About this season
A one-hour anthology series that distills classic hip-hop records and reimagines them as cinematic love letters.
Episodes (10)
1. Fight the Power
Aired 9 August 2022 • 40 min
A passionate lawyer raised by Black Panthers sets out to convict the police officer who murdered a Black girl.
2. Renee
Aired 16 August 2022 • 40 min
An interpretation of the Lost Boyz track "Renee" sees the titular heroine, an idealistic law student, connect with barber Lamar as they try to protect a teen from local drug dealers.
3. Act Up
Aired 23 August 2022 • 40 min
A story of four women's revenge against the men who sold them into slavery; Lola, Camille, Sasha and Julia use every weapon at their disposal to regain the lives stolen from them.
4. Hot in Here
Aired 30 August 2022 • 40 min
Inspired by the lyrics to Nelly's "Hot in Herre," a college professor uses her 30th birthday as a chance to get over her ex and take control of her love life.
5. C.R.E.A.M.
Aired 6 September 2022 • 40 min
In a story inspired by Wu-Tang Clan's "C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)," a reformed man returns to a life of crime when he needs money for his daughter's lifesaving operation.
6. Put It on Me
Aired 13 September 2022 • 40 min
A young police officer and her undercover boyfriend operate from both sides of the law to find the source of corruption that plagues their city.
7. Ms. Jackson
Aired 13 September 2022 • 40 min
Cheryl Jackson has decided her daughter, Tina's, inheritance money should be hers, and she is going to get her hands on it by any means necessary.
8. Murder She Wrote
Aired 20 September 2022 • 40 min
Hardened by prison, tutored by a master criminal, Zena returns home for payback against those who murdered her fiancée and threw her in prison; using her beauty as a weapon, she maneuvers her enemies into a showdown.
9. Jesus Walks
Aired 20 September 2022 • 40 min
Jewel leads a double life of Church choir angel by day, aspiring pop star by night; as her worlds in the church and the street head towards their inevitable collision, her belief in herself, her choices in life and her faith face a test.
10. Survival of the Fittest
Aired 27 September 2022 • 40 min
Kidnapped by a group of rogue police, four Black activists are forced into a hunt in which they are the prey; the only way that they can survive is for the prey to become the hunters.