
Watch out now! Popular ’90s hip-hop outfit The Beatnuts will be starring in Deez Nuts, a play written and conceived by ego trip’s Sacha Jenkins. XXLMag.com recently chopped it up with Sacha to speak on the project.
According to Jenkins, Deez Nuts follows a journalist as he interviews Psycho Les and JuJu outside of a Bodega in Queens. It will feature live performances by the group as well as a full cast of actors.
Like the fictional writer in the play, Jenkins grew up in the same area as The Nuts. He says the show was inspired by his love for the group and their shared Queens upbringing.
“It’s one thing to be a fan of The Beatnuts,” he explained, “but it’s another to sort of be from the neighborhood and understand the people they’re name-checking, the references, the bodegas and all of the things they’re talking about in their music. I wanted a way to sort of bring that to life that goes beyond just listening to the music itself.”
Although adored by fans for both their work on the mic and behind the boards (The Beatnuts have production credits for a slew of artists including Big Pun, Ghostface Killah, Fat Joe, Mos Def and Common, among others), Sacha believes their ethnicity plays a factor in why the group was never able to garner wider success.
“I do feel to a certain extent that The Beatnuts have been overlooked because they are Latino,” he said. “And I’d love to see them get the respect that they deserve.”
Deez Nuts is set to run from October 1 through the 3 at the Ohio Theatre Soho on Wooster Street. A part of the Hip Hop Theater festival, the show is being produced by Live-N-Direct rap promoter Peter Oasis and presented by Red Bull. Fans can visit HHTF.org for more information and to purchase tickets, which are on sale now. –Jesse Gissen
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September 23rd, 2009
at 4:27 pm
$ykotic/Don McCaine says:
Damn Wooster St?
Thought it was OFF BROADWAY in Times Sq.
Good luck fellas. Always liked the music.
J7M
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September 23rd, 2009
at 5:47 pm
E says:
$ykotic is J7M?
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September 23rd, 2009
at 5:55 pm
$ykotic/Don McCaine says:
Naw E that’s the love for homie while he’s on vacation so we won’t forget what he’s going thru.
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September 24th, 2009
at 7:38 am
Pierzy says:
$yk, it’s off off off off Broadway! Ha.
Seriously, that’s what’s up. There’s nothing wrong with expanding one’s horizons has Grands said or just getting more culture. Who would be against the arts?
J7M
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September 24th, 2009
at 5:29 pm
$ykotic/Don McCaine says:
HA!
Technically it IS off Broadway. Where they have the Italian Feast & the adidas store is.
I need some new shell-toes BTW.
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September 23rd, 2009
at 4:57 pm
DV8 says:
One of my favorite groups of all time.
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September 23rd, 2009
at 5:13 pm
Tony Grands says:
That’s cool that Hip Hop is going outside it’s box. I always fronted on Jim Jones for his Vagina Monologues or whatever it was, but I can’t look down on expanding one’s horizons.
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September 23rd, 2009
at 5:41 pm
DJdavidjoel says:
I miss those motherfuckers, man. They never got the props from the Hip-Hop community that they deserved!
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September 23rd, 2009
at 6:41 pm
Curtis75Black says:
This should be interesting !! I’ve always enjoyed their music. Them fools are hilarious
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September 23rd, 2009
at 7:19 pm
EmCDL says:
J7M!
Damn man Beatnuts is the truth! That “Milk Me” album is dope…in fact, I’m about to listen to it now.
Hope the play becomes a success!
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September 23rd, 2009
at 9:42 pm
CHAMO says:
yea thats wasup this is def a must see for me.
J7M!
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September 23rd, 2009
at 10:25 pm
Daily Recap – 9/23/09 at SNICKA says:
[...] The Beatnuts Star in Off-Broadway Play [...]
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September 24th, 2009
at 12:46 am
Stoh says:
Its good to see they’re still making money.
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September 24th, 2009
at 10:19 am
Jhon da Analyst says:
The Beatnuts have always been on point. Truly underrated. From Queens comes Kings!! Se Acabo!!
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September 24th, 2009
at 2:41 pm
mr sin says:
beatnuts 4eva die hard mutha fuckas
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October 5th, 2009
at 12:53 pm
XXLmag.com - » BLOG: Nutrageous! [With Exclusive Video] says:
[...] Jewdon’tknow. I done told y’all, ego trip’s Sacha Jenkins was putting together an off-broadway play on the beloved ’90s group, a la Jim Jones, as part of this year’s Hip-Hop Theater Festival. I was fortunate enough to score some tickets to the show, aptly titled Deez Nuts, and let me tell you…it gets props over here. [...]
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