Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
Public Enemy’s Chuck D leads a cast of hip-hop icons and leading African-American and Latino cultural commentators as they chart the factors that led to the birth of the revolutionary art form of hip-hop in 1970s New York, as well as the creation of the seminal hit The Message. They evoke a picture of how, after the turbulence of the 60s and the civil rights struggles, desperate social conditions and the experience of countless dispossessed people of colour living in a city mired in crisis helped give birth to a new art form.
- Created By
Chuck D
- First Aired on
Jan 21, 2023
- Popularity: 9.1758
- 3 votes
- Networks
- (GB)
- Production
BBC Studios (US)BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions (GB)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
1 seaons till Jan 28, 2023
Last episode: Still Fighting
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 4 episodes
Season 1
Aired
Episode 1The Foundation60 min
Discover the factors that led to the birth of Hip Hop and its first socially conscious hit "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five in 1982.
Episode 2Under Siege60 min
Explore the 1980s and the birth of Hip Hop as social commentary in the Reagan Era with the emergence of artists like Public Enemy, KRS-One, Ice-T, and NWA.
Episode 3Culture Wars60 min
Experience the 1990s during the Clinton years and the unstoppable rise in popularity of Hip Hop, which becomes a force that is attacked by all sides of the political establishment.
Episode 4Still Fighting60 min
Follow the evolution of Hip Hop as its artists turn into multimillionaires and successful entrepreneurs. As a cultural phenomenon, Hip Hop continues to change history and is adopted as the voice of protest around the world.
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