*Starz is currently developing a drama series that charting the birth of hip-hop from the violence of gang life in 1970s Bronx, reports Deadline.
Titled “Turf,” the project will be written by Patrick Macmanus, who currently lives in Zimbabwe where his wife works for the U.S. government. This marks the second sale for Macmanus, who also is co-writing with Grant Scharbo the CW’s “Sleepy Hollow,” an updated take on the headless horseman story.
He was last on staff for Starz on “Marco Polo” and “Noir” before that.
“Starz is currently developing a drama series that charting the birth of hip-hop from the violence of gang life in 1970s Bronx, reports Deadline.”
Well, I hope they get it right and go further back to the actually roots of hip-hop, which is 1960s Jamaican dance-hall reggae music.
Rap music, which led to the hip-hop culture, started really simple.
Back then in Jamaica, whenever they released a 45 vinyl record, they would have a dub side with just the instrumentals. The DJs would toast over the dub side. Their toasting got more and more elaborate, which eventually led to them recording the whole thing as an artistic rendition. Thus, the birth of Jamaican DJ styled music. Jamaicans brought it to NY, and the American version was called rap.