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.

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

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

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

A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportuni...

Rio Branco, Acre, an Amazon city near the border with Peru and Bolivia, has been suffering the viole...
Spike, an aspiring rapper, gets sucked into a criminal environment and ends up in jail for smuggling...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Ryan and Kevin and their crew from Los Angeles are hired by U.S. Interpol to be matched up against t...

Hendrix dreams of hip-hop greatness, but he’s spiraling down a rabbit-hole of crime and poverty unti...
Nemesis is the hottest rapper in rap's hottest city; Miami, the 305. But he has a little secret...he...

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