And to underscore that point, Netflix just released a short featurette detailing how New York hip-hop shapes every single episode of Marvel’s Luke Cage.
Marvel’s Luke Cage premieres Friday, Sept. 30 on Netflix.
The featurette is the first of a video series called “Street Level Hero” that explores how Luke Cage strives to reflect an authentic version of Luke Cage’s Harlem.
“From a musical perspective, [music co-supervisor] Ali [Shaheed Muhammed] and I look at this as, we’re creating 13 albums,” says music co-supervisor Adrian Younge.