Fight The Power Archives

BBC has just released 4-part documentary Fight the Power: How Hip-Hop Changed the World written and directed by iconic Chuck D. The docuseries examine how hip-hop/rap music became a cultural phenomenon, with insight from some of the rap scene’s biggest stars. You can check the Eminem-segment below but all the episodes are free to watch on BBC iPlayer. US citizens have to wait for January 31 though.

Eminem: When all these millions of people were listening to me it was crazy to watch this whole thing cause I was like ‘people are tripping because I said that?’ It made me realize that hip-hop has impact not only on me but millions of other people too

Sway: Eminem was a dope rapper. I first met Eminem right after he won the Rap Olympics. He became popular purely because of his talent and his skillset and the fact that he was a white guy that was outrapping everybody at that time.

Killer Mike: You can’t talk about Eminem without talking about Dr. Dre. Dr. Dre foresaw N.W.A and helped create what Gangsta Music was. But he also understood that game needed to changing. What Dr. Dre recognized in Eminem was that, there is a place for poor white people to have say in this culture.

KRS-One: Listening to Eminem’s early stuff, what’s going on internally in the white home. He’s writing you out. He’s talented. He tells his struggles.

Killer Mike: What Em showed the bigger world that hip-hop could do would unite people to understand that everyone suffers underserved. He participated in the culture he loved and he brought new audience with him.

Chuck D: It was the first time in hip-hop and rap music you can get somebody who really seriously making Elton John type of money.

Then Eminem continues talking about Donald Trump and his The Storm Freestyle which divided his fanbase in two: “If its gonna divide my fanbase then so be it. You may divide some people but you are also gonna bring a lot more people together. And maybe I could take that opportunity in this platform I have to be somebody that could inspire change.”

You can watch Fight the Power: How Hip-Hop Changed the World Eminem-segment below:

Fight the Power: How Hip-Hop Changed the World by Chuck D

From Public Enemy to J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar, hip-hop and rap culture has a long history of speaking truth to power, so who is better to tell its story than legendary Chuck D?

Titled Fight the Power: How Hip-Hop Changed the World examines how hip-hop/rap music became a cultural phenomenon, with insight from some of the rap scene’s biggest stars. The four-part series starts on Saturday 21st January and all episodes are free to watch on BBC iPlayer.

Using a combination of interviews and archival footage, this hard-hitting, head-nodding documentary series explores where rap came from, how the crack epidemic led to the formulation of groups such as NWA, the ways it dealt with accusations of promoting violence and misogyny, and explores how the industry has used its voice and power to fight for change in the 21st century.

he docuseries features cameos from Eminem, Ice-T, KRS-One, LL Cool J, DMC and other hip-hop icons. It also features figures from the wider cultural scene such as Rev Al Sharpton, activist Dr Rosa Alicia Clemente, and co-founder of BLM of Greater New York, Walter “Hawk” Newsome.

In the first segment that was surfaced on the internet, Eminem says: “I know rappers were always getting attacked by politicians though, a lot of it was to push the buttons regardless and for you to take a lot of these lyrics seriously, is like, you are a f–king idiot.”

WE WILL CONSTANTLY UPDATE THIS ARTICLE WITH MORE EMINEM CLIPS SO STAY TUNED!