BONUS: Honoring Biggie Smalls with Havoc, Ebro, Hakeem Jeffries, Ari Melber&more - a podcast by Ari Melber, MSNBC

In this special Beat podcast extra, anchor Ari Melber leads discussions to mark the 25th anniversary of "Ready to Die," the classic debut album by The Notorious B.I.G., which revitalized East Coast hip hop.  Ari leads a discussion of Biggie's musical legacy with his collaborator Havoc (Mobb Deep); Lord Finesse, who produced the iconic final track on Ready to Die; and former Editor in Chief of The Source, Kim Osorio. Then Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Hot 97’s Ebro Darden talk to Ari about the wider issues of hip hop, politics and civil rights. Part two of the discussion also includes Jeffries and Darden discussing the potential impeachment of President Trump, how the 2016 Trump campaign stoked racial tensions to get elected, and challenges facing both the Republican and Democratic parties to address racial discrimination in national policy. This is a recording is of a public event in Brooklyn, N.Y., and includes some explicit language.

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