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Who made Milwaukee's first hip-hop song? We find the answer by interviewing national and local artists, including DMC and Speech, who witnessed the birth of the city's hop-hop scene firsthand.

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Who made Milwaukee's first hip-hop song? We find the answer by interviewing national and local artists, including DMC and Speech, who witnessed the birth of the city's hop-hop scene firsthand.

    Episode 1: Setting the Stage

    Episode 1: Setting the Stage

    We begin the search for Milwaukee's first hip-hop song. But first we have to understand the origins of hip-hop before it got to Milwaukee, and the fertile ground for the genre that Milwaukee provided in the early '80s.

    • 29 Min.
    Episode 2: Milwaukee was Crackin'

    Episode 2: Milwaukee was Crackin'

    A fertile music culture in Milwaukee lays the groundwork for a new art form. In the early '80s there is an opportunity to make Milwaukee into the next Motown -- it just needs one charismatic entrepreneur to take advantage of it.

    • 27 Min.
    Episode 3: The Majestics Meet Marvell

    Episode 3: The Majestics Meet Marvell

    A businessman with a business plan finds a group of energetic local kids who model themselves on James Brown and convinces them to record what might be Milwaukee's first hip-hop song.

    • 25 Min.
    Episode 4: Scratch the Record

    Episode 4: Scratch the Record

    Controversy swirls around Milwaukee's first hip-hop song. A group of MCs, DJs and musicians who were there weigh in on the scene, the time, and the true beginning of hip-hop in Milwaukee.

    • 28 Min.
    Episode 5: Arrested Development

    Episode 5: Arrested Development

    The leader of one of hip-hop's greatest groups, Arrested Development's Speech talks about the impact that Milwaukee had on him, and the impact he had on the city and the world.

    • 28 Min.
    Episode 6: The Friends We Made Along the Way

    Episode 6: The Friends We Made Along the Way

    Justin and Tyrone settle the debate. We hear Milwaukee's first hip-hop song in full and put an end to this journey for Milwaukee's first hip-hop song.

    • 38 Min.

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