check it out! - not only was it entertaining, you have this, this kid flying around on this sewer cap with his natural hair, but it also didn't shy away from things that we were all talking about and dealing with at the time. everything from gang violence and gun violence, homelessness, they were all baked into the fabric of the show. ♪ hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! ♪ (electricity zapping) - you know, look, there was peter parker out there, but he was our version of that. - it also sounded and felt very much of black culture. the soundtrack was like, very hip-hop based. i believe the theme song was by like, lil' romeo. (lil' romeo singing) ♪ static and roam ♪ we down all the way ♪ playing it straight ♪ cause crime never pays okay it felt very black and very authentic. - i am a man. - you're the black panther, the sacred god of our clan. - the "black panther" was the equivalent