During this period, we traced and viewed what and who influenced Lin-Manuel Miranda to write the musical, "Hamilton." From the musical influence of rap musician Eminem to Ron Chernow's book, "Hamilton," we viewed performances and interviews today about the cultural phenomenon of "Hamilton," the musical. We listened to Eminem's most famous song, "Lose Yourself" and then saw the his influence when Lin-Manuel Miranda performed at the White House Poetry and Spoken Word Jam in 2009. No one viewing this performance knew it would be the first song of a new, blockbuster musical and yet, they were entranced. We also saw Hamilton biographer Ron Chernow comment that Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr were both child prodigies who had so much in common and yet, they foolishly engaged in a duel on July 12, 1804 in Weehawken, NJ that killed Alexander Hamilton - Founding Father, Framer of the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. economic system, BFF to George Washington and first Secretary of the Treasury in George Washington's Cabinet. Both Chernow and Lin-Manuel Miranda agree that the loss of Hamilton was a huge loss to U.S. history and government.