Apple Music Released Its Trailer For The Birdman Documentary And It Looks Absolutely Fabulous

Source –  In August 2016, Apple Music and Bryan “Baby” Williams a.k.a. Birdman announced a deal for a documentary about Cash Money Records. The film, titled Before Anythang: The Cash Money Story, was announced for a fall 2016 release before being rescheduled for May 12, 2017. That date came and went without a release, but now Apple Music says the film is definitely coming: on February 16, 2018, to be exact. Watch a new trailer for the film above.

Before Anythang: The Cash Money Story will explore the life of Bryan Williams and his brother Ronald “Slim” Williams before they formed Cash Money Records, according to a press release. 

It’s been a year of milestones for the Numba One Stunna. In June he hit the one billion albums sold mark, prompting him to release the following statement expressing his gratitude:

“Big boy sh-t right here baby. A billion units. I mean to say this, to all you d–k-sucking f–k n—-s, like, forreal, forreal. I don’t give a f–k about selling no records b—h, I accomplished what I never thought I could accomplish. This sh-t bigger than McDonald’s, b-tch.”

A few months before that, he narrowly avoided charges in the suspicious death of rising rap star, BTY YoungN. And a few months before that, he managed to stay out of prison despite being fingered as the mastermind behind an elaborate plan to kill Lil Wayne. But who cares? Murderer or not, the guy’s a legend. He was the soundtrack to my white suburban prepubescent life. I used to go to Skate Palace as a middle schooler and request the DJ play Bling Bling.

I remember doing burn outs in my mom’s purple minivan listening to the Big Tymers.

Stunnin Like My Daddy was the reason I got (and crashed) a motorcycle (I thought it was Stunting until this blog.)

So needless to say I’m very excited for his phonetically spelled documentary: Before Anythang: The Cash Money Story. 

When people think rap moguls they think Jay Z and Puff Daddy not Birdman. Which is a shame because his story is equally as fascinating. The guy grew up in a shit hole and managed to turn himself into one of the richest rappers of all time. Sure, having a guy like Lil Wayne on your label helps, but it doesn’t take away from the fact he built an empire.

It’ll be interesting to see how Apple portrays him. Do they take a sympathetic tone? Do they address the controversy? How much music will there be? No matter what angle they take I’m going to watch. I’m an uptown YMCMB boy till I die. When I leave today I’m going to hit the park with a bag of bread and see if I can attract some pigeons. That’s how Birman got famous. If it worked for him, it’ll work for me.