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I Grew Up In New York City In The '80s, And It Was The Epicenter Of Hip-hop. There Was No Internet. Cable Television Wasn't As Broad. I Would Listen To The Radio, Hear Cars Pass By Playing A Song, Or Tape Songs Off Of The Radio. At That Time, There Was Such An Excitement Around Hip-hop Music.

I Don't Want To Misrepresent Who I Am Personally. I Don't Want My Kids To See Me On A Talk Show And Say, "you're Talking Different" Or "you Look Different, Dad." I'm Not Gonna Be An Animal; I Know How To Conduct Myself.

When I Was A Kid, My First Favorite Song Was Probably Lou Reed's "walk On The Wild Side."

I Love Doing Things That Are Titillating. I Think Race Can Be Very Funny, And I Think I'm Very Comfortable Discussing It And Bringing It Up.

So To Compare The Beatles, Obviously The Beatles Are The Beatles, But In Hip-hop Terms, Tribe Is The Beatles. Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five Are The Beatles. Big Daddy Kane Is Jimi Hendrix. It Means That Much To People That Grew Up With It.