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The Get Down, the Glossary

The Get Down is an American musical drama television series created by Baz Luhrmann and Stephen Adly Guirgis.^[1]

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2010s American black television series
Television series set in 1977
Television series set in 1978

Aaron Rahsaan Thomas

Aaron Rahsaan Thomas is an American television and film screenwriter and producer, as well as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.

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Afrika Bambaataa

Lance Taylor (born on April 17, 1957), also known as Afrika Bambaataa, is an American DJ, rapper, and producer from the South Bronx, New York.

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AllHipHop

AllHipHop is a hip hop news website founded by Greg Watkins and Chuck Creekmur in 1998.

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Andrew Bernstein (director)

Andrew Bernstein is an American television director and producer.

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Annika Boras

Annika Boras (born February 28, 1981) is an American actress and director.

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Baz Luhrmann

Mark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmann (born 17 September 1962) is an Australian film director, producer, writer, and actor.

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Bee Gees

The Bee Gees --> were a musical group formed in 1958 by brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.

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Billy Porter

William Ellis Porter II (born September 21, 1969) is an American actor and singer.

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Brandon J. Dirden

Brandon J. Dirden (born) is an American actor, best known for portraying Martin Luther King Jr. in the Broadway production of Robert Schenkkan's All the Way.

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Bryce Pinkham

Bryce Allen Pinkham (born October 19, 1982) is an American actor and singer.

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Catherine Martin (designer)

Catherine Martin (born 26 January 1965) is an Australian costume, production, and set designer.

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Clark Johnson

Clark Johnson (born September 10, 1954) is an American-Canadian actor and director who has worked in both television and film.

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Cream (band)

Cream were a British rock band formed in London in 1966.

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Daveed Diggs

Daveed Daniele Diggs (born January 24, 1982) is an American actor, rapper, and singer-songwriter.

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Deadline Hollywood

Deadline Hollywood, commonly known as Deadline and also referred to as Deadline.com, is an online news site founded as the news blog Deadline Hollywood Daily by Nikki Finke in 2006.

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Digital Spy

Digital Spy (DS) is a British-based entertainment, television and film website and brand and is the largest digital property at Hearst UK.

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Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene.

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Clive Campbell (born April 16, 1955), better known by his stage name DJ Kool Herc, is a Jamaican American DJ who is credited with being one of the founders of hip hop music in the Bronx, New York City, in 1973.

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Donna Summer

Donna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter.

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Drama (film and television)

In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone.

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Ed Bianchi

Edward Bianchi (born April 24, 1942) is an American television director and producer.

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Ed Koch

Edward Irving Koch (December 12, 1924February 1, 2013) was an American politician, lawyer, political commentator, film critic, and television personality.

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Ed Piskor

Edward R. Piskor Jr. (July 28, 1982 – April 1, 2024) was an American alternative comics cartoonist.

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Eisner Awards

The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are awards for creative achievement in American comic books.

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Eldridge Industries

Eldridge Industries, LLC is an American holding company headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, with offices in New York City, London, and Beverly Hills.

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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture.

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Eric Bogosian

Eric Michael Bogosian (born April 24, 1953) is an American actor, playwright, monologuist, novelist, and historian.

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Evan Parke

Evan Dexter O'Neal Parke (born January 2, 1968) is a Jamaican-American actor perhaps best known for his role as Hayes in King Kong.

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Fairfax Media was a media company in Australia and New Zealand, with investments in newspaper, magazines, radio and digital properties.

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Fandango Media, LLC is an American ticketing company that sells movie tickets via their website and their mobile app.

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Film producer

A film producer is a person who oversees film production.

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Frank Wood (actor)

Frank Wood (born May 6, 1960) is an American actor who has appeared in various television, film, and theatre roles.

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Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American actor.

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Grandmaster Flash

Joseph Robert Saddler (born January 1, 1958), known by his stage name Grandmaster Flash, is an American musician and DJ.

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Grease (film)

Grease is a 1978 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Randal Kleiser (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Bronté Woodard and an adaptation by co-producer Allan Carr, based on the stage musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.

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Guardian Media Group plc (GMG) is a British-based mass media company owning various media operations including The Guardian and The Observer.

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Guild of Music Supervisors Awards

The Guild of Music Supervisors Awards recognize music supervisors in 14 categories, representing movies, television, games and trailers.

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Hair (musical)

Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado and music by Galt MacDermot.

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Herizen F. Guardiola

Herizen F. Guardiola (born July 24, 1996) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

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Hip Hop Family Tree

Hip Hop Family Tree is a series of educational and historical comic books by Ed Piskor that documents the early history of hip hop culture.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.

