- and thought the same or similar...

first off Rubble Kings is a great documentary showing the origins of hip-hop....everyone should peep

but word hip-hop came out of a peace movement after Bronx gangs killed a cat (forget his name) who was trying to organize peace and have the gangs come together (almost just like that scene from the Warriors with Osirus)

so after dude was killed cats started coming together and having parties - thus evolved hip-hop....

so basically hip-hop went from street ngas coming together back to street ngas who now have money.....

so you could argue that the street element has always been there from day 1 even if cats weren't talking about it early on....it's not like it came from middle school kids who had nothing to do.....has always been street - but yes, an alternative to street life....which technically for rappers it still is I guess...so yeah....what really is keeping it real in that context??