Damn. Damn. Damn. Sure, there’s a shitload of nonsense on YouTube. In its short lifespan, we’ve all come to realize that. But every once in a while, a shimmering ray of hope descends from the HyperText Heavens and blesses with the goodness. And yeah, this would be one of those moments. A slender and youthful Biz Markie (of Cold Chillin’ fame) sharing the stage in NYC with the inimitable Roxanne Shante, circa 1986. And if you can get past the fuzzy, dookie-roped nostalgia of the whole thing, maybe you’ll tune into young Ms. Shante’s brief rumination on the cultural and socioeconomic shitshow that was/is the crack epidemic.

Yeah, that’s right. Lest you forget that the “Big Mama” has a Ph.D. in psychology from Cornell (and now has her own practice in Queens). Payback From Wayback!