Love Beats Rhymes
2017 · Movie · R · 105 min · ★ 5.6 · 49% critics
A young woman dreams of making it big in the world of hip hop, but her parents demand that she finish her university degree. She dutifully agrees to complete her education, but her spoken word proves to have a powerful impact in the classroom.
Also known as It Doesn't Have to Rhyme · Spoken Word
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-12-01
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 49/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (95 votes)
Themes
- rap music
- hip-hop
- musician
- poetry
- artist
- aspiration
- female rapper
Cast & crew
Azealia Banks
as Coco
Common
as Coltrane
Jill Scott
as Professor Dixon
Lorraine Toussaint
as Nichelle
Hana Mae Lee
as Julie
Lucien Laviscount
as Derek
John David Washington
as Mahlik
Mary Christina Brown
as Sapphire
Nancy Cejari
as Party guest
Esperanza Spalding
as Herself
Directed by RZA