New Uncle Luke Of 2 Live Crew Interview Via AHH
Luther Campbell and Uncle Luke are two different people…or so it may seem to the viewers of the new VH1 series Luke’s Parental Advisory.
As most of his fans know, Uncle Luke entered the national spotlight over two decades ago when he brought the California duo 2 Live Crew out to Miami to spearhead the booty music movement. Sometimes lewd lyrics in tow, Luke Skyywalker single-handedly stood up for free speech in Hip-Hop music. Sure, other people talked about free speech, but Luke went toe-to-toe with the Supreme Court and went to jail several times to ensure that explicit rap records could stay on shelves and artists could perform their material on stage. That “Parental Advisory” sticker was his doing, and Hip-Hop should thank him.
Fast forward 22 years from the 1986 hit “Throw Dat D**k,” and you’ll find a newly married, mild-mannered golf enthusiast named Luther Campbell at home with his family. The D’s being thrown around now are more in the realm of “Don’t do what I did,” and the main controversy on his mind is how to keep his teenagers out of bad dating situations.
Luke may be one of the wisest in the game, but the drama never seems to cease for the man who brought “video chicks” to the forefront of Hip-Hop marketing, and discovered talent like H-Town, Trick Daddy and Pitbull. We talked with the veteran entrepreneur about his new show, the politics of music and the country as well as his feelings on past business endeavors gone bad and everything that is good about life now.
AllHipHop.com: A lot of the context of your new show finds you working with your kids, who are now teenagers, and not necessarily sheltering them, but trying to show them the difference between the things that you've done versus the way you'd like them to behave. How old was your daughter Lacresha when you first told her what you did for a living and really helped her understand what it was?
Luke: I really don't remember, she probably came to me and heard about different songs and asked me about it. Probably when she was about 13, but she's never really been interested in anything that I've done. She's a girl and interested in her own stuff.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THE INTERVIEW
This guy and his group have inspired many rappers and rap groups to get extra nasty with their music and the whole country! Their album "As Bad As I Wanna Be" has one of the GOAT covers, if you have never seen it CLICK HERE and you'll see what I'm talking about...keep in mind this album dropped in 1989...you thought Juvenile invented the wave of "booty shakin'" club jams...THINK AGAIN! Peep these classic 2 Live Crew joints below...
As most of his fans know, Uncle Luke entered the national spotlight over two decades ago when he brought the California duo 2 Live Crew out to Miami to spearhead the booty music movement. Sometimes lewd lyrics in tow, Luke Skyywalker single-handedly stood up for free speech in Hip-Hop music. Sure, other people talked about free speech, but Luke went toe-to-toe with the Supreme Court and went to jail several times to ensure that explicit rap records could stay on shelves and artists could perform their material on stage. That “Parental Advisory” sticker was his doing, and Hip-Hop should thank him.
Fast forward 22 years from the 1986 hit “Throw Dat D**k,” and you’ll find a newly married, mild-mannered golf enthusiast named Luther Campbell at home with his family. The D’s being thrown around now are more in the realm of “Don’t do what I did,” and the main controversy on his mind is how to keep his teenagers out of bad dating situations.
Luke may be one of the wisest in the game, but the drama never seems to cease for the man who brought “video chicks” to the forefront of Hip-Hop marketing, and discovered talent like H-Town, Trick Daddy and Pitbull. We talked with the veteran entrepreneur about his new show, the politics of music and the country as well as his feelings on past business endeavors gone bad and everything that is good about life now.
AllHipHop.com: A lot of the context of your new show finds you working with your kids, who are now teenagers, and not necessarily sheltering them, but trying to show them the difference between the things that you've done versus the way you'd like them to behave. How old was your daughter Lacresha when you first told her what you did for a living and really helped her understand what it was?
Luke: I really don't remember, she probably came to me and heard about different songs and asked me about it. Probably when she was about 13, but she's never really been interested in anything that I've done. She's a girl and interested in her own stuff.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THE INTERVIEW
This guy and his group have inspired many rappers and rap groups to get extra nasty with their music and the whole country! Their album "As Bad As I Wanna Be" has one of the GOAT covers, if you have never seen it CLICK HERE and you'll see what I'm talking about...keep in mind this album dropped in 1989...you thought Juvenile invented the wave of "booty shakin'" club jams...THINK AGAIN! Peep these classic 2 Live Crew joints below...
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