TARIQ NASHEED Addresses Lies In Hip-Hop, Latinos, Government Involvement And His New Documentary 

Rap is all the way FBA! If it was Jamaican or Hispanic , it would be laced w/ Patois or Spanish. Hip Hop is filled w/ Ebonics. Thx for killing the 🧢

I’m so glad Tariq made this documentary because I’m tired of all the lies!!!!

Don't Disrespect FBA. Back then y'all didn't want nothing to do with black American Hip-hop, but y'all started it. Man get real, y'all didn't start it. This is Foundation Black Americans Hip-hop.

Remember FBA, Kai Centa and all these tethers still saying FBA has no culture. While we nearly created every genre of American music. They over here looking like carbon copies of us while hating on us. We dont move to the Caribbean and start hating on the natives.

Isn’t it ironic FBA created All america’s music but somehow HipHop is all inclusive.

COWBOY CULTURE is also our CULTURE!

Hip Hop is strictly a Foundational Black American creation just like Jazz, blues, Bebop, R & B, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock & Hip Hop.

Shout-out to AllHipHop for this interview 💯 let's wake the ppl up. Black American Pride ❤️🔱🖤🇺🇸

Me and my wife watched the D.C. premiere of microphone 🎤 check, and it was MASTERFUL 💯💯 I turned 50 when Hip-hop turned 50, and I was there in the Bronx, and ain't no damn way no Puerto ricans or Jamaicans created or help start FBA 🇺🇲 Hip-hop culture!! Fall back! Tariq did an incredible job! 📣📣📣 B1 Family 🫡

Foundational Black American history & good business 💪🏿. Salute to the Originators & Pioneers of Hip Hop

Hip-Hop is 100% foundational Black American culture. We are the most influential people on the planet and we are the most welcoming, which works against us in the long run 🤌🏿✨️

I went to Iraq in 2003 & if the Iraqi public wasn't listening to Arabic music, they were blasting rap music.

Latinos main language is not English. There is no way they could have created Hip-hop. Hip-hop uses a lot of slang language that they copy from us. Plus, James Brown inspired Hip-hop and he must be given his props!

Respect to Tariq. The history is clear

Now what I wanna see is the Ricans, Mexicans, Italians, Jamaicans, Haitians etc... give their own documentary on how they started Hip-hop in America. Since it didn't start with black Americans. Then guys shows us your pioneers? I bet y'all can't.

Brother Tariq is doing God's work!!! FBA folks have given us EVERYTHING, including hip-hop culture and it's about.. damn.. time.. folks get their well deserved flowers

It’s not a self righteous attitude. It’s the truth.

