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Logic on Getting Advice From J.J Abrams For Directorial Debut ‘Paradise Records’ and Spending ‘Millions and Millions’ of His Own Money: ‘Everyone in Hollywood Said No’
Logic talks his directorial debut "Paradise Records," which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival this week.
We’re not literally in Hollywood but at the Getty Portrait Studios at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival, where the rapper, born Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, is premiering his directorial debut “ Paradise Records.” He’s still adjusting to the whirlwind of the film industry, a world far removed from the rapper’s lifestyle that defined his rise — one that earned him multiple award-winning, critically acclaimed albums before he announced his “retirement” in 2021. In the 106-minute comedy, Logic plays the gregarious, weed-smoking Cooper, a record store owner who owes the bank $100,000 and whose shop is facing foreclosure. When it comes to my whole team, I feel like Captain Planet because I’m just surrounded by color and culture and I wanted to put it on screen in a way that I hadn’t seen.
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