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>> melle mel: i started out as a break-dancer, so i used to break dance. you know, my brother used to, you know, do graffiti. he used to go out, so all -- in all of those individual elements, it wasnt really happening anywhere else. so, it was just something that could, could only have went on right in that area in the bronx. >> anthony: yeah okay, you may be thinking, "what about the sugarhill gang?" what about them? they were an industry band like the monkees or the archies, built to cash in q...

Groundbreaking departure from the kind of lyrics and content up to that point. >> before we started doing hip-hop music there was no hip-hop, so we played everything. disco reggae, rock, watched heehaw. that was like a favorite in our house. "hee-haw." and all of those things kind of became the components of what became hip-hop music. ♪ to the burnin sand ♪ here i stand ♪ the weapon in my hand is a mic in my hand ♪ >> i started out as a break dancer. i used to break dance. my brother use...

An album that was a complete groundbreaking departure from the kind of lyrics and content up to that point. >> before we started hip-hop music there was no hip-hop, so we played everything. reggae, rock, watched heehaw. that was like a favorite in our house. heehaw. and all of those things kind of became the components of what became hip-hop music. ♪ to the burnin sand ♪ here i stand ♪ the weapon say mike in my hand ♪ ♪ >> i started out as a break dancer. i used to break dance. my brot...

Malcolm x ♪ >> first to call himself an mc. another pioneer, melle mel. in 1982 he and grand master flash wrote and recorded the album "the message." an album that was a complete groundbreaking departure from the kind of lyrics and content up to that point. >> before we started hip-hop music there was no hip-hop, so we played everything. reggae, rock, watched heehaw. that was like a favorite in our house. heehaw. and all of those things kind of became the components of what became hip-hop musi...

>> first to call himself an mc. another pioneer, melle mel. in 1982 he and grand master flash wrote and recorded the album "the message." an album that was a complete groundbreaking departure from the kind of lyrics and content up to that point. >> before we started hip-hop music there was no hip-hop, so we played everything. reggae, rock, watched heehaw. that was like a favorite in our house. heehaw. and all of those things kind of became the components of what became hip-hop music. ♪ to the ...

All right. "mix" time. never judge a book by a cover. case a point, a guy named steve graham. hes 55 years old. a private equity executive. he runs philadelphias grand partners. hes a financial heavy-hitter. 55 years old. >> okay. >> put it on up. hes also an insanely talented break dancer. like, the real deal. apparently, back in the 80s, he was known as b-boy silverback. he was doing the vanilla shake. b-boy silverback might work for me, actually. he got his start in the 80s, working as an ana...

♪ . >> steve: how great is that is this pint sized break dancer taking the internet by storm. shes knowns as big girl tara. it was taken during a break dancing competition in paris over the weekend. has since racked up over 700,000 views on youtube. >> gretchen: shes only six, i think. six years old, knows how to dance. kind of like the cute kid we had on yesterday. >> steve: who knew they still did break dancing? very nice. >> gretchen: not recommended for adults our age. >> brian: right. >> ...

Remember correctly, we were in the same break dance crew coming up. i swear to god, this is the truth. and what that spoke to was that cosmopolitan experience. he was a muslim religious background. he was of indian lineage. but me as a person whose family has migrated up to the south and we had this common connection in break dancing and you could see everyone on the plane say he was a break dancer, hes not going to kill us. >> i have no doubt although im not on twitter that nerdland must be goi...

>> thanks for joining us. im cannily crowley. john king is off. the parents of a florida teenager whose death ignited outrage. also on the eve of the presidential primary, a rye alt check for rick santorum and newt gingrich. plus a big bank has a new way to help people stay in their homes even if theyre facing foreclose. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we begin with the fatal shooting of florida teenager trayvon martin and the florida police departments decision not to arre...