Episode Synopsis "Episode 1: Setting the Stage"

We begin the search for Milwaukee's first hip-hop song. But first we have to understand the origins of hip-hop before it got to Milwaukee, and the fertile ground for the genre that Milwaukee provided in the early '80s.

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More episodes of the podcast Backspin: Milwaukee's First Hip-Hop Song

• Episode 6: The Friends We Made Along the Way
• Episode 5: Arrested Development
• Episode 4: Scratch the Record
• Episode 3: The Majestics Meet Marvell
• Episode 2: Milwaukee was Crackin'
• Episode 1: Setting the Stage
• New podcast 'Backspin: The Search for Milwaukee’s First Hip-Hop Song' launches July 15