Black American Culture period!!!!!! #FBA

THE TRUE FOUNDATION OF HIP HOP: Black Americans created various music genres such as Gospel, The Blues, Jubilee music, Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Soul, R&B, Country music, Rock & Roll, Bee Bop, Doo Wop, Disco, Funk, Go Go Music, House music, Bounce, Hip Hop, Neo Soul and Techno. The breakbeats and soundscape of Hip Hop were greatly influenced by James Brown. In fact, James Brown is the most sampled artist within Hip Hop of all time. Technically, James Brown is The Godfather of Hip Hop. Respect to the legendary DJ Kool Herc. But, he was a major contributor to Hip Hop and not its creator. If a Jamaican created Hip Hop then why isn't a Jamaican artist the most sampled in Hip Hop history? Name the various phrases from Reggae, Dance hall or Jamaican patois that were adopted by Hip Hop. Can you show any Jamaicans rapping and break dancing in 30s and 40s prior to Hip Hop? The elements of Hip Hop started WAY before Kool Herc and WAY before 1973. Black Americans were rapping in the 1940s. Examples of this include “The Jubalaires.” Hip Hop lingo was greatly influenced by the Black American Jazz era, which was created by Black Americans.. Jazz terms such as Funky, Fresh, Fly, Dope, Hip, The Bomb, Boogie, Cool, Chill, Crib, Down by law, Jam, etc were adopted by Hip Hop. It's important to note that Black Americans were holding house parties and block parties with booming systems and dancing to James Brown music back in the 1960s. Dancers would pop & lock, slide, and do splits to mimic James Brown’s style of dancing. Signature dances such as the Camel Walk, The Mash Potato, The Soul Train, The James Brown, etc were all great influences on future B-Boys and B-Girls. DJING: Black American DJs Disco King Mario and Grandmaster Flowers are heralded as the real founding fathers of Hip Hop. They both played James Brown & Disco breakbeats at block parties before Kool Herc. Disco King Mario got a street named after him in The Bronx by the City of New York for being one of the founding fathers of Hip Hop. HIP HOP'S SOUTHERN ROOTS #2: Comedian Rudy Ray Moore set the precedent for mixing beats and rhymes. He is called the Godfather of Rap for helping to birth the genre. He was from Arkansas. Comedian Pigmeat Markham released the song "Here Comes The Judge" in 1968 on Chess Records. The song was a forerunner of Rap music. Mr. Markham was from Durham, North Carolina. Also, old school rapper Coke La Rock is oftentimes credited as being the first official MC in the history of Hip-hop. He was originally from North Carolina and moved to New York. EMCING Black American old school rapper Coke La Rock from New York City is oftentimes credited as being the first official MC in the history of Hip-hop. GRAFFITI: In terms of Graffiti, the 1st known Hip Hop or music influenced graffiti artist went by the name of “CornBread” in the 1960s. He was a Black American from Philadelphia. "CornBread" combined tagging with the music scene. BREAKDANCING: Black Americans invented acrobatic dances such as Tap Dancing, The Charleston, The Lindy Hop, etc. These dances would later become major influences on breakdancing. Additionally, in 1925, Earl Tucker (aka Snake Hips), a performer at the Cotton Club, invented a dance style similar to today’s hip-hop moves. He incorporated floats and slides into his dance. Similar moves would later inspire breakdancing. Breakdancing itself is also thought to have been inspired by the performances of James Brown, which included splits, popping and locking. According to legendary Latino break dancer Crazy Legs, there were very few Hispanic B Boys in the beginning. He said that almost all the B Boys were Afro American. Crazy Legs stated that the Latinos in the 1970's originally referred to breakdancing as Moreno Style dancing. BREAK BEATS/HIP HOP SOUNDSCAPE: In 1962, James Brown recorded "Live at the Apollo." Brown’s drummer Clayton F. introduced a sound that is now known as the breakbeat. The breakbeat would later inspire the b-boy movement, as breakers danced to these beats at block parties. More importantly, in 1969 James Brown recorded two songs that would further influence the drum programming in today’s rap music: “Sex Machine” with John Starks playing drums, and “Funky Drummer” with Clyde Stubblefield on the drums. BATTLING: Another early and continuing influence on Hip hop culture is the Black American competitive oral competition called “playing the dozens,” which combines humorous insults and oral skills in a battle to shock and ultimately silence one’s opponent. A famous practitioner of this oratorical contest was Muhammad Ali, who used short rhymes to belittle his opponents and stupefy pundits. In hip hop the “dozens” grew into the tradition known as “battling,” in which rappers face off against each other to see who has the best lyrics and stylistic flow. TOASTING: Equally important, toasting was derived from the “rapping” of black American radio DJs from the 1940s through the 1960s. These Black American Djs influenced the toasting style of the Jamaican dancehall producer Coxson Dodd. Dodd took toasting or rapping to Jamaica and Herc brought toasting back to the United States. BEATBOXING: Beatboxing is the fifth element of Hip Hop. Some of the historical influences of beatboxing include scat singing out of jazz. It's a historically Black American art form in that even the scat singing in jazz owes a lot of its roots to blues. Scat singing influenced the development of doo-wop and rap and hip-hop styles. Beatboxing is a tradition of vocal percussion which originates in 1980s Hip-Hop. The first pioneer of 1980s beatbox was Darren 'Buffy' Robinson, a member of the Hip Hop crew The Fat Boys. CALL & RESPONSE AND HIP HOP CADENCE: Hip Hop was greatly influenced and inspired by The Black American tradition of Call and Response. This tradition grew out of the Black churches in the deep South, whereby Baptist preachers would grunt, scream, and holler to elicit a response from the congregation. Music artists, such as James Brown, used Call and Response chants and grunts in their songs. In the deep south, Call and Response chants morphed into work chants. Singing work chants helped coordinate movements and build on collective strength in harsh working conditions. Cadence calls motivate, while ensuring unit cohesion and promoting fun. One man, known as the caller, would stand aside from the crew and sing verbal instructions. His commands were answered by the men’s lining bars rapping in rhythm in a call and response manner. The military adopted the Call and Response Cadence songs. Black American Army Private Willie Lee Duckworth Sr. (1924-2004) made up “Sound Off”, a.k.a., the “Duckworth Chant,” which is used to this day in the U.S. Army and other branches of the military. The chant later gained fame as “Sound Off” and remains one of the most popular marching cadences in Army history. Early Black American Hip Hop DJ's used the Black American tradition of Call and Response to format the beginning cadence of Hip Hop. A cadence is a rhythm, or a flow of words or music, in a sequence that is regular or steady. The "Sound off" chant greatly influenced the cadence of early Hip Hop emcees. The pioneering Hip Hop DJs used Call and Response chants and grunts to motivate, engage, inspire, and move the crowd by instructing the audience to scream, or repeat popular phrases.

