[/p]Tonight at 10 PM [url=http://blog.vh1.com/2011-08-25/watch-the-trailer-for-planet-rock-the-story-of-hip-hop-and-the-crack-generation/%20]VH1 [/b] [/url]will premiere the documentary anticipated documentary “Planet Rock: The Story of Hip Hop and the Crack Generation". The documentary explores the turbulent times of the 80′s when the crack pandemic hit every metropolitan city across America. O.G. and rapper Ice T is the narrator as well as the executive producer.[/p]Narrated and executive produced by Ice-T, “Planet Rock: The Story of Hip Hop and the Crack Generation” is the first documentary to focus specifically on the connections between crack and hip-hop.[/p]Based primarily on the first-person accounts of four famous dealers-turned-rappers, the film also widens its lens at points to show how crack changed America culturally, socially and politically.
Using rare footage, photos, and animation, all set to the beats and rhymes of the iconic hip hop tracks of the day, the documentary explores how media hysteria, racism and political reaction produced policies and laws that have left us with the largest and most disproportionately African-American prison population in the world.
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