Hip Hop Uncovered
2021 · FX · 60 min · 1 season
S01E06 · Victory Lap
Sat, 27 Feb, 2:21 pm
The contributors become modern-day Robin Hoods as they change their communities for the better through leadership. As 2020 is ushered in, hip-hop faces its largest challenge yet: to be the voice of the oppressed during historic times.
About
Set against 40 years of music history, Hip Hop Uncovered takes a deep dive into the paradox of America's criminalization of the genre and its fascination with the street culture that created it and still exists within it. Instead of telling the story of hip hop from the top down, The series tells the story from the streets up, as it reveals the untold story of how America's streets helped shape hip hop culture from an expression of survival and defiance into music's most dominant genre.
Episodes
- E01
A Child Is Born With No State of Mind
Sat, 13 Feb· 60 minBig U, Deb, Trick Trick, Bimmy and Haitian Jack are the unsung heroes of hip-hop's legacy; they are the men and women who work in the shadows to affect hip-hop at the highest levels.
- E02
Cash Rules Everything Around Me
Sat, 13 Feb· 60 minThe OGs learn to hustle, hoping to make a better life for their families; the unique business acumen they learn will one day serve them in the music business.
- E03
Sh*t's Real
Sat, 20 Feb· 60 minThe hip-hop OGs get more involved with the details of management, producing and developing artists, but by the time of civil unrest in 1992 Los Angeles, the main contributors find themselves doing time.
- E04
Things Just Ain't the Same for Gangstas
Sat, 20 Feb· 60 minAs the drug game dried up in the streets, a new hustle emerged...hip hop. After time in prison, we catch up with the five main contributors- Big U manages Kurupt, Deb moves to Atlanta, Haitian Jack works with the Fugees, Bimmy is hired at Def Jam and Trick Trick records his first album.
- E05
Industry Rule Number 4080: Record Company People Are Shady
Sat, 27 Feb· 81 minWith hip-hop becoming the world's most popular music genre, the OGs find themselves facing a dilemma: join the establishment or keep to the code of the street.
- E06
Victory Lap
Sat, 27 Feb· 81 minThe contributors become modern-day Robin Hoods as they change their communities for the better through leadership. As 2020 is ushered in, hip-hop faces its largest challenge yet: to be the voice of the oppressed during historic times.
