Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World

Chuck D from Public Enemy explores Hip Hop’s political awakening over the last 50 years.

Chuck D from Public Enemy explores Hip Hop’s political awakening over the last 50 years.

Chuck D, Lorrie Boula and Yemi Bamiro

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Chuck D, Lorrie Boula and Yemi Bamiro

PBS spoke with Executive Producers Chuck D and Lorrie Boula, and Series Director Yemi Bamiro, about the evolution of Hip Hop, its influence on popular culture, the next generation, and more.

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About the Show

"Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World" is an incredible narrative of struggle, triumph and resistance that will be brought to life through the lens of an art form that has chronicled the emotions, experiences and expressions of Black and Brown communities: Hip Hop. In the aftermath of America's racial and political reckoning in 2020, the perspectives and stories shared in Hip Hop are key to understanding injustice in the U.S. over the last half-century.

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