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Ice-T gives a state of play on hip hop in 1989

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Ice-T

Before his first Australian tour, Ice-T called in to triple j's Tracee Hutchison tell his story, as well as how hip hop was developing in the US at that time.

Check out more highlights from the past 50 years of hip hop right here.

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