Hip-Hop TV Shows
10 TV Shows That Celebrate Hip-Hop, From Its Birth to Its Modern-Day Takeover
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"Atlanta" (created by Donald Glover, who himself is a rapper under the name Childish Gambino) follows Glover as Earn, music manager for his rapper cousin Paper Boi (Oscar nominee Brian Tyree Henry), who starts to find citywide fame thanks to his eponymous song "Paper Boi." The series, which premiered in 2016 and ended in 2022, also stars LaKeith Stanfield as their friend Darius and Zazie Beetz as Van, and the inventive series explores all the uniqueness of Atlanta's hip-hop world. The series features quite a few rappers in guest roles, including an episode where Offset, Quavo, and the late Takeoff pose as the group's drug dealers. The sprawling series also deals with some issues affecting the music industry, like an episode that imagines a Black Justin Bieber, or in season two when Paper Boi starts to get white fans who start performing acoustic covers.