because i always seemed to be everywhere. so, you know, anytime something happens in hip hop music, i was there when they brought out eminem for the first time, the outsiders, i was there when big daddy cane brought out jay-z for the first time, i was there when rest in peace biz markie brought out big daddy. i m always like forrest gump, you name it, i m there. and so it s so beautiful for a kid from the bronx to be invited to the white house, i was at the white house this year and shout out to power to the paces, they brought me over there, bringing transparency, but it s just an honor to spread the message of just going through tough times, darkest times and keeping the smile on your face. that s what this book is about. you might not think you can relate, but you can relate in every way, shape or form, you know. when i was 19 my son was born autistic, his mom wanted to give him up for adoption and me, my
well, i think it is playing out in realtime. and i think hopefully this is going to bring people closer together. so tell me what some of your favorite tracks are on here. i m looking at the track list. some are the classics. obviously rappers delight. furious 5. jam on it. big daddy cane. nwa s f the police. but blondie is on here, too, which i think people might find interesting. what are some of your favorite cuts on here? well, i come from def jam. so for me i m a run-dmc, beasty boys, public enemy guy and ll
rappers come through, all they do is pull the gate up and rolling. my policy was, run to the gate! eric b., rock kim, biz markie, big daddy cane, salt and peppa, guy, teddy. teddy, i ain t mad at you. i still got a check for $700 that bounced. what put the nail in the coffin was first they raided me. raided me broke. part two was crank out anything i do on your mtv, and you know your mtv gave verse to the rap. that was their cover. he should have came out with a dapper dan brand. he definitely could have. i think he would be in business. dapper dan was tom ford before tom ford. he should have been hired instead of shut down. he really should have been hired as a designer for one of those elite clothes brands back then because he had the foresight to
run to the gate. aaron b, rock kim, big daddy cane, salt n pepa, teddy raleigh. i m not mad at you. i still have a check for $700 that bounced. [ sirens ] let s put the nail in the coffin, first they raided me broke. part two was crank out anything i do on your mtv and mtv gave birth to the rap game. that was their coverage. should have come up with the dapper dan brand. he definite ly could have. dapper dan was tom ford. before tom ford, he should have been hired instead of shut down. he should have been hired for one of those elite clothes brands back then. he hadded the foresight to do back then what they started to
know what would happen once it came out but i know that was the whole plan, was to change everything, because that s what i had to do or if you wanted to come out with a record at that time if you wasn t going to make a change, then you failed, you know? it was that serious at that point in time. so, i was inspired by everybody from ice cube and dr. dre to big daddy cane, so on and so forth. so i was trying to bring that that thing to the forefront because it was kind of from my side of town, new york, it was kind of like not fading away but it looked like it didn t look that strong at that point. so my whole plan was to come back with that. let me ask you something, because we talked about 1994 and there was a dichotomy, east coast versus west coast, southern regional hip-hop which