Mixtape

Never Play By The Rules

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Mixtapes have an out-sized role in the emergence of hip hop around the world. Before radio play, the internet, and social media, there were mixtapes. No matter where you lived, you could pop a cassette into a tape deck, and be transported to a party halfway around the world. DJs were taste makers, trendsetters and creators of the sound that became the biggest musical genre on the planet. A meteoric rise for an art form not yet 50 years old. The importance of mixtapes goes well beyond the tapes themselves. Mixtapes were a form of currency. A signifier that you were In-The-Know and had your ear to the streets. A skeleton key to the underground. The culture was too strong to be stopped, and the artists were too talented to be ignored - so they turned the sub-culture into the mainstream, and made hip hop what it is today.

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Cast

KRS-One actor Lil Wayne actor

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Stretch Armstrong actor

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DJ Clue actor

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DJ Jazzy Jeff actor DJ Khaled actor DJ Drama actor Game actor DJ Green Lantern actor

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DJ S&S actor

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DJ Doo Wop actor

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Funkmaster Flex actor

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James Cruz actor Angie Martinez actor Bun B actor Fat Joe actor

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Yves "DJ Whoo Kid" Mondesir actor 50 Cent actor

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A$AP Rocky actor Fabolous actor