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Historical drama

A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents historical events and characters with varying degrees of fictional elements such as creative dialogue or fictional scenes which aim to compress separate events or illustrate a broader factual narrative.

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The Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) is an award organization honoring original music (Song and Score) in all forms visual media including film, TV, video games, trailers, commercial advertisements, documentaries, music videos and special programs.

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Homer Steinweiss

Homer Steinweiss (born 1982) is an American drummer, songwriter, and producer known as a prominent drummer in the New York soul revival scene.

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HuffPost

HuffPost (The Huffington Post until 2017; often abbreviated as HuffPo) is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions.

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IMDb

IMDb (an acronym for Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews.

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Impresario

An impresario (from Italian impresa, 'an enterprise or undertaking') is a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays, or operas, performing a role in stage arts that is similar to that of a film or television producer.

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Instagram

Instagram is a photo and video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms.

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Jaden Smith

Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (born July 8, 1998) is an American rapper and actor.

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Jamie Jackson (actor)

Jamie Jackson (born January 24, 1967) is an Australian actor and stand-up comedian who has appeared in film, stage and television.

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Jeremie Harris

Jeremie Harris is an American actor.

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Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar is a sung-through rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice.

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Jimmy Smits

Jimmy L. Smits (born July 9, 1955) is an American actor.

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Judy Marte

Judy Marte is an American actress who can be seen in films such as Raising Victor Vargas and On the Outs.

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Julia Garner

Julia Garner (born February 1, 1994) is an American actress.

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Justice Smith

Justice Elio Smith (born August 9, 1995) is an American actor.

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Kevin Corrigan

Kevin Corrigan (born March 27, 1969) is an American character actor.

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Kurtis Blow

Kurtis Walker (born August 9, 1959), professionally known by his stage name Kurtis Blow, is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer.

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Lawrence Trilling

Lawrence Trilling (born June 29, 1966) is an American television director, producer, showrunner, and writer.

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Lee Tergesen

Lee Allen Tergesen (born July 8, 1965) is an American actor.

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Lillias White

Lillias White (born July 21, 1951) is an American actress and singer.

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Mamoudou Athie

Mamoudou Athie (born 1988) is a Mauritanian-born American actor.

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Matt Zoller Seitz

Matt Zoller Seitz (born December 26, 1968) is an American film and television critic, author and filmmaker.

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Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books.

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Mic is an American internet and media company based in New York City that caters to millennials.

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Michael Dinner

Michael Dinner (born May 20, 1953) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter for television.

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Michel Gill

Michel Gill (born April 16, 1960), also known as Michael Gill, is an American actor best known for playing President Garrett Walker in the Netflix series House of Cards and Gideon Goddard on Mr. Robot.

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Motion Picture Sound Editors

Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) is an American professional society of motion picture sound editors founded in 1953.

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Music of The Get Down

The music featured in the American musical drama television series The Get Down consists of a soundtrack by various artists and an original score composed by Elliott Wheeler.

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Musical film

Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing.

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Nas

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (born September 14, 1973), known professionally as Nas, is an American rapper and entrepreneur.

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Nelson George

Nelson George (born September 1, 1957) is an American author, columnist, music and culture critic, journalist, and filmmaker.

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Netflix

Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service.

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New York (magazine)

New York is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, with a particular emphasis on New York City.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City blackout of 1977

The New York City blackout of 1977 was an electricity blackout that affected most of New York City on July 13–14, 1977.

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Okieriete Onaodowan

Okieriete "Oak" Onaodowan is an American actor and singer known for his work in musical theatre and television.

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Paramount Streaming

Paramount Streaming (formerly CBS Digital Media, CBS Interactive, and ViacomCBS Streaming) is a division of Paramount Global that oversees the company's video streaming technology and direct-to-consumer services; including Pluto TV and Paramount+.

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Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is an American mass media, publishing, and information services company based in Los Angeles and New York City.

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Phonograph

A phonograph, later called a gramophone (as a trademark since 1887, as a generic name in the UK since 1910), and since the 1940s a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device for the mechanical and analogue reproduction of recorded sound.

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Qaasim Middleton

Qaasim Asani Malik Seawright-Middleton is an American actor and musician best known for his role in The Naked Brothers Band.

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Renée Elise Goldsberry

Renée Elise Goldsberry (born January 2, 1971) is an American actress and singer known for originating the role of Angelica Schuyler in the Broadway musical Hamilton, for which she won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s.

