Maryland - 1989, a police patrol pulls a car over. Inside it, are 2 young men risking a 40-year prison sentence for some very nasty business. One of them is a young rapper called Shawn Carter, the other, Calvin Bacote, a big shot from Brooklyn who decides to take the blame for the whole mess. Calvin’s decision will change the fate of the future Jay Z. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Terrance "Gangsta" Williams

It’s the 80’s... Hip-hop is beginning to emerge. Cocaine, is already everywhere. And crack is about to make a dramatic appearance into ghetto life. This unprecedented consumption will make some dealers into the new kings of the streets, and also new role models for their community. The Undersiders will tell you the story of 8 of them. True and crude. Tales about millionaire drug dealers who at one point directly impacted on the development of hip-hop. Dr Dre, Tupac, Lil Wayne and many more… would these pop culture icons have had the same career if certain of their paths hadn’t meet? Without being judgmental, without glorification, the Undersiders will guide you down into hip-hop’s turbulent underground and follow its rising up as a worldwide culture.