Rappin'

Rappin' (1985)

It's The Street Sensation That's Sweepin' The Nation!

An ex-con and break-dancer helps save a neighborhood from a greedy developer while trying to win a rap contest.

Date of release
1985-05-10
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (16)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Drama, Music
Director
Joel Silberg

Casting

Interesting facts

Rappin' is a 1985 American film directed by Joel Silberg, written by Adam Friedman and Robert J. Litz, produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus and starring Mario Van Peebles. The film is a sequel to Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, and is also known as Breakdance 3. Although it features Ice-T, Rappin' has a plot unconnected to the previous two films and features different lead characters and locations. It is also considered to be a companion piece to the documentary Breakin' 'n' Enterin'.

Production

Mario Van Peebles' raps were overdubbed by Master Gee of the Sugarhill Gang, who also wrote one part and whose brother Leo plays the role of Allan. The film was filmed in and around Pittsburgh.

Ice-T's small role is uncredited and he reportedly provided the rhymes, including the hero John Hood's climactic lines, "Can't stop / Won't stop / Climbing that mountain 'till we reach the top!" Two verses of his 1985 single "Killers" feature mid-way through the film. Brothers Evil E and Hen-Gee, both of whom would go on to work with Ice-T, feature in the film.

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