Ezekiel "Zeke" Figuero in The Get Down

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Ezekiel "Zeke" Figuero is the introspective, poetry-gifted Bronx teenager at the heart of *The Get Down*, whose coming-of-age journey is intertwined with the birth of hip-hop in late-1970s New York City.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
television character
adultVersionPortrayedBy Daveed Diggs NERFINISHED
appearsIn The Get Down NERFINISHED
associatedWithGenre hip hop
associatedWithMovement birth of hip hop
characterTrait idealistic
introspective
thoughtful
closeFriend Boo-Boo Kipling NERFINISHED
Dizzee Kipling NERFINISHED
Ra-Ra Kipling NERFINISHED
Shaolin Fantastic NERFINISHED
conflict choosing between academic future and music career
countryOfResidence United States of America
surface form: United States
creativeSkill lyricism
poetry
educationAspiration college
ethnicity Afro-Latino
familyName Figuero NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse The Get Down NERFINISHED
firstAppearance The Get Down Part I NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Ezekiel NERFINISHED
languageSpoken English
loveInterest Mylene Cruz NERFINISHED
mainProtagonistOf The Get Down NERFINISHED
medium television series
memberOf The Get Down Brothers NERFINISHED
narratedBy adult Ezekiel
narrativeTheme art as escape
coming of age
identity and ambition
network Netflix NERFINISHED
nickname Zeke NERFINISHED
notableAbility turning urban experience into poetry
occupation aspiring poet
aspiring rapper
student
portrayedBy Justice Smith NERFINISHED
residence New York City
The Bronx NERFINISHED
roleInGroup MC
seriesCreator Baz Luhrmann NERFINISHED
settingPeriod late 1970s
settingPlace South Bronx NERFINISHED
talent freestyle rapping
spoken word performance

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Justice Smith playedCharacter Ezekiel "Zeke" Figuero in The Get Down