This two-part 1986 documentary follows a Belgian TV presenter named Marcel Vanthilt as he travels to New York to learn about hip-hop and Iggy Pop and the Stooges — though the hip-hop segment has ...

Then Will Smith took hip-hop culture straight to primetime with his sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air." In more recent decades, multiple TV series have dramatized the rise of hip-hop and the ...

Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV ... The Anti-Drug Act of 1986 removes sentencing ...

The experimental, myth-making ethos that drives hip-hop has powered some of the strongest, most innovative TV shows of the past 30 years, with both real-life rappers and enthusiasts creating ...

CHARNAS: Then it was "Walk This Way" by Run-D.M.C. and Aerosmith in 1986 ... Jen Chaney is a TV critic for Vulture. The lack of interest from MTV's leadership didn't mean hip-hop didn't have ...

the theme song was an essential part of what made sitcoms unforgettable. Let's take a look at 20 TV sitcoms that used hip-hop and R&B tunes to help shape a show's identity.