From inside a rarely used special room at City Hall, FOX 5 NY’s Lisa Evers sat down for an exclusive conversation with Mayor Eric Adams about his lifelong connection to hip-hop, what it means to him, and what it means to the city.
Sitting here as the mayor, who would have thought hip-hop would have gotten us this far, as Biggie would say?I think growing up as a child, you know, it's amazing. Sometimes you don't know what you are experiencing is going to have a global impact. It was in the auditorium. One day we were doing something with some type of drill, and we heard someone on the microphone doing this rhyme, and we knew that this was new, and then you had block parties, music in the park.
It hit mainstream, but it wasn't an easy journey to get to mainstream but it was a long road but it became global, but it's amazing to see it and having it here means a lot.Looking ahead, the mayor told Lisa he hopes every generation will be inspired by hip-hop's example of succeeding against all odds.that I have read and agree
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