Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World

2023

Seasons & Episodes

  • 1

EP1 The Foundation Jan 21, 2023

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.

EP2 Under Siege Jan 21, 2023

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.

EP3 Culture Wars Jan 28, 2023

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.

EP4 Still Fighting Jan 28, 2023

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.
7.6| 0h30m| en| More Info
Released: 21 January 2023 Ended
Producted By: BBC Studios
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dj6ysm
Synopsis

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.

... View More
Stream Online

The movie is currently not available onine

Director

Producted By

BBC Studios

AD
AD

Watch Free for 30 Days

All Prime Video Movies and TV Shows. Cancel anytime. Watch Now

Trailers & Images