B-BOYS STRAIGHT AHEAD. >>> WELCOME BACK.
WE VEAHAVE SPECIAL EDITION.
PUBLIC ENEMY, FIVE GRAMMY
NOMINATIONS STWH PROTEST SONG
"FIGHT THE POWER."
WHICH CAN EVERYONE REMEMBERS
FROM SPIKE LEE’S "DO THE RIGHT
THING."
THING." INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL
HALL OF FAME.
AND TWO PIONEERING BREAK DANCERS
WHO HELPED ESTABLISH THAT GENRE.
THEY WORK WOULD THE B-BOY
COMMITTEE AND THEY ARE FOUNDING
THE UNIVERSAL HIP-HOP MUSEUM,
COMING TO THE BRONX.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
>> A WONDERFUL, DIGNIFIED
GENTLEMAN AND HIP-HOP COULD BE
GROWN IN THE ROOM AND THAT’S
WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO SIGNIFY AND
REALLY MAKE A STATEMENT ATLAUSZ
WORLD.
WORLD. UNIVERSAL HIP-HOP MUSEUM IN
2023.
2023. AND WHY NOT?
SOMETHING HAS TO GROW UP IN
HIP-HOP AND THESE GENTLEMAN ARE
PART OF WHO’S LEADING THE
NARRATIVE.
NARRATIVE. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND, WHO
NEEDS FALL BACK?
>> HATE.
>> HATE. HATE NEEDS TO FALL BACK.
AND SO THAT LOVE CAN CONQUER THE
HATE SO WE CAN GROW.
>> WHO NEEDS FALL BACK?
>> I’M GETTING A LITTLE MORE
POLITICAL.
POLITICAL. I WAS GOING BACK TO THE GOFUNDME
WITH THE PEOPLE TRYING TO BUILD
A WALL.
A WALL. I THINK THEY RAISED 20 MILLION
AND REALIZED THEY COULDN’T DO
IT.
IT. NO MORE GOFUNDME FOR THE CRAZY
STUFF.
STUFF. STOP IT.
STOP IT. >> SOME PEOPLE ARE SCARED.
WHAT MOVES THEM TO THINK I
SHOULD GIVE MY OWN MONEY FOR
THIS WALL THAT THE PRESIDENT
TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS AND NEVER
BUILT WHEN HE CONTROLLED
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. >> THIS WHOLE SKE NAIR WROE IS
BASED ON -- AND I DON’T THINK
IT’S IGNORANCE.
IT’S IGNORANCE. IT’S FEAR.
IT’S FEAR. THEY STOKE FEAR AND THAT MAKES
THEM REACT OH, MY GOD THEY CAME
TO TAKE MY STUFF.
THIS CARAVAN, OTHER VAN.
AND ALL THE SUDDEN IT’S NOT
THERE.
THERE. IT’S ARTIFICIAL.
IT’S ARTIFICIAL. >> FEAR OF A BLACK AND BROWN
PLANET?
PLANET? >> THE IGNORANCE IS RUNNING
RAMPANT, ESPECIALLY IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
INFORMATION, EDUCATION ALWAYS
BROADENS THE SCOPE, MAKES YOU
UNDERSTAND AND THAT MAKES LESS
FEAR.
FEAR. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FUNDING GO
INTO CULTURE AS OPPOSED TO GOING
INTO BARRICADES LIKE A WALL AND
TO BUILD ON LIKE HATE.
HATE COMES FROM THE IGNORANCE OF
JUST NOT KNOWING EACH OTHER.
THE MUSIC HAS BROUGHT PEOPLE
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. GOVERNMENTS SPLIT PEOPLE UP.
IT’S ABOUT HUMANS AND PEOPLE AND
SPORTS BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER,
MUSIC AND CULTURE BRINGS PEOPLE
TOGETHER AND GOVERNMENTS LIKE
THE IT VIDE.
SO THEY NEED FALL BACK.
>> WHY DO YOU THINK THE PEOPLE
IN POWER, PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT
HAVE MONEY, THEY HAVE THE CONOF
FORCE OR VIOLENCE AND YET THEY
ARE AFRAID OF PEOPLE IN SPORTS
TAKING A KNEE OR PEEP 8OPLE IN
CULTURE SAYING SOMETHING.
>> WOMEN DON’T GO AROUND
STARTING PLANETARY WARS.
IF A CULTURE IS A BEAUTIFUL WAY
TO START.
TO START. THEY ALWAYS GOT THE GIRLS TO
COME TO THE PARTY AND ONCE THE
PARTY HAD THE GIRLS, THE PARTY
WAS ALL COOL.
>> SO LET’S TALK ABOUT DANCING
TIPS REAL QUICK.
WHAT IS YOUR TIP FOR PEOPLE NOT
AS GOOD A DANCER AS YOU
GENTLEMAN ARE?
GENTLEMAN ARE? WHEN YOU’RE AT THE WEDDING OR
THE BAR MITZVAH, WHAT’S THE
LITTLE THING YOU CAN DO
CONSERVATIVE IF YOU’RE NOT AS
GOOD AS YOU?
>> THE TWO STEP HEAD NOD.
AND KEEP SMILING AND I’M
SMILING.
SMILING. AND I’M SMILING.
AND I’M SMILING.
>> SO IF YOU’RE TOING THAT, YOU
DON’T HAVE TO WORRY -- BECAUSE I
GET IN TROUBLE WITH MY LEGS.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
YOUR LEGS?
YOUR LEGS? >> TAP YOUR FEET.
>> I RAISE MY HAND.
I DANCE PRETTY GOOD BUT IF YOUR
RAR NONTANSER, STAY LOHSE TO THE
DANCERS.
DANCERS. >> STAY NEAR THEM.
>> ESPECIALLY WHEN THE HUSTLE
CAME OUT, BE CLOSE TO THEM
BECAUSE THEY GOT A SERBALCIRCLE
THEM THAT’S UNIQUE.
>> YOU WANT TO BE AROUND THAT.
SGLRLS
SGLRLS >> AND WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE
CULTURE THAT ENCOURAGES THE
MOTIF OF THE FRIENDLY BATTLE?
YOU SEE THAT IN BATTLE RAPPING,
DANCING.
DANCING. SOME PEOPLE SAY ARE YOU MAD AT
EACH OTHER?
EACH OTHER? EXPLAIN THAT.
EXPLAIN THAT. >> YOU DON’T HAVE TO FIGHT.
COME TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND YOU
DON’T HAVE TO BOAST.
GET IN THE SERBAL ANDCIRCLE AND
WHAT YOU GOT.
I HAD THE BIGGEST CIRCLE AND YOU
GOT IN THAT CIRCLE.
YOU BETTER BE READY AND IF YOU
NOT --
NOT -- >> I CAN IMAGINE IF THIS WAS --
IF NOW WAS BACK THEN, CAN YOU
IMAGINE HOW MANY PHONES WOULD
EDGE UP INTO THAT CIRCLE?
>> THAT NEED AM AT ME -- I MEAN
COME AT ME.
SO, YES, IT WAS -- INSTEAD OF
FIGHTING, LET’S DANCE.
>> IN A WORD OR A SENTENCE FOR
OUR VIEWERS, WHAT IS HIP-HOP?
>> HIP-HOP IS THE UMBRELLA OF
LANGUAGE AND CREATIVITY, OF THE
LAST 50 YEARS GOING INTO MAYBE
ANOTHER 25 TO SGIFRT YEARS.
IT’S THE TERMINOLOGY.
WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN CREATIVE
PEOPLE BUT IT’S THE DEFINITION
OF NOW AND THAT UMBRELLA IS TO