Kid, from Kid ‘N Play, on Growing Up Biracial, the Origins of the Famous Kick Step, Sharing the Bill with Gangster Rappers, and More

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Kid, from Kid 'n Play, has been in the game for a long time. We’re not the first to ask about his famous hightop fade or the kickstep. The difference is that when he comes to People’s Party with Talib Kweli, those convos are set in a new context. In this riveting convo, Kid speaks freely about growing up biracial with racist relatives, being looked at as less Black because of the music he made, pressure to keep his iconic hightop fade, and so much more. It’s a truly insightful conversation with a rap lion. A deep dive into one of the godfathers of the whole damn game.

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0:00.0	Peace and love party people. This is Talib Kuala Lee to BKMC, the MCEO.
0:03.8	You are about to hear an excerpt of People's Party hosted by me and my lovely and talented co-host,
0:08.6	Ms. Jasmine Lee. What up Jasmine? What up Peeps to hear our entire combo and all of our episodes
0:13.6	with stars from the game to Lil Kim, to Anthony Anderson, to my sister Tiffany Haddish,
0:18.5	subscribe to the Luminary channel on Apple Podcasts.
0:22.1	Now, House Party was a phenomenon. It must have been
0:28.5	scary big. It was like really, really big. And, um,
0:33.1	Y'all were touring at the same time, recording albums like, Y'all, Y'all were touring though,
0:40.3	like, I've heard Stuart, like, so this is what happens on the internet all the time. It'll be like,
0:45.2	Bill Bellamy, right? Tell us story. Yo, I was at the hardcore rap concert. It was NWA,
0:50.8	it was public enemy, it was iced tea, and it was kid in play, right? I'm like, yo, this is a part of
0:55.2	the story. One of these kids just doesn't belong here. Y'all were doing these gangster rap tours,
1:03.6	right? Yeah. And, and I told you outside that I was watching this video by the dude named
1:09.1	Carcino. Now, we got, I got to shout out Carcino because I don't know who Carcino is.
1:13.1	Right. But he's on YouTube and he tells these rap stories as if he was there.
1:18.9	Right. And one story he was telling was the story of two-packs relationship with
1:23.6	kid in play. And he told two stories, but the first one was the funny one to me because he told
1:28.0	a story about how two-packs on this tour that y'all were on thought that kid in play was the most
1:34.0	fun thing that he's ever seen in his life. You know, he loved hanging out with kid in play and
1:39.5	that y'all had to go to after parties to sort of perform after. Hey. Please tell me this story.
1:46.8	Well, you know, typically a lot of times, you know, if your road manager was on point a lot of
1:50.9	times after the concert. And I think the concert, this was a public enemy. I think heavy D was on
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