>>> WHAT'S UP AND WELCOME TO
DOUBLE XL'S 2020 FOR THE CULTURE ROUNDTABLE.
I'M NUNYA BUSINESS, AND TODAY WE'VE GOT A DISTINGUISHED PANEL
TO CELEBRATE THE UNSTOPPABLE GLOBAL FORCE THAT IS HIP-HOP
TODAY. FIRST UP, A PIONEER AND TRAIL
BLAZER MISS QUEEN LATIFAH. >> I LIKE THAT.
>> >> NEXT UP, HIP HOP HISTORIAN,
DJ AND LEGENDARY DRUMMER OF THE ROOTS CREW QUESTLOVE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU.
>> AND FINALLY, FRESH OFF BREAKING THE RECORD FOR
MOST
STREAMS ON SOUNDCLOUD, RAP DUO ZAN MOB.
AKA GWAP LORD AND SMOKE CHETICK [ INDESCERNABLE ]
OKAY, YEAH, THANK YOU ALL, YEAH. THANK YOU.
WELL, LET'S GET STARTED. IT'S 2020, WHAT DOES HIP HOP
REPRESENT TODAY? >> I MEAN AT THIS POINT, IT'S
THE CULTURE PERIOD. WE TOOK OVER THE WORLD THROUGH
THE POWER OF OUR SOUND. >> ABSOLUTELY TRUE INDEED.
FROM THE BLOCK PARTIES OF THE 80'S IN THE BOOGIE DOWN BRONX,
TO THE PROTEST MOVEMENTS OF THE DAY, HIP HOP IS ABOUT THAT
LYRICAL TRADITION OF AMERICA. >>
NAH, SEE LIKE -- ME IT'S
ABOUT YE, YE. >> OKAY, THE YE-YE, SAY MORE.
>> LIKE, WHEN SHE SKIRT UP ON YOU, YOU JUST GOT TO YE.
YEAH, LIKE YE YE. >> THAT'S HIP HOP TO ME.
>> RIGHT. RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
WELL THE TWO CONFIDENT WHITE BOYS RAISE AN INTERESTING POINT.
THE SOUND HAS CHANGED BUT HAS IT THOUGH.
AT END OF THE DAY, IT'S STILL DRUM AND BASS.
STILL EMCEE. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
THE MC IS WHAT SETS HIP HOP APART.
THE POETRY. THE STORIES.
THE TRUTH. >> YEAH I GET THAT BUT, LIKE,
WHAT ABOUT THE YE. >
> YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY, YOU
GOING TO HAVE TO SPEAK IN FULL SENTENCES.
>> YOU KNOW LIKE -- WHEN SHE GOT THAT THANG ALL UP IN YOUR FACE,
YOU NOT GONNA YE? >> COME ON -- YE, YOU GOT TO YE!
>> OKAY NO, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MUSIC.
>> BUT THE YE GOT IT, LIKE -- I GOT MY BOY TAZ FROM WAY BACK.
HE GOT GWAP, I'M LIKE DAMN MAN. >> OKAY.
OKAY, I CANNOT MAKE HEADS OR TAILS OF THIS NONSENSE.
>> I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE HERE.
I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PARTY SIDE OF HIP HOP.
THE DANCING, T
HE YEETING, RIGHT? >> YEAH, HOLD UP.
YOU WAS IN YO GOPA GOPO? >> YEAH, LIKE ONE EPISODE TEN
YEARS AGO. >> BRO, RESPECT, YOU A LEGEND
FOR THAT ONE, FAM. >> THAT'S WHOOPTY.
>> OKAY, NO IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT WHOOPTY.
YOU KNOW, I'M VERY CURIOUS. LIKE WHAT GOT YALL INTO THIS?
WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES? >> UM, I LIKE FALL OUT BOYS.
>> HOW ABOUT RAPPERS? >> I'D HAVE TO SAY THE CAR RATS.
>> WHO ARE THE CAR RATS. >> REMEMBER THEY HAD THE RATS
DRIVING AND RAPPING IN THE COMMERCIAL AT THE SAME TIME.
>> WHOA,
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WAIT. WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WAIT.
WAIT, WAIT. YOU MEAN THE KIA HAMSTER?
>> YE YE. >> OKAY -- OKAY SO NO RAPPERS
THEN. >> I LIKE TIKTOK.
>> OH, OKAY NOW I GET IT. SO YOU HEARD ABOUT RAP FROM
TIKTOK. >> YEAH.
>> RIGHT. SO THAT'S JUST AN UPSETTING
THING TO HEAR. >> YEAH, LIKE, NO DISRESPECT,
BUT THAT'S JUST NOT THE CULTURE. THAT'S JUST AN OFF SHOOT.
>> YO, MY LAST SONG GOT THREE BILLION STREAMS BRO.
>> OH MY GOD, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME
THINKING AB
OUT THIS. >> OKAY.
NOW -- NOW, WHAT COULD YOU HAVE POSSIBLY MADE THAT GOT THREE
BILLION STREAMS? >> YE.
>> SO YOU HAVE A SONG CALLED YE. >> YEAH.
>> IS THAT YOUR ONLY SONG? >> WHAT WE SUPPOSED TO HAVE
OTHER SONGS? >> I THINK WE GONNA DO A REMIX.
>> YEAH WE GONNA DO A REMIX. >> OKAY, LOOK, THERE'S SPACE FOR
ALL OF US. I MEAN, HIP HOP IS CONSTANTLY
EVOLVING. I RESPECT Y'ALL FOR DOING
Y'ALL'S THING. >> SEE, YOU GONNA RESPECT THIS.
CHECK IT. ♪♪
♪ YE, YE SKRT YE YE AH SKRT
HOLD UP YE DROP THAT YE
DROP THAT YE ♪
♪ DROP THAT YE EH EH EH EH YOU NEVER LOVE
ME MOM ♪ >> -- YOU HAVE TO SING LIKE THAT
ON A RAP RECORD, MAN. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?
I -- I'M SORRY, A APOLOGIZE. >> YO, CHILL BRO.
COME ON. >> DUMBASS PISS ME OFF.
>> I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY.
>> OKAY, OKAY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SORRY, IT'S
WHAT WE ALL WANTED TO DO. LET'S TAKE A BREAK.
ARE YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT? >> HEY DAD, CAN YOU COME GET US?
EVERYONE HERE'S SUPER MEAN. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪♪
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