Hip Hop Evolution

2016 4 Seasons 16 Episodes ★ 7.5 Documentary

Hip-Hop today is a global culture that has changed music, dance, fashion, language —and even politics. But where did this worldwide cultural movement begin? We trace hip-hop back to its humble beginnings, when the kids of the Bronx crammed into house parties, rec rooms, and public parks to hear music like they’d never heard it before.

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Cast

Grandmaster Flash

Self

Afrika Bambaataa

Self

Ice-T

Self

Ice Cube

Self

Shad

Self

Seasons

4 eps

Season 1

2016

4 eps

Season 2

2018

4 eps

Season 3

2019

4 eps

Season 4

2020

Details

Status

Ended

Original Language

EN

Network

HBO, Netflix

Created By

Darby Wheeler

Production

Banger Films

Reviews

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GenerationofSwine

January 13, 2023

★ 1/10

OK, in the title it has the word EVOLUTION. Unfortunately it's broken into regions. East and west and Chicago and Atlanta and... That doesn't work for someone like me that really doesn't follow hip-hop, but loves most music and wants to learn about it's evolution. Here and there you get little beeds on knoweldge, like how it originated from Funk, how a lot of the stars I have heard about ...