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This week's guest on Day 1 Radio is award-winning photographer and Hip-Hop documentarian Brother Ernie Paniccioli. In this talk, Brother Ernie gives us glimpses and stories about his career and encounters that date back to the 1970s. 1:30 - Brother Ernie wastes no time with the gem dropping. He kicks off our conversation explaining why Hip-Hop as we know it did not start with Kool Herc in the Bronx, but that it started in ancient Africa because all four of its main elements can be traced back there. He then goes in the history of how Blacks and Indigineous people were portrayed in the media and how that inspired him to start documenting history. 9:45 - Brother Ernie drops a bombshell and reveals how he really got his first camera, and it wasn't the widely reported story that he borrowed it.  14:00 - Brother Ernie is not a Nelly fan, and he explains why with no hate involved. He then goes into why record labels are enemies of Hip-Hop. Ernie also speaks on artists who aren't known for being socially conscious in their music can still be powerful via their actions in the community. 17:30 – The photographer’s  "Hip Hop at the End of the World" features Queen Latifah and MC Lyte on the cover. Here he explains why (with some advice from his editor) he chose to feature two women on the cover. 21:00 - Brother Ernie attempts to answer the "complicated" question of who is his favorite person to photograph. He winds up giving us a handful of stories of his favorite photography moments, one involving the image he captured of Ice Cube choking a replica of the Statue of LIberty. 30:00 - Ernie talks about how his business and censorship fued with with Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch almost led to the book never coming out. 36:50 - Brother Ernie says Doug E. Fresh is the only person to ever deny him a photograph. He then tells a crazy story about how many years later him and Doug E. connected again and prevent a fight at a Russell Simmons event. 42:45 - Brother Ernie talks about how he feels it is his personal responsibility to document Hip-Hop culture and shares a story about how he was blessed with the name of his first book by an FOI member that he didn't know at the time, but eventually became friends with. 48:45 - Brother Ernie shares another unique story about a former mentee, Rayon Richards, who went on to become a high profile real estate photographer. Day 1 Radio podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, IHeartRadio, Spotify, Stitcher, Radio Public, and CLNS Mobile Media app. Follow us on Twitter, FB, and IG at @day1radio