Source: Hip-Hop Wired / iOne Digital
The newest episode of the hit I have questions The series includes the Juice Crew's Big Daddy Kane and the Wu-Tang Clan Ghostface Killah reflecting the culture of Hip-Hop and their career.
The streets demand it, so it's only fitting that as Hip-Hop celebrates 50 years as a culture, the pivotal interview series I have questions returns with two of the best MCs in Hip-Hop—Big Daddy Kane and Ghostface Killah.
The two artists sit across from each other in a plush lounge, with Ghostface reminiscing about the first time he heard Big Daddy Kane rhyme while humming through the works in the Stapleton neighborhood of Staten Island. “That really got me into Hip-Hop, inking and putting the pen down,” he said. For Big Daddy Kane, he recounted his first meeting with Ghostface at their show in Newark, New Jersey, and how they immediately got into a crypt. “It was me, you, Scoob Lover, RZA and Raekwon and Shyheim,” he said. He even revealed how the iconic “Where Brooklyn At?” moment from The Notorious BIG took place at one of his shows.
As the two sip wine, Big Daddy Kane reveals that he started out as a DJ, but a robbery at his grandmother's house forced him to turn to rhyming. “Dude stealing those turntables did me a big favor cause I'm into DJing,” the legend said with a laugh. The conversation went deeper, as Ghostface revealed that his rendition of Mary J. Blige's Ironman classic, “All That I Got Is You,” is one he's hesitant to perform. “It just makes me sad. I don't really interpret it because it brings me back to a place where we were going through it. This record brings pain,” he remarked.
The two artists also talked about relationships with other older and newer artists in rap, as well as how they want to be perceived by the public. “Now there's a disconnect,” said Big Daddy Kane, “That's what we need to bring back so we can talk to the young rappers of today and give them the game. The same way it was given to me. In the same way it was given to you.”
Ghostface also talked about how some rappers need to embrace their fans more by signing autographs and greeting them on the street. “I'm an MC first, but I'm grateful, because Kane we could be somewhere else,” Tony Starks said.
See the whole thing I have a questionEpisode with Big Daddy Kane and Ghostface Killah above.