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everybody s competing cause there s too many turntables around, and that s how rap begins. it s incredible. - like i said, we couldn t afford the equipment, and as soon as the lights went out - everybody had equipment. - we went right for their dj equipment, bro. - hmm. imagine that. [beatboxing] - you know what hip hop did, bro, it brought us all together, kept a lot of kids off the street. and it gave kids, like, an interest, a hobby. - right, right. - it was art, or - something to rechannel all that young energy, yeah. - yeah, you know. - in a positive way. - kids had nothing to do. and then all of a sudden, they see somebody else breaking. they spend hours a day just trying to learn that move. - so like i said, we didn t create hip hop, but we were there. and crazy legs and the rock steady crew helped propel a whole new dance form. and joe conzo, another puerto rican, helped document the entire movement. all the photos you see of hip-hop back in the day
were all by joe conzo. - joe conzo, man. - yeah, so what were the early records that influenced you? - ooh, man. so many. you know what? rather than tell you the records, i d rather play it for you than show you. - oh, yeah, yeah. please. - let s go upstairs. so this is the first time i heard a spanish rap on a hip-hop record. so this guy, mr. schick, was in a group called the mean machine. - all right. - and this is sugar hill records, bro. [hip-hop music playing] - oh. oh. - we got something we want y all to hear [singing in spanish] - wepa, wepa. - [rapping in spanish] - ooh. - ooh! and we can never forget big punisher. - ahh, big pun. - the first solo latino artist because cypress hill went platinum, also, as a group. [big punisher s still not a player playing] - [singing along in spanish] - and of course, big record.