The soundtrack of a generation built on broken glass and broken dreams.
A look at the rise of crack cocaine in urban America in the 1980s and its influence on popular culture, especially in hip-hop music.
Acting
Legends like Chuck D and Snoop raw and unfiltered.
Direction
No narrator spoon-feeding — voices speak for themselves.
Editing
Beat-matched cuts that turn testimony into verse.
Director
Richard Lowe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released alongside the 25th anniversary of 'Rapper's Delight,' this doc arrived when hip-hop was being sanitized for mainstream consumption — a deliberate counter-narrative.
The title's double meaning — 'Planet Rock' as both Afrika Bambaataa's electro classic and the literal rock (crack) that reshaped cities — reveals the film's core tension between celebration and mourning.
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