Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World

Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World - S1 E1

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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2023

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BBC StudiosBBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions

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Chuck D

Chuck D

As Self

KRS-One

KRS-One

As Self

Grandmaster Caz

Grandmaster Caz

As Self

Melle Mel

Melle Mel

As Self

Abiodun Oyewole

Abiodun Oyewole

As Self

Nelson George

Nelson George

As Self

Hasan Kwame Jeffries

Hasan Kwame Jeffries

As Self

Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels

Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels

As Self [RUN-D.M.C]

Lee Quiñones

Lee Quiñones

As Self

Michael Holman

Michael Holman

As Self

Douglas  Colón

Douglas Colón

As Self

Rosa Alicia Clemente

Rosa Alicia Clemente

As Self

LL Cool J

LL Cool J

As Self

Fat Joe

Fat Joe

As Self

Sway Calloway

Sway Calloway

As Self

Leah Wright Rigeur

Leah Wright Rigeur

As Self

John Forte

John Forte

As Self

Al Sharpton

Al Sharpton

As Self

Kaye Whitehead

Kaye Whitehead

As Self

Killer Mike

Killer Mike

As Self

Ice-T

Ice-T

As Self

Jody Armour

Jody Armour

As Self

Monie Love

Monie Love

As Self

Ernest R. Dickerson

Ernest R. Dickerson

As Self

Eminem

Eminem

As Self

B-Real

B-Real

As Self

Soren Baker

Soren Baker

As Self

Warren G

Warren G

As Self

Shinese Harlins-Kilgore

Shinese Harlins-Kilgore

As Self

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