![]() I was so impressed that people my age, preteens and teenagers, were doing things that so-called professionals were doing at it better than Slick Rick. And that's where it started for me, in that staircase. And I didn't know that until those actual people showed up to one of these sessions. He was saying other people's rhymes in there. They weren't, they were other people's rhymes. But the funny thing is this, I thought those were his rhymes. Up to this point I didn't even know he rhymes. Like, you know, one guy's beating on the wall, one dude's beatboxing in the corner. And then these guys came by and more or less like, 'yo, we're going upstairs.' 'Alright, let's go.' At this point. ![]() And we're just standing around and I'm like, this is it. I'm feeling like I'm hanging out with a 22-year-old. Just let me give you guys a little history on 'Chef.' Oldest child, old soul, always been like, mature beyond his years. And one of my best friends at the time, I used to walk home with every day was Raekwon 'The Chef.' One day, he asked me to hang out with him. I moved back to Staten Island from Long Island, and started attending Dreyfus 49 Intermediate School Middle School. Method Man: I was in junior high school, just moved there. Shirleen: Tell me about that chance encounter. And by the time it is, you will be the old school artists, and I was like wow, that's prolific. I remember when KRS-One said you can't call us old school artists, hip hop isn't even 20 years old yet. I will say that around the time that I discovered hip hop, I might have been 10 or 11 years old at the time. Just the love of it, you know, and it was still in its infant stage. So when I fell into it, I fell all the way into it. But my love was with these guys to create. And I kind of did hang out with some of those guys. I could have hung out with the guys that sold drugs, I could have hung out with the guys that drank a lot of 40 ounces and smoked a lot. You kind of take on what crowd you're with. I was lucky enough to, at a young age, hang out with guys that loved music. I used to memorize all the jingles from The Electric Company and Sesame Street. Since I was a young tyke, we're talking like kindergarten. Method Man: I've always been a music lover. Shirleen Allicot: What was it for you? What sparked your ascent? DISCOVERING A LOVE FOR HIP HOP:īorn in Hempstead, Long Island before moving to Park Hill, Staten Island for middle school, Method Man would weave his way into the hip hop scene with the help of his friend and fellow Wu-Tang Clan member, Raekwon 'The Chef.' Both editions will be made available to stream on-demand at or our ABC7NY app on Roku, FireTV, Apple TV and Android TV. Watch our half-hour special '50 years of Hip Hop: The Bronx and Beyond' now, followed by a one-hour extended look on Channel 7 at 1 p.m. NEW YORK (WABC) - The concrete jungle of New York City has grown and cultivated an impressive lineup of hip hop stars since the birth of the genre in the Bronx five decades ago, including one figure that would become part of a cultural revolution during the "Golden Age."Ĭlifford Smith Jr., aka 'Method Man,' was just 2 years old back in 1973 - a "young tyke." But even at a tender age, the future Wu-Tang Clan founder would find out that his power with the pen was mightier than a sword.Īhead of hip hop's 50th anniversary, Method Man sat down with Eyewitness News anchor Shirleen Allicot, and described his humble beginnings, his rapid ascent to rap stardom and the legacy he hopes to leave behind. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.Wu-Tang Clan founder Method Man reflects on the impact of hip hop and its New York City roots for the 50th anniversary. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Continue without accepting’ or ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices or learn more. Third parties use cookies for the purposes of displaying and measuring personalised advertisements, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we will also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences, and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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