Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation (2011)

7.3/10 • 84 min • Documentary Music

Overview

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.

Cast

Too $hort

B-Real

Chuck D

Sandra 'Pepa' Denton

Snoop Dogg

Melle Mel

Richard Price

Raekwon

'Freeway' Ricky Ross

RZA

Ice-T

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