As one of the pioneers of Southern Hip Hop, Miami, Florida rapper Luke recalled defending the music coming out of the South during a new music seminar in New York City decades ago. While speaking at a recent event, Luke revealed that during the new music seminar, Bomb Squad member Hank Shocklee labeled Southern Hip Hop “a fad” and said that it’ll “never be nothing.”
In response to Shocklee’s criticism, Luke says he told those in the room that Southern Hip Hop would soon “rule Hip Hop.”
“I remember in a room just like this at the new music seminar in New York. Maybe 25 years ago,” Luke said in a video posted on Vlad TV. “And a guy—Hank Shocklee got up and said ‘This Hip Hop in the South is a fad. It’s all garbage that’ll never be nothing.’ And I stood up in the room…And I said—In New York City, I said ‘One day, the South will rule Hip Hop because we’re bigger than New York. And we’re bigger than anything else. We’re bigger than D.C. We have New Orleans. We have the Southwest, Texas, Houston. We have the Carolinas. We have Atlanta.’ And to this day right now, those guys—Them and Russell Simmons and all those guys they remind me of that conversation. Because it’s so important what we did in Miami to give guys inspiration. That they can be where they are today right now.”
Prior to speaking on defending Southern Hip Hop, Luke recalled assisting with the music careers of artists like Pitbull. He says the Miami artist, who has garnered a great deal of fame in the years since the release of his debut album, was one of the most difficult to get off the streets.
“I remember having this conversation—Probably the one who was much more difficult into getting off the streets was Pitbull,” he said. “He was very, very difficult to let him understand—I actually had to take him and have him rap in front of a mirror. To let him look at his self because at the end of the day this kid was going in a totally different direction and he wouldn’t have been the guy he is today. And that’s basically what I was doing in the music business in Miami. Just trying to save young men’s lives.”
During the event, Luke also discussed the moment in his career when 2 Live Crew were attacked by the American Family Association for allegedly violating obscenity laws with their music. He went on to label the incident a “black/white” issue and questioned why other entertainment brands weren’t also attacked over their content.
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DANIELLE HARLING CAN EAT SHIT AND DIE SLOW HOE
So your the one that is to be blame for shitty pitbull
Hahahahhahaha awesome, took the words right out of my mouth
Shitty Pitbull has had more hits than your favorite artist. Plus he’s internationally known.
^^^ ON THE MICROPHONE!!!
That is because the casual music listener is mindless and simple, they lack passion and taste, they follow trends like lemmings. He sucks, his songs suck, he needs a sample and a singer to make a song. He stole his shitty style from another pop crap rapper named Flo-rida.
dammit man > jeru the damaja
calle ocho > Gangstarr
born n raised > south bronx
It’s only ruling cuz the illuminati wants too push it hard on the youth an dumb em down
A YouTube University grad I see. lol!!! Niggas always claiming Illuminati when other Black people are doing well.
why do you think he always mentions different cities and countries in his raps?
cuz those are illuminati headquarters locations stooooooopid
Pitbull was a gangsta with street ties. 50 could learn a few things by studying his life and bank account.
You got 50 mistaken for Rick Ross.
Dear Luke,
Southren hiphop is still garbage!
it is garbage…not even close to Hip Hop….breakdancing, graffiti, dj’ing, MC’ing….the South control Hip Pop, at it’s finest. Dont believe me??? Listen to the real Hip Hop from the nineties and listen to that BS today, mostly from the South….TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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sorry I fell asleep reading your comment like I do when I listen to boot camp clik
I heard vinny styles is havin a sale on mecca and enyce though
It actually was a fad
Yet the fad thrives and lives on and NY crap-hop is dead rotten and stinking like crack whore pussy. Nas, Jigga, and Busta still cool though.
After all these years these lames is still mad & still hate’n RIP
Uncle Luke, Gun-Shine Salute