1987. gadā pieci puiši, izmantojot skarbus un atklātus tekstus, kā arī spēcīgu ritmu, pauda savu neapmierinātību un dusmas par dzīvi Amerikas bīstamākajā vietā. Par viņu jaudīgāko ieroci kļuva mūzika. Filma "Ielu balsis" ir patiess stāsts par to, kā šie nemiera cēlāji ar dziesmu vārdu, dižošanās, bravūras un talanta palīdzību pretojās likumsargiem, kuri centās apspiest viņus. Tā radās pasaules bīstamākā grupa N.W.A., kas stāstīja līdz šim neatklāto patiesību par dzīvi rajonā. Viņu balsis aizsāka sociālo revolūciju, kuras atbalss ir dzirdama joprojām.
Iestatījums ir Detroita 1995. gadā. Pilsētu sadala 8 jūdzes - ceļš, kas pilsētu sadala pa rasu līnijām. Jauns baltais reperis Džimijs "B-Rabbit" Smits Jr izsauc sevī spēku pārkāpt šīs patvaļīgās robežas, lai piepildītu savu sapni par panākumiem hip hopā. Ar savu palīgu Nākotni un trīs trešo daļu savā vietā viss, kas viņam jādara, nav aizrīties.
Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog, who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?
After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.
Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.
A wealthy Los Angeles teen and her superficial friends wants to break out of suburbia and experience Southern California's "gangsta" lifestyle. But problems arise when the preppies get in over their heads and provoke the wrath of a violent Latino gang. Suddenly, their role-playing seems a little too real.
When rebellious street dancer Andie lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the schools hottest dancer, Chase, to form a crew of classmate outcasts to compete in Baltimore s underground dance battle The Streets.
Honey Daniels dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hitting downtown clubs with her friends, she teaches dance classes at a nearby community center in Harlem, N.Y., as a way to keep kids off the streets. Honey thinks she's hit the jackpot when she meets a hotshot director casts her in one of his music videos. But, when he starts demanding sexual favors from her, Honey makes a decision that will change her life.
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
Street dancer, Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White might help the duo realize their dreams as they enter in the mother of all dance battles.
Two warring gang families (one African-American, the other Chinese) maneuver for bragging rights to the Oakland, California, docks. Hang Sing and Trish O'Day uncover a trail of deceit that leaves most of the warring factions dead … or worse!
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.
Malkolms ir šaubīga rajona dīvainis, kura dzīve mainās, ar draugiem nejauši nokļūstot andergraunda ballītē, kas aizved viņus piedzīvojumā uz Losandželosu.
Komēdijā - parodijā attēlots stāsts par izdomāta rokenrola karaļa Džuī Koksa iziešanu muzikālajā olimpā. 411 sievietes, 3 laulības, 22 bērni, 14 audžubērni, bezgalīgi šovi, draugi no Elvisa līdz Bītliem, visas pasaulē zināmās narkotikas..., neskatoties uz visu to Koks kļuva par nacionālo ikonu, un iekaroja savas īstās iecerētās dziedātājas Darlingas sirdi.
A "rockumentary", covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4". We soon learn that these three are not what they seem and don't appear to know as much about rap music as they claim... but a lack of musical ability in an artist never hurts sales, does it? You've just got to play the part of a rap star...
Following a ridiculously awful flight that leads to his pet's death, Nashawn Wade files a lawsuit against the airline, and wins a multimillion-dollar settlement. Determined to create a better flying experience, Nashawn starts his own airline, one that caters to an African-American clientele. Going into business with a tricked-out plane piloted by the smooth Capt. Mack, the airline hits a snag when it has to deal with the family of Elvis Hunkee.
Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national magazine and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, hip-hop record company executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.
An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of ancient Japan finds himself targeted for death by the mob.