Roxanne Shanté’s Bio Pic Coming To Netflix

Rap champ Roxanne Shanté’s saga “Roxanne Roxanne” will do its thing on Netflix.

Teenager Roxanne battled her way to hip-hop hotshot in the ’80s. We’re talking a lifestyle. Domino’s Pizza five minutes away. Video store three blocks away. Raised in a tough NYC neighborhood, she hit with “Roxanne’s Revenge.”

“I am the one the movie’s about,” said this lady. “And the film’s a tearjerker. And the lesson is, stick it out. Never give up.

“I know what it’s like to live in a housing project at the Queensboro Bridge. I had no father. I was 14. I know what it’s like to have to hustle for the family.

“I know about foster care. I was raised by the system. I know what it’s like to be beaten. I also know what it’s like to beat ourselves.

“The lesson is we have to love ourselves. And drink in these dreams before we go to sleep.”

Roxanne, in white embroidered lace top, long black skirt and a handsome man alongside, was in West 23rd’s SVA Theatre VIP room. Her doc was being screened.

“What happened with me is I could rhyme with music at will, and I met a producer who said he heard I could freestyle.

“I was maternal, but this began a separation from my sisters and I felt I didn’t do enough for everyone. Now I have my own children — 22 and 32. My daughter’s interested in music. My son’s in investments.”

And her biopic airs Friday.

Another in this film is gorgeous Nia Long, who said: “I play her mother, Peggy.” Nia’s outfit was low-cut. Like seriously major no joking low-cut. And what was viewable was also gorgeous. It was tough not to be envious.

She said to me: “I would share these with you — but they’re the wrong shade.”

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