we watched "hee haw." all of those things, kind of, became the components of what became hip-hop music. [ melle mel ] ♪ from the poor man's range of the burning sand ♪ ♪ here i stand my weapon is a mic in my hand ♪ ♪ and though i strive to be the strongest man alive ♪ ♪ y'all sold out quicker than the iphone 5 ♪ >> melle mel: i started out as a break-dancer, so i used to break dance. you know, my brother used to, you know, do graffiti. he used to go out, so all -- in all of those individual elements, it wasn't really happening anywhere else. so, it was just something that could, could only have went on right in that area in the bronx. >> anthony: yeah okay, you may be thinking, "what about the sugarhill gang?" what about them? they were an industry band like the monkees or the archies, built to cash in quick on what was seen as a fad. and they did cash in. >> anthony: where were you when you suddenly realized, "holy shit there's -- there's money in this!" >> melle mel: well, that first record i ever heard

but, you know, growing up watching "hee haw" and things like that with my grandfather, and old westernsve ever listened to. >> seth: and did -- he got to see you at the opry, right? >> he saw me at the opry a few times. he got to see me win a grammy.ve so he wa proud. a lot of those things vicariously were maybe he'd always wished he could have done. >> seth: and now, you've got kids of your own. third on the way. ngratulations. >> two boys and a third on the way next month. [ applause ] >> seth: congratulations. did they -- i know your oldest is -- i think you were saying only four years old. do they listen to your music? do they give you feedback? >> if my oldest is in the car with me, the only music he wants listen to is my music. >> seth: that's fantastic. >> so that's -- [ audience aws ] [ applause ] >> seth: and is there ever a time where he's not into one song over the other? >> not really. he wants to hear the whole recordtart to finish. 've been working on a new one now for over a year. and i'm well burnt out on it already just because i've -- [ light laughter ] had to hear it