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I Don’t Think That Early Hip Hop Stood Out To Be A Social Critique. A Lot Of Fans Of Mine Think That Hip Hop’s Ultimate Responsibility Is To Critique Social Structures.

Michael Bloomberg Is A Sensible Guy. He's Just Privileged. He's A Goddamn Billionaire, And He Or His Family Members Have Never Had To Deal With Anything As Remotely Degrading As Stop And Frisk. So He Has No Point Of Reference.

But Rawkus Is Integral To What I Do, Because The Cats Who Started Rawkus Are The First Ones Who Really Saw My Vision, And Gave Me A Platform To Get It Out There, So I'm Definitely Totally Grateful For That.

To Be Honest, That Whole Exchange With Crunk Feminist Actually Made Me Write The Song Because I Realize There's A Lot Of Young Women Out There So Hurt By The Misogynistic Images In Hip-hop They Paint It With Such A Broad Brush Stroke That They Think Anybody That Defends Hip-hop Is Defending Misogyny.

My Fondest Memories Were Watching The Beastie Boys Get Prepped To Come On Stage. They Had A Lot Of Antics And They Play A Lot Of Basketball... Then They Were Giving Out Cameras To The Crowd, And Performing From The Bleachers. The Most Important Thing I Learned Was That You Control Your Crowd, Not The Other Way Around.