Set against 40 years of music history, this six-part docudrama series takes a deep dive into the paradox of America's criminalization of the genre as well as its attraction with the street culture that developed it and also still exists within it. Rather than informing the story of hip hop from the top down, this documentary informs the tale from the streets up, as it discloses the unknown tale of just how America's roads aided form hip jump culture from an expression of survival as well as defiance right into music's most dominant style.