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From its humble beginnings in the South Bronx to the global, cultural and economic powerhouse it has become, hip hop has reshaped the world. VH1 documents this cultural explosion in a five-part series. With never-before-seen footage, "And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip Hop" traces the history of this art form from "back in the day" to the meteoric rise and success of Russell Simmons' Def Jam label, to the gangsta rap wars, how hip hop and Eminem conquered America. The five-part documentary concludes with the new moguls who have come to define "bling bling."
"You can't overstate hip hop's effect on American youth," comments executive-producer Russell Simmons. "There's a lot of young people from Beverly Hills, the projects, the trailer parks, who've grown up on hip hop and have understood the struggle directly, or listened to hip-hop their whole lives and become sensitized to the plight of those poor people. So that's why everybody relates to it so well."
"And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip Hop" features exclusive new interviews with such figures as Ice-T, OutKast, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Rick Rubin, Chuck D, the Reverend Run, Fab 5 Freddie, Debbie Harry, DMC, the Beastie Boys, Nas, Sylvia Robinson, Jimmy Iovine, Lyor Cohen, the Neptunes, the Roots, Mary J. Blige, and MC Lyte as well as esteemed hip hop era authors Nelson George, Cheo Coker, and Danyel Smith. Rounding out the narration are historic interviews from Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, KRS-One, and Ice Cube.
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