Paid in Full: The Battle for Black Music: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Paid In Full: The Battle for Black Music explores the systemic racism faced by Black artists in the music industry from its inception to the digital streaming age.

Despite remarkable success stories, prejudicial practices persist in the machinery of the music industry, with exploitative contracts and copyright arrangements often hindering artists' autonomy and financial reward and coming with a devastating personal cost.

Paid In Full: The Battle for Black Music documents the extent of the historic injustice suffered by the music industry's Black artists, including the disparity of profits received by them, despite having created the records that have driven the fabric and culture of popular music - from jazz and rock and roll to soul and rap.

Series details

• Title: Paid in Full: The Battle for Black Music
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Music
• Premiere date: 2024-09-21
• Final broadcast date listed: 2024-09-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: BBC iPlayer
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 58 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 79404
• IMDb ID: tt33481939
• TVDB ID: 454363

Cast and credited roles

• Zawe Ashton — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2024-09-21; final listed air date 2024-09-21; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from Paid in Full: The Battle for Black Music on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.