As thousands take to the streets to call for an end to the widespread police violence that claims Black lives, music is a constant companion.
This Black Music Month, TV One debuts The Beat Don’t Stop, a documentary that explores the roots and power of go-go, a music genre popularized by Washington D.C. hometown hero Chuck Brown that quickly became the rhythmic voice of the Chocolate City.
As Tone P of District Funk Records says in the film, go-go is the indigenous music of D.C.
The film documents how people held massive go-gos in the streets of the historically Black neighborhood as part of the Don’t Mute D.C. campaign, co-created by Hopkinson and activist Ronald Moten.
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