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Paradise Gray Talks About The Relationship Between Early Hip Hop & Disco Music

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Bronx O.G. Paradise Gray witnessed Hip Hop develop in real-time. In this clip, he provides Questlove Supreme with a history lesson that offers some important perspective about key movements before August 11, 1973. Paradise in particular, spotlights the late Pete DJ Jones, who mentored and ushered Lovebug Starski, DJ Hollywood, Kurtis Blow, and Grandmaster Flash. The X-Clan co-founder turned author and television host also expresses how Hip Hop was birthed out of Disco, Rock & Roll, Funk, and so much culture. Do not miss his powerful summation at the end.

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