Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America

  • Premiered: Oct 2019
  • Episodes: 6
  • Followers: 3
  • Ended
  • AMC
  • Monday at 12
  • Documentary

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Season 1
1x1
Jesus Walks - Kanye West (2004)
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 14, 2019
JESUS WALKS by Kanye West: In an era of excess, a Christian rap song challenges the church and changes ideals about religion and rap music.
1x2
Alright - Kendrick Lamar (2015)
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 21, 2019
ALRIGHT by Kendrick Lamar: Making protest music in the era of Black Lives Matter, Alright becomes the unsaid anthem for hope.
1x3
Rock Box - Run DMC (1984)
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 28, 2019
ROCK BOX by Run-DMC: How one song tore down the barriers between rock & hip hop, race and class on American radio and television.
1x4
Elevators - OutKast (1996)
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 04, 2019
ELEVATORS by OutKast: Hip hop's southern voice breaks through with an unsuspecting song that redefines rap's cultural and geographic boundaries.
1x5
The Bridge - MC Shan (1986)
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 11, 2019
THE BRIDGE by Marley Marl and MC Shan: A song designed to foster community pride, ignites hip hop's most epic rap battle.
1x6 Show finale
Ladies First - Queen Latifah (1989)
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 18, 2019
LADIES FIRST by Queen Latifah: At the height of hip hop's misogynistic themes, the culture bows down to their queens of rap.

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