BY JAKE PAINE • MARCH 30, 2019

Few Rap legends seem to have as much to say, especially beyond their lyrics, as KRS-One. However, in recent years, Blastmasta KRS has seemingly stepped away from the media spotlight. Equally, Kris Parker is sparse on social media. Last year he was said to be working with Dr. Dre, following 2017’s The World Is MIND album. He recently made an exception for another Hip-Hop artist and activist, Nick Cannon. “The Teacha” spoke to Cannon’s Class for nearly two hours.

The conversation from early 2019 has just released in full. In one of the rooms at Howard University (where Cannon is enrolled), the Boogie Down Productions co-founder and esteemed MC/producer/author offers some recommended texts. He describes how immature mistakes (including his own) are a necessary pathway to wisdom, and why those critical of the youth must take heed. He also explains how Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech came true in the form of Hip-Hop.

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