Season 1
(2016)
Cast
Episodes
The Foundation 0.0
September 5, 2016
Bronx-based DJs set Hip-Hop's sonic foundations. MCs, inspired by African American oral traditions, create the modern t…
From The Underground to The Mainstream 0.0
September 12, 2016
Hip-Hop crews in the Bronx and Harlem begin to form around the DJs, but these pioneering groups never record any music.…
The New Guard 0.0
September 19, 2016
Run-DMC ushers in a new era of Hip-Hop. Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin build Hip-Hop's first empire, Def Jam. An unknow…
The Birth of Gangsta Rap 0.0
September 26, 2016
Ice-T uses Hip-Hop to reflect the violence of Los Angeles and inspires a new form of Hip-Hop: Gangsta Rap. N.W.A’s firs…