BONUS: Honoring Biggie Smalls with Havoc, Ebro, Hakeem Jeffries, Ari Melber & more

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

Politics, News, Versant Media, Ms Now, Daily News, Versant, Government

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2019

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

In this special Beat podcast extra, anchor Ari Melber leads discussions to mark the 25th anniversary of "Ready to Die," the classic debut album by The Notorious B.I.G., which revitalized East Coast hip hop. Ari leads a discussion of Biggie's musical legacy with his collaborator Havoc (Mobb Deep); Lord Finesse, who produced the iconic final track on Ready to Die; and former Editor in Chief of The Source, Kim Osorio. Then Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Hot 97’s Ebro Darden talk to Ari about the wider issues of hip hop, politics and civil rights. Part two of the discussion also includes Jeffries and Darden discussing the potential impeachment of President Trump, how the 2016 Trump campaign stoked racial tensions to get elected, and challenges facing both the Republican and Democratic parties to address racial discrimination in national policy. This is a recording is of a public event in Brooklyn, N.Y., and includes some explicit language.

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody.
0:02.0	I'm thrilled to be here.
0:04.0	I'm thrilled that you're all here to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Ready to Die,
0:09.0	notorious BIG's iconic debut album.
0:12.0	I want to bring out our special guests.
0:14.0	We're going to do two conversations, first on the music and then the wider conversation of the impact.
0:20.0	And we have some very special people, so I'm going to bring them out one at a time for the wider conversation of the impact. And we have some very special people,
0:21.9	so I'm going to bring them out one at a time for the first conversation. Please join me in welcoming
0:26.5	Havoc from Mob Deep.
0:33.1	Right. How you doing, man?
0:38.3	I'm good.
0:38.8	Good.
0:39.6	Thanks for having me.
0:55.6	I think everybody knows every one of these people, but Havik, of course, worked directly with Notorious BIG on his second album, and has worked with many other artists, including Kanye West's method band, Nause, and many more. If you know Biggie, you might remember that he said
0:57.8	his mom smiles every time his name was up in the source.
1:00.9	Our next guest is the former editor-in-chief of the source
1:04.6	magazine Kimisorio.
1:06.5	Please give her a warm welcome.
1:13.2	How you doing?
1:14.8	And finally, I want to bring up a legendary rapper and music producer who worked on this original
1:22.1	Ready to Die album.
1:23.1	Please give a warm welcome for Lord Finesse.
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