The new Netflix drama The Get Down focuses on the 1970s during the time when hip-hop, punk, and disco was just beginning. The setting is placed in a beaten down South Bronx area where violence and everything terrible under the sun rest rests. Driven by their love for music, this group of teenagers put themselves through hellish situations in order to survive and ultimately break out of the Bronx.
The Baz Luhrmann-directed series stars Shameik Moore (Dope), Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), Justice Smith (Paper Towns), Jaden Smith, Skylar Brooks (Southpaw), Jimmy Smits, Herizen F. Guardiola, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Mamoudou Athie.
The series is coming later in 2016.