https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/music/hip-hop-on-tv-questlove-the-roots-the-mayor.html

Pop music critic Jon Caramanica sat down with Questlove to discuss how hip-hop has influenced television, especially with shows like Atlanta, Empire and The Get Down.

Hip-hop has become the status quo on TV (http://beta.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-hip-hop-tv-film-takeover-20180113-htmlstory.html)
Shows from Empire to Atlanta to The Chi help prove that “hip-hop’s broad influence on American pop culture has defied countless predictions that a nervous white mainstream would never fully embrace a trend born out of the urban, black experience,” says Lorraine Ali. “Consider hip-hop’s television takeover. Today, rappers are not only backing films about the black experience, but also are creating, producing and starring in top-rated cable and network series and breaking out of music categories at film and television award shows.”