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.

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

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

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

Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manag...

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

Eva, an indecisive dancer, is going to an audition for a famous dance school in a week. What Eva wan...

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

Honey Daniels dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hi...
Spike, an aspiring rapper, gets sucked into a criminal environment and ends up in jail for smuggling...

After three years of hustle in the capital, Jony Nyberg is dumped and forced to move back into his m...

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

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

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

A documentary that shows us the experiences, and experiences of a group of young people who have bee...

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...

Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggi...

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

A Black hitman who models after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

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