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Rapper Nas Bringing Hip-Hop Classic ‘Beat Street’ To Broadway
Rap icon Nas is joining a creative team to bring a stage musical adaptation of the 1984 hip-hop film classic Beat Street to Broadway.
Rap icon Nas is joining a creative team to bring a stage musical adaptation of the 1984 hip-hop film classic Beat Street to Broadway. Set in the early 1980s and released in 1984, Beat Street revolved around a group of aspiring young talents in the South Bronx, including a graffiti artist, a DJ, and a break-dancer, “as they pursued their dreams in the emerging hip-hop scene while facing the challenges of urban life.” One of the first films to authentically depict hip-hop culture, Beat Street has been cited as an influence by such artists as Ice-T, Ice Cube, LL Cool J and Lin-Manuel Miranda, among many others.
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