Early days of NY Hip Hop culture and Universal Zulu Nation, the first block parties with breakers battling, a healthy musical outlet as an antidote to gang violence. Some proud origins. Respect to the founders, Kool Herc and Bam, Grand Master Flash True-school hip hop. EOTO

Nasir was here

Go look at Tupac and his work. King Pac 4 LIFE

#facts

​@@australianresoluteminds If it wasn't for Kool Herc, we wouldn't have what we have now.

Facts!

Facts (2)

Hell yea, considering Obama got it for taking the country INTO Lybia, wtf. Nas earned it on this one f'realz.

@@kinkane5566 🔥 say it

Bulletproof facts

Light skinned are blacks??

@@westernsellers9148There's always somebody trying to divide. It's all the same struggle

You go girl congratulations, I'm proud of you.

Congratulations! Show them who's boss! :-)

hahahaha oh no, not another "queen"

wow that is so powerful, divine feminine rising! Happy mothers day yall! Its time to rise, thank you Nas' Mom

my g its long time ago

Why haven’t this reach 💯 mill yet is beyond me

That gave me chills, he definitely delivered for his mommy. This makes me so happy and proud.

not all of the song, part of it was written by one L.W.Beethoven

If the truth is told, the youth can grow

GROW and HEAL

Ral had a meaning back then

This year's mid terms in 2022 the Gen Z voters outvoted old white voters for the first time

If the truth is told, the youth can grow

Meee tooo!!!!😅

This is definitely a masterpiece does the samething to me 👍👌

I remember seeing kids younger than the ones on this screen singing to this. Those kids are adults now 🤯. Also imagine all the Americans being in our own world. Then there's the ppl in Egypt: ohhhhh sh. This my ish. & Then just like that, I half way feel improper

same!

Same 😢😊

Only a certain color of the world, lol!

​@@Wis_Dom not true. I'm from Europe and I know damn well what my ancestors did. I appreciate the message of the song. Nas is the GOAT

@@LOLXD-sf4yd That's one, now convince a billion more, lol. So yeah that logic doesn't makensense, it's still pretty true.😂

@@Wis_Dom yeah might be in the grand scheme of things. At least here in Germany we are very aware of this kind of stuff I don't think I have to explain to you why. I know damn well what my country has done in the past. From the Herero and Nama genocide in 1904 in German West Africa to the biggest crime against humanity ever, the Holocaust. And yet there is so much more to our history. There's a reason why patriotism is very uncomfortable for us today.

You are correct

Wow. Keep it up. NaS is the best :)

nas is very inspiring. If only today's "artists" were more like him.

congratulations my man I'm studying to be an engineer too wish me luck

Proud of you man :)

+connorlax goalie yo homie that's impressive fair play

The Emcee

🎯🎯👍👍🎯🎯

@@MrMakingcake lol

Nas isn‘t a poet. He is a storyteller. 2Pac is a poet. Biggie is a lyricist. All different things

Lyricist extraordinaire!!!

Still rockin in 2024 right along with you! ✊🏾Black History Month is the perfect time to bring this back. Love to you ❤

Me too! Showed my daughter this video too!❤

No 💪🏼💪🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🌹🌹🌹

I’m here❤❤🙏🏽🙏🏽2034

Best generation homie never stop listening to this genre ..... We need to have the radio and TV bring back the real shit !

Hell yea sister!

And I'm a money launderer, we all take different paths. You gonna make it

i'm on the streets doing crack.

Doctor Fashion So you were one of the kids that can relate to this. Now look at you a 30 year old woman doing her thing.

Congratulations

Let’s get this song trending you guys

Sooon.....💯✊

My exact sentiments. Hip hop is dead

IM ACTUALLY CREATING A SONG ALONG THESE LINES RIGHT NOW.....

cool dude how bout you start a business and employ people instead of making a pointless song

I heard shit wat year listen to it still like tho u feel me and all bitchs talkin shit wats the score because i listen all ages music Just good music like jimi hendrix and cool way be its wats up turf trippin on height street San Francisco California mural of e40 and jimi hendrix u be all nation Wide bout San Francisco it important call bay área like is more Just San Francisco we cool east bay

i would like to hear hip hop that would be similar to this song because nowadays music is just sex and there is nothing interesting in music videos.

#2024 & more yrs to come this song will still be felt strong & history will remain the truth

Agreed!! I played this for my kids repeatedly and they understood it!

Waaoo that nice

Good luck to your daughter. Laws Of Attraction helped me with my daughter.

