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Hip Hop Evolution
Hip Hop Evolution

Hip Hop Evolution

★ 7.5•2016•4 Seasons•ANIME
Documentary

Hip-Hop today is a global culture that has changed music, dance, fashion, language —and even politics. But where did this worldwide cultural movement begin? We trace hip-hop back to its humble beginnings, when the kids of the Bronx crammed into house parties, rec rooms, and public parks to hear music like they’d never heard it before.

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Top Cast

Grandmaster Flash

Grandmaster Flash

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Afrika Bambaataa

Afrika Bambaataa

Self

Ice-T

Ice-T

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Ice Cube

Ice Cube

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Shad

Self

Episodes

The Foundation

1. The Foundation

48m

Bronx-based DJs set Hip-Hop's sonic foundations. MCs, inspired by African American oral traditions, create the modern template for rap music, culminating with the emergence of Hip-Hop's first crew, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.

Aired: 9/5/2016
From The Underground to The Mainstream

2. From The Underground to The Mainstream

46m

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Hip-Hop crews in the Bronx and Harlem begin to form around the DJs, but these pioneering groups never record any music. It would take R&B veterans to see the genre’s commercial potential and create Hip-Hop's first hit, "Rapper's Delight."

Aired: 9/12/2016
The New Guard

3. The New Guard

49m

Run-DMC ushers in a new era of Hip-Hop. Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin build Hip-Hop's first empire, Def Jam. An unknown producer finds a new way to make beats and launches Hip-Hop's Golden Age, culminating in the epic fury of Public Enemy.

Aired: 9/19/2016
The Birth of Gangsta Rap

4. The Birth of Gangsta Rap

46m

Ice-T uses Hip-Hop to reflect the violence of Los Angeles and inspires a new form of Hip-Hop: Gangsta Rap. N.W.A’s first album, Straight Outta Compton, shocks America. After the LA Rebellion, Dr. Dre makes The Chronic, and creates Hip-Hop’s first hardcore pop record

Aired: 9/26/2016