NEW YORK, and LOS ANGELES, April 27,
2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Live Nation Productions announced
today that Can't Stop Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story is coming
exclusively to Apple Music. The film will have its World Premiere
at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival and will be available to watch on
Apple Music June 25, 2017.
In 1993, Sean "Diddy" Combs, aka Puff Daddy, founded Bad Boy
Records, and changed American life forever. In 2016, the Bad Boy
Family reunited for the biggest homecoming in hip-hop history,
cementing their legacy as a driving force behind music and
culture.
The film, produced by Sean "Diddy" Combs, and Heather Parry, alongside executive producers
Michael Rapino, Andre Harrell and Alex
Avant, explores the passion and personalities behind Bad
Boy, and goes inside the ups and downs in the making of a movement
and staging of an unprecedented musical event.
Live Nation Productions and director Daniel Kaufman share this intern-to-entrepreneur
story with a raw and exclusive look behind the scenes at the
history and legacy of Bad Boy through a complex portrait of the
label's mastermind, Sean "Diddy" Combs, as he tries to reunite his
Bad Boy Family in the course of a frantic three week rehearsal
period. As the biggest names from Bad Boy's history prepare to
celebrate the label's 20th anniversary, the film traces the label's
emergence in Harlem and Brooklyn,
follows its meteoric rise, explores the tragic killing of
Biggie Smalls, and celebrates Bad
Boy's influence in reshaping music, fashion, marketing and culture
-- all while revealing the love and commitment that form the bonds
between the Bad Boy family.
The film culminates with the May
20th and 21st, 2016 performances at the Barclay's Center in
Brooklyn when iconic artists
including PUFF DADDY, LIL' KIM, MASE, FAITH
EVANS, MARIO WINANS, 112,
TOTAL, CARL THOMAS, and THE LOX
perform hit after hit to the sold out crowd and leaves the viewer
with much more.
"To have Live Nation Productions work with Bad Boy is such an
incredible partnership," said Live Nation Productions President of
Production for Film and Television Heather Parry. "I first met Puff
when I worked at MTV over a decade ago and here we are years later
producing a film together, which is beyond creatively satisfying."
Sean "Diddy" Combs added, "I knew this was a story that should
be shared with the world. Heather
Parry and Live Nation Productions, and Director Daniel Kauffman, helped create this very special
documentary. Now I'm blessed to also be working with Apple to
showcase the film and share Bad Boy's history and impact with fans.
The support Live Nation, Apple and everyone on the team has given
to this project is a true testament to the Bad Boy legacy."
"As partners on both the hugely successful Bad Boy Family
Reunion Tour and this documentary, Live Nation is proud to bring
Puffy's vision to life," said Michael
Rapino, CEO and President, Live Nation Entertainment. "With
Apple Music on board, we will now be able to share this unique
story about the power of live music with the world."
*Title changed from CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP: THE BAD BOY
STORY
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