Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World: Season 1, Episode 3 - ProjectFreeTV

1 - 3: Culture Wars

Chuck D, fellow rap stars and cultural commentators explore the meteoric rise of hip-hop and gangster rap in the 90s during a tumultuous period in US history. In the years after the Los Angeles riots of 1992, hip-hop was accused of promoting violence and misogyny, all while reaching new commercial success and seeing the rise of a wave of confident female emcees.