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Episode 1

Episode number: 1

Overview: 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.

Episode 2

Episode number: 2

Overview: 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.

Episode 3

Episode number: 3

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