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Hip Hop Evolution

201650m / epDocumentary

First aired

September 5, 2016

7.6

TMDB Score

76% match · 66 votes

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S01 · E04

The Birth of Gangsta Rap

Season 1 · Sep 26, 2016 · 46m

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The Foundation

Sep 5, 2016 · 48m

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From The Underground to The Mainstream

Sep 12, 2016 · 46m

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The New Guard

Sep 19, 2016 · 49m

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The Birth of Gangsta Rap

Sep 26, 2016 · 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

About the Series

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

CreatorDarby Wheeler