“When I heard her story, she had to overcome a lot,” 38-year-old St. Louis native Larnell, in Sundance with his sophomore directorial effort two years after bringing his shoestring-budgeted debut, ...

Actress Chante Adams had just graduated from Carnegie Mellon University when she got a call from a casting agent who wanted her to audition to be the lead in the Roxanne Shante biopic "Roxanne, ...

Kangol Kid, a member of the Brooklyn hip-hop group UTFO whose 1984 song “Roxanne, Roxanne” sparked a legendary rap rivalry, has died at the age of 55. The emcee/producer born Shaun Fequiere’s death ...

Any real hip-hop head will recognize the name Roxanne Shanté, the rap-battle prodigy who rose to fame as an adolescent and set a precedent for future female MCs like Queen Latifah and Nicki Minaj. And ...

From “Once” to “20 Feet From Stardom,” “Searching for Sugar Man,” and “Whiplash,” Sundance has long been a key launchpad for music features and docs, and this year’s edition is primed with a slew of ...

Netflix's Roxanne, Roxanne gives a moving glimpse of what it's like to be a young female trailblazer in a world that refuses to provide support, and Shante's story will most certainly leave a lasting ...

Imagine it's 1984. You're 14 years old and you live in New York's gritty Queensbridge projects during the height of the crack epidemic. Because your mother is struggling with alcoholism and mentally ...