PLEASANTON, Calif. — Me & Mine Entertainment and MB Enterprises have taken a major step forward in the development of a feature-length film based on the life of 2 Live Crew’s Christopher “Fresh Kid Ice” Wong Won. The two companies have officially signed an agreement with Iconic Three Media Group.
The movie, which will be titled “Banned!,” is based on Wong Won’s 2015 autobiography, “Rise 2 Fame”. According to the producers, the movie will feature the explicit, untold story of Fresh Kid Ice, co-founder of the famous 2 Live Crew hip-hop group that rose to prominence in the late 1980s.
With the new film, comedian Lester Bibbs was cast as the lead rapper Luther Campbell.
Through the film, viewers will witness how the past, present and future collide as the rollercoaster-like highs and lows of life on the road take their toll on the members of 2 Live Crew and their families. It will be a story of sex, music and the fight for freedom, paralleling the group’s emergence as a symbol for First Amendment rights in a battle that rocked America.
A significant portion of the film will focus on the controversy surrounding 2 Live Crew’s 1989 album, “As Nasty as they Wanna Be,” which the U.S. District Court in Florida ruled as legally obscene shortly after the album’s release. Although the ruling was eventually overturned, three of the group’s members were arrested in the meantime—and its album was banned in a number of Florida counties.
Fresh Kid Ice is widely considered to be the first well-known rapper of Asian decent. Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, he eventually moved to Miami. He co-founded 2 Live Crew in 1984 at March Air Force Base in California. The group made their new home in Miami in 1986. Fresh Kid Ice continues to tour today.
Production on “Banned!” is expected to begin soon, with a projected release date of late 2016.
