Hip-Hop's Laughing Stock
- Radio factual
- BBC Radio 4
- 2020
- 1 episode
Joe Jacobs looks at the bridge between the worlds of rap and comedy.
Key details
- Genre
- Factual
- Broadcast
- 2020
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 1
- Features
- Joe Jacobs
- Producers
- James Trice and Joby Waldman
- Company
Joe Jacobs is a failing rapper trying to make a career as a stand-up comedian.
Straight out of Finchley, Joe spent a decade attempting to build a recording career as a hip-hop MC. But by his own admission he was never taken too seriously. Now he's trying to turn the tables - instead of being the butt of other people's jokes he is hoping to direct the laughs himself. His ambition is to succeed in stand-up, where he failed in rap - and get a gig on television.
Can he go from being a comedic rapper, to a stand-up comedian who raps?
In this documentary he meets other artists who bridge the worlds of rap and comedy. He hears about hip-hop's humorous roots from Open Mic Eagle, understands the world of rap battles with Lunar C and Jaz Kahina and meets one of the least likely success stories in viral rap videos, Dan Bull.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 21st September 2020 at 4pm on BBC Radio 4
- Episode length
- 30 minutes
- All previous repeats
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- Thursday 5th November 2020 at 11:30am on Radio 4