From Killer Mike to Fat Joe, hip-hop stars talk about how first rap song resonated with them

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. and GARY GERARD HAMILTON
Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Remember the first rap song you heard? Some of your favorite rappers and DJs do. While hip-hop celebrates 50 years of life, The Associated Press asked some of the genre’s most popular artists – including Killer Mike, JT of City Girls, King Combs and Fat Joe – to recall their fondest memory and how the moment resonated with them. In the second of two parts, the AP spoke with 14 rappers and producers who reminisced about their first time listening to a song from either Tupac Tupac Shakur, Grandmaster Flash, Run-D.M.C, Uncle Luke or a close family member.