Hip-hop has been the subject of some of the most inventive TV in recent years - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 11-12-2017, 03:32 AM

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/a...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.

TMC · 01-17-2018, 01:24 AM

Hip-hop has become the status quo on TV
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.”

11-12-2017, 03:32 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,377	Hip-hop has been the subject of some of the most inventive TV in recent years https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/a...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.

01-17-2018, 01:24 AM	#2
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,377	Hip-hop has become the status quo on TV 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.”