EXCLUSIVE: The forthcoming film boasts interviews with Eminem, JAY-Z, J. Cole, Snoop Dogg, MC Lyte, Common, Doug E. Fresh and KRS-One, among others.
Big Daddy Kane has been busy—performing, recording, traveling and being a family man keeps him moving. But, in the midst of all that, he’s been working on a documentary called Paragraphs I Manifest, which has been in production since at least 2021. But there’s been a couple of changes since the Juice Crew alum first announced the film, including two more interviews and a new network home.
“It’s not gonna be Netflix now,” he recently told AllHipHop. “It’s gonna be Paramount+. We are in the final stages of closing the deal. Everything was up in the air with that whole Skydance and Paramount merger. But we’re pretty much there now and it’s looking good. Everybody’s excited about it.”
Paragraphs I Manifest, executive produced by Big Daddy Kane, digs deep into the art of lyricism and boasts interviews with Eminem, JAY-Z, J. Cole, Snoop Dogg, MC Lyte, Common, Doug E. Fresh and KRS-One. But Kane has since added a couple more.
“I did decide to do two more interviews,” he reveals. “Kool Moe D and Black Thought.”
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With those additions, the documentary is completely finished—now it’s just the waiting game. Big Daddy Kane announced J. Cole was also participating in the doc in September 2021.
“Amazing interview today with @realcoleworld,” he wrote on Instagram at the time. “My favorite MC of this era. My son loves this Brother as well. We almost done! One more to go! #paragraphsimanifest #stuyvision @flavoru.”
Kane also included a video of himself with J. Cole and talked about Cole’s invaluable contributions to Hip-Hop.
“A lot of people out there right now are coming to people such as myself and many others, giving us our flowers and whatnot while we’re still here,” he said in the clip. “But listen – I wanna give this young brother right here his flowers like on the real.”
J. Cole replied, “Damn,” then BDK continued, “I want this brother right here to know that he is my favorite MC out here right now. This is the brother right here that makes me feel like Hip-Hop is still alive and it’s here to stay when I listen to this here brother spit and listen to his music. Love you, fam.”
There’s no official release date for the doc, but that will soon change.
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