WE PAID LET US IN! THE LEGEND OF ABSTRACT MINDSTATE

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Dances With Films Festival Music History • Chicago Hip Hop • Hip Hop • Higher Education • Historically Black Colleges & Universities • Mental health • LGBTQIA community Date of Completion: 2021 | Run Time: 87 minutes​​ | Language: English | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript | Written & Directed: Trizonna McClendon | Executive Producers: Abstract Mindstate & Trizonna McClendon | Producer: Greg “Olskool Ice-Gre” Lewis | Associate Producer: Lee Majors  The film chronicles the inspiring journey of Chicago’s hardest working rhyme duo, Abstract Mindstate (as seen in the film, Jeen-Yuhs). A standout in the Chicago hip hop scene during the late 90’s and early 2000’s, Olskool Ice-Gre and E.P Da Hellcat were known for their live show and gritty double entendre laced lyrics. As the only noted male/female duo in hip hop, Abstract Mindstate faced many highs and lows along the way that led to a sixteen-year hiatus until one of the most decorated and highly regarded artist in music got a hold of some of their early work and was inspired to produce an entire album of new music for them. Armed with a new body of work and a cosign from one of the biggest names in the world, Abstract Mindstate is here to tell the world that Dreams Still Inspire.