Tariq Nasheed is very knowledgeable. Salute to this man.

i never knew we would have to have this conversation. Everyone knew hip-hop came from FBA. I am Jamaican and when i came to the states, it was a different kind of swag. No one was rapping on the island. Idk what busta rhymes is talking about. I think FBA brothas and sistas were too nice and accepting back then. I guess this is the outcome. They did not know people would get brand new and re-wright history.

Hip Hop is a subculture in FBA Culture. Period.

Let's start supporting only FBA Hip Hop concerts only, period, Male, and Female.The time has come Family.

“Them People” don’t get to tell us what Hip Hop is.

🗣️ #FBA protecting our Culture from the vultures ! Tethers gonna be in this comment section crying 😢 watch 😩😂😂😂 Keep speaking truth to power #FBA fam ✊🏾

I bet if someone said “reggae was started by Chinese people Jamaicans would lose their mind. I bet if someone said “reggaeton was started by Filipinos” pr’s would lose their minds. Why can’t other cultures just say “respect to fba’s for bidding the foundation for this genre of music we adopted, adore and love so much. I just don’t understand why it’s so hard to give fba’s respect and props. It’s interesting everybody wants to lead with their perspective culture but don’t typically live where their culture is from. If you feel that strongly about where you’re from….

Just as Hip-Hop culture is the culmination of FBA Culture, the FBA concept is the culmination of previous thought leaders such as Hon. Elijah Muhammad, Dr. Amos Wilson, Dr. Claud Anderson, and Bobby Hemmitt among others. Each suggested that FBAs would be the catalysts for the redemption of the global Black Family. Tariq took the baton and continues the marathon. Kudos on Microphone Check!

I'm Dominican I'm from the Bronx I 100% support nasheeds message Latinos were there in proximity but did not start rap or hip hop music/culture

I agree: the West coast story needs a documentary also. ✊🏿

This interview was outstanding!! Shout out to both gentlemen.

As a Mexican American I can definitely agree latins didn’t create hip hop they might have been around and got involved 1st and helped push it but it definitely wasn’t there idea 1st. I’m thankful for hiphop and glad it was more than a fad like they said it was in the beginning stages.

So Basically; I don't want you in My Nieghborhood but Leave YOUR Hip-Hop Culture on the Table before You GO!..

The interviewer must have a Latino boss. He seems nervous. Lol

King Flex!!! Great Interview!!!

And let me tell y’all something!!! Even with Country music it was BLack Man who invented the Acoustic Guitar Robert F Fleming jr

Great interview! So proud of Tariq and the FBA Family. Keep pushing

Fat Joe and Busta Rhymes punching the air right now. Talking about Puerto Ricans and Jamaicans started hip hop. They done F'd around and found out.😂🤔👈

🇺🇸 FBA all day! Our history is deep! Giving Tariq Nasheed his flowers always! 💯 ✊🏾

I remember going to the hotel diplomat in Manhattan back in 1977 ,1978,1979 to DJ hollywood parties

Rap music was castigated and dismissed as a fad for years. It has arguably been the most financially successful genre and culturally influential phenomenon for a couple of decades now. There’s an old adage that success has a thousand fathers, but success is an orphan.

Very good interview.

Salute to AllHipHop for giving Tariq your platform to share his phenomenal documentary on our culture.

If Jamaicans created Hip Hop how come they didn’t create it in Jamaica?Jamaicans and P.R. we’re part of the beginning of Hip Hop too because they lived in the hood with FBA in NY.But everything that’s considered Hip Hop is all FBA in the beginning. Next they gon claim they created soul food.

This Young Brother did a Fantastic Job interviewing Bro. Tariq, the questions were IMPRESSIVE & on point and really kept the Energy Flowing PERFECTLY ! Bro. Tariq is LEGENDARY for his Efforts in Documenting OUR HISTORY & CULTURE .. so Solid and Outstanding !!! Can’t wait to see this Documentary !!

Thank you for this ✊🏾 The truth shall set you free!!

Tariq is keeping it classy.

thank you for finally talking about what the culture really is saying

Hey Puerto Ricans, Caribbean and Africans Can you show me and FBA your version of Michael Jackson, Prince, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Whitney Houston, Patti labell, , Aretha Franklin, Earth wind and fire, The Delfonics, The Temptations, Since we FBA Copied your Culture and we don't have a Culture, I'll wait!!!

