep inside him." "Say nothing and all is said." "And suddenly." "Suddenly he's a whirling dervish." "Dancing on the bar, no longer afraid." "Screaming like a fakir, a disciple of life." "In the Strait of Gibraltar, a young Black man sings." "To this life, I love you." "Others know and follow." "To be gold, not copper." "Like the dancing sun, they feast on stars." "And in turn tear to shreds." "This shroud of fear" "I'm not afraid anymore." " Bison!" " Malik!" " Hey..." " Wassup?" "Okay?" "Chillin"?" " Your mama all right'?" " Yes, good." "What a muscle man!" "You better cool it." "You know me-." "You good?" "Chillin'?" "Nice to see you." "I couldn't do it again." "I told you, he hits hard." "Damn!" "Music pays!" "Quick." "We're leaving." "It's time." "Hurry UP" "Where've you been?" "Get your bag." "Come down." "We're going." "Not ready yet?" "Slick, or what?" "Yeah, lookin' slick!" " Time to go." " Slick is late!" "I'm here." "I'm coming." "Gotta go, they're waiting." "Hurry." "Hurry." "They're waiting." "Guys, I'm ﬂossin'." "I'm ﬂauntin'!" "Please rise." "I now ask you," "Nawel Mariama Azzouz, do you take as your husband" "Regis Fayette Mikano, here present?" "I do." "And you, Regis Fayette Mikano, do you take as your wife." "Nawel Mariama Azzouz, here present?" "I do." "Following this declaration, and with all the legal formalities being fulfilled," "I now declare you man and wife." "It's not another theme, but almost." "Since Republican values are sufficient in themselves." "Just the story of a guy who was trying." "And who now is doing his best, to say I love you." "Because you only get one chance." "Or else regret will take care of it." "So this is my testimony, this is my prayer;" ""May Allah bless France!"" "Subtitles:" "Cynthia Schoch  Lenny Borger." "Subtitling:" "Titra California Inc."