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.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Chuck D, KRS-One, Grandmaster Caz, Melle Mel, Abiodun Oyewole, Nelson George
Crew: Wilfred Spears, Andrew Webber, Kamiel McGhie, Thomas Farnon
Country: GB
Studio: BBC Two
Runtime: 59:14 minutes
Quality: HD
First air date: Jan 21, 2023
Last air date: Jan 28, 2023
Episode: 4 Episode
Season: 1 Season
IMDb: 4.3