@@ashabrooke1660 thank you the same to your daughter ❤️

Congrats to all the cool and creative supermoms, you included!

Best song on earth

Im happy for you, succes usually comes with jealousy 2 side of the same coin. Peace

@@Oraldc_lover who do you think you are?

Amen

Dopeness

Tons of respect, show those babies how it’s done ❤

👏🏼

Facts

I thought I was the only person that noticed the Beethoven sample..

​@nwagwuezeoha7543 you seriously thought you were the only person who noticed the incredibly famous, centuries-known sample of one of the most well-known pieces of music in history? Okay..

Pretty much what I said in another convo What people view and choose to consume as media will always reflect what's coming next. If you do really appreciate rap with intelligent lyrics and you are truly tired of those with small to no content in their chants simply stop consuming their product. They will collapse of their own. And that doesn't go only for music. It goes for all. Money is power, use your power (give power) sparingly and only to those you truly feel deserve it. Because they will use it the way THEY see fit. And when it comes to music, well Migos will produce more Migos album with more money/views people give him....

Like Lost Boyz~Renee

@@revariox189 PREACH! 🙏☝️ people don't be knowing

That's why i love Kendrick, J Cole, Joyner and Em

Fish Nerd 👏🏾

oh yeah yeah man

90s hip hop also had those... yall old heads contradicting

@HAYT sounds like you have "back in my day" syndrome, people have always fucked and smoked weed, and they used their free will to do so too. amazing, isnt it

@@yeetsmith1105 My thing is artistry kinda ceases to exist in my generation. The ones who show this barely get the time of day.

So true

Your dad loved you ❤️

Pop culture can be hope for new generations... and this is the exact example

2pac is the best of rap Nas is noob

Amazing testimony!

I love your story. It needs way more likes.

Nas smooth as ever

Write to him and tell him. Well done. Keep striving

Respect bro!

Respect, bro I'm still trying on mine. Peace.

@@ericsonjacques7643 I failed some classes at first but kept fighting and graduated. 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 all part of the process. keep going brother, you got this.

@@MrTrav110594 respect earned brother ❤

Hope you grinding well, man! Keep doing you ✊🏽✊🏽🔥

@BASSNSANE yeah when u and i was cruising down the drive through bro was servin fries

But omg how could i forget the powers that be dont want that!!!!

Really men

I am 18 dude and i love this

Well explained

As I'm playing it for my 14 year old son glued to his xbox!

I feel like this artist can bring 90s hiphop back ukposts.info/have/v-deo/mWGHmq-amYOgtKs.html

Still takes guts to admit it, mad respect man👏🏻

@@fohduhskreets8301 It's good not bad

It’s a really great bar, I will say.

👌that's amazing

Where is the evidence that Alexander the Great damaged the nose of the sphinx? It seems that the the doctrine perhaps best named 'black pride' is so deep into the victim role that they allowed themselves special rights to assume history even though it is not at all proven or even deliberately altering it. The 'we are the victims so we are allowed to lie' ofcourse goes at the expense of your credibility.

Shut up boomer

@@spraakkanon all throughout the Bible u Dummy

@@spraakkanon Greek scholars the Bible kemetic scrips

It didn't even blow up much so painful

Because it is a positive song that teaches kids from all walks of life to achieve. But if it was the opposite then it would have been nominated.

Because it's the truth and the truth hurts. They'd rather have someone like lil nas x representing black men. Smh🤦

Because he was telling the truth about Egypt. The history that was whitewashed

Songs like this dont win grammies they want to keep us dumb ignorant and violent

Clearly they have the wrong people voting for a long time Nas has been 🔥 for decades.

@@jasminemonroe5784 OLD WHITE PEOPLE WHO ARE SO FOAR FROM THE CULTURE. THAT IS WHY T.I. JOINED THE COMITTEE

Nas is beyond a grammy. They should be happy to just put Nas in their list.

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Yes sr

It depends on what mood you want to feel while listening. This song is very motivational and hype, the lyrics are very well put together as well. I think that some songs have poor meanings for children, but at the end of the day if it is catchy the lyrics don’t matter to me as much.

Ma manh you are right

You're not wrong

@@lukeadams6737 True

BLM would hate this song. They need victims. I like this song!

There is no money to be made if you teach the minority. Power must be kept in balance or else the idea of thought and self worth will topple the status que. Remember a single grain of rice can tip the scales of fate

@@loganforge9266 agreed. BLM is a Marxist organization. Thats communism. They are criminals for taking money from people and buying mansions

They never did.

