Uncle is a Hip-Hop pioneer point blank. He started what is the norm in everyday music. He is the reason you see video vixens getting low; the reason you have so many independent labels; the reason sex is almost synonymous with rap; the reason rappers can say any cuss word known to man. With that said no one wants to give Luke his props. All he asks is a little respect. Is that too much?

Proclaiming himself as the Roger Dangerfield of Hip-Hop, Luke speaks with a bit of chip on his shoulder. Citing that because of his raunchy shows, freaky tales, and racy lyrics, he’ll never be honored the way he should be. Ever so like a well trained politician, Luke discusses the old days in which he tutored today’s Hip-Hop icons; and pitching his book at the same time.

Speaking of his book, its not hard to sell because its comes with his CD. In addition to that, when you have names such as Michael Jordan, Mike Tyson, Robert DeNiro, among others as people talked about in the audio-book, one can’t help but want to listen in. That’s like having Superhead’s (Karrine Stephens) Confessions of a Video Vixen on CD. Luke’s The Life and Freaky Times is sure to be a crowd pleaser. As a matter of fact, Luke has been banned from the U.S.A. again for his double CD and audio-book. But in the end, Luke just wants respect.

JayRich: A lot of people have forgotten your battle with the government for speech. How long was that process?

Luke: “It was about two years before it finally made it to the Supreme Court.”

JayRich: Did you feel you would win going in to it?

Luke: “Yeah, what I did was show ( the case) was more than a attack on Hip-Hop. I showed it as an attack on music.”

JayRich: How did it feel being attacked by politicians left and right?

Luke: “Man it didn't feel good. But, you know, they attacked the right one. The one thing about me is I'm real politically active anyway. So I know how politicians work.”

JayRich: Was it easier to face politicians or mothers in the community?

Luke: “The community was straight. All my peoples is good. Wherever they may be. They understand what I'm doing even though they had their own points-of-view.”

JayRich: Will your have a lot of namedropping in your book like "Superhead"?

Luke: “Yeah, it won't be like hers. I'm talking about the parties, freaky stories, etc.”

JayRich: Let me get a little sample of the book. Tell me what's going to be discussed about the following people.

Gloria Velez: "Ya'll go find out about how she got turned out."

Mike Tyson: "We go get into the freaky parties."

Sisco: "People who think he gay will find that he definitely isn't."

Robert DeNiro: "Which one of my waitresses that he fell in love with."

Muhammed Ali: "That he is really good peoples."

Michael Jordan: "That he don't wanna see me in golf."

JayRich: Is a tell all book going to be the new trend in the music business?

Luke: “Yeah, but I think that's a good thing. My book will be a tell all, but you'll get in depth information about the business. Plus, its an audio-book. “

JayRich: A lot of guys wanna know how you turn conservative girls into freaks so fast?

Luke: “All the girls got a little freak in them. They all curious. You got to be gentle and don't talk like you so desperate. They'll do whatever you want them to do.”

JayRich: You called yourself the Robert Dangerfield of Hip-Hop, why?

Luke: “I don't get any respect. All trends and everything I started wasn't credited to me. No awards, no magazines, or anything. You see it all the time, BET Awards giving out a lifetime achievement awards to people that got in the game after me. Who didn't go to war for music. I can't walk in a record company and demand a big deal from a Tommy Motola or a Jimmy Ionvine like Russell Simmons, Jay-Z, and those cats. I've seen a lot of those cats come up. Jay-Z hanging out with Biggie, one of the boys. While I was teaching Biggie about the music business he was riding in the back seat of the car. If I was from New York, I would get some credit.”

JayRich: VH-1 Hip-Hop Honors, do you think they'll ever honor you?

Luke: “In the 25 years of Hip-Hop (special) no Luke or 2Live Crew. If you let them tell the story, I played no significant role in Hip-Hop. The way they promote records, I did that first; all these rap bands, I did that first; have yo own company, I did that first; have yo own click, I did that first; explicit lyrics, I did that first; girls on videos, I did that first; girls on album covers, I did that first; bringing the South in the game, I did that first. I guess they waiting on me to die before you honor me. If they do it like that, I want it to well documented that I'm angry.”

JayRich: Who would you like to honor you, artists or the major music moguls in general?

Luke: “The artists give me respect already. Ask Jay-Z, he'll do that. So I would say this industry. I don't know why its so hard for the Stephen Hills of this world, these big magazines, VIBE and The Source, I don't know what the problem is.”

JayRich: Does the game seem to be missing something?

Luke: “Yes, a lot. There's so many untapped artists. I think what Hip-Hop is missing is a bonafide record label from the South. Promoted, controled, and operated in the South. Not a deal with others. But one that can give production deals, label deals per album, that'll put the same energy they would put into a Beyonce or a Jay-Z. We don't have that in the South. You got hot artists because the South made them hot. Look at Lil' Kim from New York and Trina from the South. As hot as Lil Jon is as a producer, he ain't blown up to the level of Dre cause he from the South.”

JayRich: What will it take for the South to get that type of respect?

Luke: “Someone to start a company with 10, 20 million dollars and give Southern rappers the proper push.”

JayRich: Who'll you get your respect from?

Luke: “Right now, the Adult industry.”

--By Joseph "JayRich" Robinson