‘Microphone Check’ Documentary Prepares to Dive Deep Into Hip-Hop History

Historian and director Tariq Nasheed has put together an engaging documentary about the impactful origins of hip-hop that we won’t soon forget. Although the media spent the last few years highlighting the origins of hip-hop, much of the public is still craving to see who else was involved in the genre’s beginnings over 50 years ago. Some of those who are featured in Nasheed’s documentary (entitled Microphone Check: The Hidden History of Hip-Hop) are Coke La Rock, Trixie and Sasa, Sha Rock, Melle Mel, and Grandmaster Caz, among others. By coming together and speaking with Nasheed for Microphone Check, the documentary came to life, and it tells a story of all the figures who put hip-hop on the map back when it was born in the Bronx over five decades ago.  Microphone Check is set to debut this Saturday in New York City. The doc includes rare footage and new interviews while covering the origins of hip-hop. The Aquarian’s Robert Frezza was lucky enough to sit down with the film’s director, Tariq Nasheed, to discuss current affairs in the world of rap (beefs and all), how women have paved the way in the genre, and how come the Grammy Awards...