Documentary

2024

1 Season

TV-MA

The series explores the untold story of internet pirates who nearly destroyed the music industry.

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From executive producers Marshall "Eminem" Mathers and LeBron James, How Music Got Free details the fascinating -- and often funny -- inside story of the technology-driven disruption that changed music in the late '90s and early 2000s. File-sharing technology, combined with an insatiable demand for new music, created both the means and the motive for millions of young people to participate in outright theft -- and be celebrated for it.

From New York City to Los Angeles to the small factory town of Shelby, North Carolina, this two-part series features the quirky genius of the previously unknown "pirates," the drama of FBI investigations and convictions, and frontline accounts from music's biggest artists and executives. An unbelievable story of cunning, illegality, celebrity and innovation, these are the events that changed the music industry forever. Narrated by Method Man, the series features interviews with Eminem, 50 Cent, Timbaland, Jimmy Iovine, Rocsi Diaz, Rhymefest, Steve Berman, Steve Stoute and more.

Genre Documentary

Year 2024

Seasons 1

Rating TV-MA

Brand MTV

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