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- when i think about the hihistory of black television, i think about when black folks watch,h, we watch to zero in on us. - instead of making us celebrate your holidays, why don't you celebrate some of ours? what about tupac's birthday? - and when you have so little, it means everything. all of those shows, they all matter so much. - it feels like there's been more of an ebb and flow and an evolution. - it is so important for us to have true authenticity. - why we always the only black people here? - that's why representation matters, black stories told by black people. - i'm trying to tell y...

What about tupac's birthday? - and when you have so little, it means everything. all of those shows, they all matter so much. - it feels like there's been more of an ebb and flow and an evolution. - it is so important for us to have true authenticity. - why we always the only black people here? - that's why representation matters, black stories told by black people. - i'm trying to tell you something. - [man] we set the pace for sit comedy. - you hear that, elizabeth? i'm coming to join ya, honey? - from "sanford and son" to the other black shows. - what is this? - loved "the jeffersons. - mon...

Was gonna change america ♪ parents just don't understand ♪ and that will smith was gonna be part of that. - hey, uncle phil! oh! (audience laughs) ♪ this is a story all about how ♪ ♪ my life got flipped turned upside down ♪ - will smith was a rapper. - yeah, yeah, yeah. - he had albums. and then even the starting of the show was amazing. it had a storyline you can follow as the credits were going. ♪ of a town called bel-air - will happened to be in la. he was at a party at quincy jones's house. will never really acted before in his life. - the only kind of audition i had was quin...

- that's why representation matters, black stories told by black people. - i'm trying to tell you something. - [man] we set the pace for sit comedy. - you hear that, elizabeth? i'm coming to join ya, honey? - from "sanford and son" to the other black shows. - what is this? - loved "the jeffersons. - monogrammed shirt, brand new silk tie. - is that a tie? i thought your tongue was hanging out. - "good times" is one of my favorite sitcoms because you could not tell me that these people were not real. - dy-no-mite! - uncle phil! - "fresh prince of bel-air" was groundbreaking for me. it was a diff...

When hip hop meets rodeo drive. - [male reporter] it is called rap music. - they keep saying it's a fad. - rap music is not a fad. - in fact, rap is one of the largest grossing forms of music on the charts. - quincy jones recognized that hip hop was gonna change america ♪ parents just don't understand ♪ and that will smith was gonna be part of that. - hey, uncle phil! oh! (audience laughs) ♪ this is a story all about how ♪ ♪ my life got flipped turned upside down ♪ - will smith was a rapper. - yeah, yeah, yeah. - he had albums. and then even the starting of the show was amazing. it...