Additionally, the Bronx emcee recalled learning as a child that “Hip Hop is almost a religion.

Although we frequently discuss various neighborhoods and how their rap scenes have ingrained themselves into a city’s culture, the Bronx is a very different story.

The Bronx is where the genre started and the borough has an unrivaled connection to rap, even though the early years of hip hop look very different than what we see today.

Many of our favorite artists came out of the Boogie Down, including Fat Joe, who reminisced about his youth and remembered how diverse hip hop was.

When Joey Crack was interviewed by HipHopDX, he said that since Hip Hop’s inception, inclusivity has been a core value.

Fat Joe discusses the diversity of the genre in light of all the discussions about who belongs and who doesn’t.