Letter to the President Trailer

This feature-length documentary showcases hip-hop's close-knit ties to America's social and political policies in the last thirty years. Even before hip-hop, black musical artists of the past have been at the forefront of civil rights and black power movements of the late '60s and '70s. See how those movements were destroyed by the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover, and witness rap's birth from those movements and its own progression from being music heard at weekend block parties to its lyrics being debated in the halls of Congress.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Wyclef
• Jean
• Common
• Davey
• Quincy
• Jones
• Dead
• Prez
• Tavis
• Smiley
• Russell
• Simmons
• hip
• hop
• racial
• profiling
• Snoop

[Velvetgoldmine92]

Wow man they really should've featured Immortal Technique some more. he had like 10 seconds?

[gunitdown]

it really does but since rappers have now lost control of their lyrics to CEO's nothing productive comes out of the voice of hip hop.

[OPL21stJS]

i watched this on Netflix, it the best shit i ever seen

[MobHeataEnt]

What part was that where Saigon talks about pimps are closet homosexuals that beat on woman and like to get perms and shit. I've seen this documentary 5 years ago, I remember him saying that but I have the dvd now though I can't find it anywhere.

[yearnin4aburnin]

@snowyywwinters you say that because your not a minority anyone who is understands that today this is a current struggle, one among many.

[Conduit13C]

Dope, this shit got my attention. They attack the Right-wing because they need to be attacked. You can't let them cover up the reality of society, the way they do and will continue to do....

[tomorownevercomes1]

This shit is better than BEEF 12 and 3 or 4 or 5....

[hikmah]

where can I find this documentary online? I have to watch it for a class.

[DavidValley]

Exactly. But it isn't just a black thing anymore. It has turned into a white and black poverty thing. Racism isn't as bad as a lot of these guys in this movie are trying to make it sound. I don't see why they go after Bush and the republicans so much in this movie. IT is not the governement's job to fix things in communities. That is the people of that communities job.

[PRIDEFC17]

yea they should have