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Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America

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Breaking barriers. Empowering a culture. Inspiring a movement.

Breaking barriers. Empowering a culture. Inspiring a movement. Six legendary songs from artists using their music to make change, from Run-DMC, Kanye West, Queen Latifah and more.

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Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson

Tariq 'Black Thought' Trotter

Shawn Gee

Alex Gibney

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America: Series 1: Jesus Walks, by Kanye West

Jesus Walks, by Kanye West

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A rap song challenges the Church and changes ideals about religion and rap music.

Music documentary series. In an era of excess, a Christian rap song challenges the Church and changes ideals about religion and rap music.

Documentary series that focuses, in each episode, on a groundbreaking hip-hop song pivotal to the evolution of American music and culture.

From the early hip-hop battles to verses that sparked hope and inspired change, watch artists deconstruct their composition, revisit the impact the song had on them personally and dissect the socio-economic and cultural conditions that inspired each landmark work and gave voice to a generation.

The first episode features Kanye West's Christian rap song Jesus Walks, which challenged the Church and changed ideals about religion and rap music.

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America: Series 1

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