>And this is basically how high school went for me, with people
>either not knowing the artists OR wondering why I was
>listening to some "East Coast sh*t" down in South Carolina.

I was in SC in the "Nick has a problem..." era, albeit further south. the cats I were around not only knew those cats but actually brought them out when they had a new video on BET or MTV...

but I do remember that when Master Pee came along I had started to hit the EJECT button on rap music for a minute.