. >> shaolin. >> so it's unbelievable what this people's culture that is authentically new york city, them. >> right. >> i'm going to be positive to them and say we're better. >> i'll tell you this, "the beat," we're nonpartisan when we cover congress. we're nonpartisan when we cover hip-hop. i'm not picking between the south, the west, the east, but the mayor is on to something that new york's diversity and its verbal dexitarity, you can't win an election in new york and you can't move through the streets of new york unless you know how to talk, listen, talk back. >> to every kind of person. >> in every situation, and fast. >> that's right. and i'm going to tell you, when you come from new york, and you make it like that song, if i can make it here, i can make it anywhere, it's true. that's why wherever new york go, new york is just the energy and people respect it because we deal with so many different types of people, and we come from so much, you know, i mean, we're on top of each other. you know, we all come from the hood. that's why hip-hop is so beautiful. >> we have been commu