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
let s just say that this is the neighborhood where they perfected stop-and-frisk. anthony: right. did you you remember your first time? desus: i remember my first time. anthony: how did you feel, first first time stop-and-frisk? desus: i cried. in that summer, 15 times stopped and frisked. just thrown up against the gate, fingers through our genitals, just cops looking for guns. but you remember that, you remember your first time. when you lose your stop-and-frisk virginity. you know, you remember it. anthony: i ve never been stopped and frisked. desus: you ve never i wonder why! what is it is it because you have a cnn show? or is it just anthony: i ve been arrested, but desus: if you hang around here long enough i can get you stopped and frisked. anthony: they talk about diy culture, about do-it-yourself, and you better be able to do it your damn self in the bronx, because often nobody else is gonna do it for you. desus: when you go in the bronx, you re
when fort apache was something we didn t have to think about desus: yes. let s just say that this is the neighborhood where they perfected stop-and-frisk. anthony: right. did you you remember your first time? desus: i remember my first time. anthony: how did you feel, first first time stop-and-frisk? desus: i cried. in that summer, 15 times stopped and frisked. just thrown up against the gate, fingers through our genitals, just cops looking for guns. but you remember that, you remember your first time. when you lose your stop-and-frisk virginity. you know, you remember it. anthony: i ve never been stopped and frisked. desus: you ve never i wonder why! what is it is it because you have a cnn show? or is it just anthony: i ve been arrested, but desus: if you hang around here long enough i can get you stopped and frisked. anthony: they talk about diy culture, about do-it-yourself, and you better be able to do it your damn self in the bronx, because often
anthony: i ve never been stopped and frisked. desus: you ve never i wonder why! what is it is it because you have a cnn show? or is it just anthony: i ve been arrested, but desus: if you hang around here long enough i can get you stopped and frisked. anthony: they talk about diy culture, about do-it-yourself, and you better be able to do it your damn self in the bronx, because often nobody else is gonna do it for you. desus: when you go in the bronx, you re basically going back in time. there are certain problems that will happen here that are not going to happen in manhattan and brooklyn, you know? anthony: okay, it s an obvious concern. desus: we still do purse snatchings. anthony: really? desus: yes! anthony: okay. so there s still crackheads in new york city? desus: oh, still crack there s literally crackheads in front of that bodega over there and they are getting their cracks and they re not bothering anyone. anthony: man. desus: and you know