Thou Shalt Not Steal" — The Ruling That Nearly Ended A Rapper

One rapper's own grandmother told him to "just knock them out" after the whole industry wrote him off, and he turned that exact advice into one of the most famous comeback songs in music history. Another recorded his comeback while still legally in prison, out on a supervised furlough. And a federal judge opened a landmark ruling against one rapper by quoting the Ten Commandments, then watched him come back with an album titled "All Samples Cleared!" This is the real, fact-checked story of 12 hip-hop artists who were counted out, and the comebacks nobody saw coming between 1985 and 1999. Every story in this video is sourced — links and sourcing notes below. 👉 Subscribe for Part 2. 👉 Comment below: which comeback surprised you the most? #HipHop #HipHopHistory #Comeback #HipHop #RapMusic #HipHopHistory #RapHistory #90sHipHop #80sHipHop #GoldenEraHipHop #HipHopComeback #LLCoolJ #RunDMC #Rakim #EPMD #DeLaSoul #BeastieBoys #PublicEnemy #SlickRick #BizMarkie #MCLyte #TheDOC #KRSOne #TrueHipHopStories #MusicDocumentary #HipHopFacts #MusicHistory