Arena Beat This!: A Hip Hop History (Season 9, Episode 25)
TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary

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Beat This!: A Hip Hop History (Season 9, Episode 25)

TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary

Director

Dick Fontaine

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Edit Released

Updated Jul 12, 1984

Release date

Jul 12, 1984 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

12 wins & 15 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
25 cast members

Name	Known for
Muhammad Ali Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Greatest (1977)
Almighty K.G. Self Self See fewer	Wild Style (1982)
Arthur Baker Self Self See fewer	Blade (1998)
Afrika Bambaataa Self Self See fewer	Vanilla Sky (2001)
Mr. Biggs Self Self See fewer	Harsh Times (2005)
Mel Brooks Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Spaceballs (1987)
Drew Bundini Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Shaft (1971)
H. Rap Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Fall (1969)
Imhotep Gary Byrd Narrator (as Gary Byrd) Narrator (as Gary Byrd) See fewer	Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebratation (1988)
Cab Calloway Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Charlie Chase Self Self See fewer	The Rapture (II)
Easy A.D. Self Self See fewer	King Lahiri (2022)
'Brim' Fuentes Self Self See fewer	Body Rock (1984)
G.L.O.B.E. Self Self See fewer	Harsh Times (2005)
Grandmaster Caz Self Self See fewer	The Wedding Singer (1998)
J.D.L. Self Self See fewer	Wild Style (1982)
Martin Luther King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Kool Herc Self Self See fewer	Beat Street (1984)
Lisa Lee Self Self See fewer	Beat Street (1984)
Malcolm X Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Malcolm X (1992)
Nelson Mandela Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
Malcolm McLaren Self Self See fewer	Suicide Squad (2016)
Sha Rock Self Self See fewer	Beat Street (1984)
Tony Tone Self Self See fewer	Wild Style (1982)
Pow Wow Self Self See fewer	Swordfish (2001)