ABC Information Studios’ Emmy-winning sequence Soul of a Nation will honor the fiftieth anniversary of hip-hop with a one-hour particular referred to as Hip-Hop @ 50: Rhythms, Rhymes & Reflections – A Soul of a Nation Presentation.
Grasp P, MC Lyte, Fats Joe, The Lox, Coi Leray and others can be featured in this system, to be hosted by Angie Martinez, the veteran radio character often called The Voice of New York. Martinez will govt produce the particular alongside ABC’s Catherine McKenzie.
Hip-Hop @ 50 will air on ABC on June 19 at 10 p.m. ET. It can stream on Hulu the next day.
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The particular, which additionally celebrates Juneteenth and Black Music Month, will function “thought-provoking conversations with artists, producers, executives and changemakers within the business” and “element the historical past of hip-hop, offering perception into its origins, development and evolution during the last 50 years and the place issues stand at this time,” in keeping with a press launch. It can embody 4 roundtable conversations highlighting monetary literacy, psychological well being, social justice and girls’s empowerment.
“Storytelling and hip-hop have all the time been on the core of my DNA and are the inspiration for my firm In Actual Life Productions. It’s been a privilege to witness this worldwide phenomenon from its inception and reside by way of its fixed evolution,” Martinez stated in an announcement. “This ABC Information particular will mirror on hip-hop’s development and cultural results over the previous 50 years.”
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Others taking part within the hourlong information particular embody E-40, Joey Bada$$, Charlamagne tha God, Lola Brooke, Michael Eric Dyson, June Ambrose, Melyssa Ford, Shari Bryant, Wes Jackson, Rashad Bilal, Troy Millings and Chelsea Miller. ABC Information contributors and leisure consultants Kelley Carter, Rocsi Diaz and Mike Muse may also be featured.
“Once I take into consideration Juneteenth, I take into consideration freedom — and no artwork type represents freedom extra in my view than Hip Hop. What began within the streets of New York within the 70’s has not solely change into a pattern setter throughout America but in addition the globe, influencing social justice, trend and extra,” McKenzie stated in an announcement. “Whereas it’s nearly not possible to cowl 50 years in a single hour, this particular will present you hip-hop’s imprint in key areas of how we reside our lives and conduct enterprise.
Hip-Hop @ 50 is the most recent installment in ABC’s Soul of a Nation sequence, which launched in 2021. It has produced over a dozen specials about varied topics and subjects, together with George Floyd’s demise, Delight, Hispanic tradition, Juneteenth, Asian actors in Hollywood and the historical past of Black entertainers in Las Vegas. Soul of a Nation has received three Information & Documentary Emmys, a GLAAD Media Award, a Webby Award and an Edward R. Murrow Award, amongst different honors.
Hip-Hop @ 50 is govt produced by Catherine McKenzie and Angie Martinez, together with In Actual Life Productions. Tine is the sequence director. David Sloan is the senior govt producer of ABC Information Studios. ABC Information Studios is led by Mike Kelley.
