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, ...

There's been a long proclaimed idea that rap is an acronym for rhythm and poetry. Although it isn't technically true, the idea forever bridged the two as connected entities. But while hip-hop has gone ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

*Surprise! Who knew?! Azealia Banks pulls off a surprising and delightful performance as the lead protagonist Coco in “Love Beats Rhymes.” This is the first her work as an actor has been seen, and ...

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 ...