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Drop the Beat (2000)

Drop the Beat

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Drop the Beat was a Canadian television series produced by Back Alley Films, which aired on CBC Television in 2000. A short run dramatic series, the show was one of the first television series ever built around hip hop music and culture.

The show, a spinoff of the earlier CBC series Straight Up, starred Mark Taylor as Jeff and Merwin Mondesir as Dennis, the hosts of a hip hop show on CIBJ-FM, a fictional campus radio station in Toronto, Ontario. Michie Mee starred as Divine, a rapper who was part of Jeff and Dennis' crew, and Ingrid Veninger played the station manager. The supporting cast also included Arlene Duncan, Vanessa Ford, Jennifer Baxter, Jason Harrow, Shamann Williams and Omari Forrester.

The use of a campus radio station was a deliberate reflection of Canadian reality — until Toronto's Flow 93.5 hit the airwaves in early 2001, Canada did not have any radio stations dedicated specifically to urban music.

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Cast

Shamann Williams
Craft
Arlene Duncan
Mrs. Brown
Alan Van Sprang
Cary
Kelly Harms
Mickey
J. Adam Brown
Troy
Al McFoster
Karl
Wes Williams
DJ Blitz
Jovanni Sy
Dr. Lee
Kelsa Kinsly
Robin Brown
Ted Ludzik
Bouncer
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Directors

John Greyson
(2 episodes, 2001)
Paul Fox
(unknown episodes)
Daniel Grou
(unknown episodes)
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Producers

Janis Lundman
executive producer
(26 episodes, 2001)
Adrienne Mitchell
executive producer
(26 episodes, 2001)
Susan Alexander
supervising producer
(4 episodes, 2001)
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Writers

Dennise Fordham
writer
(1 episode, 2001)
Andrea Moodie
writer
(1 episode, 2001)
Noel S. Baker
(unknown episodes)
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Country of Origin

Canada

Languages

English

Running Times

30 min

Sound Mixes

Stereo

Aspect Ratios

1.33 : 1

Production Companies

Back Alley Film Productions
Alliance Atlantis Communications (Canada)

Other Companies

ConvergeNet Films + Entertainment (funding consultant) (Bell Broadcast & New Media Fund)) / (funding consultant: Bell Broadcast & New Media Fund)

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