I always say it’s gonna become universal as we become a galactic union.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAANovember is Hip-Hop History Month, where we give celebration to what hip hop has done to bring together people of the world, people of all nationalities, young people, all the political systems and politicians on the planet.
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There’s a lot of people over time who have brought out all these funky records that everybody has started jumping on like a catch phrase.
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You put music in categories because you need to define a sound, but when you don’t play it on your so-called radio stations that claim to be R&B or jazz or whatever.
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If you see something is going wrong within politics and the world today, then some Hip Hop artist is gonna come along and get straight with it.
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It ain’t no joke when you lose your vinyl.
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You treat people with greatness and greatness will come back to you.
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That won’t work in their interest. They gotta get you ready for your microchip.
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November is Hip-Hop History Month, where we give celebration to what hip hop has done to bring together people of the world, people of all nationalities, young people, all the political systems and politicians on the planet.
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A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don’t know what they’re talking about. They just think of the rappers.
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We want you to sit down and leave your egos at home and let’s get an understanding as to where all this is foolishness coming from.
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Thanks to my traveling, and keeping up from place to place, and pushing our ideology – peace, love, unity, and having fun – it has worked.
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If they think that there’s a lot of racism going on then there’s another Hip Hop artist who’s gonna come out and speak their mind.
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I knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound.
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I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash.
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Hip-hop has crossed many boundaries and racial barriers, broken them down for people to come together, to listen to the music or come out of their own social ills in each of the countries that it has went to.
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That’s definitely my goal, and always has been through the Universal Zulu Nation, is to show that music breaks down all that foolishness and can bring all types of people together, especially when you can mix it and shape it.
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