
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
2023•59m•7.0/10
Documentary
Ratings
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7.0/10(4)
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.
Production
BBC Studios, BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
January 21, 2023
Last Aired
January 28, 2023
Networks
BBC Two
Created By
Chuck D
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season

E1
The Foundation
Air date: 2023-01-21
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.

E2
Under Siege
Air date: 2023-01-21
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.

E3
Culture Wars
Air date: 2023-01-28
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.

E4
Still Fighting
Air date: 2023-01-28
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.




































