In 1993, I first heard Brotha Lynch Hung’s track “I Had 2 Gat Ya”. I was 13 years old and had just finished rec hoops and needed a ride home. My older brother’s friend Stefan was our referee for basketball and I always just admired his style and swagger. He gave me a ride home that Friday and introduced me to a song that would own my life in late ‘93. His system sent chills to my core when I heard Lynch start rapping and that beat straight KNOCKIN in Stefan’s system… Brotha Lynch had officially arrived on the scene and I had a new rapper alter ego to sink my teeth into.