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Pras is a Actor and Producer American born on 19 october 1972
Pras, de son vrai nom Prakazrel Samuel Michel, né le 19 octobre 1972 à Brooklyn, New York, est un rappeur, producteur de musique et de cinéma et acteur américain d'origine haïtienne, membre des Fugees.
En 1989, le groupe Rap Translators (le nom Tranzlator Crew n'ayant été attribué qu'a posteriori car c'est sous le nom Rap Translators que le trio a commencé à se produire dans le New Jersey) est créé avec Wyclef et Lauryn Hill qui est une camarade de classe de Pras. Rap Translators deviendra le célèbre groupe The Fugees en 1994. En 1996, The Fugees atteignent le succès grâce à l'album The Score, qui sera certifié disque de platine à de multiples reprises. Pras se forge une carrière solo avec son LP solo intitulé Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are), qui fait participer Mýa et Ol' Dirty Bastard. Ghetto Supastar atteint le top 10 en 1999, et devient la bande-son du film Bulworth. Ghetto Supastar atteint la deuxième place des classements au Royaume-Uni en 1998.
Il publie Win Lose or Draw en 2005. La même année, Pras, Wyclef Jean et Lauryn Hill annoncent le retour des Fugees et enregistrent le single Take It Easy. En 2008, il chante en duo avec la chanteuse française Melissa M sur le titre Le blues de toi une reprise de Gilbert Montagné.
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Né de parents haïtiens dans le quartier de Crown Heights de l'arrondissement de Brooklyn, Pras grandit avec Wyclef Jean, son ami d'enfance arrivé à l'âge de neuf ans, en 1981, à Brooklyn. Cette relation fait qu'ils disent souvent qu'ils sont cousins. Dans sa jeunesse, Pras étudie au Rutgers College et à l'Université de Yale.En 1989, le groupe Rap Translators (le nom Tranzlator Crew n'ayant été attribué qu'a posteriori car c'est sous le nom Rap Translators que le trio a commencé à se produire dans le New Jersey) est créé avec Wyclef et Lauryn Hill qui est une camarade de classe de Pras. Rap Translators deviendra le célèbre groupe The Fugees en 1994. En 1996, The Fugees atteignent le succès grâce à l'album The Score, qui sera certifié disque de platine à de multiples reprises. Pras se forge une carrière solo avec son LP solo intitulé Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are), qui fait participer Mýa et Ol' Dirty Bastard. Ghetto Supastar atteint le top 10 en 1999, et devient la bande-son du film Bulworth. Ghetto Supastar atteint la deuxième place des classements au Royaume-Uni en 1998.
Il publie Win Lose or Draw en 2005. La même année, Pras, Wyclef Jean et Lauryn Hill annoncent le retour des Fugees et enregistrent le single Take It Easy. En 2008, il chante en duo avec la chanteuse française Melissa M sur le titre Le blues de toi une reprise de Gilbert Montagné.
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Mutant Chronicles (2008)
, 1h51Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Horror, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Anticipation, Disaster films
Actors Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, John Malkovich, Devon Aoki, Sean Pertwee, Benno Fürmann
Roles Captain Michaels
Rating52%
The story is set in the year 2707. The world is loosely based on that of the Mutant Chronicles role-playing game, where many technologies are steam powered and mankind has exhausted Earth’s natural resources. The protagonists must battle against mutated humans that were accidentally unleashed.
Feel The Noise (2007)
Directed by Alejandro Chomski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films
Actors Omarion, Giancarlo Esposito, Victor Rasuk, James McCaffrey, Melonie Diaz, Meredith Ostrom
Roles Electric
Rating30%
After a run-in with local thugs to raise money for a chance at a record deal, a Harlem born aspiring rapper of an African American Mother and Puerto Rican father..Rob (Omarion) flees to Puerto Rico and to a Puerto Rican father (Giancarlo Esposito) he never knew, and finds his salvation in Reggaeton, a spicy blend of hip-hop, reggae and Latin beats. Puerto Rico, the spiritual home of Reggaeton, inspires Rob and his step-brother Javi (Victor Rasuk) to pursue their dream of becoming Reggaeton stars. Together with a dancer named C.C., they learn what it means to stay true to themselves and each other, while overcoming obstacles in love, greed and pride, all culminating in an explosive performance at New York's Puerto Rican Day Parade.
Go Go Tales (2007)
, 1h36Directed by Abel Ferrara
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Striptease
Actors Willem Dafoe, Bob Hoskins, Matthew Modine, Lou Doillon, Asia Argento, Riccardo Scamarcio
Roles Sandman
Rating57%
Ray Ruby, who manages Ray Ruby’s Paradise, is worried about less tourists visiting the establishment so he decides to hold a lottery to bring them in. Ray is running out of money, but people expect to be paid, including the pole dancers. A landlady by the name of Lillian plans on using the spot for a Bed Bath & Beyond location if she does not receive rent money.