Yes they do lol

Lol, this song inspired by Slick Rick. Hey young world.

Yep you right

+1

song at the beginning?

You seen Hopsin? Number 5 reminds me of NAS

I was 11. It definitely felt like Nas was speaking to me. 🙏🏽

Eritrea...? how can I reach you pls

Awesome song. Unforgettable!

Wow, this literally brought a tear to my eye, this music started for the messages but has been terrible lost because of the machine that took control, as usual

Dope!

This a statement that people can make inspirational and great music. Not promoting sex, money and murder

Sending a positive message is still happening nowadays

@@ko-rp7ge Nah

@@dabossmanjae5560 Yes the same promoting sex and violence been going on since the late 80s,but for some reason since it's in the 80s and 90s it's considered good music. When artists send messages or have meaning in a song y'all ignore it.

@@dabossmanjae5560 listen to Kendrick, J Cole, JID, Cordae.

Yo booty phat af doe

Same here lol

Really 20 years later

True facts

Idem pour moi

Fr

Chill my boy lmao .. U forgot 2pac and big

Chill both of ya ... eminem is the goat

@@em28z15 uh no

@@joezxc ask kendrick

@@joezxc uh yes

"Sniffin' up drugs".

Agree

I agree 👍

Agree I’m just hearing this song. Love it

Yeah, or even at the school assemblies every week...

Keep trying and never give up👍🏼

Dont imagine goals just bring them goals in reality

....Or maybe you guys are lost.... 😔

@@1Flyingfist lol 😂 For real old school hip hop was like that, nothing unusual here. Only gangsta rap and mainstream rap changed this, and still some like Tupac wrote great lyrics

Not ahead, always on time

Vous s an du lour

No he wasn’t

This is so real bro 👍

And Nipsey Hussle

@@besbesubisu3817 nipsey was trash lol

Eminem mahn

V3N0M_PL4Yzz GTA so what if theres0% nudity hahaha

till now his so good. bring me back on track

I totally get you. I turned 30 in March. Im so happy to ran into this.💖💖💖

Crying wish I had paid more attention. Know all the words but it’s taken 15 years to understand. Going to make sure my kids listen and pay more attention than I did.

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@@alexisrios8030 ukposts.info/have/v-deo/naSkbamiprB4spc.html

I immigrated to this country too when I was 10. Though this country is racist as hell there is no equality. People discriminate hard, I used to work for Fortune 500 company, and it was super hard to climb up the ladder because of who you are and how you look and where you are from. I was smart and very productive but it works against you because of where you are from, and how you look, the managers always find ways to mess with you. If anything America is and always will be RACIST.

This right here.

I'm a first-year college student, and I'm also an immigrant who struggled with English when coming here. It's my dream to become a lawyer in NYC. Thank you for sharing, it's very inspiring, I'll become a lawyer in NYC myself someday. "If I work hard at it, i'll be where I wanna be"

@@clemence5215 YOU WILL.

Oh wow, God bless you !! Great testimony

Not me

☝️

Me

this song is beautiful

@@andirohim8651 lol

#Truth

he says that you don't have to be gangstas or hoes.

+PumQ but there are some hoes out there but the think they are one if u live in the hood u will see hoes on the streets

change the globe, right? smart boys make you all think it's a gloBe.

+laur balaur too funny if you're honestly jumping on the flat earth movement in this day and age. simple maths can show the shape of the planet we live on

Me brother and can u respond back to my comment that’s never happened to me

@@maxx2raw92 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­

Damn right

My 6 year old Nubian Prince Favourite song💪🏾✊🏾

@@maxx2raw92 whassup

Lorenzo Cole yea he's Tha fucking greatest rappers of all time sure

Lorenzo Cole nah Tupac is the Biggest rapper

The 🐐

Cool bro. I second you. I loved this song since I was a kid until now. I also feel that someday when I'll have ma kids I'll let the know this song.

ColdSanity coolest comment I've ever read

Despa TV .. that sir is a good thought hauah

Despa TV ditto

Despa TV An eemce not a Rapper, an eemce :)

What year? For life

Don’t think they played this song in mainstream radio back in the days correct me if I’m wrong ...

@@SajidHussain-gt6ig this song was played almost every day the year came out.

@@SajidHussain-gt6ig Yep, it used to play in the stations in Houston when it came out.

I just came here from a radio station lol 😂 didn’t knew the name so i just search it up as ik i can i know wanna be and it appear😂😂🔥🔥🔥🔥

Im touched by your words. Congratulations bro and big thanks to NAS for blessing the world with this timeless record

💖💖🥰

You made a story with a song that is a source of inspiration for your story

Good job man this was touching

Your story made me smile.

