Arena (1975)

Beat This! A Hip Hop History (1984x18)

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The true story of the most influential popular music culture since punk. Gary 'The Crown' Byrd raps us through the elements of Hip Hop - breakdancing, body-popping, graffiti art, rapping and scratching - and introduces us to its heroes. We meet Cool Hero, its legendary first DJ; the head-spinning, break dancing Dynamic Rockers; romeo rappers the Cold Crush Brothers and white funksters Malcolm McLaren and Mel Brooks. And we take the 'A' Train to Planet Rock - the devastated homeland of Hip Hop, better known as New York's South Bronx - to meet the 'Godfather' himself, Afrika Bambaataa, whose wild youth as a member of the notorious Black Spades gang led him to forsake violence for music and dance, and to found a new and powerful New York tribe called the Zulu Nation.