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The Get Down is an American musical drama television series created by Baz Luhrmann and Stephen Adly Guirgis. The series debuted on Netflix on August 12, 2016, and was cancelled after one season. [3] [4] [5] Produced by Sony Pictures Television, the series is set in the South Bronx region of New York City in the late 1970s; its title refers to ...
Rhyme & Reason is a 1997 documentary film about rap and hip hop.Documentary filmmaker Peter Spirer interviewed over 80 significant artists in rap and hip hop music. The film explores the history of hip hop culture, how rap evolved to become a major cultural voice (and a multi-billion dollar industry), and what the artists have to say about the music's often controversial images and reputation.
Save the Last Dance is a 2001 American dance film produced by MTV Films, directed by Thomas Carter and distributed by Paramount Pictures.The film stars Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas as a teenage interracial couple in Chicago who work together to help Stiles' character train for a Juilliard School dance audition.
Mary Jane Blige (/ b l aɪ ʒ / BLYZHE; born January 11, 1971) [5] is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Often referred to as the "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" and "Queen of R&B", Blige has won nine Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, four American Music Awards, twelve NAACP Image Awards, and twelve Billboard Music Awards, including the Billboard Icon Award.
As hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary on Aug. 11, The Times looks back at the artists, songs and innovations that changed the course of popular culture. The 50 greatest moments in hip-hop history
Release. October 9, 2019. ( 2019-10-09) Rhythm + Flow is a music reality television series on Netflix which premiered on October 9, 2019. [2] [3] It is Netflix's first original music competition program. In the series, hip-hop artists Cardi B, Chance the Rapper, and T.I. critique and judge unsigned rappers, who are competing to win a US$250,000 ...
Box office. $28,316,451 [1] Brown Sugar is a 2002 American romantic comedy film written by Michael Elliott and Rick Famuyiwa, directed by Famuyiwa, and starring Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan. The film is a story of lifelong friends, A&R Andre and Editor-in-Chief Sidney. The two can attribute their friendship and the launch of their careers to a ...
Chuck Philips, Los Angeles Times, 1992 Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop that reflects the violent lifestyles of inner-city American black youths. Gangsta is a non-rhotic pronunciation of the word gangster. The genre was pioneered in the mid-1980s by rappers such as Schoolly D and Ice-T, and was popularized in the later part of the 1980s by groups like N.W.A. In 1985 Schoolly D released "P ...