![]() Especially, too, for aspiring artists and people who just love the culture. Sometimes the little nuances and nuggets that get missed in a typical interview-where the artist has released a single or they’re promoting an album-these are important for us to see now. Maybe it’s just recently getting the credit, but people don’t always recognize it as being our main cultural movement. The Knockturnal: Why do you think hip hop attracts special interest for reality TV, like Growing Up Hip Hop, and in-depth interviews like the ones we’ll see on your show?Īngie Martinez: It’s absolutely the genre of our time-and it has been for some time. To be able to do it on a network like WE TV and come on after Growing Up Hip Hop? It’s a perfect fit. So to hear their stories about some of the things these artists went through behind the scenes it’s super interesting. Like, I find Cardi B’s story fascinating, how fast and how unexpected that whole thing was. It just made sense-I have so much history with so many of these artists in hip hop, but also I have a lot of interest with some of the new artists. ![]() It wasn’t too much longer after that that the conversation started happening about doing a show like this with WE TV. It seems like all the things that I took for granted, just because I lived it all, were things that people really resonated with-personal stories, first-hand accounts. It was one thing to write the memoir, but it’s another thing for it to go out into the world and see what people come back to you with. The Knockturnal: What was the inception of Untold Stories of Hip Hop for you ?Īngie Martinez: When that project came about, I had just finished my memoir which was received so well. It’s not fake, it’s real, because I ask them: What do you think? What’s the new hot record? Who should I get as an actor, or actress that they like? I definitely listen and learn from them all the time. When I shot Tales, my sons were producers. The Knockturnal: Lots of people interested in a show like GUHH might start watching because they want to see your kids learn from your success. They know what time it is, you know what I’m saying? I’m glad that God gave me the power to be able to influence my kids to do what they’re doing right now. And you know what, that’s dope.įlavor Flav: Our kids, man. They’re just in tune with everything-with the newest of the new, not just the new rappers that are getting commercialized, but underground, upcoming artists. But I still listen to them and what they listen to. My kids are doing their own thing, too they have their own vibe, their own energy with artists that they like. ![]() So I like this new era-I like the fact that it has its own style and flavor. Like, how we was in my generation is exactly how they’re doing their own thing in their generation. The Knockturnal: There’s been a crazy shift. Irv Gotti: Yeah, some of the recent successful New York artists would be someone like A Boogie, and I gotta say, 6ix9ine. Then when people came after us, they took that style, learned from it, and turned it into their own. We had that thing called a changing of the guards-when we was out doing our music back then, the music was a certain way, and a certain style. Flavor Flav: Ummmm… Look, one thing that I can say is that today’s music, it is what it is. ![]()
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