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Player Hating A Love Story follows hip hop artist Half-a-Mill and his Brooklyn crew as they struggle to escape poverty and violence through music in the Albany Housing Projects.
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“Player Hating IS NOT just another hip hop movie. Maggie gained unprecedented access and insight into the reality of ‘thug life”, and I believe that this is going to be THE DOCUMENT of a time and place in American life.” -Peter Sprier, Academy Award Nominated Filmmaker and CEO of Rugged Entertainment

Synopsis

Definition: Player Hating- Someone else is about to shine, and you’ll do anything to keep that motherfucker from getting his cheese — it can be as subtle as negative flow (lyrics) or as extreme as trying to clap (shoot) him. – Trent Bond, Half’s Manager and former NYPD Detective.

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Half-a-Mill is a 26 year old hip hop artist from the Albany Projects in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Building 193. Raised by his grandparents, Half grew up, Jason Wardlaw, in a two-bedroom apartment with eight to ten other relatives, depending on what year it was.

By the time he was seven, Half was sharing a gun with his brother, ‘cause he was sick of people putting their guns in his face in the elevator of his building, and not being able to do anything about it.

 Half’s been running with the same ten guys, since he was real little, and they’re his crew. But he’s the one with real musical talent. He’s the one that will take all of them out of the projects—if they can stand to leave. And that is the heart of this story. How do these guys, who have grown up surrounded by violence, watching their friends and family members die, not become participants. 


Half’s been signed by the independent label, Warlock Records, and he and his crew are doing most of the work, but that’s ok because there’s the chance they’ll blow up. And Half wants that so bad he can taste it, and he’ll do whatever he has to do, in order to support himself, his family and his music.

He says he can’t worry about player hating. It’s just about competition. Everyone wants to be a playa. But when you live in the projects, hatin’ is the way it goes—‘cause your ribs are touchin’ and everyone wants their cheese. 

Player Hating follows the lives of Half and his crew as they write, perform and launch Half’s first album, Milion in a desperate bid to escape hopelessness, poverty and death. Through the eyes of an urban poet and philosopher, Player Hating reveals the reality of living in a community, abandoned by government and maintained through humor, dignity, and the sheer will to survive.

To Purchase the Music of Half-a-Mill (Phase One Communications) iTUNES