CinemaOSSeries · 2024 · 1 Season · TV-14
How Music Got Free

Uncover the secrets behind the crime we all committed.

74%(9)IMDbDocumentaryCrime

Details the fascinating, and often funny, inside story of the technology-driven disruption that changed music during the late-90s and early-2000s. File sharing technology, combined with the 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.

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Status
Ended
Language
EN
First aired
June 11, 2024
Last aired
June 11, 2024
Seasons
1
Episodes
2
Network
Paramount+

Season 1

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

Featuring

Cast & crew

4 credited
Starring
Rhymefest

Rhymefest

Self - Artist

Eminem

Eminem

Self - Music Artist

Method Man

Method Man

Self - Narrator (voice)

Dell

Self - CD Plant Employee/Pirating

Creative team
Showrunner
LeBron James
LeBron James
Bridgette Theriault

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