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Who made Milwaukee's first hip-hop song? Turns out, this question is a tough one to Google. So we're finding the answer.
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We hear Milwaukee's first hip-hop song in full and put an end to this journey.
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Arrested Development's Speech talks about the impact that Milwaukee had on him, and the impact he had on the city and the world.
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A group of MCs, DJs and musicians who were there weigh in on the scene, the time, and the true beginning of hip-hop in Milwaukee.
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A businessman with a business plan finds a group of energetic local kids who model themselves on James Brown.
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In the early '80s there is an opportunity to make Milwaukee into the next Motown -- it just needs one charismatic entrepreneur to take advantage of it.
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