![]() Soon he’s convinced to back Edward Koch over Beame for mayor - when he’s promised $10 million for his pet housing project.įact, Fiction or Inspired by: Ramon S. Spoilers ahead for the first six episodes of The Get Down.įrancisco ‘Papa Fuerte’ Cruz (Jimmy Smits)īackstory: Mylene’s leisure-suited Puerto Rican power-broker uncle is called a “poverty pimp,” and gets funds from Mayor Beame while working out of a community center that bears his name. But what’s fact and what’s fiction in the period piece set in New York City’s South Bronx, which tells the tale of aspiring DJ Shaolin Fantastic (Shameik Moore) and disco singer Mylene Cruz (Herizen Guardiola) as they vie for the attention of orphaned poet-pianist Ezekiel “Zeke” Figuero (Justice Smith)? We break it down. via Getty Imagesīeyond the real 1970s news footage and commentary woven into The Get Down, Baz Luhrmann’s music-infused drama that’s equal parts teen love story and ode to the origins of hip-hop, the hyperstylized extravaganza gets its street cred courtesy Luhrmann’s crew of collaborators: Grandmaster Flash, Kurtis Blow, DJ Kool Herc, the Furious Five’s Rahiem, Afrika Bambaataa, and hip-hop historian Nelson George. Photo: Anthony Calvacca/New York Post Archives/NYP Holdings, Inc. L-R: Francisco Cruz in The Get Down, Ramon S. ![]()
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