The first rap record came out in '79, but hip-hop began in '69.

The first rap record came out in '79, but hip-hop began in '69.

Hip-hop has always been chronologically misunderstood. Too many times, people are hearing the story from the second floor. Nobody's heard the story from the basement. If hip-hop was a cake, all I can tell you is the eggs, the flour, the sugar, the vanilla - the ingredient years.

I used to travel 200 days of the year. I had to calm it down because I have a 17-year-old daughter going on 30, and a 23-year-old son. I want to be around for them.

Hip-hop has always been chronologically misunderstood.

That diversity of production styles and diversity of lyrical structure - I miss that.

I needed to be able to hear the mix before you do - that's when I came up with the "peek-a-boo" system.