But It All Came, And For Me,

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.

Socially, Hip-hop Has Done More For Racial Camaraderie In This Country Than Any One Thing. 'cause Guys Like Me, My Kids - Everyone Under 45 Either Grew Up Loving Hip-hop Or Hating Hip-hop, But Everyone Under 45 Grew Up Very Aware Of Hip-hop. So When You're A White Kid And You're Listening To This Music And You're Being Exposed To It Every Day On Mtv, Black People Become Less Frightening. This Is Just A Reality. What Hip-hop Has Done Bringing People Together Is Enormous.

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.

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.

Right Now I'm Taking A Break From Hip-hop Documentaries. But I Would Do It If Things Lined Up.