From a modest Midwestern family, Flip (Danny Hoch) "wants to keep it real." He's the leader of a hip hop group in an abandoned region of Iowa with its deserted farms and disused factories. In his mind, that means moving into the Chicago ghetto to live and write million-dollar rap hits like his heroes.

Flip hangs out with Iowa Gangsta Blood Thugs, including Trevor (Mark Webber), a middle-class rebel, and James (Dash Mihok) who is more concerned with his vehicle than his family. They smoke joints, rap to their favorite music, imitate them in their choice of clothes. Their only regret: They are not black.

Then they meet Khalid (Eugene Byrd), an upper class black kid recently transplanted from Chicago. When Flip gets him out of a run-in with the law, Khalid owes him. He agrees to take Flip and the gang to Chicago - where Flip's fantasy gangsta world meets reality in a way he never imagined.

Marc Levin, Director
Marc Levin is President of Creative Affairs at Offline Entertainment Group. He has written, produced and directed many award-winning documentaries exploring the worlds of troubled youth, street gangs, the drug war, politics, prisons and the juvenile justice system. His dramatic feature, "Slam," premiered at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Grand Jury Prize. A prison story about the personal journey of a talented young rapper-poet, "Slam" won the Camera D'Or Award at the Cannes 98.

Danny Hoch, Flip
Born in Brooklyn, Hoch received his diploma from the North Carolina School of Arts. He is a member of the Creative Art Team, which instructs theatre to youths in prison. As a one-man show performer, his solo show, "Some People," won a 1994 OBIE Award at Performance Space 122 and the Joseph Papp Public Theatre. Filmed for HBO and nominated for a 1996 Cable ACE Award, "Some People" toured more than 35 U.S. cities. Hoch's current solo show, "Jails, Hospitals & Hip Hop" -- which served as the inspiration for Flip and Whiteboys -- will tour 20 cities through the millennium and is being made into a feature film, book and CD.

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