In this episode of "People's Party With Talib Kweli," Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with rapper, writer, and one half of the Brooklyn duo Heltah Skeltah:

ROCK AKA ROCKNESS MONSTA

Here's what we got into:

• Rock's Brownsville, Brooklyn NY upbringing and early home life.
• First meeting Sean Price aka Ruck when he was 11 years old.
• Being a member of the Brooklyn street gang, the Decepticons.
• Steele of SmifNWessun being the architect of Boot Camp Clik.
• Buckshot of Black Moon protecting BCC from signing bad deals.
• How the Five Percent Nation impacted his life and deciding to leave.
• Seeing Black Moon on TV while locked up and telling himself 'I'm on'.
• CEO of Duck Down Records, DruHa being a standup guy.
• How the album, 'Nocturnal' impacted Talib when he first heard it.
• Rock apologizing for his and BCC's part in promoting Timbs.
• Heltah Skeltah's song, 'Therapy' and how it wrote itself.
• The unrelenting competitive spirit of emcee Sean P.
• Defining Boot Camp Clik's phrase, 'pulling a Ruck'.
• Asking Rock to explain what, 'Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka' means.
• WuTang's influencing the early decision of creating The Fab 5.
• The night Rock realized Ruck was a nextlevel emcee like himself.
• Breaking down some introspective bars from, 'Rockness A.P.'.
• Rock's most recent release, 'Ether Rocks' being delayed due to covid.
• Why he felt compelled to give Krondon a shoutout on the new album.
• An incident at Hot 97 that got Rock and Ruck banned from the studio.
• A fan pulling a machine gun on the group after asking for a autograph.
• The heated argument between Tek and Sean Bigga over Tupac.
• Rock and Talib's take on fans telling rappers how to do their jobs.
• How Rock's daughter has impacted his life and what he raps about.
• Learning how to navigate fatherhood from Sean P, Eminem, and T.I..
• What's next for the Rockness Monsta??

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