‘The Get Down’ is Doin’ It for the South Bronx Culture

If you didn’t know, The Get Down is a tale about the birth of hip-hop. The end of disco. The proper representation of the late 70s and early 80s Boogie Down BRONX! The Get Down tells of 5 young Black men coming together to form a hip-hop group before they even had a definition for hip hop. The tale of a budding Bronx singer turned pop culture superstar. The tale of corruption and scandal in 1970s NYC. The tale of poverty and striving to make it out the hood. A story about Ezekiel the poet, The MC, lover, the half Puerto Rican, half Black student with dreams of higher education. A story about duality. The hood in books. The scholar in Ezekial. A story about the rise of the DJ and subsequent music genre that became today’s beloved rap and hip-hop.

Ya see, The Bronx kinda, sorta, like fucking ALWAYS gets a bad rap. Well, not worse than Staten Island, but majority of New Yorkers don’t even consider S.I. a borough soooo. Na, but seriously. The Bronx is widely considered the hood rat borough. The home of nothing but gangsters and criminals. The haven of Hispanic predators and epicenter of Black thugs. Except when they wanna go to a Yankee game, then it’s the home of the Bronx Bombers. I can’t fuck with this bias, stereotypical bullshit. I’m a late 80s BX baby. I saw my mother’s passion for the birth of hip hop. I’ve heard the Kurtis Blow, KRS One, and Grandmaster Caz records since the umbilical cord days. THIS IS ME.

That’s why I’m beyond hyped for what The Get Down is doing for …