Before I begin giving props and respect to anyone, let me remind y’all that I was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Been living on this same ass Bushwick block for all of my 28 years. I done lived through, participated in and survived the crack epidemic, pacifier around the neck fad, Tommy Hill/Polo Era (Still rockin’ Lo like I’m Thirstin Howl III’s little brother), and the East Coast/West Coast beef (I never went to LA during this or after but I once flipped on this Cali dude in school for saying that E-40 was a better MC than Big ...