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Hip Hop Turns 50_ Watch LL Cool J, Queen Latifah and P. Diddy's Early Interviews
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8/12/2023
Hip Hop Turns 50_ Watch LL Cool J, Queen Latifah and P. Diddy's Early Interviews
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00:02
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You are now about to witness the strength of street man.
00:09
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It's all about the music.
00:16
If you take hip hop out of the equation, the world would be a boring place.
00:20
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00:25
What we do is we control the party atmosphere.
00:28
So kick off your shoes, relax your socks, and watch E.T. 'cause it's ready to rock.
00:33
Oh, we're ready to rock Ice-T as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip hop
00:38
by opening the E.T. vault for a look back at how far some of our favorite stars have come.
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I was nine years old when I began rapping.
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The year? 1986.
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The ladies loved a babyface Cool J, bucket hat, chain, and all
00:53
when E.T. first sat down with the 18-year-old.
00:56
Mainstream is not one of my goals.
00:58
Mainstream is going to take me for me being me.
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I'm not going to try to change or mold myself just to get here.
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01:06
I just remember getting my contract and being like, "Ma, you're going to let me do 10 albums."
01:11
She was like, "Really?"
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Today, LL is preparing for his first arena tour in 30 years.
01:17
The 55-year-old who once dominated the golden age of hip hop
01:20
helped bring the music from the streets to mainstream
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with other artists like Run-D.M.C. and Queen Latifah who were joining him on tour.
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We were with the Queen on set of Sesame Street back in 1992.
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Oh, yeah. Queen Latifah's in the house.
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I got my Safari Sisters with me.
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We knew this wasn't a fad, you know, once we heard that beat,
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once we started making this music, there was no way that this was not going to stay around.
01:49
Queen Latifah rightfully wears the trailblazing crown for being one of the first to sing about feminist issues.
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She helped pave the way for other fierce females like Lil' Kim, Lauryn Hill, and Missy Elliott
02:04
who will be the first female hip hop artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later this year.
02:09
Holla, holla.
02:11
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I believe anybody can make it. When you hungry, you're going to do whatever it takes to get there.
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By the late 90s, hip hop music was the top selling music genre in the world.
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Over the last year, hip hop has dominated the charts.
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Number one, you know, that's me, Biggie, and Lil' Kim, and that's hip hop.
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In 1997, a then 27-year-old Puff Daddy was full of confidence, and after 26 years, nothing has changed.
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I'm the world's most interested man. You know what I'm saying?
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Trust me, I run marathons, I star on Broadway, I host award shows, I open up schools.
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I'm like Black man.
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And I throw the best parties.
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To Diddy's credit, he, along with Biggie, Tupac, and Dr. Dre, helped hip hop cross over into the pop music world.
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It's important that I just put myself 100 percent, apply myself, and represent, you know, the young Black male, whatever I do.
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We work hard to try to put good music in the streets, and everybody show their love.
03:31
[MUSIC]
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I don't think it's getting the respect that it deserves yet, you know. Rap music sells.
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From N.W.A. to owning his own label, Dre is known to be one of the most successful producers in the biz.
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With an eye for talent, he helped discover artists like Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and Kendrick Lamar,
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the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize for music, which influenced social change.
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As for Dre's inspiration?
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That would be the O.G., Grandmaster Flash.
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In the mid-70s, he changed the hip hop game by manipulating records in a backward-forward motion.
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Doing tricks with it, you know, and maybe I'm breaking the rules, but that's the way music goes.
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[MUSIC]
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But when it comes to making money, Jay-Z reigns supreme.
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[MUSIC]
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When we first talked to Hove in 1999, he was about to drop his fourth studio album.
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Follow up to the five times platinum, volume two, Hard Knock Life.
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We're just trying to take it to the next level.
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Today, he has 14 number one albums, has sold over 140 million records worldwide,
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and is considered by some to be the greatest rapper of all time.
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His estimated net worth? Two and a half billion dollars.
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Jay-Z on Impact on Music is, well, to me as a New Yorker, it's just like, wow,
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this guy has walked the same streets that I have walked.
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And it's just like, he can make it.
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I can too.
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[MUSIC]
05:11
(bells chiming)
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[BLANK_AUDIO]
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