Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World

Season 1

This is an incredible narrative of struggle, triumph and resistance through the lens of an art form that has chronicled the emotions, experiences and expressions of Black and Brown communities: Hip Hop. Featuring Killer Mike, Will.i.am, Monie Love, Ice-T, Roxanne Shante, MC Lyte and many more, this is a portrait of the unique relationship between Hip Hop and the political history of the U.S.

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S1 E1 - Episode 1
January 31, 2023
55min
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Examine 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.
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S1 E2 - Episode 2
February 14, 2023
55min
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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.
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S1 E3 - Episode 3
February 21, 2023
52min
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Examine the 1990s, the Clinton years and the unstoppable rise in the popularity of Hip Hop, which becomes a force that is attacked by all sides of the political establishment.
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S1 E4 - Episode 4
February 21, 2023
55min
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Chart Hip Hop‘s continuing influence as its artists become multi-millionaires and their businesses become enterprises. Their influence helps to amass support to get the first Black President into the White House and draws attention to the experiences of African Americans as Hip Hop is adopted as the voice of protest around the world.
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