Veteran radio character Angie Martinez is ready to make her directorial debut with a feature-length documentary on seminal hip-hop determine DJ Clark Kent.
God’s Favourite DJ: The Story of DJ Clark Kent will probably be produced in partnership with Inexperienced Leaf Productions and Mark Sparks Productions, and it’ll embrace appearances by well-liked acts like Jay-Z, DJ Khaled, DJ D-Good and extra.
“DJ Clark Kent is a uncommon gem whose affect is seen in practically each period of Hip-Hop’s historical past books. With our 50-year-old tradition vulnerable to outdoors perspective and agenda, it’s vital that we highlight the heroes who push the artwork type with purity and authenticity. I’m honored to assist share Clark’s many truths with the world,” Martinez tells The Hollywood Reporter in an announcement.
DJ Clark Kent
Clark Kent’s manufacturing credit embrace Jay-Z’s “Brooklyn’s Best,” the Infamous B.I.G.’s “Sky’s the Restrict,” Junior M.A.F.I.A.’s “Participant’s Anthem,” Mariah Carey’s “Loverboy,” and Kanye West and Lil Pump’s “I Love It.” He has additionally labored with Slick Rick, Rakim, Rick Ross and extra.
The synopsis of God’s Favourite DJ: The Story of DJ Clark Kent reads: “[This doc] tells the story of a person who spent the final 4 a long time uninterruptedly as an architect, instructor, and unsung hero inside Hip-Hop. The world class DJ, producer and sneaker aficionado takes us again to watershed moments when he single-handedly altered historical past; like when he satisfied Shawn Carter to imagine in the way forward for Jay-Z or taught the Infamous B.I.G. to carry out like a star and coached Lil Kim via her first studio session. Directed by award-winning media character and creator of the IRL (In Actual Life) Podcast Angie Martinez, the documentary illuminates how a lot Clark’s DNA seems in a number of corners of current popular culture — from the celebrities for whom he composes music (Kanye West, Mariah Carey, Rick Ross) to his 2024 sneaker collaboration with Nike that now resells for over $10K.”
“I’m honored to have Angie Martinez directing. Her whole profession has been rooted in telling tales in an attractive & significant manner. Angie is a real icon of Hip Hop and we’re very fortunate to have her guiding this undertaking,” Clark Kent says in an announcement.
Martinez, generally known as The Voice of New York, hosted and govt produced final 12 months’s one-hour particular Hip-Hop @ 50: Rhythms, Rhymes & Reflections – A Soul of a Nation Presentation. It was a part of ABC Information Studios’ Emmy-winning collection Soul of a Nation and celebrated Juneteenth, Black Music Month and the fiftieth anniversary of hip-hop. Grasp P, MC Lyte, Fats Joe, The Lox, Coi Leray and others have been featured in this system. She can also be a Radio Corridor of Famer and New York Instances best-selling creator.
