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.
For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's...
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-...
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggi...
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...
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportuni...
The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular ...
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...
When rebellious street dancer Andie lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds hersel...
Sara joins Julliard in New York to fulfill her and her mother's dream of becoming the Prima ballerin...
An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of ancient Japan finds himsel...
In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tok...
Sakura is a moody teenage girl who lives close to the US military base in the city of Yamato, Japan....
Two men who do not know each other: Ertan, a 35-year-old ex-convict who is trying to make amends for...
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manag...
Joe wants to be a rapper. Max wants to be a filmmaker. They go to a secluded house in rural Virginia...
At Mr. Rad's Warehouse, the best hip-hop crews in Los Angeles compete for money and respect. But whe...
Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go b...
During a high school music exam to assess the singing abilities of students, Songju shows off his ra...