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All the photos you see of hip-hop back in the day were all by joe conzo. - joe conzo, man. - yeah, so what were the early records that influenced you? - ooh, man. so many. you know what? rather than tell you the records, id rather play it for you than show you. - oh, yeah, yeah. please. - lets go upstairs. so this is the first time i heard a spanish rap on a hip-hop record. so this guy, mr. schick, was in a group called the mean machine. - all right. - and this is sugar hill records, bro. [hip-h...

Inspired by styles originating in black and brown communities. im about to meet up with raul lopez, brooklyn native and designer behind luar, who is taking street style back and finally getting the recognition he deserves. whats up, raul? - hey. how are you? - good, good, good. [both speaking spanish] - good. good. - how cool is this place? oh, these are the famous purses, huh? - yeah, man. deemed "it" bag. - the "it" bag. dua lipa had one, or something? - dua had one, solange. - solange had one...

Oh, yeah. they were promised homes, [speaks spanish], community. - brown kids, its like-- its like their first exposure to something-- - thats people who look like them, talk like them. - exactly. - talk about things that theyre interested in that is culturally theirs. - yeah. - i was a part of other ensembles, but i didnt get the stage time i deserved because they werent doing shows that had roles for me. - yeah. - thats when i started writing even more because i was like, im gonna just write m...

- talk about the perfect meal to share with my homies as we get down to some business. - beautiful. - amazing. - so good. - all right, yall, im so glad you made it here to the special restaurant home. i brought you here because you all represent different aspects of my life, and i wanted to share because you know, latin people, we dont get our flowers. we dont get our dues like we deserve. to me, sergio represents broadway. and legendary rapper fat joe and tony, theyre all about hip-hop. and aid...

And i would hear-- [subway passing] so thats how i learned how to write cause i used to have to make up my own stories. my parents were immigrant parents, so i had to earn all my christmas presents. i had to read the encyclopedia from a to z. otherwise, i wouldnt get my bicycle. so i got my bicycle, and i brought it out here. and i got jumped by this kid named johnny. he had my same name. anyway, that was my life growing up, but it made me who i am today, right? ♪ manhattan was like oz, you kn...

- and of course, big record. - ♪ no more rolling with an entourage ♪ ♪ unless its pun and the terror squad ♪ ♪ - i got something here. mellow man ace had this record. - oh, i know that record. [hip-hop playing] - ♪ check this out, baby [rapping in spanish] - yo. - ♪ last night, you didnt go - [rapping in spanish] - that was hot, yo, when that song came out, it was revolutionary to my ears because it was like, oh, my god. there are latin words and latin artists. - yeah. - its hip-ho...

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The rap battles were on. everybodys competing cause theres too many turntables around, and thats how rap begins. its incredible. - like i said, we couldnt afford the equipment, and as soon as the lights went out-- - everybody had equipment. - we went right for their dj equipment, bro. - hmm. imagine that. ♪ [beatboxing] - you know what hip hop did, bro, it brought us all together, kept a lot of kids off the street. and it gave kids, like, an interest, a hobby. - right, right. - it was art, or-...

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But as everyone has noticed, as is often the case when she is involved, a lot of people have offered their opinion about what goes on and it is only reasonable given the amount of commentary and that some of it relates to you, that you are given the opportunity to set the record straight on a couple of things. two suggestions that have been made in public are that, firstly, you were asked to delay publication in the uk by a day to give american media a 24—hour head start. what?! is that not tr...