Number One With a Bullet (2008)

Filmmaker Jim Dziura interviews a variety of hip-hop stars who survived shootings to emerge as successful musical artists in this documentary featuring poignant conversations with such renowned rappers as Ice Cube, KRS-One, Mos Def, and 40 Glocc. From the physical scars that mark their flesh to the psychic wounds than run far deeper than any bullet, these artists reflect on their near-death experiences and the ways in which they began to see things more clearly after staring down the barrel of a gun and living to tell the tale.