As hip-hop turns 50, Chuck D praises its power as "a worldwide cultural experience and religion"
1 year, 10 months ago

As hip-hop turns 50, Chuck D praises its power as "a worldwide cultural experience and religion"

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"You only play that old stuff!" In "Fight the Power: How Hip-Hop Changed the World," it's like the key was the last word "world" because we've seen this metastasized over 50 years. Because a lot of times during the Obama Administration, I should say it properly, the President Obama Administration, people were like, "Yo man, yo Obama's not even putting P in this list." You got to catch it when it's like he's like..." Everybody all of a sudden want to be a one-week conspiracy theory person, like, "Oh yeah, he's colored balls, he's in with them." A lot of time with hip-hop and rap, they throw it, and even the promoters that done this for years, it's like, "I'm just worrying about who gets in the room.

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