Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World

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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 F1 – Episode 1
31. Januar 2023
55 Min.
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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 F2 – Episode 2
14. Februar 2023
55 Min.
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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 F3 – Episode 3
21. Februar 2023
52 Min.
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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 F4 – Episode 4
21. Februar 2023
55 Min.
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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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