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Public Enemy鈥檚 Chuck D leads a cast of hip-hop icons as they chart the factors that led to the birth of this revolutionary art form in 1970s New York and the seminal hit The Message.

Public Enemy鈥檚 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.

58 minutes

Last on

Tue 3 Sep 2024 12:00

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Music Played

  • Public Enemy

    Fight The Power

  • The Jimmy Castor Bunch

    It's Just Begun

  • The Last Poets

    When The Revolution Comes

  • The 5th Dimension

    Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In

  • Chic

    Everybody Dance

  • War

    Galaxy

  • Babe Ruth

    The Mexican / For A Few Dollars More

  • Fantastic Freaks

    Fantastic Freaks At The Amphitheater

  • Rodney Cee, Kk Rockwell and Dj Stevie Steve

    Double Trouble At The Amphitheatre

  • Double Trouble

    Double Trouble At The Amphitheatre

Credits

Role Contributor
Executive Producer Chuck D
Executive Producer Lorrie Boula
Executive Producer Sam Emmery
Executive Producer Danielle Peck
Executive Producer Anna Sadowy
Series Producer Helen Bart
Production Manager Paul Allen

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