How one song tore down the barriers between rock and hip-hop, race and class on American radio and television.
Source: BBC 4
Series 1: 6. Ladies First, By Queen Latifah
At the height of hip-hop's misogynistic themes, the culture bows down to their queens of rap.
13-02-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: 5. The Bridge, By Marley Marl And Mc Shan
A song designed to foster community pride ignites hip-hop's most epic rap battle.
13-02-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: 4. Elevators, By Outkast
Hip-hop's southern voice breaks through with an unsuspecting song that redefines rap's cultural and geographic boundaries.
06-02-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: 3. Rock Box, By Run-dmc
How one song tore down the barriers between rock and hip-hop, race and class on American radio and television.
06-02-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: 2. Alright, By Kendrick Lamar
Making protest music in the era of Black Lives Matter, Alright becomes the unsaid anthem for hope.
30-01-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: 1. Jesus Walks, By Kanye West
Documentary series that focuses, in each episode, on a groundbreaking hip-hop song pivotal to the evolution of American music and culture.\n\nFrom the early hip-hop battles to v ...
30-01-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: 5. The Bridge, By Marley Marl And Mc Shan
A song designed to foster community pride ignites hip-hop's most epic rap battle.
13-02-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: 6. Ladies First, By Queen Latifah
At the height of hip-hop's misogynistic themes, the culture bows down to their queens of rap.
13-02-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: 4. Elevators, By Outkast
Hip-hop's southern voice breaks through with an unsuspecting song that redefines rap's cultural and geographic boundaries.
06-02-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: 1. Jesus Walks, By Kanye West
Documentary series that focuses, in each episode, on a groundbreaking hip-hop song pivotal to the evolution of American music and culture.\n\nFrom the early hip-hop battles to v ...
30-01-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: 3. Rock Box, By Run-dmc
How one song tore down the barriers between rock and hip-hop, race and class on American radio and television.
06-02-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: 2. Alright, By Kendrick Lamar
Making protest music in the era of Black Lives Matter, Alright becomes the unsaid anthem for hope.
30-01-2021
BBC 4