It’s an exciting time for hip-hop group Kooley High as they gear up to release a documentary of the journey of the group’s struggle to keep hip-hop alive.

Kooley High began in 2005 as a student organization on the campus of N.C. State where the group members attended college.

The organization’s mission was to promote positive hip-hop music, working with other students to sponsor student events that featured beat battles, MC battle, and dance-offs.

Kooley High is a five-member group that consists of three MC’s: Tab-One, Rapsody, and Charlie Smarts

The producers are Foolery, The Sinopsis.

The group also features DJ Ill Digitz.

The documentary “One Day: Introducing Kooley High” focuses on the group’s journey to stand up, be heard and change the negative connotations about hip-hop.

The musical style of Kooley High combines conventional hip-hop and R&B with an urban twist that can not be put into any one particular genre of music.

This summer, Kooley High released “Summer Sessions,” a short-play album which included two tracks, “There you go” and “Water,” produced by Grammy-Award winning producer 9th Wonder.

The documentary was filmed and directed by Napoleon Wright for Becausseus Films in association with M.E.C.C.A. Records.

“The premise of this documentary is to show the love and passion Kooley High has for music,” said Wright.

Kooley High also plans to release its first official full-length album, “The High Life,” in late June of this year.

The film premiere will be held on Saturday, Jan. 24, at Galaxy Theater in the Village Square shopping Center in Cary at 7 p.m.

Admission for this event is $5.