Raquel Cepeda and Nelson George

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Editor Raquel Cepeda and contributor Nelson George on the 25-year legacy of hip-hop journalism: And It Don’t Stop.

Music: Two, Bob James: "Take Me To The Mardi Gras"
Mecca & The Soul Brother, Pete Rock and CL Smooth: "They Reminisce over You (T.R.O.Y.)"

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