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FIGHT THE POWER: HOW HIP HOP CHANGED THE WORLD iPLAYER

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HERE have been countless documentaries about hip-hop, but this joint venture between the BBC and PBS, produced by Public Enemy’s Chuck D, takes a much more sociopolitical focus than most. The story is told by rap legends – including Ice-T, Melle Mel, KRS-One, Warren G, Monie Love, Roxanne Shante, Killer Mike from Run The Jewels, Eminem and Chuck D himself – but their voices are combined with those of academics, political activists and critics to

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