Hiphopculture Stories

DRANK Dark Comedy By Wych Hazle Copyright 2021 Katasha, a newly "woke" sister comes back to her hood just in time for a block party at Momma Moe's where her childhood crush, a bugged out, artistic brother named Cosmo will be making an appearance. It awakens a longing for the intimacy they once shared. At the same time, Momma Moe has a new shady, live-in 'boyfriend' who decides to spike her infamous ' Jungle Juice' with L. S. D. for his own amusement. The party morphs into a fiasco slowly. Cosmo and Katasha pick up where they left off easily, finding out they have more in common than they thought on many levels, still. After finding some privacy, sipping slowly at Momma Moe's 'drank' the two effortlessly melt into a passion soaked sexual adventure neither of them expected, or will ever forget. Outside the bubble they create around themselves with their intimacy, chaos ensues as some of the unrefined guests start to get a little too free. What was a beautiful night of partying and reuniting becomes a senseless violent uprising that they must stick together through to survive.

After a devastating injury ends her dream of becoming a soccer star, 14-year-old Olivia Carter struggles to find direction in Atlanta's fast-moving world. But when she discovers the city's underground hip-hop dance scene through her best friends Liam and Emma, Olivia unexpectedly finds a new rhythm-and a new family. Joining the rising street dance crew Pulse Theory, she learns to channel her pain, determination, and athletic instincts into a completely original dance style that begins to capture the attention of all of Atlanta. As the crew fights through brutal battles, rivalries, and the pressure of Underground Atlanta's biggest dance competition, Olivia must overcome fear, trust herself again, and discover who she truly is beyond the sport she lost. *Step Up: Rise Of Atlanta* is an uplifting, cinematic story about second chances, friendship, identity, and the power of dance to transform heartbreak into purpose.