The Battle for Black Music: Paid in Full

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  1. Episode 1

  59m

  This episode reveals how some of the most legendary black musical artists of all time have been exploited by the recording industry from its earliest days.

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  2. Episode 2

  58m

  Charting the failures and triumphs of black-owned and run record labels, including Motown, Stax, Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella, as they battled a hostile industry.

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  3. Episode 3

  58m

  How the digital revolution has inspired black artists to go it alone and bypass the major record labels entirely - but at what cost?

Cast

Zawe Ashton

Self - Narrator (voice)