Hip Hop Evolution Season 1 (2016)

Hip Hop Evolution Season 1 Episodes

S01E01· 2016-09-05· 48m

The Foundation

Bronx-based DJs set Hip-Hop's sonic foundations. MCs, inspired by African American oral traditions, create the modern template for rap music, culminating with the emergence of Hip-Hop's first crew, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.

S01E02· 2016-09-12· 46m

From The Underground to The Mainstream

Hip-Hop crews in the Bronx and Harlem begin to form around the DJs, but these pioneering groups never record any music. It would take R&B veterans to see the genre’s commercial potential and create Hip-Hop's first hit, "Rapper's Delight."