3/21/2023 0 Comments Vox youtube documentary music![]() But our music and our culture is always born out of some kind of situation where it looks bleak and dark and we bring light to it. We weren't able to air our differences against our oppressor, so it came out in the music. I don't think hip-hop and rap music is that much different than blues, folk, jazz, especially when it comes down to Black and brown folk, especially Black folk. MARTIN: Can you just say a bit more about how you feel the environment helped to kind of inform and create this art form?ĬHUCK D: I think the environment always creates some kind of art form from a people who have been silenced. The air of resistance and turbulence helped create hip-hop. The spirit of hip-hop was born in the 1960s. (SOUNDBITE OF DOCUMENTARY, "FIGHT THE POWER: HOW HIP HOP CHANGED THE WORLD")ĬHUCK D: To understand how this movement emerged from the poorest, most oppressed borough in New York City, you need to go back to the beginning. And here's a little bit about where you kind of lay out the case. I want to mention that along with being one of the co-producers, you're also the narrator. MARTIN: Let me just play a little bit of - from that first episode where you kind of start the story. How do we become accountable to its beginnings? And how do we tell the story in its 50th year that's kind of true to the core? And also say, you know, if this was a rose that grew out of the concrete, where did the concrete come from in all its shattered debris? And the last maybe 20 years, the narrative has been delivered by somewhere and somebody else. You know, I said, listen, we're going into the 50th year. So what made you decide that this is the story you wanted to tell now? Why this and why now?ĬHUCK D: I asked the question often, and especially to my managing partner on this, Lorrie Boula. Being on the other side, listening to you quite often, and sounds good that I'm on. Thank you for joining us.ĬHUCK D: Thanks for having me on, Michel. And joining us to talk about the PBS series "Fight The Power" is the man himself, Chuck D. ![]() MARTIN: The four-part series tells the story of how musicians breakdancers, and emcees were inspired by the conditions around them to create a musical art form. MARTIN: The PBS series is titled "Fight The Power: How Hip Hop Changed The World." And it's co-produced by one of the pioneers of hip-hop, Public Enemy's Chuck D.ĬHUCK D: (Rapping) Our freedom of speech is freedom of death. And finally today, a documentary series looks back at the origins of hip-hop.ĬHUCK D: (Rapping) 1989, the number, another summer.ĬHUCK D: (Rapping) Sound of the funky drummer.
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