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Black Life: Untold Stories

What did canada lose By not supporting this first generation of hip-hop artists? We lost...

[upbeat music] Mark campbell: What did canada lose By not supporting this first generation of hip-hop artists? We lost the ability to build the infrastructure To support artists
like justin bieber Or alessia cara today Or drake or the weeknd. All of those artists, Their infrastructure is not in canada. They're touring the world, They're topping the charts, And none of their benefits Are really coming back to this country. We could've learned something by exporting michie mee, By supporting the dream warriors. ♪ go, go, go, go! ♪ Louis robinson: Everybody that's listening to me That's in the music industry, Wake up 'cause you
never know a good thing Until you lose it

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Mark campbell: What did canada lose
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By not supporting this first generation of hip-hop artists?
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We lost the ability to build the infrastructure
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To support artists like justin bieber
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Or alessia cara today
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Or drake or the weeknd.
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All of those artists,
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Their infrastructure is not in canada.
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They're touring the world,
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They're topping the charts,
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And none of their benefits
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Are really coming back to this country.
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We could've learned something by exporting michie mee,
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By supporting the dream warriors.
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♪ go, go, go, go! ♪
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Louis robinson: Everybody that's listening to me
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That's in the music industry,
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Wake up 'cause you never know a good thing
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Until you lose it.
Duration
47 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:37
Uploaded
Apr 17, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation

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Movie Summary

Interviews to narrate the long history of anti-black racism in Canada, including police brutality and the rise of hip-hop music.
S01 • E08 - Mr. Rockhead, a very interesting man from jamaica... - Black Life: Untold Stories 00:06
- Mr. Rockhead, a very interesting man from jamaica...
S01 • E01 And they went and they stood on the dockyards - Black Life: Untold Stories 00:37
And they went and they stood on the dockyards
S01 • E05 So he's writing very locally - Black Life: Untold Stories 00:07
So he's writing very locally
S01 • E08 ...He wanted to buy a building on the corner of st. Catherine and bleury, - Black Life: Untold Stories 00:12
...He wanted to buy a building on the corner of st. Catherin...
S01 • E07 Consequences in your day-to-day life as a kind of punishment - Black Life: Untold Stories 00:10
Consequences in your day-to-day life as a kind of punishment
S01 • E05 (chariandy): Austin was a vital influence in the sense, - Black Life: Untold Stories 00:21
(chariandy): Austin was a vital influence in the sense,
S01 • E02 [rhythmic jazz music] - Black Life: Untold Stories 00:08
[rhythmic jazz music]
S01 • E08 Because he was a black man, they told him, - Black Life: Untold Stories 00:07
Because he was a black man, they told him,
S01 • E07 So it's a way of just trying to undermine the broader goals - Black Life: Untold Stories 00:15
So it's a way of just trying to undermine the broader g...
S01 • E08 You go down to st. Antoine, where your people are." - Black Life: Untold Stories 00:18
You go down to st. Antoine, where your people are."
S01 • E06 And the stars won that game 13-7, - Black Life: Untold Stories 00:32
And the stars won that game 13-7,
S01 • E05 (walcott): Again, this is the good reputation - Black Life: Untold Stories 00:11
(walcott): Again, this is the good reputation
S01 • E02 Robert hill: Rosie was the chair of the committee. - Black Life: Untold Stories 00:20
Robert hill: Rosie was the chair of the committee.
S01 • E05 But of course, black people know that we lived - Black Life: Untold Stories 00:15
But of course, black people know that we lived
S01 • E08 (jazz playing) - Black Life: Untold Stories 00:09
(jazz playing)
S01 • E07 (chanting) - Black Life: Untold Stories 00:16
(chanting)
S01 • E02 The real struggle was not just racism, - Black Life: Untold Stories 00:18
The real struggle was not just racism,
S01 • E05 - I would say, we have got to get ourselves - Black Life: Untold Stories 00:06
- I would say, we have got to get ourselves
S01 • E03 ♪ yo, check this out, man ♪ - Black Life: Untold Stories 00:40
♪ yo, check this out, man ♪
S01 • E05 - What happens in doing that work, you know, - Black Life: Untold Stories 00:09
- What happens in doing that work, you know,