Top 10 hip-hop movie bromances

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Adolfo “Shabba Doo” Quinones and Michael “Boogaloo Shrimp” Chambers in “Breakin’” (1984) and “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo” (1985)

Fat Boys (Mark “Prince Markie Dee” Morales, Damon “Kool Rock-Ski” Wimbley and Darren “Buff Love” Robinson) in “Krush Groove” (1985)

Christopher “Kid” Reid and Christopher “Play” Martin in “House Party 1” (1990), “House Party 2” (1991) and “House Party 3” (1994)

Chris Rock, Allen Payne and Deezer D in “CB4” (1993)

Ice Cube and Chris Tucker in “Friday” (1995)

Shawn and Marlon Wayans in “Don’t Be A Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood” (1996)

Percy “Master P” Miller and A.J. Johnson in “I Got The Hook Up” (1998)

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The camaraderie between Notorious B.I.G. and Puff Daddy is spotlighted in the biopic “Notorious,” opening Jan. 16, but they’re far from the first best friendship on hip-hop’s silver screen.

Even when these bosom buddies aren’t displaying their mutual affections via intricately choreographed dance routines or lyrically complex musical numbers, the love remains sincere. Here are our picks for the all-time best bromances in a hip-hop film. —Tamara Palmer, Special to Metromix

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