What makes someone an underground legend? Not being a part of the mainstream is one definite requirement. This new series tells the amazing stories of the most important underground legends ever. Larry Hoover's story is deep, many hear his name in rap songs as Chicago's biggest gangster or drug dealer, but most don't understand his real legacy. Yes, it's true he was the leader of what is considered the biggest Chicago street gang ever: the Gangster Disciples. Then at age 23, Larry was convicted of a murder and railroaded into a ridiculously unfair sentence of 150-200 years. But even after...

"The world changed at 6 in the morning." Ice Cube = Malcolm X? Young MC = Martin Luther King, Jr.? West Coast hip-hop from 1987-1992 represents not only the most important time in hip-hop history, but is one of the most historic and influential cultural and artistic movements of the 20th century. This new wave shifted the balance of power so that by the early 1990s Los Angeles had become the capital of the hip-hop nation. The broad appeal of West Coast hip-hop helped establish new cultural and racial norms which created a base of opportunity for Barack Obama to not only be taken seriously as...