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California Schemin' : How Two Lads from Scotland Conned the Music Industry - Gavin Bain

California Schemin'

How Two Lads from Scotland Conned the Music Industry

By: Gavin Bain

Paperback | 30 June 2026

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**Soon to be a major motion picture directed by James McAvoy**

California Schemin' is the remarkable true story of how two rappers from Dundee duped the music industry out of hundreds of thousands of pounds. 

Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd – or Silibil N' Brains, as they became known – were two ordinary Scottish boys who shared an extraordinary dream: to become rap superstars. Creating new identities for themselves, they persuaded the music industry that they were the latest hot young talent from California. Silibil N' Brains then lived out that lie for more than two years, securing an enormous record deal with Sony and being catapulted into the industry high-life, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Madonna and Eminem. 

But they could never actually deliver and promote the album they were paid so much money to put together. As soon as they became famous, they would be recognised by anyone who had known them in their former lives in Scotland and the dream would evaporate. As the pressure mounted, there could be disastrous consequences … 

California Schemin' is a story of incredible highs and terrible lows, of doing whatever it takes to follow your dream.

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