Law school? Nah, she's chasing beats in 1990 NYC. Your parents would hate this.
Three friends united by their love of hip-hop work to make their big mark in the music industry. Beginning in the summer of 1990 NYC, Nikki a brilliant recent grad abandons a law school scholarship to pursue her dream of becoming a record exec along with the son of a legendary music producer boyfriend David who’s struggling at the city’s top R&B station. Dee Vee is an aspiring producer on the hunt to find the next big rapper on the come-up.
Acting
Wood Harris as Barry Fouray steals every scene he's in
Production
Summer 1990 NYC feels lived-in, not costume-shop
Director
Seith Mann
Wood Harris
Barry Fouray
Tristan Mack Wilds
DeeVee
Evan Handler
George 'Juggy' Aaron
Method Man
Darryl Van Patten Sr.
Afton Williamson
Nikki
Russell Hornsby
Sampson
De'Adre Aziza
Tamika Grant
Bandit The Rapper
rapper
David Call
David
A-F-R-O
D-Rome
Antoine Harris
Ahm
J. Bernard Calloway
Gordy
William Jackson Harper
Stephen Jenkins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Started as a 2015 VH1 original movie, then became a short-lived series because audiences wanted more of these characters.
Method Man's casting as Darryl Van Patten Sr. nods to Wu-Tang's own come-up during this exact era—he's literally playing the generation before him.
US
