Hip Hop Evolution
Season 2
Hip Hop Evolution
4 episodes
E01
Episode 12018-10-1947m
The Southern Way
2 Live Crew popularizes the Miami bass sound and scores a victory for free speech. The Geto Boys put Houston on the map, paving the way for UGK.
E02
Episode 22018-10-1946m
Out the Trunk: The Bay
In the Bay Area, Too $hort channels pimp culture, MC Hammer becomes rap's first pop star, and Digital Underground introduces the world to Tupac Shakur.
E03
Episode 32018-10-1952m
Do the Knowledge
KRS-One makes his mark at New York's legendary Latin Quarter club. A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul cultivate an Afrocentric, jazzy style.
E04
Episode 42018-10-1942m
New York State of Mind
In the early 1990s, a new wave of hardcore East Coast artists emerges, led by Nas, Wu-Tang Clan and the Notorious B.I.G.