Breaking Out: The Alcatraz Concert
The R&B; hip-hop event of the year! Recently, on a misty fall evening, heavily armed guards hovered in helicopters over twenty of Hip-Hop and R&B;'s most celebrated stars as they were handcuffed, shackled and transported by prison boat to the infamous Alcatraz Penitentiary. Suddenly, they Break Out of their barred confines, and magically appear on a spectacular stage beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Over three consecutive nights they explode into original performances of more than twenty of their most popular songs before an audience of several thousand at-risk youths. These artists, along with some of our most famous celebrities and one of the most powerful New York Mob Bosses of the 1980's, deliver a gripping message to our nation's at-risk youth: Break Out... Go Straight... Follow Your Dreams. Features spectacular performances by Usher, Dru Hill, Mack 10, Da Brat, Naughty By Nature, Run DMC, Kurtis Blow, and many more. 115 minutes.