Facts. That Last verse is different

Jesus loves you

💯

Alexander didn’t do anything to Sphinx noses, and the idea is based on a myth that Napoleon did so, which he didn’t do either, it was much more likely to be other pharaohs such as Akhenaten, who declared himself a God and dismissed his predecessors, the Persians didn’t rob Egypt and steal everything either, they only controlled Egypt for 150 years, and suggesting that Africa was empty from the Hellenistic period onwards is not correct, Nas is dismissive of Rome, Islam and the ottomans in Africa, and jumps to slavery which was in a different area of Africa, west and south instead of north where Egypt is, so it’s quite problematic as a history lesson, but I’ve always loved nas and the attempt by him to make a good song with a real pointed lesson and it’s a shame that songs such as this barely make an impact yet generic and crass songs blow up and are remembered worldwide

@@adamcarney1465 Exactly. Good you mentioned this.

I’m in the same boat. I turned 28 in July but all I’ve been thinking about was just life and the future. Randomly remembered this song and wanted to give it a listen again haha. We will be out of our minds soon we just gotta give it some time hopefully 🤙.

@@jeezy8016 just be yourself and follow your heart fam. That's what the song is about. You like to read and learn? Do it fam. You like to help the less fortunate? Do it. Just do it. That's the song fam. Just READ MORE LEARN MORE CHANGE THE GLOBE. Nas.

Same, broke out the 27 club, curse, just turned 28 and found god. I believe more than ever now, I just had to hit rock bottom… “Ye are all gods” it was written. Love my brothers and sisters.

The power's that control everything do not want minorities to hear music like this in 2019. Might mess around and get some self esteem again.

@@tes-rm4zv a inspiration

Snacks8536 I wish they had more songs like this in the black community

Idk I don’t think it matters what colour you are while Listening to this, I feel a push to do more and better from nas, to respect and help others, and least never forget that factually we owe a lot to the black folk, I thank ya’ll anyway, god bless

Trust me the white community needs this kind of music to. Stop seeing colours everywhere man we're all humans and we need more people like Nas because as the years pass we are getting worse

Factss👊💯💯 intense Goosebumps

It's been 11 yrs

@@bettybirku5104this video was uploaded 11 years ago. I know damn well the first time I heard it wasn’t in College. The song was released over 20 years ago.

Easy over 20 year old ... only the old skool know

@@kylephillips9612 UKposts was non existent then as we barely had broadband internet.

Please do Sis. What's your account name on tiktok?

@@worlatordezor8621 I don’t even have one 💀 I was just seeing that tiktok was making older songs popular again. This is definitely a good reason to make one

Please don't ruin this by TikTok.

@@oreogd1500 fr tiktok always ruins songs we should not let it ruin legendary ones

💯

Good luck boo cause we need you and congratulations on your future

@@queenjesus1986 I don't have enough words to thank you !!! God bless you!

Go and achieve your dreams, your past doesnt determine the future you will live

@@dracopalm7240 Exactly, thank you for your support

@@remusvelcelean2957 anytime man

Wow makes me realize how much music has really change...This is a true hip hop song...makes me sad to think how crappy hip hop has turn in to now days...I'm glad I grew up listening to some of the best hip hop artist ever like (NAS)..music will never be this good again.

My big sister showed me this song. She Would always play it for me where my dad couldn’t hear it

Hell Yea Turning 33 in July Been banging this tune since 03

Eye was a teenager whilst going through a mental breakdown,I kept playing certain songs and this over and over again. All Seeds must listen to this song🧡3️⃣6️⃣9️⃣☯️💓⚖️🧬👏🏾🌞🌙💫🫂🥰💕🥰🌠🤰🏿🤱🏿👩‍👩‍👧‍👧

Same 😭😭😭 I’m 25 tho

Same bruh send me 5000 dollars for a loan!!

I remember him saying “hip hop is dead” I didn’t know what he meant until years later.

why is it when I saw "read more" on your comment I clicked it expecting more lolllll smh

With ppl listening to lil pump and shit the globe ain't changing shit

the

you can't really believe this....

+MayuriKurotsuchi you're probably white washed

Tripped me out that this doesn't have 200mil views

but has 900 + down thumbs, you do the math ..wow !

What's up fellow old millennial. 35 y/o here. I somehow happened upon this song after probably a decade. I wish this song was blasting from people's car's.

Yess 💯

Ik that's right

Could not agree more!

Komin soon 🔜