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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least win her first battle. As the daughter of an underground hip-hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri's got massive shoes to fill. But it's hard to get your come up when you're labeled a hoodlum at school and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. So Brie pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral... for all the...
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Language
English
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"Three Brooklyn teens [...] plot to turn their murdered friend into a major rap star by pretending he's still alive. Brooklyn, 1998. Biggie Smalls was right: Things done changed. But that doesn't mean that Quadir and Jarrell are cool letting their best friend Steph's music lie forgotten under his bed after he's murdered -- not when his rhymes could turn any Bed Stuy corner into a party. With the help of Steph's younger sister Jasmine, they come up...
5) Will
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
A product of a profound journey of self-knowledge, and a reckoning with all that your will can get you and all that it can leave behind, in this memoir, one of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life.
Will Smith's transformation from a West Philadelphia kid to one of the biggest rap stars of his era, and then one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood history, is an epic tale-- but...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
J.D. the Kid Barber has already won a barber battle and appeared on local TV. Now he's the youngest barber to be invited to the Beauty Brothers Hair Expo in Atlanta!
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A culture clash occurs when a born-to-shop socialite tries to clean up the act of a rapper. The new song "Shoot Ya' Teacha" by controversial hardcore rapper Dr. S. causes a public outcry. The stress causes a heart attack for the owner of the hardcore rap record label Felony Assault. It's up to his stylishly sunny daughter Marci to take over his business. She tries to rescue the record label by changing the negative image of Dr. S.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (147 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking viewers back to where it all began, the film tells the true story of how these cultural rebels-armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent-stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world's...
9) Junction 48
Publisher
[Passion River]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
Kareem leads an aimless life between odd jobs and hanging out with his buddies in a crime-ridden Arab ghetto of the mixed Israeli city of Lyd. A family tragedy brings him closer to his singer girlfriend, Manar, and motivates him to do something more with his life. When Kareem and his group finally get a chance to perform in a Tel Aviv hip-hop club, the star potential of the 'first Arab rapper' is quickly noticed. But the road to success is never easy....
10) Patti Cake$
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Female rapper Patti Cake$ takes advantage of every opportunity in her New Jersey hometown as she chases her dreams of music stardom.
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