Street Disciples, Ep 4: If I Ruled the World

Rachel Maddow’s new series lays bare one of the most shocking decisions in American history. It’s story that reveals how an executive order authorizing the mass roundup of innocent Japanese Americans came to be, the powerful players who engineered it, and the burn order that trie ...  Show more

As a bonus for Into America listeners, we're sharing Trymaine's recent conversation on Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes podcast. Trymaine discusses his new book, “A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life in America" and talks about the weight of be ...

This Black History Month, MSNBC’s “Into America” podcast celebrates the 50th anniversary of hip-hop with a special mini-series, “Street Disciples: Politics, Power and the Rise of Hip-Hop.” Hosted by Trymaine Lee, the series explores how our country’s political and economic forces ...  Show more

À la fin des années 70, à l’heure où le disco et la funk résonnent à travers le monde, un nouveau mouvement apparaît, tout d’abord dans les ghettos noirs new-yorkais : c’est le mouvement hip-hop. En 1979, un hit mondial va à lui seul définir les bases du rap. Rapper’s Delight, de ...  Show more

Nomi (aka Power Struggle) from the Beatrock Music label, joins Breht to discuss his latest album "Aspirations", the role of hip hop in both of their lives, its influence on their politics, their favorite album ...

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Two turntables and a microphone. That was all DJ Kool Herc had 50 years ago when he planted the seeds of what would become hip-hop. Today, we’ll hear directly from some of the genre’s biggest stars about how hip-hop took over the world.< ...