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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, i'd rather play it for you than show you. - oh, yeah, yeah. please. - let's 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-hop music playing] - oh. oh. - ♪ we got something we want y'all to hear ♪ [singing in spanish] ...

Inspired by styles originating in black and brown communities. i'm 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. what's 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, too? luar has been featured on the vogue runway, as well as in the pages of its prestigious maga...

Oh, yeah. they were promised homes, [speaks spanish], community. - brown kids, it's like-- it's like their first exposure to something-- - that's people who look like them, talk like them. - exactly. - talk about things that they're interested in that is culturally theirs. - yeah. - i was a part of other ensembles, but i didn't get the stage time i deserved because they weren't doing shows that had roles for me. - yeah. - that's when i started writing even more because i was like, i'm gonna just write my own stuff. i wanna see stories that i know my story's on stage. - that's how i started, to...

- talk about the perfect meal to share with my homies as we get down to some business. - beautiful. - amazing. - so good. - all right, y'all, i'm 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 don't get our flowers. we don't get our dues like we deserve. to me, sergio represents broadway. and legendary rapper fat joe and tony, they're all about hip-hop. and aida, she's the comedy world. we dive in, starting with something that seems like it's pretty basi...

And i would hear-- [subway passing] so that's 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 wouldn't 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 know. it was there. it was something to achieve. it was something better. you know, it was someplac...