MC Eiht Reflects on Crafting Theme Music for Drivebys

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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.

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“I’m so far ahead of my time; I’m bout to start another life/ Look behind you, I’m bout to pass you twice.”- Jay Z

“Youngins ice grillin’ me, oh you not feeling me/Fine, it cost you nothing/Pay me no mind”

“I’d rather die enormous than live dormant”

“They giveth and they taketh life is cruel that way/But even a broken clock is right at least two times a day”

“A wise man told me don’t argue with fools, cause people from a distance can’t tell who is who.”

“Swear to everything, when I leave this Earth, it’s gon’ be on both feet, never knees in the dirt”

“No one said it would be easy, n**** livin’ is work”

“I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying”

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