Who are you and what have you done with Guru? Seriously, we go from the emotional rollercoaster ride of thinkin' we're gonna lose one of the game's greatest MCs to some sick pathetic soap opera involving a man of no blood or kin relation denying family members the right to see their loved one. Now yes Keith Elam may not wanna reconcile with folks he hasn't been on good terms with for the past seven years but that's his decision not yours. From the outside lookin' in, you seem really shady. And if Guru's nephew claim is true that you signed documents as Keith Elam's brother and your wife as his sister than that's just plain alarming. An abuse of power. Releasing statements to websites and official Twitter accounts in Guru's name when he doesn't appear to be able to speak on his own behalf is also misleading and completely wrong. Be clear: At this point the only thing relevant and important is the status of Guru's health. Nobody gives a fuck about you or 7 Grand. Guru's legacy is Gang Starr. DJ Premier and Guru made classics. You and Guru make crap. And you should get slapped for meddling in family business.
I'm not dissin' but you shoulda stayed missing. Everybody in the club get tipsy. Nobody in the club remember your name. Damn shame.RR Exclusive: 20/20 Hip-Hop Special From 1981
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This is the illest shit I’ve ever seen. Instant classic! I almost cried at the end.
Pt. 2. So what you gonna do?
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Super shout out to my mello, my man EMZ and especially Dan Charnas. The story behind the making of this 20/20 episode will be a part of his upcoming book, The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop, coming out on New American Library/Penguin in 2010. I’m gonna cop five of ‘em. Get it? Ha!
IM BORN IN 1982…THX FOR THE VIDEO…NEVER SEEN IT !!!
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Thank you
thats my born year.
Hip-Hop since birth.
NYC……
lmao @ hugh downs, “it is infectious”
I saw this episode when it aired on a Friday Night way back when on channel 7. Didn’t have a VCR, so I took my boom box, put it up to the TV speaker and recorded the audio on cassette tape. Glad to see this again.
this should be taught in middle school history lessons.
THANK YOU YN…We need more of this and people like you out there.
Our people need to understand their history to know where we’re going… somewhere along the line that was lost. but with post like this the progression only grows.
It’s videos like this that make me hope rap radar will be here for quite awhile.
I was born in 1976. This brings back so many memories. I don’t know how/where you found this, but THANK YOU. Young heads need to be educated.
Great post!!
This is by far one of the dopest video BLOG i’ve seen this year I think it is mandatory that all emcee’s and all so called emcees and rappers and the hiphop community as a whole watch this man this was dope i posted it on my BLOG.
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Pikahsso
I Can’t Live Without My RADIO
That was like looking into a parallel universe.
Thank you.
It’s bugged how many times I’ve seen this piece used in several documentaries over the years and cats most of been like, “where’s that footage from?” Well, I remember peepin’ this the first time ’round, (back in ‘82 on Ch. 7).
This piece blew my mind and along with a few early televised pieces on the culture, I began my foray into Hip-Hop. I was 12 when I saw this and will be 39 this month. I married “this thing of ours” as a kid and have no plans on divorcing it. Hip-Hop ya don’t stop!!
Thanks for rewinding the hands of time!
-Koe Rodriguez
Crazy blast from the past watching this video. Everyone doubted the music and art form except the people involved and the people who appreciated it. Now, look where hip hop has excelled to and continues to rise.
OUTTA SIGHT!
This report caught me off guard bc the anchors were all so positive… Guess this was pre-ANGER so it wasn’t scary to the powers tht be yet – all to the GOOD…
WE need this 2 be broadcasted one every hiphopchannel around the world!!!!
thanks 4 educating a freshman!
it was a novelty idea then, but the open-minded are usually receptive to new things; it’s the ignorant, stubborn, and stupid ones that cause the problems within the culture that have helped damage it. I always do my best to preserve it and spread its essence. peep : bigbuttabeats.podomatic.com or, if you’re in orlando, fl on friday nights between 7-9pm, tune into 91.5 FM or online at wprkdj.org.
peace and props on this vid!!!
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Danny Schechter, News Dissector here. I produced the story for 20/20 with help from B ADLER back in the day when the old school was schooling all of us. I am thrilled that folks still value it. Check out Http://Globalvision.org for some of the work we have done since. I am also originally from the PRB–People’s Republic of the Bronx (DWC)
Thanks to Dan Chamas for taking an interest in the work and happy to hear from one and all: dissector@mediachannel.org…Respect!
Kurtis Blow was the first rapper I ever met…and he was the biggest hip-hop star in the world at the time and was the first with a record deal. This is great.