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Hip Hop Evolution (2016)

First aired September 5, 201650m/ep4 seasons · 16 epsEnded
7.5

58 votes

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Overview

Hip-Hop today is a global culture that has changed music, dance, fashion, language —and even politics. But where did this worldwide cultural movement begin? We trace hip-hop back to its humble beginnings, when the kids of the Bronx crammed into house parties, rec rooms, and public parks to hear music like they’d never heard it before.

Created By

Darby Wheeler

Where to Watch

Streaming availability for India

Stream

Netflix
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Grandmaster Flash

Grandmaster Flash

Self

Afrika Bambaataa

Afrika Bambaataa

Self

Ice-T

Ice-T

Self

Ice Cube

Ice Cube

Self

Shad

Shad

Self

Seasons

Status

Ended

Language

English

Type

Documentary

Last Air Date

January 17, 2020

Networks

HBONetflix

Production

Banger Films

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User Reviews

GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

1.0

OK, in the title it has the word EVOLUTION. Unfortunately it's broken into regions. East and west and Chicago and Atlanta and... That doesn't work for someone like me that really doesn't follow hip-hop, but loves most music and wants to learn about it's evolution. Here and there you get little beeds on knoweldge, like how it originated from Funk, how a lot of the stars I have heard about came from this or that club, how it has roots with the Black Panthers... ...but none of that is presented in a way that you can look at the series and understand how it moved to become what it is.…

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