10 TV Shows That Celebrate Hip-Hop, From Its Birth to Its Modern-Day Takeover

"The Get Down" is a fictional series created by Baz Luhrmann and Stephen Adly Guirgis that tells, in part, the story of the birth of hip-hop. Set in the 1970s, it follows a group of teens as they dream of becoming musical artists, and even includes some real people, like Grandmaster Flash. The Netflix series only had one season (released in two parts in 2016 and 2017), but it's a very good one. The cast includes Justice Smith, Shameik Moore, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jimmy Smits, Jaden Smith, Daveed Diggs, and Giancarlo Esposito.