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H.I.P. H.O.P. was France's first television show dedicated to hip hop culture and the first regular weekly nationwide hip-hop TV show in the world. It aired on TF1, a French national channel, every Sunday afternoon in 1984, beginning on the 14th of January and running for 43 weeks.
Sidney hosted H.I.P. H.O.P. on TF1. He had been presenting a hip-hop radio program since 1981, and he brought the Paris City Breakers with him as regular performers on the show.
Guests on H.I.P. H.O.P. included Herbie Hancock, Sugarhill Gang, Kurtis Blow, Afrika Bambaataa, The Rock Steady Crew, Art of Noise, and Madonna. Graffiti artist Futura 2000 was among the visual artists who appeared on the show.
H.I.P. H.O.P. first aired on the 14th of January 1984, on TF1. It ran for 43 consecutive weeks as a Sunday afternoon broadcast.
H.I.P. H.O.P. began broadcasting in January 1984, several months before Graffiti Rock, its main American rival, launched in June 1984 across 88 US syndicated stations. Michael Holman, host of Graffiti Rock, disputes the claim, but his earlier hip-hop programs from 1982 aired only on New York local cable television, not on a national network.
Graffiti Rock was a US hip-hop television show hosted by Michael Holman that launched in June 1984, carried by 88 syndicated stations. Holman claims it was the first nationwide hip-hop TV show, but H.I.P. H.O.P. had already been broadcasting on France's TF1 since the 14th of January 1984, predating Graffiti Rock by several months.