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Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation (2011)

Genre : Documentary, Music

Runtime : 1H 24M

Director : Richard Lowe, Martin Torgoff

Synopsis

A look at the rise of crack cocaine in urban America in the 1980s and it's influence on popular culture, especially in hip-hop music.

Actors

Too $hort
Too $hort
Himself
B-Real
B-Real
Himself
Chuck D
Chuck D
Himself
Sandra 'Pepa' Denton
Sandra 'Pepa' Denton
Herself
Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Himself
Melle Mel
Melle Mel
Himself
Richard Price
Richard Price
Himself
Raekwon
Raekwon
Himself
"Freeway" Ricky Ross
Himself
RZA
RZA
Himself
Ice-T
Ice-T
Narrator

Crews

Richard Lowe
Richard Lowe
Director
Martin Torgoff
Martin Torgoff
Director
Martin Torgoff
Martin Torgoff
Writer
Richard Lowe
Richard Lowe
Writer

Posters and backgrounds

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