Nas Is Bringing the Classic Hip-Hop Film Beat Street to Broadway

The traditional 1984 hip-hop movie Beat Avenue is coming to Broadway courtesy of Nas.

Nas Is Bringing Beat Avenue to Broadway

In accordance with a Hollywood Reporter report, revealed on Friday (June 14), Nas has gathered a artistic group to adapt the 1984 hip-hop movie Beat Avenue right into a musical. The veteran rhymer shared the information of his involvement on the 2024 Tribeca Movie Competition, which screened the film in celebration of the movie’s fortieth anniversary.

The leisure publication experiences that Nas will function a producer alongside Arthur Baker, who was concerned within the unique movie as a co-producer, composer, and music producer. Michael Holman, the affiliate producer of the unique movie, and Richard Fearn can even be a part of the manufacturing group. The group plans to develop and create new musical works based mostly on the movie’s unique soundtrack and produce the story to life on stage.

“Beat Avenue wasn’t only a movie – it unfold the revolution of hip-hop tradition all through the nation and the world. It left an indelible mark, inspiring generations of younger artists and creating new hip-hop followers alike,” Nas advised THR. “It is a thrill for me to affix the artistic group of Beat Avenue, bringing the uncooked power of hip-hop into the material of Broadway. It is an honor to breathe new life into this iconic work and have a good time its enduring legacy.”

Within the upcoming weeks, extra members of the artistic group will probably be revealed as a part of the continued effort to deliver Beat Avenue to Broadway.

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What Is the Beat Avenue Movie About?

Set within the South Bronx throughout the delivery of hip-hop, Beat Avenue tells the story of three aspiring younger artists a graffiti artist, a DJ and a B-boy (break dancer) all struggling to realize their desires as they navigate within the rising hip-hop scene. The movie stars Rae Daybreak Chong, Gus Davis, Saundra Santiago and Jon Chardiet and options music by Harry Belafonte, who produced the movie based mostly on a script written by Steven Hager. Veteran director Stan Lathan (Def Comedy Jam) directed the movie.

The solid of Beat Avenue additionally included many legendary hip-hop artists together with DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambataa & The Sonic Power, Doug E. Contemporary, Treacherous Three and Melle Mel (of Grandmaster Flash & The Livid 5 fame) who carried out the title music to the film’s soundtrack.