Belly (film)

Belly is a 1998 motion picture, the feature film debut of music video director Hype Williams. An urban drama, the film stars rappers DMX and Nas as Tommy and Sincere, former partners in crime who become enstranged after Sincere decides to go straight and Tommy takes on a major drug deal from a Jamaican drug lord. The film also stars Taral Hicks, rapper Method Man, and R&B singer T-Boz from TLC. Besides starring in the film, Nas also narrates and collaborated with Hype Williams on the screenplay.

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1998 - Motion picture - Music video director - Hype Williams - Urban drama - Rapper - DMX - Nas - Jamaican - Taral Hicks - Method Man - T-Boz - TLC

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The film was mildly recieved by critics, generally praised for its highly stylized visual design and cinematography http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1998/11/04/DD94111.DTL. However, it remains popular with hip hop audiences, and was released on DVD in 2004 in a "special edition" package.

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Hip hop - 2004

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