Beyonce’s 2001 Film Debut ‘Carmen: A Hip-Hopera’ Is Officially Coming To Netflix - UPROXX

Beyonce’s 2001 Film Debut ‘Carmen: A Hip-Hopera’ Is Officially Coming To Netflix  UPROXX

Getty Image Long before Hamilton took Broadway by storm, there was another musical that tried to mash up the attitude and music of hip-hop with the highbrow aesthetic of live theatre and it was glorious. MTV’s Carmen: A Hip-Hopera was the network’s attempt at updating the 1954 musical classic Carmen Jones for a generation raised on Destiny’s Child and Ja Rule, but it was also notable as being the film debut of a then-just-striking-out-on-her-own Beyonce Knowles (she still had to use her last name at the time!). It’s since entered the annals of pop culture history, but it hasn’t aired or bee...

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