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Take emceeing, one of the foundations of hip-hop culture. A guy grabs a mic, steps up on stage and becomes a spokesman the voice of the people. If anything, that might be the strongest similarity between hip-hop and comic books, with super heroes, like many rappers, fighting to make a change.

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Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 11
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The basic idea of a hero rising up to represent an oppressed or disenfranchised group of people is as true to hip-hop as it is comic book lore.
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I think that any story that intends on being culturally authentic and true to life experiences will be a great story. Even if that culture isn't a hip-hop-centric one.
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When you are creating something artistically and are speaking to or representing a culture that you know truthfully, you are doing a good job.
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Much of hip-hop, like comic books, is fantastical by nature, too.
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I am the ambassador to the world. I use music to talk to the world - to try to unite masses. To try to spark conversations. To try and evoke legislation to change that'll really be for the people. That's behind-the-scenes kind of thing for me. And that's what the music is for me.
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There's the shared imagery between hip-hop and comics, with some producers and emcees taking on super hero personas.
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Hip-hop was the culture that I grew up with I am part of this culture.
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There have been a lot of hip-hop artists who have made a difference to people's lives, spreading the message of the struggle and representing for those who have overcome adversity.
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In 2016, the conversation of the black experience is so broad, and it's very raw. I mean, c'mon, we have a black president. That's a major thing, and there are so many other significant occurrences that have come from the '60s and '70s up to now.
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I do think that hip-hop has a relationship with comic book culture, and Kung Fu movies too, for that matter.
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