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Origins of Hip Hop

I got discouraged because you can't keep that up. You can't keep it up, Back at home, Eve...

I got discouraged because you can't keep that up. You can't keep it up,
and trying to go to new york And having the money to get on the train, Or the bus, or whatever. Narrator: Back at home, Eve was still butting heads with her stepfather. And with a new addition to the family, Eve felt it was time to move on. - Around the time, you know, When my little brother
was born, I think I took it upon myself
to kind of be like, "I need to start just having
some space to myself

Full Transcript

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I got discouraged because you can't keep that up.
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You can't keep it up, and trying to go to new york
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And having the money to get on the train,
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Or the bus, or whatever.
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Narrator: Back at home,
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Eve was still butting heads with her stepfather.
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And with a new addition to the family,
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Eve felt it was time to move on.
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- Around the time, you know,
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When my little brother was born,
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I think I took it upon myself to kind of be like,
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"I need to start just having some space to myself.
Duration
31 seconds
Views
67
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:01
Uploaded
Mar 28, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres
documentary, music
Production
A+E Global Media

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Movie Summary

Origins of Hip Hop delves into the inspiring origin story of one of Hip Hop's biggest stars as collaborators, friends, family, and the artists themselves take viewers to where their stories began and trace their path to success.
S01 • E07 [phil collins' "in the air tonight" playing] - Origins of Hip Hop 00:08
[phil collins' "in the air tonight" playing...
S01 • E06 It wasn't something that they was, - Origins of Hip Hop 00:05
It wasn't something that they was,
S01 • E06 They didn't really understand the fact - Origins of Hip Hop 00:07
They didn't really understand the fact
S01 • E03 He said, "well, ma, I'm just--the school - Origins of Hip Hop 00:06
He said, "well, ma, I'm just--the school
S01 • E01 Maybe he could have turned me around - Origins of Hip Hop 00:06
Maybe he could have turned me around
S01 • E06 And the bass all-stars wasn't something - Origins of Hip Hop 00:11
And the bass all-stars wasn't something
S01 • E03 - You know, I dropped out in 11th grade, and I was like, - Origins of Hip Hop 00:10
- You know, I dropped out in 11th grade, and I was like,
S01 • E05 Them girls thought I was the flyest [bleep], - Origins of Hip Hop 00:07
Them girls thought I was the flyest [bleep],
S01 • E01 - He might have been over the top with joe, - Origins of Hip Hop 00:08
- He might have been over the top with joe,
S01 • E02 - My first rhyme, I bust his ass. - Origins of Hip Hop 00:05
- My first rhyme, I bust his ass.
S01 • E01 - It's his way or the highway, - Origins of Hip Hop 00:06
- It's his way or the highway,
S01 • E06 - At one point in time, - Origins of Hip Hop 00:09
- At one point in time,
S01 • E05 So it became, "say some more that ice stuff, t." - Origins of Hip Hop 00:07
So it became, "say some more that ice stuff, t."
S01 • E03 But here's the important thing - Origins of Hip Hop 00:17
But here's the important thing
S01 • E01 He's the one person in the world - Origins of Hip Hop 00:05
He's the one person in the world
S01 • E07 - I'm the first one to see him do that - Origins of Hip Hop 00:06
- I'm the first one to see him do that
S01 • E02 - That day in the schoolyard, - Origins of Hip Hop 00:11
- That day in the schoolyard,
S01 • E05 Yo, what's up? I'm mc ice-t. - Origins of Hip Hop 00:23
Yo, what's up? I'm mc ice-t.
S01 • E06 - The budget on the record wasn't high at all. - Origins of Hip Hop 00:05
- The budget on the record wasn't high at all.
S01 • E01 So one day, he went to hit me, and I grabbed his legs. - Origins of Hip Hop 00:12
So one day, he went to hit me, and I grabbed his legs.