Now. At least 67 people have died in maui. And that toll is expected to unfortunately rise as more rubble is being searched. The wildfires damaging more than 3,000 home. Cnn is on the ground in maui with the very latest reporting from there. And a moment in American History. 50 years ago today hip hop was born in the bronx. Tonight we celebrate this Trailblazing Art Form that has changed america and the world. We have a whole lot of superstars on this stage tonight but i want yall to know one thing this is my house i wish we could start with run dmc, but we are starting here. The Attorney General has announced a Special Counsel will take over in the hunter biden investigation. Its not someone from outside the system. It is the same trump appointed federal prosecutor whos been overseeing the case for five years now. This is because the settlement, both Hunter Bidens lawyers and the prosecutors had agreed upon in his tax evasion and Gun Charge Case fell apart when the judge rejected it.
but people of the culture, people who needed this culture for survival, and i don t just mean economic survival but just that sense of humanity because in the beginning hip hop was about validating ourselves. you know, so i don t know, it s just a really remarkable time. i think like lite i ve been getting all these calls. having been someone who was there, having been someone who really appreciated this thing from day one, it s a wonderful opportunity to reflect and also interrogate, continue to interrogate. and that s what the documentary really does. mc lite, i know i said you were an executive producer of this film that s featured in netflix ladies first, a story of women in hip hop. i want to give a little look at this because i ve watched it and it s incredible. black women are crushing it in hip hop right now. dominating the charts, being the
i mean queen latifah said it in her song, ooh, ladies first, ladies first. let s listen to that for just a second. ooh, ladies first, ladies first ooh, ladies first, ladies first said that it ladies couldn t make it must be blind you can t help but move to that. it s impossible. your body just does it automatically. i do want to ask you queen latifah, mc lite, but there are new artists now like coy luray and cardi b, and meghan thee stallion, but they re also facing backlash for doing the
hop was born in the bronx at a house party. now 50 years later a huge celebration back where it all started. that was roxanne shante. she was 14 years old when she started, by the way. she was performing at yankees stadium tonight. she was just a teenager as i mentioned when she created the first known disc track. some of the biggest stars in hap hop are coming together. now for our own celebration here at cnn tonight joining me now hip hop pioneer mc lite one of the executive producers of the new netflix documentary series, ladies first and at hip hop magazine the source, and executive editor at one world. thank you so much both of you for being here. this is so exciting. all right, mc lite, you just finished performing along with some huge names in hip hop.
so much quicker. and now in my life things have a pace. i have arrived and in my body. i think before i was just being led to wherever i needed to get to. and so hindsight now there were issues with promoters. well, actually my entire record label was based on a hit song called top villain. that audio 2 did. and because of their success, my management said if you want audio 2 you ve got to take mc lite or you want audio 2 over here you ve got to take mc lite. so it was a way to get me in the door and finally, you know, make a name for myself. but it is difficult. let s just be real. it s so many more things we have to contend with that the men just don t. so i still moved all of the women in any field within hip hop, you know, whether it s journalism, whether it s