Pop star Azealia Banks enters the ring in the rap battle romance “Love Beats Rhymes” veiled in black with a microphone, a dead rose and a coffin. Her character Coco Ford, a struggling New York singer, ...

Love Beats Rhymes is more of a showcase for star Azealia Banks than director RZA, but his influence is still felt in this formulaic hip-hop romance. RZA made the transition from Wu-Tang Clan to film ...

What you do on top of a beat is everything in hip-hop. Movies have their regular rhythms too, but there’s not much added to the static thump of cliché in “Love Beats Rhymes” to give this tale of a ...

A young woman dreams of making it big in the world of hip hop, but her parents demand that she finish her university degree. She dutifully agrees to complete her education, but her spoken word proves ...

*A trailer has been released for the upcoming RZA-helmed film “Love Beats Rhymes,” starring Azealia Banks, Jill Scott and Common in the story of an aspiring rapper who turns to poetry to help ...

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Azealia Banks is back in the headlines, but not for reasons you might expect. The volatile rapper — who was banned from Twitter last year after targeting former One Directioner Zayn Malik with racist ...

Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA is gearing up to release his next major motion film with the help of entertainment company Lionsgate. Love Beats Rhymes, directed by RZA himself, is scheduled to release in the ...

Pop star Azealia Banks enters the ring in the rap battle romance “Love Beats Rhymes” veiled in black with a microphone, a dead rose and a coffin. Her character Coco Ford, a struggling New York singer, ...

Azealia Banks plays an aspiring rapper in 'Love Beats Rhymes,' a romantic drama directed by Wu-Tang Clan co-founder RZA. By Frank Scheck Wu-Tang Clan co-founder RZA makes a sharp stylistic departure ...