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Origins of Hip Hop

It was the easy way to do it. It started feeling like I was gonna become almost like a...

It was the easy way to do it. It started feeling like I was gonna become almost like a statistic. Oh, am I gonna be
one of them girls That just had a dream
that kind of just fizzles out?

Full Transcript

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It was the easy way to do it.
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It started feeling like
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I was gonna become almost like a statistic.
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Oh, am I gonna be one of them girls
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That just had a dream that kind of just fizzles out?
Duration
12 seconds
Views
88
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:42
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 • E01 I just cried like a baby - Origins of Hip Hop 00:07
I just cried like a baby
S01 • E08 - He would bring a biz markie down here, - Origins of Hip Hop 00:08
- He would bring a biz markie down here,
S01 • E05 She was just attempting to discipline a kid - Origins of Hip Hop 00:08
She was just attempting to discipline a kid
S01 • E06 We had to try ten times harder than a new york rapper - Origins of Hip Hop 00:07
We had to try ten times harder than a new york rapper
S01 • E07 [incredible bongo band's "apache" playing] - Origins of Hip Hop 00:08
[incredible bongo band's "apache" playing]
S01 • E01 You know, to even stop him from hitting me - Origins of Hip Hop 00:06
You know, to even stop him from hitting me
S01 • E08 - So now, you're able to see hip-hop, but in your space. - Origins of Hip Hop 00:07
- So now, you're able to see hip-hop, but in your space...
S01 • E03 [laughs] - Origins of Hip Hop 00:12
[laughs]
S01 • E06 But we gon' infiltrate eventually. - Origins of Hip Hop 00:07
But we gon' infiltrate eventually.
S01 • E05 Wasn't no love, not no sit downs and let's talk, - Origins of Hip Hop 00:06
Wasn't no love, not no sit downs and let's talk,
S01 • E08 Not in the new york tv, - Origins of Hip Hop 00:12
Not in the new york tv,
S01 • E05 - Even though we were his friends and we were his family, - Origins of Hip Hop 00:08
- Even though we were his friends and we were his family,
S01 • E03 - I used to hustle on 205th and hollis - Origins of Hip Hop 00:10
- I used to hustle on 205th and hollis
S01 • E04 - I stripped for like two months. - Origins of Hip Hop 00:16
- I stripped for like two months.
S01 • E05 So he had to always just be aware of, - Origins of Hip Hop 00:08
So he had to always just be aware of,
S01 • E01 - The minute I left my mother's house, - Origins of Hip Hop 00:25
- The minute I left my mother's house,
S01 • E07 "I'm gonna go to the neighborhood park - Origins of Hip Hop 00:14
"I'm gonna go to the neighborhood park
S01 • E08 - I mean you had mantronix, roxanne shante, - Origins of Hip Hop 00:10
- I mean you had mantronix, roxanne shante,
S01 • E06 Narrator: With jermaine dupri giving him the fre - Origins of Hip Hop 00:23
Narrator: With jermaine dupri giving him the fre
S01 • E05 - I found out they were getting $250 a month - Origins of Hip Hop 00:12
- I found out they were getting $250 a month