All hip hop yall on fire for this! Chuck I remember reading all your stuff homie.

He puts in such good work!!! Thanks Tariq

Brother Tariq ALWAYS Represents well! Congratulations to the FBA/B1 Family! Quality interview! ✊🏿💯✅️

Rap is one of the most popular genres in the world, but unfortunately its history has never been properly documented. Native Black Americans have rapped in music since the post emancipation era. However most books, articles and documentaries insinuate or outright claim that the genre is something new that started in New York with the Hip-Hop youth movement.

Excellent interview the interview or was very knowledgeable and asked the right questions.

"Hip-Hop is a Black american baby (creation) because everybody hate it was born and then dare to not only survive but to prevail," - Brotha Awakener

FBA created House music...back in chicago.....all love from south africa❤❤

amazing interview; great questions and responses from Tariq

Great interview as usual with TARIQ NASHEED‼️ Thank you for breaking the information down so we're not still confused afterward‼️ From your #1 supporter🎥🎬🙏❤️⚓️🌁‼️

Blessings Tariq....this was, is, and will-be needed documentation for the future

Spike lee is probably wishing he had done this before TARIQ LOL 😂 Congrats 👏 Tariq

All Hip Hop has an article from 2013 that talks about The Zulu Nation telling Herc he needs to admit that he didn't create Hip Hop.

Great interview

Great interview ❤❤❤ I can listen to Tariq talk all day 😍

FBA the family and B1 is the code!✊🏿🖤🇺🇸

Another great interview with Tariq proud of your successful projects with Microphone check and can't wait to see the documentary

That film is filled with so much information I loved it and I’ve learned a lot

Hip-Hop came out it black music and Latinos said they are white

❤ You Gentlemen, Keep Up the Fantastic Work 💯💪..

A culture is created from a combination of people, events and situations. No one person or event creates a culture. The colossal fabrication about how Kool Herc allegedly started Hip Hop with a back to school party on August 11th, 1973 is the sanitized fantasy version of the genre's foundation. The glorious tale of this singular clean cut event, where the elements of Hip Hop suddenly formed together, was a PR move to make Hip Hop palatable for corporate interests and mainstream audiences. The hardcore fact is that Hip Hop emerged from the gritty and violent street gang culture of the Bronx. There were Black American gangs such as the Savage Skulls, Glory Stompers, Blue Diamonds, Black Cats and the Black Spades. The Blacks Spades were New York's biggest and most feared street gang and they spread this burgeoning culture throughout the 5 boroughs. It all started with a couple of Black Spade block parties in the early-1970’s. It began in Rosedale Park and the Bronxdale Projects. The earliest Hip Hop culture began receiving a limelight in the early 70's, before Kool Herc, when Black American gangs or crews like The Black Spades would introduce raps at park jams, block parties, and clubs. The Black Spades made graffiti part of this new culture. They would spray paint the Black Spades symbol all over New York City. Additionally, as a crew The Black Spades had DJ's, B Boys, emcees, and a certain lingo, which was adopted from the Black American Jazz vernacular, such as Funky, Fresh, Fly, Dope, Hip, The Bomb, Boogie, Cool, Chill, Crib, Down by law, Jam, Rollin' etc. They listened to Soul, R&B, Disco, and Funk, mainly James Brown. Hip Hop pioneer DJ Disco King Mario was a full fledged member of the Black Spades. Moreover, Afrika Bambaataa was in a Black Spades division before becoming a famous hip hop DJ. He broke off from the Black Spades and went on to form the Universal Zulu Nation. Black American DJs Disco King Mario and Grandmaster Flowers are heralded as the real founding fathers of Hip Hop. They both played James Brown & Disco breakbeats at block parties before Kool Herc. Disco King Mario got a street named after him in The Bronx by the City of New York for being one of the founding fathers of Hip Hop. THE TRUE FOUNDATION OF HIP HOP: Firstly. Hip Hop lingo was greatly influenced by the Black American Jazz era, which was created by Black Americans.. Jazz terms such as Funky, Fresh, Fly, Dope, Hip, The Bomb, Boogie, Cool, Chill, Crib, Down by law, Jam, etc were adopted by Hip Hop. Moreover, the break beats and soundscape of Hip Hop were greatly influenced by James Brown. In fact, James Brown is the most sampled artist within Hip Hop of all time. Technically, Janes Brown is The Godfather of Hip Hop. Respect to the legendary DJ Kool Herc. But, he was a major contributor to Hip Hop and not its creator. If a Jamaican created Hip Hop then why isn't a Jamaican artist the most sampled in Hip Hop history? Name the various phrases from Reggae, Dance hall or Jamaican patois that were adopted by Hip Hop. Can you show any Jamaicans rapping and break dancing in 30s and 40s prior to Hip Hop? The elements of Hip Hop started WAY before Kool Herc and WAY before 1973. Black Americans were rapping in the 1940s. Examples of this include “The Jubalaires.” It's important to note that Black Americans were holding house parties and block parties with booming systems and dancing to James Brown music back in the 1960s. Dancers would pop & lock, slide, and do splits to mimic James Brown’s style of dancing. Signature dances such as the Camel Walk, The Mash Potato, The Soul Train, The James Brown, etc were all great influences on future B-Boys and B-Girls.

