Russell V8. Uprising: Hip-Hop & the L.A. Riots (2012)
Occasionally we have to take a step back from our listening pleasures and revel in the ugly. And that’s precisely where the excellent Uprising: Hip-Hop & the L.A. Riots comes in. Featuring narration from Snoop Dogg, the documentary examines the violence that occurred in South Central Los Angeles in 1992 following the Rodney King beating. Uprising With interviews from Nas, John Singleton, Too Short, and KRS-One Uprising: Hip-Hop & the L.A. Riots raises some poignant questions not only regarding those horrific events but what is hip-hop’s involvement in it going forward and is history going to repeat itself?