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>> with her record-breaking fifth grammy win, lauryn hill echoed what many might have been thinking. >> this is crazy, because this is hip-hop music. you know what i mean? >> shes going to be big big -- well, she already is a big, big star. you get five grammys you are. >> a lot of people think shes going to really redefine the connections among hip-hop, pop, for everybody. ♪ hi, kids. do you like primus ♪ ♪ want to see me stick nine inch nails through each one of my eyelids ♪ >> when em...

At the door ♪ >> ooh, boy. snoop doggy dog and dr. dre at the door. its crazy. they knocked the door down, baby. ♪ g thing baby ♪ were crazy >> 70% of rap music, including gangsta rap, was purchased by whites. >> growing up in st. paul, minnesota, my friends and i thought compton and south central must be the coolest places in the world based on this music. >> other music is more like a fairy tale story where now we can hear somebody elses history basically and understand where theyre comi...

From the underground ♪ >> the group nwa is the harshest most in your face of the gangsta-style rappers. one song blasts the police in the most obscene terms. >> renn and ice cube, they write the raps, right? me and my boy yella get together and hook up a good beat we feel will go good with the rap and boom, there it is. platinum records. >> nwa at that point is the biggest hip-hop band there is. >> first time i heard nwa i was like that ice guy is all right but the rest of this is garbage. tha...

>> "the miseducation of lauryn hill." >> with her record-breaking fifth grammy win, lauryn hill echoed what many might have been thinking. >> this is crazy, because this is hip-hop music. you know what i mean? >> shes going to be, big -- well, she already is a big star. you get five grammys you are. >> a lot of people think shes going to really redefine the connections among hip-hop, pop, for everybody. ♪ hi, kids. do you like primus ♪ ♪ want to see me stick nine inch nails through each on...

>> long as its violence its going to be rap music, gangsta rap music, whatever. >> nwa was always too hot to hold. it had to splinter. and the first person who walks away is ice cube. ♪ tried to kill me >> same reason ice cube left the group is the reason i left. you know, tired of making other people money. its my turn. ♪ tonights the night i get in some -- ♪ ♪ deep cover on the incognito tip ♪ >> suge knight, who wasnt a real gangster, got into cahoots with dr. dre and said, dre, we ...

♪ snoop doggy dog and dr. dre is at the door ♪ >> ooh, boy. snoop doggy dog and dr. dre at the door. its crazy. they knocked the door down, baby. ♪ g thing baby ♪ were crazy >> 70% of rap music, including gangsta rap, was purchased by whites. >> growing up in st. paul, minnesota, my friends and i thought compton and south central must be the coolest places in the world based on this music. >> other music is more like a fairy tale story. where now we can hear somebody elses history basica...

Into reality rap and street rap. ♪ the police coming straight from the underground ♪ ♪ young got it bad because im brown ♪ >> the group nwa is the harshest most in your face of the gangsta-style rappers. one song blasts the police in the most obscene terms. >> renn and ice cube, they write the rap, right? me and my boy yella get together and hook up a good beat we feel will go good with the rap and there it is. platinum records. >> nwa at that point is the biggest hip-hop band there is. ...

Of the 80s and much more into reality rap and street rap. ♪ the police coming straight from the underground ♪ ♪ young got it bad because im brown ♪ >> the group nwa is the harshest most in your face of the gangsta-style rappers. one song blasts the police in the most obscene terms. >> renn and ice cube, they write the rap, right? me and my boy yella get together and hook up a good beat we feel will go good with the rap and boom, there it is. platinum records. >> nwa at that point is the ...

>> you going to continue making a lot of money off this, do you think? >> long as its violence its going to be rap music, gangsta rap music, whatever. >> nwa was always too hot to hold. it had to splinter. and the first person who walks away is ice cube. ♪ the filthy ♪ tried to kill me >> same reason ice cube left the group is the reason i left. you know, tired of making other people money. its my turn. ♪ tonights the night i get in some -- ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ deep cover on the incognito tip ...

♪ one, two, three and to the four ♪ ♪ snoop doggy dog and dr. dre is at the door ♪ >> ooh, boy. snoop doggy dog and dr. dre at the door. its crazy. they knocked the door down, baby. ♪ g thing baby ♪ two low deaf ♪ were crazy >> 70% of rap music, including gangsta rap, was purchased by whites. >> growing up in st. paul, minnesota, my friends and i thought compton and south central must be the coolest places in the world based on this music. >> other music is more like a fairy tale s...