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About
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
Theatrical
Jun 8, 1984
Box Office
$16.6M
Budget
$9.5M
Return
1.7x
DVD / Blu-ray
Apr 15, 2003
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Orion Pictures
Cast
Full credits →G
Guy Davis
Kenny Kirkland
R
Rae Dawn Chong
Tracy Carlson
S
Saundra Santiago
Carmen Cararro
D
Doug E. Fresh
Himself
M
Mary Alice
Cora
S
Shawn Elliott
Domingo
D
Duane Jones
Robert
K
Kadeem Hardison
High School Student (scenes deleted)
J
Jon Chardiet
Ramon
L
Leon W. Grant
Chollie
R
Robert Taylor
Lee Kirkland
D
DJ Kool Herc
Clive Campbell
A
Afrika Bambaataa
M
Melle Mel
Grandmaster Melle Mel
G
Gina Belafonte
Elizabeth
H
Hope Clarke
Dancing instructor
J
Joseph C. Phillips
Dancer
