Before the Rev. Al Sharpton, 71, became a Democratic-leaning civil rights leader, the Brooklyn native was a music industry insider and a hip-hop head who apparently once got into a heated altercation with the founder of a legendary hip-hop record label.
As the head of Loud Records in the 1990s, music executive Steve Rifkind helped launch the careers of successful rap acts such as Wu-Tang Clan, Mobb Deep, Big Pun, and Three 6 Mafia. Rifkind, 62, had a personal history with Sharpton going back decades.
Rifkind now tells the story of how he and Sharpton went from being raised under the same roof to becoming bitter enemies.
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