{"id":447,"date":"2010-10-25T17:41:14","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T17:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/?p=447"},"modified":"2010-11-02T20:33:15","modified_gmt":"2010-11-02T20:33:15","slug":"krush-groove-where-are-they-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/?p=447","title":{"rendered":"‘Krush Groove’: Where Are They Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The year was Oct.25, 1985 and prior to that date, there had a been only a few films featuring rappers. ‘Rappin<\/strong>” had been released months earlier and took in $2 million from 1150 theaters. ‘Beat Street<\/strong>‘ had been released in 1984 and grossed $16.5 million from 1380 theaters.<\/p>\n

\n

Then came ‘Krush Groove<\/strong>‘ and it was the first time that real rappers were stars of a film. Directed by Michael Schultz<\/strong>, and produced by Russell Simmons<\/strong>, the film starred Blair Underwood, Sheila E., Run D.M.C, Rick Rubin, <\/strong>the Fat Boys, Kurtis Blow, <\/strong>with cameos by the Beastie Boys, New Edition<\/strong> and an upstart named LL Cool J<\/strong>, who made his film debut with the hit rap tune, ‘I Can’t Live Without My Radio.’<\/p>\n

Based on the early days of Def Jam Recordings, up-and-coming manager Russell Walker (played by Underwood) has all the hottest acts on the record label Krush Groove Records, including Run-D.M.C., Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde<\/strong>, and Kurtis Blow, while Rick (Rubin) produces their records.<\/p>\n

When Run-D.M.C. has a hit record and Russell doesn’t have the money to press records, he borrows money from a street hustler. At the same time, Russell and and his brother Run are both competing for the heart of R&B singer Sheila E.<\/p>\n

Grossing $11 million from 519 theaters, ‘Krush Groove’ wasn’t well received by critics, but it has remained a cult favorite among many and brought the rap industry to a mainstream audience. Today, on the 25th anniversary of its official theatrical release, we take a look back to the past and the present.<\/p>\n

\n

By Wilson Morales<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The year was Oct.25, 1985 and prior to that date, there had a been only a few films featuring rappers. ‘Rappin” had been released months earlier and took in $2 million from 1150 theaters. ‘Beat Street‘ had been released in 1984 and grossed $16.5 million from 1380 theaters. Then came ‘Krush Groove‘ and it was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":463,"href":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions\/463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}