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Public Enemy’s Chuck D leads a cast of hip-hop icons as they chart the factors that led to the birth of this revolutionary art form in 1970s New York and the seminal hit The Message.

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.

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Thu 26 Jan 202323:15
BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD

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Music Played

  • Public Enemy

    Fight The Power

  • The Jimmy Castor Bunch

    It's Just Begun

  • The Last Poets

    When The Revolution Comes

  • The 5th Dimension

    Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In

  • Chic

    Everybody Dance

  • War

    Galaxy

  • Babe Ruth

    The Mexican / For A Few Dollars More

  • Fantastic Freaks

    Fantastic Freaks At The Amphitheater

  • Rodney Cee, Kk Rockwell and Dj Stevie Steve

    Double Trouble At The Amphitheatre

  • Double Trouble

    Double Trouble At The Amphitheatre

Credits

Executive ProducerChuck D
Executive ProducerLorrie Boula
Executive ProducerSam Emmery
Executive ProducerDanielle Peck
Executive ProducerAnna Sadowy
Series ProducerHelen Bart
Production ManagerPaul Allen

Broadcasts

  • Sat 21 Jan 202321:00
    BBC Two
  • Thu 26 Jan 202323:15
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD

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