EXCLUSIVE: Melle Mel on Growing Up in "War Zone" Bronx, Start of the Crack Era

Part 2: Melle Mel: Every Rapper Thought "Rapper's Delight" was Worst Song Ever

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In this clip, Grandmaster Melle Mel of the Furious 5 recounted his upbringing in the Bronx and when he first became aware of hip-hop. He also talked about the drug scene during the late 1970s and how things shifted dramatically by the 1980s with the introduction of crack.