In this exclusive clip rapper MC Eiht recalls hearing his first rap song, becoming a part of the movement, and how his new career tied into his gangbanging ways. In comparison to today, the early 90's was a gangster rapper's time to shine, and MC Eiht made sure his name was put in that category. He began listening to a variety of New York-based hip-hop after hearing "It's Like That" by Run DMC, the first hip-hop track he'd ever listened to. "And then from there when I first heard Eric B and Rakim ["Eric B. Is President"], that's when I knew rap music was real," he explained to DJ Vlad. "So I started thinking about, you know, how can some young gangbanging dudes from Compton even fit into this world?"
The rest, as we all know, is history.
MC Eiht also revealed music would help him and his crew get amped up to do drivebys. "You get in your car you want that mood to be [sic] because basically you don't want the mood to be so somber and quiet to where people start second guessing the mission," he explained. "So you want dudes loaded, you want them high off sherm, you want them high, you want that element to be like, 'We finna go handle business. So the first thing we gonna do is throw in the motherf**king tape deck, put on some motherf**king Grape Vine or some flashlight and we finna hit a n***as corner, and let him have it. Because now I'm in that mood to where I'm relaxed."
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