<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.netflix.com/title/80025601 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Get Down is an American musical drama television series created by Baz Luhrmann and Stephen Adly Guirgis . Its six - episode first part premiered globally on August 12, 2016, on Netflix . Produced by Sony Pictures Television, the series is set in the South Bronx region of New York City in the late 1970s; its title refers to parts of disco and R&B records that could be repeated using multiple turntables and were enjoyed most by dancers . A five - episode second part concluding the series was released on April 7, 2017 . On May 24, 2017, Netflix announced that the series is concluded after part 2 and that there would be no more parts . </P> <P> The series is set in the 1970s in the Bronx, New York City, and follows the rise of hip - hop and disco music through the eyes of a group of teenagers . Each episode begins with MC Books, a famous artist that raps his story to a large crowd during a concert in 1996 . The short rap serves both as a recap of previous episodes and as a setup of the events of the next . Each episode is also intercut with real footage and newscasts from the 1970s . </P> <P> Part 1 begins in 1977 with Zeke (young MC Books), a young poet who lives with his aunt Wanda following the death of his parents, meeting Shaolin Fantastic, a graffiti artist and aspiring DJ . The two band together with Zeke's friends to become "The Get Down Brothers" with a dream to become successful music artists and take over the city . Mylene, Zeke's long - time love, dreams of becoming a disco singer and leaving the Bronx, but faces obstacles such as her religious father . Alongside this, the show depicts various gangs and gangsters of the area, especially Fat Annie and her son Cadillac, and observes the poverty and violence faced by those living in the Bronx . </P>

Who raps at the start of the get down