American Masters

Anik Khan: Street Level

Special | 13m 9s | Video has closed captioning.

Filmmaker Sofian Khan explores the music of Anik Khan, the Bangladesh-born, Queens, NY-raised hip-hop artist whose music sketches the immigrant experience with rare poetic flare and incisive depth, with a whole masala of influences at his fingertips.

Aired: 10/05/20

Rating: NR

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