He was shot in the head and neck o shot outside a

He was shot in the head and neck
o Shot outside a South Bronx project in his Jeep
o This shocked the whole rap world
 KRS-One thought maybe he would be next and came to Toronto
 There was a lot of love for him after he lost his partner
o Their album hadn’t even come out yet
 There was so much attention on KRS-One now
o People were ready to support him no matter what he did because of the loss
of Scott
 He decided to devote the rest of his career to positive and socially conscious music
o This is why they started to call him The Teacher
 He said what other people thought but wouldn’t say in his music
 KRS-One retired the name Boogie Down Productions  what they are known and
loved as and would reinvent himself as KRS-One
 1988  album that should have featured Scott La Rock and KRS-One now only
features KRS-One
o Album called By All Means Necessary
o Tribute to Scott
o Lots of social commentary on issues relevant to the time
in the U.S.
o LP was thought to be insensitive
o The pose he is in on the album cover – he is holding a gun
 Nelson has a problem with this album because
after losing your friend to gun violence you
shouldn’t be holding a gun (an uzi) on the album
cover 
 Posing like the person who could have killed Scott
o Malcom X Story  titled by all means necessary
 This album is a take of this
 Famous autobiography of Malcom X with a picture
of him holding a gun behind a wall
 KRS-One had his inspiration from the Malcom X picture
o They never found out who the killer was
 Stop The Violence Movement was started and founded by KRS-One
o A youth got murdered at a BDP concert, and as a result he started the group
 Second album went gold
 He is now very influential  Queen Latifah, Big Daddy Kane, etc… are following him
with conscious rapping
o Audience is now coming from educated people
o Hip hop was growing up
 SONG: Stop The Violence
 KRS’s rapping style wasn’t great, but he was making history
 Song “Self-Destruction” raised half a million dollars
o None of the artists on that song got paid – money went to charity
 In 1898 he released a very political called The Blueprint Of Hip Hop
o When this album is released, KRS-One was invited to write for the NY Times
 First time this was seen in hip-hop
o The college circuit was also demanding him – he was now a keynote speaker
at Harvard and Yale

 KRS-One is cited talking at the universities and saying things like:
 “College is meant to destroy you and turn you into a hoe”
 “You get jobs through family and friends”
 “No university is built by black people for black people – being
taught by killers”
 “Education dipped in bullshit”
 “College is set up to wreck your life”
o He didn’t conform and say what those who hired him wanted to say
 Next, released an LP called EDUtainment in 1990
o Criticised the album as it dealt with weird subjects
o Too preachy and lecture-y
 SONG: Beef
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