An emotional moment for a hip-hop pioneer. Legendary DJ and rapper Grandmaster Flash reflected on how far hip-hop has come. He started spinning vinyls on the streets of the Bronx nearly 50 years ago,
“A lot of times, legends don’t get a chance to see their work in full fruition, I thank Almighty God and I thank all you hip hoppers for allowing me to see this thing we did from nothing to now,” said Grandmaster Flash.
Rap royalty came together for the Universal Hip Hop Museum groundbreaking Thursday.
“It made me dream. You know what I’m saying? Hip-hop made me believe anything was possible,” said LL Cool J.
“And it taught me more than schools taught me, believe it or not. I’m proud to be here in the Mecca of hip-hop, the Bronx,” said Nas.
“This hip-hop music came out of oppression. It came out of people suffering. It came out of the Bronx looking like Vietnam. The buildings was blowing up. And people had to make something out of nothing,” said Fat Joe.

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