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Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
The First Socially Conscious Hip Hop Hit
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's hit 'The Message' spoke to how people were truly living and feeling. Melle Mel gives background to the lyrics he rapped in the song.
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