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Robert Stigwood

Robert Colin Stigwood (16 April 1934 – 4 January 2016) was an Australian-born British-resident music entrepreneur, film producer and impresario, best known for managing Cream, Andy Gibb and the Bee Gees, theatrical productions like Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar, and film productions including the successful Grease and Saturday Night Fever.

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Ron Cephas Jones

Ron Cephas Jones (January 8, 1957 – August 19, 2023) was an American actor, best known for his role as William Hill in the drama series This Is Us (2016–2022), which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award; along with four consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning twice for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2018 and 2020.

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Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.

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Saturday Night Fever

Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 American dance drama film directed by John Badham and produced by Robert Stigwood.

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Seth Zvi Rosenfeld

Seth Zvi Rosenfeld (born November 16, 1961) is an American playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker.

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Shameik Moore

Shameik Alti Moore (born May 4, 1995) is an American actor and musician.

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Shawn Ryan

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Showrunner

A showrunner is the top-level executive producer of a television series.

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Skylan Brooks

Skylan Brooks (born February 12, 1999) is an American actor, best known for playing Mister in The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete.

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Sony Pictures Television

Sony Pictures Television Inc. (abbreviated as SPT) is an American television production and distribution studio.

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Soundtrack.Net

Soundtrack.Net (originally SoundtrackNet) is a website dedicated to film and television music.

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South Bronx

The South Bronx is an area of the New York City borough of the Bronx.

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Stephen Adly Guirgis

Stephen Adly Guirgis (born 1965) is an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor.

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T Cooper

T Cooper (born Malibu, California) is an American writer.

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The Bronx

The Bronx is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York.

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The Get Down

The Get Down is an American musical drama television series created by Baz Luhrmann and Stephen Adly Guirgis. The Get Down and The Get Down are 2010s American black television series, 2010s American music television series, 2010s American teen drama television series, 2016 American television series debuts, 2017 American television series endings, hip hop television, Netflix original programming, Serial drama television series, television series by Sony Pictures Television, television series set in 1977, television series set in 1978, television series set in the 1970s, television shows filmed in New York (state) and television shows set in New York City.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine.

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Time Inc.

Time Inc. was an American worldwide mass media corporation founded on November 28, 1922, by Henry Luce and Briton Hadden and based in New York City.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.

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Universal Zulu Nation

The Universal Zulu Nation is an international hip hop awareness group formed by and formerly led by hip hop artist Afrika Bambaataa.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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World Trade Center (1973–2001)

The original World Trade Center (WTC) was a large complex of seven buildings in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.

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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (born July 15, 1986) is an American actor.

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Yolonda Ross

Yolonda Ross is an American actress, writer and director.

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Zabryna Guevara

Zabryna Guevara (born January 12, 1972) is an American actress.

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1977 New York City mayoral election

The New York City mayoral election of 1977 occurred on Tuesday, November 8, 1977.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Get_Down

Also known as Darkness Is Your Candle, Seek Those Who Fan Your Flames, T.J. Brown Jr., The Get Down Part II (soundtrack), The Get Down, Part II (soundtrack), The Get Down, Pt. 2 (Original Soundtrack from the Netflix Original Series), The Get Down, Pt. II (soundtrack), The Get-Down, The Getdown, Tremaine Brown Jr., Where There Is Ruin, There Is Hope for a Treasure.

, Jamie Jackson (actor), Jeremie Harris, Jesus Christ Superstar, Jimmy Smits, Judy Marte, Julia Garner, Justice Smith, Kevin Corrigan, Kurtis Blow, Lawrence Trilling, Lee Tergesen, Lillias White, Mamoudou Athie, Matt Zoller Seitz, Metacritic, Mic (media company), Michael Dinner, Michel Gill, Motion Picture Sound Editors, Music of The Get Down, Musical film, Nas, Nelson George, Netflix, New York (magazine), New York City, New York City blackout of 1977, Okieriete Onaodowan, Paramount Streaming, Penske Media Corporation, Phonograph, Qaasim Middleton, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Rhythm and blues, Robert Stigwood, Ron Cephas Jones, Rotten Tomatoes, Saturday Night Fever, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Shameik Moore, Shawn Ryan, Showrunner, Skylan Brooks, Sony Pictures Television, Soundtrack.Net, South Bronx, Stephen Adly Guirgis, T Cooper, The Bronx, The Get Down, The Guardian, The Hollywood Reporter, The Independent, The Sydney Morning Herald, Time Inc., United States House of Representatives, Universal Zulu Nation, Variety (magazine), World Trade Center (1973–2001), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Yolonda Ross, Zabryna Guevara, 1977 New York City mayoral election.

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See also

2010s American black television series

Television series set in 1977

Television series set in 1978

References