Coke La Rock on Hip Hop Being #1 Genre in the World 48 Years After the 1st Party (Part 7/7)
In this clip, Coke La Rock spoke about never being a published artist, despite being the first rapper in history. He then spoke about making one-off tap...

Coke La Rock on Leaving Hip Hop in 1979 Due to the Violence Around It (Part 6/7)
In this clip, Coke La Rock opened up about leaving hip-hop in 1979 and not liking the scratching trend that was coming in, as he explained, you couldn't...

Coke La Rock on Kool Herc Getting Stabbed, Hitting the Streets for Revenge (Part 5/7)
In this clip, Coke La Rock opened up about an incident at a club in 1977 where DJ Kool Herc was stabbed. Coke La Rock explained that he had left the clu...

Coke La Rock Raps His Opening Line from The First Ever Rap Battle (Part 4/7)
In this clip, Coke La Rock spoke about being the first person to really rhyme on the mic, as opposed to people shouting out their friends or girls when ...

Coke La Rock on Being at the 1st Hip-Hop Party, Being the 1st Rapper (Part 3/7)
In this clip, Coke La Rock opened up about being at the "Back to School Jam" in the Bronx in 1973, which is considered to be the first hip-hop party. He...

Coke La Rock on Meeting DJ Kool Herc, Hip-Hop's First DJ (Part 2/7)
In this clip, pioneering MC Coke La Rock opened up to VladTV about meeting DJ Kool Herc when they were in high school. He explained that Herc was dating...

Hip Hop's 1st MC Coke La Rock on Seeing Armed Kidnapping in His High School (Part 1/7)
In this clip, Coke La Rock started out speaking about growing up in the Bronx in the 1960s and seeing a lot of gang activity, along with heroin taking o...