: Set in the racially segregated South, two convicts— John “Joker” Jackson (Tony Curtis), a white bigot, and Noah Cullen (Sidney Poitier), a defiant Black man—escape from a chain gang following a truck crash.

: The series chronicles how Iovine, a Brooklyn-born producer for artists like Bruce Springsteen and U2, and Dre, a pioneer of N.W.A and West Coast rap, joined forces to create Beats Electronics.

Directed by , The Defiant Ones (1958) is a foundational "message picture" that used a high-concept thriller premise to confront American racism.

: Much like the fugitives in the 1958 film, Dre and Iovine are portrayed as "rebels" who bucked corporate expectations and survived personal and professional failures to transform contemporary culture.