Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World(2023)
Overview
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.
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Season 1
4 episodes • 2023
Season 1
4 episodes • 2023
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Foundation | Jan 21, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Under Siege | Jan 21, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Culture Wars | Jan 28, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Still Fighting | Jan 28, 2023 | 0.0 |
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