What is The Great Hip Hop Hoax?
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = The Great Hip Hop Hoax | image = | caption = | writer = | starring = Gavin Bain<br/>Billy Boyd | director = Jeanie Finlay | producer = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|09|06}} | runtime = 93 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Great Hip Hop Hoax''''' is a [[documentary]] by Jeanie Finlay. It is about Silibil N' Brains, a Scottish [[hip-hop]] duo who pretended to be Americans to earn a £250,000 record deal with Sony.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-23047119|title=The great hip hop hoax - How the 'rapping Proclaimers' lived a lie|work=[[BBC News]]|date=9 September 2013|accessdate=12 September 2013}}</ref> The film was first shown at [[South by Southwest]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/great-hip-hop-hoax-scots-1769188|title=The Great Hip Hop Hoax: Scots who duped music industry by pretending to be America's hottest rappers land film deal|publisher=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]|date=17 March 2013|accessdate=14 September 2013}}</ref> and then the Edinburgh International Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/news/2013/06/jeanie-finlay-s-great-hip-hop-hoaxers-at-eiff|title=Jeanie Finlay's Great Hip Hop Hoaxers at EIFF|date=28 June 2013|accessdate=9 October 2013}}</ref> before being shown at Scottish cinemas and on [[BBC Two|BBC Two Scotland]] and [[BBC Four]], as well as DR2 in Denmark.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dr.dk/tv/se/dokumania/dokumania-det-store-hip-hop-svindelnummer|title=Dokumania: Det store hip-hop svindelnummer|date=8 October 2013|accessdate=9 October 2013}}</ref> It was pitched at Sheffield Doc/Fest's MeetMarket in 2008. ==Reception== The film got positive reviews.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/05/grea