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005)
, 1h43Directed by Michel Gondry
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Concert, Hip hop films, Musical films
Actors Dave Chappelle, Erykah Badu, Keyshia Cole, Common, Mos Def, Big Daddy Kane
Rating71%
The film follows Chappelle during the summer of 2004, up until September 18, 2004, when he threw a block party on the corner of Quincy Street and Downing Street in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. The film features nearby sites including the Broken Angel House in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn as well as areas in Fort Greene, Brooklyn and Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The film was produced before Chappelle's highly publicized decision to walk away from a $50 million deal to continue his hit Chappelle's Show, and gained prominence after the announcement.
Go for Broke (2002)
, 1h46Directed by Jean-Claude La Marre
Genres Comedy
Actors Pras, Michael A. Goorjian, Lisa Raye, Bobby Brown, Glenn Plummer, Denyce Lawton
Roles Jackson / Jackie
Rating48%
Two guys have the winning ticket in a lottery, but the ticket is taken by a woman robbing the restaurant they're in, who swallows the ticket before getting arrested. The guys come up with a scheme to recover the ticket by committing a felony while impersonating women so as to be sent to the same women's penitentiary as the robber.
Da Hip Hop Witch (2000)
, 1h25Directed by Dale Resteghini
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, Witches in film, Hip hop films, Musical films, Comedy horror films
Actors Eminem, Dale Resteghini, Ja Rule, Pras, Vanilla Ice, Rah Digga
Roles Pros
Rating15%
After learning about the "Hip Hop Witch", a powerful supernatural being that lurks in the ghettos and attacks upcoming rappers which makes their record sales go up, five suburban teenagers go on a quest to get their rap careers started by being attacked by said witch. Filming their experience, they run into past hip hop stars that have already battled the Witch in person.
Turn It Up (2000)
, 1h26Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Action, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Pras, Ja Rule, Jason Statham, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Tamala Jones, John Ralston
Roles Denzel / Diamond
Rating41%
Diamond, un rappeur, essaie de faire son chemin dans le milieu musical grâce à son ami et manager Gage. Tous deux travaillent pour le dealer "Mr. B" afin d'arrondir les fins de mois, mais un braquage inopportun va les amener à s'opposer à lui...
Mystery Men (1999)
, 2hDirected by Kinka Usher
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Superhero films
Actors Hank Azaria, Claire Forlani, Janeane Garofalo, Ben Stiller, Jenifer Lewis, Greg Kinnear
Roles Tony C
Rating60%
In the metropolis of Champion City, the would-be superhero team of Mr. Furious (Ben Stiller), The Shoveler (William H. Macy), and The Blue Raja (Hank Azaria) attempt to make a name for themselves, but their suspect skills make them ineffective, and they find themselves upstaged by the city's most successful superhero, Captain Amazing (Greg Kinnear). However, Amazing is finding that his effectiveness at fighting crime has practically made his job obsolete, and without any worthy adversaries remaining (some of them are either dead, in exile, or still in jail), his corporate sponsors are beginning to pull their funding. To create a need for himself, Amazing uses his alter ego, billionaire lawyer Lance Hunt, to argue for the release of insane supervillain Casanova Frankenstein (Geoffrey Rush). The plan backfires; once reunited with Tony P (Eddie Izzard) and his Disco Boys, Casanova Frankenstein blows up the insane asylum, captures Amazing, and prepares to unleash a doomsday device: the "Psycho-frakulator", which lethally bends reality. Mr. Furious, while spying on Casanova Frankenstein's mansion, discovers Amazing's capture and informs the others.
Rhyme & Reason (1997)
, 1h34Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Hip hop films, Musical films
Actors Dr. Dre, Nas, Sean Combs, RZA, Method Man, Ice-T
Rating73%
Rhyme & Reason est un documentaire de 1997 sur le hip hop et plus spécifiquement sur le rap. Le réalisateur de documentaires Peter Spirer a interviewé plus de 80 artistes importants du rap et de la musique hip hop.
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Mutant Chronicles (2008)
, 1h51Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Horror, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Anticipation, Disaster films
Actors Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, John Malkovich, Devon Aoki, Sean Pertwee, Benno Fürmann
Roles Producer
Rating52%
The story is set in the year 2707. The world is loosely based on that of the Mutant Chronicles role-playing game, where many technologies are steam powered and mankind has exhausted Earth’s natural resources. The protagonists must battle against mutated humans that were accidentally unleashed.
Go for Broke (2002)
, 1h46Directed by Jean-Claude La Marre
Genres Comedy
Actors Pras, Michael A. Goorjian, Lisa Raye, Bobby Brown, Glenn Plummer, Denyce Lawton
Roles Producer
Rating48%
Two guys have the winning ticket in a lottery, but the ticket is taken by a woman robbing the restaurant they're in, who swallows the ticket before getting arrested. The guys come up with a scheme to recover the ticket by committing a felony while impersonating women so as to be sent to the same women's penitentiary as the robber.
Turn It Up (2000)
, 1h26Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Action, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Pras, Ja Rule, Jason Statham, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Tamala Jones, John Ralston
Roles Producer
Rating41%
Diamond, un rappeur, essaie de faire son chemin dans le milieu musical grâce à son ami et manager Gage. Tous deux travaillent pour le dealer "Mr. B" afin d'arrondir les fins de mois, mais un braquage inopportun va les amener à s'opposer à lui...