Beat Street!

Beat Street was made in 1984. This movie was probaly popular back in the 1980's, but it's not popular now. This movie is about Kenny, a young hip-hop artist living in the rough slums of the Bronx with his younger brother Lee and their mother Cora. Kenny dreams of making it big as a disk jockey and playing in the most swank of Manhattan nightclubs, The Roxy.Tracy, a composer and assistant choreographer from New York College who inspires him to trys to continue his dream while romance begins to grow between them despite coming from different neighborhoods and worlds. Meanwhile, Lee is part of a break-dancing gang set on dominating the scene of their street. The rest of their friends include Ramon, a graffiti artist determined to spread his painting to every subway car in the city while dealing with his girlfriend Carmen. Chollie is a fellow rapper who becomes Kenny's manager after he lands him at a Bronx club as the DJ. Many rap groups, break dancers, and pop singers whom include Us Girls, The Treacherous Three, The System, Rock Steady Crew, Soul Sonic Force & Shango, The Magnificent Force, New York City Breakers, Furious Five, Tina B., Afrika Bambaataa, Johnny B. Bad, etc, make cameo appearances.Rae Dawn Chong plays Tracy Carlson, Guy Davis plays Kenny 'Double K' Kirkland, Jon Chardiet plays Ramon, Leon W. Grant plays Chollie, Saundra Santiago plays Carmen Cararro, Robert Taylor plays Lee Kirkland, Mary Alice plays Cora (as Mary Alice Smith),Shawn Elliott plays Domingo, Jim Borrelli plays Monte, Dean Elliott plays Henri, Francis Reyes plays Luis, Tonya Pinkins plays Angela, Lee Chamberline plays Alicia, Antonia Rey plays Flora, and Duane Jones plays Robert. I hate Beat Street because the acting is bad and it was just boring to me. This movie was not my type and thats why i didn't like it, but if other poeple like movies about dancing, raping, singing then this movie just might be right for you.