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  • 6/4/2025
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00:00Born August 20th, 1965, his father wasn't around, who came from the islands.
00:26Stepfather John Parker in Harlem, their mom left him, was volatile, brief stint in the
00:33Bronx, then to Brooklyn.
00:35Mom's man Joe was a harsh and too ruthless figure, would whip him and Kenny, his brother.
00:42Both skinny from hunger, yet they were tougher than us, cause the streets, on their own,
00:48by their teens, group home shown solace and relief, Lawrence to self-teach himself, Kenny
00:55to ball at St. Peter's Well.
00:58In comes Scott Sterling, him and Chris, BDP soon.
01:03The bridge, South Bronx, kill that noise, the bridge is over, then oh my god.
01:11Criminal minded, shook up the Latin Quarter.
01:13DJ Scott LaRock, the Lord handed him his number, was young, but the group went on from Chris's
01:21thunder.
01:23By all means, the blueprint to edutainment on sex and violence.
01:29Chris's stop the violence left a legacy.
01:32The solo run of KRS was definitely exemplary.
01:36Temple of hip-hop, spiritual minded, simple to get across that this man just did not stop.
01:44Gifted in mind, but never quit giving us timeless advices.
01:49A real true hip-hop soul to the fullest, from the mean streets of Brooklyn and the Bronx, role
01:56model, a hero for all of us.
02:00The education of rap basics starts with the Blastmaster KRS-1.
02:28the