Sal Abbatiello

New York City, 1977 - It was a time when the city had fallen into decay, with too few jobs, money, police, schools, and social services. There was a city wide blackout with major looting, a serial killer on the loose, and the Bronx was burning. And yet out of the chaos emerged one of the most creative times any city has ever encountered. The Emmy Nominated "NY77: The Coolest Year In Hell" is the newest film in the VH1 Rock Doc franchise. (imdb)

Rapper Shad travels to the Bronx and Harlem to talk with hip hop's originators and biggest stars tracing the music's development and influences from the underground to the global phenomenon it is today. (CraveTV)