anthony: how does the joke begin? three men in a bar? but it s not a bar. imagine the bronx a corner bodega, or maybe a luncheonette, a diner, three men, strictly by coincidence, find themselves in the same place at the same time. sitting at the counter is afrika bambaataa. across the room is melle mel. door opens, and who walks in? dj kool herc. three men who created the musical style that s become the soundtrack to, well, the whole wide world. do they all nod at each other? lament how all of them got screwed over, cut out of the big money? or just laugh at the absurdity of it all? hip-hop it came from nowhere else. it could have come from nowhere else but the bronx. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la anthony: this is the br
Is unconstitutional and we speak with Ahmir Questlove thompson, the house bandleader of late night with jimmy fallon, about racial profiling and how he has been stopped dozens of times by the police, most recently just weeks ago. We also talked about the 40th anniversary of the birth of hip hop. Solid gold was the show that the young black teenager was shown in a positive light, which had happened before. The only time you sought teenagers on tv was either mired in controversy, violence or protesting, being attacked by dogs, so this was the first time you really got to see another slice of light and it was important. We go to cairo for the latest on the deadly crackdown on egypt. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Egyptian forces have committed a new mass killing of Muslim Brotherhood demonstrators supporting the ouster president mohammed morsi. Dozens of people have been killed in overnight raids on two
Is unconstitutional and we speak with Ahmir Questlove thompson, the house bandleader of late night with jimmy fallon, about racial profiling and how he has been stopped dozens of times by the police, most recently just weeks ago. We also talked about the 40th anniversary of the birth of hip hop. Solid gold was the show that the young black teenager was shown in a positive light, which had happened before. The only time you sought teenagers on tv was either mired in controversy, violence or protesting, being attacked by dogs, so this was the first time you really got to see another slice of light and it was important. We go to cairo for the latest on the deadly crackdown on egypt. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Egyptian forces have committed a new mass killing of Muslim Brotherhood demonstrators supporting the ouster president mohammed morsi. Dozens of people have been killed in overnight raids on two
Do they all nod at each other . Lament how all of them got screwed over, cut out of the big money . Or just laugh at the absurdity of it all . Hiphop it came from nowhere else. It could have come from nowhere else but the bronx. I took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la anthony this is the bronx. Youve probably heard about it. You may even have a pretty solid image in your head of what it looks like, what it is like. Or, maybe, you cant picture it at all. The south bronx sounds familiar, as a bad thing. And the bronx, at one time, was said to be burning, wasnt it . For the most part, the bronx is overlooked, the never visited borough in new york city, which is a shame because the bronx is a magical place with its own energy, its own food, vibe, and rhythm. Youve been to brooklyn. May
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