{"id":209074,"date":"2025-04-17T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=209074"},"modified":"2025-04-16T12:37:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T10:37:21","slug":"beat-street-40th-anniversary-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/beat-street-40th-anniversary-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Beat Street&#8221; &#8211; 40th Anniversary Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DjWlAT09rFQ?si=8MX1oDXM7UNITwu2\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The National Hip-Hop Museum, situated in Washington D.C., produced a short documentary about the iconic 1984 movie, &#8220;Beat Street.&#8221; The short film commemorates the 40th anniversary of the classic motion picture. It features contributions from <strong>Jay Quan The Hip-Hop Historian<\/strong>, <strong>Melle Mel<\/strong>, <strong>Master Gee<\/strong>, several people involved in the production of the movie, and others. 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