Name: Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
Released: 2019-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Pharrell Williams, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar

TV Show · Documentary · Music

From Executive Producers Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, Shawn Gee and Alex Gibney, each episode of this new documentary series focuses on a groundbreaking song pivotal to the evolution of American music and culture.

2019 · 42m

Starring Pharrell Williams, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar

Director Erik Parker, One9

EPISODE 1

Jesus Walks: 2004

JESUS WALKS by Kanye West: In an era of excess, a Christian rap song challenges the church and changes its own ideals about religion and rap music.

40m
EPISODE 2

Alright: 2015

ALRIGHT by Kendrick Lamar: Making protest music in the era of Black Lives Matter, Alright becomes the unsaid anthem for hope.

40m
EPISODE 3

Rock Box: 1984

ROCK BOX by Run-DMC: How one song tore down the barriers between rock & hip hop, race and class on American radio and television.

40m
EPISODE 4

Elevators: 1996

ELEVATORS by OutKast: Hip hop's southern voice breaks through with an unsuspecting song that redefines rap's cultural and geographic boundaries.

40m
EPISODE 5

The Bridge: 1986

THE BRIDGE by Marley Marl and MC Shan: A song designed to foster community pride, ignites hip hop's most epic rap battle.

40m
EPISODE 6

Ladies First: 1989

LADIES FIRST by Queen Latifah: At the height of hip hop's misogynistic themes, the culture bows down to their queens of rap.

40m