This hard to find 1986 movie where rappers are gangsters trying be fo gooders was cheesy even for the 80s. I was a kid during the breakdancing, rapping, hey day movies of Breakin, Rappin, Beat Street, Krush Groove, and forgotten film of Lorenzo Lamas-Body Rock. Back then street dancers like Shabba Doo and Boogaloo Shrimp set a pretty good tone for these kind of movies with Breakin. After that producers went crazy offering every goofy looking rapper a movie deal. This was one of them and by far one of the goofiest.
I was a fan of the Fat Boys and remember renting this on video. I remember I tried to like it, I wanted to like it, but man this movie was just stupid. Rappers as gang members trying get a record deal break out into song and dance. There really is no plot to this movie but an excuse to capitalize on the hip hop popularity of more superior music movies. Breakin opens and makes 40 million on a 1 million dollar budget so every studio wanted that same success.
Like I said, nothing happens here just rappers playing gang members performing songs. Theres a sort of back story of crime from an ex inmate producer but I've seen betting acting in six grade Christmas plays. This was cheesy in 86 and ever hilarious in 2024.
