[upbeat latin-tinged music] congressman torres has been fighting for the south bronx since he was 25ty council member... - i have made the decision to allocate $25,000 to establish a food pantry for employees who have felt the immediate impact of the government shutdown. - and then in the house of representatives winning new york's 15th congressional district at 32, becoming the first openly gay afro-latino representative in congress. - ritchie. - oh, john, how are you? - how's it going? how are you? - it's good to see you. i'm a huge fan. - i'm a big fan as well. - it's an honor to have you. - thank you for having me. so exciting being here in the house. - there's never a dull moment in d.c. - oh, i bet. you must be exhausted. - look, if someone had said to me a few years ago that i would become a member of congress during a global pandemic and witness an insurrection against the u.s. capitol and then vote to impeach an outgoing president, and all of that would happen within the first two weeks? - that's crazy. - like, i can write a memoir. - wow. - people like me don't normally mak

this past june, an intersection in the bronx, south bronx to be exact, was renamed after black benjier who was beat up in 1971 after trying to break up a fight, commemoraing him to bring about peace when there was systemic change. can you dig it, a hip-hop origin's story. the co-director is pete. he joins me now. thanks for joining me today and thanks for working with chuck d, my friend on this. congratulations on this. many hip-hop stories begin with others at 1520 sedgwick avenue. but as you mentioned, your pod cac showing a different entry point. tell us how the tragic death of black benjie breathed life into hip hip-hop. >> thanks for having me on. it was a back-to-school jam, getting everyone back and ready to school so they could make money for clothing. that was the dawn of hip-hop. the night before hip-hop was really how it all began and it goes back to choosing peace and the power of peace to change the way you live from win, and we found that black benjie, cornell benjamin was the catalyst for the movement, for the art to travel through the bronx. so when he was murdered, he

i work in 92 engine in the south bronx. >> tommy palombo, 69 engine in harlem. >> how old are you onm being 8 years old. >> i was 9. >> how many kids in the palombo family? >> ten. eight boys and two girls. >> the palombo brother's dad, frank palombo, was 46 when he died. ladder 105. in a sense, it wasn't 9/11 that made the palombo boys firefighters. it was september the 12th and all the days that followed. >> my dad's brothers and sisters in the firehouse, they cooked for us. they drove us places. they took us to six flags. i remember going on their shoulders and, you know, they would take us by the arms and spin us in circles. >> the firehouse turned out for birthdays and games. >> the stands were filled at the hockey games, you know? it wasn't the same because you are missing the one person that you want there, but they do everything they can to fill it. they never will, but -- >> they did everything they could to fill it. as hard it was for them, taking time away from their own families. >> the firehouse cooked dinner for the ten palombos and their mother every monday for five ye

it's past june and intersection in the bronx, south bronx to be exact, was renamed after black benji, beaten to death in 1971, after trying to break up a fight. commemorating him for choosing peace, when new york city was rife with violence and inspiring unity against systemic oppression and paving the way for new musical movement, a new five episode of normal podcast series, can you dig, a pop origin story, documents this history. the creator and co director is peach so leyla, he joins me now. thanks for joining me and thanks for working with my friends on this. congratulations on this project. maybe hip-hop origin stories begin with dj and legendary rec room parties at 15 20 avenue. but, as we mentioned, in the introduction, your podcasts chose a different entry point, a different entry point, tell me how the tragic death of black benji bred life into his pop? >> it's good to see you reverend, thank you for having me on. back to school, you just talked about in the last segment, the party was the of back to school jam. getting ready for school to the committee for clothing. the dawn

. ♪ mad thinking about stomping ♪ ♪ i'm from the south bronx ♪ ♪ [ bleep ] compton ♪ >> you going toey. it's my turn. ♪ tonight's the night i get in some shit ♪ ♪ deep cover on the incognito tip ♪ >> suge knight, who wasn't a real gangster, got into cahoots with dr. dre and said, dre, we should start our own record label, which became death row records. >> knight, 6'3", 330-pound former bodyguard, has become one of the most feared men in the music business. >> you got dr. dre, who probably makes beats better than anybody. this guy delivers a hit. >> dre put out his first solo album "the chronic." not only do you get dre, but then you also get snoop dogg. ♪ one, two, three and to the four ♪ ♪ snoop doggy dog and dr. dre is at the door ♪ >> ooh, boy. snoop doggy dog and dr. dre at the door. it's crazy. they knocked the door down, baby. ♪ g thing baby ♪ ♪ we're crazy ♪ >> 70% of rap music, including gangsta rap, was purchased by whites. >> growing up in st. paul, minnesota, my friends and i thought that compton and south central must be the coolest places in the world based on this musi

it's rap music. [ rap music plays ] rap music began in harlem in the south bronx on playgrounds likemusic underneath rapping is called scratching, and it's a process of using two turntables and a mixer, making new sounds out of already existing albums. thing that gave life to music in the '80s for me was hip-hop because it took the sounds of the '60s and '70s and brought it to the forefront. ♪ a child is born with no state of mind ♪ ♪ blind to the ways of mankind ♪ ♪ god is smiling on you but he's frowning too ♪ ♪ because only god knows what you gonna do ♪ graham: "the message" was the first hip-hop song that wasn't just a party song. it was talking about what was going on. it was talking about urban decay. it was talking about drugs, crime, prison, all these things that were hitting communities really hard. ♪ smuggles, scramblers, burglars, gamblers ♪ ♪ pickpockets, peddlers, even panhandlers ♪ ♪ you say i'm cool ♪ when "the message" hit, man, it was like, okay, put that down. what he just say? pull the record back. play that again. ♪ don't push me 'cause i'm close to the edge ♪ geo

in june an intersection in the south bronx was renamed after a gang member who was killed there whileith gang violence, but his group chose to pursue peace instead of revenge in the wake of his murder, shifting from violence to unity against systemic oppression and paving the way for the dawn of hip-hop. that story and the movement that emerged in its aftermath is now the subject of a new podcast series entitled "can you dig it"? a hip-hop origin story. chuck d., who narrates the new podcast joins us now. also with us for the discussion is president of the national action network and host of msnbc's "politics nation" reverend al sharpton. >> reverend al, we take it to you as a godfather of soul. were you his manager or his minder? i'm not sure. >> i was more like his son. you know, he wouldn't let me get into the business because he wanted me to stay in civil rights and a preacher. let me go to chuck. chuck and i go way back. it is a blessing that we're both sitting in this studio, because we're both now five or six years apart. i don't think we thought we'd get to this age when we we

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