Hip Hop Uncovered

Spanning forty years of music history, this six-part documentary series probes the paradox at the heart of America's relationship with the genre—the criminalization it endured and the fascination with the street culture that created it and remains within it. Rather than telling hip hop's story from the top down, the series tells it from the streets up, revealing the untold story of how America's streets helped shape hip hop culture—from an expression of survival and defiance to music's dominant genre.