rap music - where were you when it started?

[bbones31]

'Is it too early to mourn? Is it too late to ride?'

For myself, it was in elementary school in northern Minnesota listening to my MC Hammer, Kris Kross, and Arrested Development tapes. I really got into it around 8th grade with Bone Thugs n Harmony's 'Crossroads.'(The first rap cd I ever bought, though I almost took it back because there was so much cussing, I guess I didn't want it warping my fragile little mind, lol)