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How bad they are, nobody better mess with me, and all of that foolishness. if they were to address the issues, the issues being poverty, the issues being not having political power, you see what i'm saying, all of these issues, they should be addressing this with their energy. ♪ planet earth was my place of birth ♪ ♪ born to be the sole controller of the universe ♪ chuck d.: rakim is the guy at emcee. he single-handedly changed the phrasing of rap music and hip-hop. he came to the world like a poet. ♪ it's hard on the boulevard ♪ ♪ so i bogart and never get scarred ♪ i learned ...

Graham: "the message" was the first hip-hop song that wasn't just a party song. it was talking about what was going on. it was talking about urban decay. it was talking about drugs, crime, prison, all these things that were hitting communities really hard. ♪ smuggles, scramblers, burglars, gamblers ♪ ♪ pickpockets, peddlers, even panhandlers ♪ ♪ you say i'm cool ♪ when "the message" hit, man, it was like, okay, put that down. what he just say? pull the record back. play that again. ♪ don't push me 'cause i'm close to the edge ♪ george: everyone knew the game had changed. and it...

In 1971, when new york city was rife with gang violence. but his group chose to pursue peace, instead of a revenge, in the week of his murder, shifting from violence to unity against systemic oppression, and paving the way for the dawn of hip. that story and at the movement that emerged and its aftermath is now the subject of a new podcast series, entitled can you dig, get a hip-hop origin story. and, chuck d. who narrates the new podcast joins us now along with cocreator -- also with us for the discussion, as president of the national action network, host of msnbc's politicsnation, -- ari mel...

Remember the first rap song you heard? Some of your favorite rappers and DJs certainly do. While hip-hop celebrates 50 years of life, The Associated Press asked some of the

While hip-hop celebrates 50 years of life, The Associated Press asked some of the genre’s most popular artists to recall their first memory of hearing a rap song and how it resonated with them.