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Status. >> by the '50s and '60s, sneakers were mostly made by canvas and worn by kids. but a cooler customer was putting them on the map. >> if you went back to the time i was growing up, athletes made shoes cool. dr. j wore the converse one star and he practically invented the slam dunk. so whatever he was wearing was super school. >> the beginning of my career, i wore dress shoes to the office. about 1994 i stopped. it was a huge generational shift somewhere in that period where casual ware began to assert itself against the formality. the sneaker plays a functional role outside of the field...

Security measures, that it led other people to take those steps at that level. >> donald trump would insult us and that had ripple effects to his audience. they would throw things at us, follow us, and so this is really serious business. >> gwenda blair and liz, thank you for your stories. we have dr. j and d dj skribble. look at rob reiner and anthony scaramucci. >> now we're getting along, but on the air he's going to hit me terribl terribly. >> rob, this is not planned, but can you say something nice about the mucc before we get started?

And now on "the beat", a special edition of fallback friday. and yes, it's a takeover edition of fallback. we have two legends from the show amtv rap. mtv is relaunching the series with a kickoff concert friday, and i'm joined by the original co-host of "amtv rap." dr. j and dj skribble is working on the relaunch. >> mtv raps today. >> we're going to start off with a game right here. rap kim is in the house. >> yo, thanks for being here, you guys. >> nice being here. >> you're making me happy and i

I was going to get a jimmy blazer and a benz, and that was going to be it. so was it not the passion then for basketball - but really the money? - yes. - really? - yes. levin: were you naturally good? shaq: no, at first i wasn't good. but, you know, i just gradually worked, worked, worked. and then when my father showed me that article, that's when i really started focusing. you had problems dunking. as a youngster, i did. and my father changed that, too. - how'd that happen? - so one day in the game, i'm real smooth and i'm, you know, and i finger-rolled it up. my father called a time out, pu...

I was going to get a jimmy blazer and a benz, and that was going to be it. so was it not the passion then for basketball - but really the money? - yes. - really? - yes. levin: were you naturally good? shaq: no, at first i wasn't good. but, you know, i just gradually worked, worked, worked. and then when my father showed me that article, that's when i really started focusing. you had problems dunking. as a youngster, i did. and my father changed that, too. - how'd that happen? - so one day in the game, i'm real smooth and i'm, you know, and i finger-rolled it up. my father called a time out, pu...