Film

The Breaks

2016 · 1h 35m · Drama

IMDb

7.0

Three friends united by their love of hip-hop work to make their big mark in the music industry. Beginning in the summer of 1990 NYC, Nikki a brilliant recent grad abandons a law school scholarship to pursue her dream of becoming a record exec along with the son of a legendary music producer boyfriend David who’s struggling at the city’s top R&B station. Dee Vee is an aspiring producer on the hunt to find the next big rapper on the come-up.

Wood Harris

Barry Fouray

Tristan Mack Wilds

DeeVee

Evan Handler

George 'Juggy' Aaron

Method Man

Darryl Van Patten Sr.

Afton Williamson

Nikki

Russell Hornsby

Sampson

Margo Kazaryan

DJ's Crew Member

De'Adre Aziza

Tamika Grant

Bandit The Rapper

rapper

Mounir Quazzani

Chris

David Call

David

A-F-R-O

D-Rome

Antoine Harris

Ahm

J. Bernard Calloway

Gordy

William Jackson Harper

Stephen Jenkins

Annalaina Marks

Rachel Greenbaum

• Seith MannWriter · Director
• Evans BrownDirector of Photography
• DJ PremierOriginal Music Composer

The Breaks | Official Super Trailer | Premieres January 4th + 9/8C | VH1Verse Behavior: Phonte As "Imam Ali" From VH1's "The BreaksVERSE BEHAVIOR: Antoine Harris As "Ahm" From VH1's "The Breaks"

Release date

January 4, 2016

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Drama

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