Fight the Power

Chuck D transports audiences back to hip-hop's inception and documents the genre's steps in revolutionizing and challenging America's history over four decades.

Schedule

  • Fight the Power: The Foundation: TVSS: Iconic

    Fight the Power

    The Foundation

    Monday
    Aug 3

    1 Hour

    A look at the origins of hip-hop and its first socially conscious hit -- "The Message" -- by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five in 1982.
  • Fight the Power: Under Siege: TVSS: Iconic

    Fight the Power

    Under Siege

    Monday
    Aug 10

    1 Hour

    Exploring the 1980s and the birth of hip-hop as social commentary with the emergence of artists like Public Enemy, KRS-One, Ice-T and NWA.

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