I grew up in New York City in the '80s, and it was the epicenter of hip-hop. There was no Internet. Cable television wasn't as broad. I would listen to the radio, hear cars pass by playing a song, or tape songs off of the radio. At that time, there was such an excitement around hip-hop music.

The film Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest was released in 2011 and received mostly positive reviews. Filmography
China Beach (1990)
Zebrahead (1992)
Point of No Return (1993)
Poetic Justice (1993)
True Romance (1993)
Money for Nothing (1993)
The Scout (1994)
Hand Gun (1994)
The Foot Shooting Party (1994)
Higher Learning (1995)
Kiss of Death (1995)
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Don't Quit Your Day Job (1996)
Beautiful Girls (1996)
The Pallbearer (1996)
Illtown (1996)
Cop Land (1997)
Metro (1997)
A Brother's Kiss (1997)
Kicked in the Head (1997)
Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground (1997)
Palmetto (1998)
Some Girl (1998)
The Naked Man (1998)
Rescuers: Stories of Courage (1998)
Friends (1999) Four episodes starting with: "The One With the Cop"
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Kiss Toledo Goodbye (1999)
Small Time Crooks (2000)
Next Friday (2000)
The 6th Day (2000)
Bamboozled (2000)
Men of Honor (2000)
Chain of Fools (2000)
King of the Jungle (2000)
Lucky Numbers (2000)
Dr. Many credit his breakout role with the independent film Zebrahead.

Michael David Rapaport (born March 20 1970) is an American actor director and comedian. For his television credits he's best known for his roles on the television series Boston Public Prison Break Friends and The War at Home.