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Hip Hop Uncovered

It was about us, and they wasn'tgetting--their labels {\an8}wasn't giving them no...

It was about us, and they wasn't
getting--their labels {\an8}wasn't giving them no money,
you know what I mean?

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It was about us,
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and they wasn't getting--their labels
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{\an8}wasn't giving them no money, you know what I mean?
Duration
6 seconds
Views
407
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:08
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, music
Production
Lightbox Entertainment,Five All in the Fifth Entertainment

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Movie Summary

The power brokers who operate from the shadows of hip hop.
S01 • E02 {\an8}So they used to hang around us, and, you know, - Hip Hop Uncovered 00:07
{\an8}So they used to hang around us, and, you know,
S01 • E06 {\an8}You're not buying from Black people with your food - Hip Hop Uncovered 00:05
{\an8}You're not buying from Black people with your foo...
S01 • E02 We'd give them some money for their own pockets for coming up - Hip Hop Uncovered 00:06
We'd give them some money for their own pockets for com...
S01 • E06 We're helping our own demise. - Hip Hop Uncovered 00:04
We're helping our own demise.
S01 • E06 We don't wanna--the money to stop when we go. - Hip Hop Uncovered 00:12
We don't wanna--the money to stop when we go.
S01 • E02 The only way to get into the studio, - Hip Hop Uncovered 00:08
The only way to get into the studio,
S01 • E06 {\an8}There's rumors Nipsey and Big U got into a fight. - Hip Hop Uncovered 00:04
{\an8}There's rumors Nipsey and Big U got into a fight.
S01 • E06 He had my equipment, - Hip Hop Uncovered 00:09
He had my equipment,
S01 • E02 Like, new up-and-coming artists - Hip Hop Uncovered 00:06
Like, new up-and-coming artists
S01 • E02 {\an8}LL Cool J came here. - Hip Hop Uncovered 00:13
{\an8}LL Cool J came here.
S01 • E06 So then that's when our conflict started. - Hip Hop Uncovered 00:13
So then that's when our conflict started.
S01 • E02 And Rakim came here. He was rhyming. - Hip Hop Uncovered 00:07
And Rakim came here. He was rhyming.
S01 • E06 BIG U: He didn't like that. - Hip Hop Uncovered 00:09
BIG U: He didn't like that.
S01 • E02 {\an8}In the '80s, everybody looked up to the drug dealers - Hip Hop Uncovered 00:06
{\an8}In the '80s, everybody looked up to the drug deal...
S01 • E02 {\an8}They had the big chains, the money, the cars, - Hip Hop Uncovered 00:05
{\an8}They had the big chains, the money, the cars,
S01 • E02 You look at the back of "Paid in Full," - Hip Hop Uncovered 00:07
You look at the back of "Paid in Full,"
S01 • E02 For 10, 15 years, I didn't even know who those people - Hip Hop Uncovered 00:31
For 10, 15 years, I didn't even know who those people
S01 • E06 Like, "You're not going-- you're not going nowhere - Hip Hop Uncovered 00:06
Like, "You're not going-- you're not going no...
S01 • E02 They buying Rolls Royces and all that. - Hip Hop Uncovered 00:09
They buying Rolls Royces and all that.
S01 • E06 Me and Nip talked that night. - Hip Hop Uncovered 00:12
Me and Nip talked that night.