“Used to steal clothes, was considered a thief/Until I started hustlin’ on Fulton Street.” - Notorious B.I.G. in ‘Guaranteed Raw’ (from NYTimes's Brooklyn, the Remix: A Hip-Hop Tour) Read more.
“To get my haircut had to go to Fort Greene/On Myrtle Ave., to get a fade with the sides clean.” - Gang Starrin in ‘The Planet.' (from NYTimes's Brooklyn, the Remix: A Hip-Hop Tour) Read more.
“Every morning took the train to High Street station. Doing homework on the train." - Beastie Boys in ‘Root Down (from NYTimes's Brooklyn, the Remix: A Hip-Hop Tour) Read more.
“I'm here to talk about the Albee Square Mall. A place where people shop in Downtown Brooklyn. Where I can be found if you’re lookin…" - Biz Markie in ‘Albee Square Mall' (from NYTimes's Hip-Hop Tour) Read more.
“I used to cop in Harlem, all of my Dominicanos. Right there up on Broadway, brought me back to that McDonald’s. Took it to my stash spot, 560 State Street.” - Jay-Z in ‘Empire State of Mind' Read more.
“Expellin’ MC’s as if I was at Sarah J.” - Notorious B.I.G.in ‘Guaranteed Raw’ (former site of Sarah J. Hale High School; from NYTimes's Brooklyn, the Remix: A Hip-Hop Tour) Read more.
“We used to chill at Nkiru, her moms was a customer. She used to love to buy the books by Octavia Butler.” - Talib Kweli in ‘Ms. Hill’ (formerly Nkiru Books; from NYTimes's Brooklyn: A Hip-Hop Tour) Read more.
“I seen Will on the corner, Flatbush and Park Slope. Shippin’ two pounds of coke with twenty G.’s in his bear coat.” - EPMD in ‘Put On’ (formerly Flatbush Pavilion theater; NYTimes BK Hip-Hop Tour) Read more.
“Brooklyn! The livest borough/You come here frontin’ you might die in this borough.” - Foxy Brown in ‘B.K. Anthem’ (street where Foxy Brown grew up; from NYTimes's Brooklyn, the Remix: A Hip-Hop Tour) Read more.
“Buck one time to your chest, through your vest / F.A.P.: Franklin Avenue Posse/You can't stop me.” - Black Moon in ‘Act Like U Want It’ (near the '91 Crown Heights riots; from NYTimes's Hip-Hop Tour) Read more.
