

California Schemin'
Music
Comedy
Drama
Overview
After being ridiculed for their Scottish accents, two ambitious musicians reinvent themselves as American rappers and fool the British music industry into a lucrative record deal, only for their elaborate lie to unravel under the weight of instant fame.
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Keywords
rap music
hip-hop
biography
based on true story
hoax
1990s
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6.0avg rating

CinemaSerf
@Geronimo1967April 15, 2026
6
6/10
Based very loosely on a true story (or lie!), this tells the story of two Dundonian rappers - Gavin (Séamus McLean Ross) and Billy (Samuel Bottomley) - as they strive to escape the mundanity of their call-centre jobs and take their own earthy brand of street-poetry to an unreceptive music industry. …





































