Lin-Manuel Miranda Explains How 'Hamilton' Serves as a 'Love Letter to Hip-Hop' That He Grew Up On
Lin-Manuel Miranda chatted with Apple Music's Zane Lowe Tuesday (July 7) to talk about Hamilton, his Broadway musical-turned-Disney+ movie, and its affectionate connection to hip-hop.Telling the story of one of America's Founding Fathers Alexander Hamilton meant encapsulating how Hamilton wrote as a form of resistance and proved the pen was mightier than the sword during the fight for people's liberation during a historical large-scale revolution, similar to the work of rappers in Miranda's mind. "I mean, hip-hop's the language of revolution and it's our greatest American art form," he told Lowe during the FaceTime interview.