Ever wonder how a bankrupt city birthed a sound that ate the world?
"The Untold Story of Hip-Hop" Narrated by Chuck D. Tells the colorful true stories of the people, places and sounds behind the mainstream names we know and love. We start in Detroit, host of one of the most important and influential music movements of the 21st century.
Direction
Chuck D's narration hits like a professor who actually lived it.
Production
Digs deep past Eminem to the architects history forgot.
Director
Brian Harman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Detroit's hip-hop scene developed in near-total isolation from NY and LA, creating a raw, electro-funk hybrid that predates and influences the trap sound.
The Blackman, featured prominently, was mentoring local youth while running a car wash — the film captures his last extensive interview before his death in 2020.
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