Nas

Music icons chime in, as rapper Nas recalls his early life in city housing projects, his parents, and the formation of his groundbreaking debut album.

The untold story of the world's longest running video show, Video Music Box. A hip hop mainstay since 1983, VMB gave a platform to artists like Jay-Z, Nas and Mary J. Blige before they hit it big. Host Ralph McDaniels' archives - amassed over 40 nearly years - reveal the show's importance to numerous big-name musicians, as well as to the kids that grew up watching.

Made You Look - God's Son Live finds legendary rapper Nas on stage at New York City's Webster Hall with a posse of hits (It Ain't Hard To Tell, One Mic, Got Ur Self A...) and guest appearances by Ludacris, Jadakiss and Darryl DMC McDaniels.

Sacha Jenkins explores lyricism and the artists that practice the art form in hip-hop music.

When Nas was just 19 years old, he composed what would become one of hip-hop’s defining masterpieces, Illmatic. To mark its 20th anniversary, Nas delivers a standout performance alongside the National Symphony Orchestra at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center. With conductor Steven Reineke taking the orchestra through arrangements of beats by DJ Premier and Large Professor, Nas delivers impassioned renditions of tracks like “N.Y. State of Mind”, “The World Is Yours”, and “Memory Lane (Sittin’ in Da Park)”. Between songs, the program cuts away to both archival and new interview footage to document Nas’ rise from Queensbridge upstart to influential rap icon.

Filmmaker Peter Spirer chronicles hip-hop music with interviews and performance clips of popular artists, including rapper Ice-T.

Never-before-heard personal recordings and archival footage tell the story of Louis Armstrong’s life from his perspective. From musical phenom to civil rights activist to world-renowned artist, this illuminating film shows sides of Armstrong few have seen.

Groundbreaking artists share their life stories in this vibrant documentary series that captures hip-hop's impact on global culture.

Fashion, music and cultural changes collide in this enlightening documentary, and the legendary artists who've seen it all share their stories.

Explore the life and work of the "Piano Man" in this expansive portrait of Billy Joel, the six-time GRAMMY®-winning, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer from Long Island, New York. With unprecedented access to never-before-seen performances, home movies, and personal photographs, along with intimate one-on-one interviews, the documentary looks at the legendary singer/songwriter whose music has not only endured but soared across generations. The two-part film is crafted around in-depth, exclusive interviews with Joel, illuminating the key moments that forged his character and the events and muses that inspired his music for more than six decades. Exploring revelatory new territory and enriched by dynamic video and performance clips from Joel's musical oeuvre, many never before seen, the documentary gives a window into his process and chronicles his monumental successes, while diving into the hidden complexities of his life.

When a madman descends on San Francisco, it's up to two men to uncover his plot and find the massive bomb he’s hidden somewhere in the city.

During the 1990s, Stretch and Bobbito introduced the world to an unsigned Nas, Biggie, Wu-Tang, and Big Pun as well as an unknown Jay-Z, Eminem, and the Fugees. The total record sales for all the artists that premiered on their radio show exceeds 300 million. The late night programme had a cult following in the worlds of art and fashion as well as with the nation's prison population.