TODAY IN HIP HOP HISTORY: CULT CLASSIC 'BEAT STREET' PREMIERED IN THEATERS 40 YEARS AGO

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 JUNE 8, 2023




On this day in Hip-Hop history, one of the most important films for Hip Hop culture was released in theaters around the globe. The Stan Lathan-directed Beat Street was a film that was able to help Hip Hop culture as a whole breakthrough into the mainstream market and showed a side of the scene that those outside of New York might not have ever heard about.




The plot follows Kenny Kirkland aka DJ Double K, a young man aspiring to be one of New York's top DJs.... Read more


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