The most feared battle emcee in the early 1980s in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects. At the age of 14, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend, as she hustled to provide for her family while defending herself from the dangers of the street.

With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-...

For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's...

When rebellious street dancer Andie West lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds h...

A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportuni...
Spike, an aspiring rapper, gets sucked into a criminal environment and ends up in jail for smuggling...

After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert an...

Tano is 16-years-old and is already sitting in jail. In 48 hours he’s a free man and off to the wedd...

Flea was a basketball player, happy with his subtle hustle, until a Dominican connect introduced him...

At Mr. Rad's Warehouse, the best hip-hop crews in Los Angeles compete for money and respect. But whe...

The life of 20-year-old Nico from upper class Zurich is all party, sex and drugs when she meets Paco...

Honey Daniels dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hi...

Hendrix dreams of hip-hop greatness, but he’s spiraling down a rabbit-hole of crime and poverty unti...

The life of a young man who is passionate about music (rap) and the problems of his family accepting...

Sara joins Julliard in New York to fulfill her and her mother's dream of becoming the Prima ballerin...

The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular ...

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and ...

Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go b...

A wealthy Los Angeles teen and her superficial friends wants to break out of suburbia and experience...

A group of friends launching a groundbreaking hip-hop showcase in their city rise to popularity, but...

The city of Chicago is plagued by gang violence on both sides of the city in this modern retelling o...