Krush Groove
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- Michael Schultz
Summary
Michael Schultz's fictionalized origin story for Def Jam and Russell Simmons' management work, with Blair Underwood standing in for Simmons and a stacked roster of cameos: Run-DMC, Kurtis Blow, LL Cool J, the Fat Boys, the Beastie Boys, Sheila E. and New Edition. Released by Warner Bros. in October 1985.
Hip-hop relevance
The first major-studio hip-hop musical built explicitly around the founding moment of Def Jam and Rush Management, fixing the canonical mid-1980s lineup on film at the moment of crossover. LL Cool J's 'I Can't Live Without My Radio' debuts here.
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