Hip-Hop explodes into the mainstream. The Zulu Nation’s Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force drop the hit record Planet Rock. Bambaataa also spends time with underage boys.
Voices in Order of Appearance:
- Kool DJ Dee, President of the First Division, First Chapter of the Black Spades
- Tyrone the Mixologist
- Chuck D, Public Enemy
- Daddy O, Stetsasonic
- Lord Jamar, Brand Nubian
- Afrika Islam, Zulu Kings
- Michael O’Keeffe, Journalist
- Troi “Star” Torrain, Broadcast Journalist
- Lord Shariyf, Bodyguard to Afrika Bambaataa
- Ronald Savage, met Bambaataa around 1979
- Number 4, met Bambaataa around 1977
- Number 5, met Bambaataa around 1982
- EJay, met Bambaataa around 1980
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