Apple Music partners with Vice for music documentary series

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Vice is diving deep into Reservation Rap.
Vice is diving deep into Reservation Rap.
Photo: Vice

Apple is teaming up with Vice for a new six-part documentary that will stream exclusively on Apple Music.

The Score will spotlight music scenes from around the world that are lot more diverse and rich than your typical five-day outdoor EDM rave. The first episode called “Reservation Rap” debuts this week and covers Minnesota Red Lake Reservation’s unique hip-hop style created by the Ojibwa tribe.

Watch members of the third largest indigenous tribe in North America spit some bars:

Future episodes will go to Brazil, Iceland, Vietnam, and other places you wouldn’t expect. The series was inspired the Vice’s 2007 documentary Heavy Metal in Baghdad, creative director Kelly Fulton told the Hollywood Reporter.

“That doc sparked exactly what we wanted to do with this series, which is telling under reported and under represented stories around the world through the artists that are scoring those cultural climates,” says Fulton.

Apple Music subscribers will get access to a playlist the accompanies each episode with songs from artists on the show. you can watch the first full episode now on Apple Music.

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