It is Baz Luhrmann’s love letter to 1970's New York, adapting his signature directing style for television. It follows the story of a group of teenagers, trying to make it as musicians in the Bronx - mixing coming-of-age, romance, and the 70s soundtrack and overall aesthetic, with the grittier backdrop of drugs, gang violence, and politics. An almost entirely non-white cast is led by Justice Smith, playing Ezekiel Figuero - a lost and unmotivated but extremely talented poet. He is recruited by Shaolin Fantastic (Shameik Moore) as the ‘Wordsmith’ of the great DJ, Grandmaster Flash. Zeke’s poetry becomes the lyrics of a hip-hop group he forms with his friends, which also stars Jaden Smith as Dizzee. Meanwhile, he is also longing for the love of Mylene, who is herself an aspiring disco singer; aspirations that cause conflict with her father, a devout Pastor. Sadly, the show never reached the audience that it deserved and having allegedly cost $10 million per episode, it was cancelled after its first season. But for fans of Luhrmann or even other shows like Euphoria, this is a must-see.