[2][3] On November 22, 2005, MP Dan McTeague asked Immigration Minister Joe Volpe to restrict rapper 50 Cent from entering Canada, citing the death of a constituent at the performer's previous concert in Toronto in 2004.

[4] 50 Cent's tour went on as scheduled but McTeague's intervention succeeded in seeing at least half of the accompanying members of the rapper's troupe, the G-Unit, banned in Canada as a result of the objections.

[5] The documentary travels to diverse neighbourhoods including Jane-Finch, Cataraqui Park in Scarborough, and ends up at the 50 Cent concert in Toronto.

[6] It features commentary and interviews from both aspiring rappers and established music stars Kardinal Offishall and Wes “Maestro” Williams, Reverend Eugene Rivers, BBC documentary filmmaker Don Letts, journalists, politicians, and the everyday person on the streets of Toronto also weigh in on the debate.

The Toronto Rap Project also played several other film festivals, receiving rave reviews at both its Brunswick House Screening and at the 2006 Commfest Gala with Harold Stoute.