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Fight the Power How Hip Hop Changed the World

The Foundation (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 55 min | Documentary, History, Music

Discover the factors that led to the birth of Hip Hop and its first hit in 1982.
Directors
Yemi Bamiro | Yemisi Brookes (Additional Director)
Producer
Composer
Editor
Paul Holland (edited by)
Status
Edit Released
Updated Jan 21, 2023

Release date
Jan 31, 2023 (United States)
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38 cast members
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Chuck D
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Muhammad Ali
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Afrika Bambaataa
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H. Rap Brown
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James Brown
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Stokely Carmichael
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Jimmy Carter
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Shirley Chisholm
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Rosa Clemente
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Douglas Colon
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Eminem
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Louis Farrakhan
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Gerald Ford
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Grandmaster Flash
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Ice-T
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Jesse Jackson
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Hasan Jeffries
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Fat Joe
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John F. Kennedy
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Kool Herc
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KRS-One
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Robert Moses
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Richard Nixon
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Ronald Reagan
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Daniel H. Watts
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Leah Wright-Rigueur
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