They don't want to give credit to FBA for anything we do.

Thank you❤❤

Damn Flex! 4 of your favorites is 4 of mines! #1 LL COOL J #2 RAKIM #3 KRS1 #4 ICE CUBE #5 SCARFACE

Good interview credit for our culture FBA

Where was y'all at when all the rappers was catching cases from the police then? Like Ice Cube, NWA. and the rest of them. Y'all was no where to be found.

Keep going we need this 🖤🦍✔️

Great interview brothas.

Facts #microphonecheck 🎤🎤

FBA IM HERE TO GATEKEEP MY CULTURE

Facts!!! He hit it right in da nail wit this 1!!! Bac in the early 90”s everyone had a different sound!!!No one sounded alike!!

5:05 Hip Hop is a CULTURE of creativity. Big Ups 2 Tariq for covering this and doing the documentary . 11:28 Totally . If you were alive during that time you know how much fun it was. 15:35 The creation of Hip Hop was a collective effort by many contributors . Always much Luv for TariQ . 👍🏾

Tariq we needed this. The truth needs to be told.

These ignant rappers should be leading the charge.

Great interview my G you’re different 🫡🫡💯🦾

❤ Do It Fo Da Lineage 👊🏿🔥

“First through the ceiling gets all the cuts”. That’s fly.

What Nasheed has put together in this film is epic! I look forward to seeing his film💯.

If there was any kind of an award that could be presented to someone who have not only bring a truth to light but also actually save one of the most important life cultures that has impacted lives from one corner of the globe to the other belongs to Tariq Nasheed, I have to thank him for defending and showing the world that us black Americans here in the U.S. ain't gonna let it go down like that, stealing, hijacking, what ever you want to call it that they have been trying to do. All praises go to that man Tariq for standing up and fighting for what we created.

I am so proud of Tariq.

I’m glad that Tariq is getting a lot of press to share the TRUTH about Hip Hop’s origins.

I love Tariq! He’s doing a great thing! I’m white from Australia…in recent years I started to notice the cultural appropriation which irritated me! D bags like fresh and fit are so disrespectful. Salute Tariq! This history must be told!

If hip hop started in Jamaica show me one Jamaican Based rapper or rap group from the past or present..

*Eastside Low Bottoms sh*t !* _Tappin' in from South Central LA_ Salute to the King of Receipts Tariq Nasheed ✊🏾 _"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."_ -George Orwell I went to the LA premiere with my two sons. This movie dispels all of the lies that have been told on the culture of hip hop. As much as these "others" try to lay claim on hip hop, they can't argue with the pioneers who they themselves hold in high regard.

I love it been consuming all the videos praising the documentary🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥

FBA all Day

So much respect to Brother Tariq. He went hard in the paint to tell and show the truth who the originators are. Latinos, have a seat some where and recognize stop your lies.

Thanks Tariq for killing the 🧢👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Charlie Chase is Latino and he was around in the mid to late 70’s. I spoke to my brother who was there when hip hop began and he told me straight up that Latinos were there at the beginning of it all. He said at the jams off course there weren’t as many as the brothers and sisters but they were there.

FBA ✊🏾🇺🇸❤️

Been following AHH since 1999, salutes Chuck #fba 🚀🚀🚀

Even while I'm in the dark valley of life , I still hold on to hope and optimism of a better day for myself . The bad is a part of my life story and I own one hundred percent of it . For every ripe , there's a rot . I'll give it to you straight with no chaser , no fabrications , nothing diluted , nothing artificial and that's the authenticity of my being . I'm relatable , approachable, and never beyond reproach . I can look any man and woman in the eyes and present my mishaps , my flaws and shortcomings . I don't need to look in mirror because I know that my soul has not been compromised . I won't conform to the pressures of the status quo and I'll go against he grain if it's on the side of righteousness .

HipHop was created by Foundational BLK Americans (FBA) ... We are the Culture. ... 'Nuff said. FBA 💯🇺🇲