Documentary series · BBC Two
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Chuck D
Self
4 eps
KRS-One
Self
4 eps
Grandmaster Caz
Self
4 eps
Melle Mel
Self
4 eps
Nelson George
Self
4 eps
Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels
Self [RUN-D.M.C]
4 eps
Michael Holman
Self
4 eps
LL Cool J
Self
4 eps
Fat Joe
Self
4 eps
Sway Calloway
Self
4 eps
Al Sharpton
Self
4 eps
Killer Mike
Self
4 eps
Ice-T
Self
4 eps
Monie Love
Self
4 eps
Ernest R. Dickerson
Self
4 eps
Eminem
Self
4 eps
B-Real
Self
4 eps
Warren G
Self
4 eps
The story
What it's about
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.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Music
- Thomas FarnonOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- PBS Documentaries Amazon ChannelStreaming
- ThirteenStreaming
- WETA+Streaming
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