Best of: Hip hop’s history throughout Illinois and America

Hip hop as a genre is only 50 years old, and its cultural impact in Illinois and America at large is unquestionable. According to Nielsen, hip-hop and R&B are the most popular genres in the United States, and it's the subject of a new documentary. Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World premiered on January 31 on the local PBS station. It features interviews with some of the most prominent Hip Hop acts of all time, including Run DMC, will..am and Chicago's Lupe Fiasco.

This conversation originally aired on Jan. 31, 2023.

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Courtney Joseph

K. & H. Montgomery Assistant Professor of History and African American Studies, Lake Forest College

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