Hip Hop Artifacts Podcasts

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Hip-Hop Artifacts: Podcast Recommendations

Curated by...Faybeo'n Mickens (she/her)Why did you choose this theme?I wanted to share a few hip-hop podcasts that delve into little-known facts and alternative perspectives from hip-hop's cultural landscape.My list includes various subgenres within hip-hop, touching on true crime, comedy, music history, activism, storytelling, and film/TV. I love hidden gems that may prove useful for music trivia — and all of these shows bring something new to the table.

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The Wallace Estate vs. The City of LAConspiracy theories abound about Tupac and Biggie. The bottom line is that the world lost two hip-hop legends with promising futures way too soon, and their families deserve closure

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HARD STOP!What EarBuds curator Fay likes about The Dossier is that they bring receipts 

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and lots of them. Host Don Sikorski does not mince words or hold back, and each episode is evidence-driven.

What Had Happened WasAll Hail the Queen: Introducing Queen LatifahTommy Boy A&R Dante Ross makes his appearance on What Had Happened Was and drops gems from start to finish about our Queen Dana Owens (aka Queen Latifah), with little-known hip-hop fun facts throughout the entire episode.

Small Doses with Amanda SealesSide Effects of Parking Lot Pimpin (with Lynae Vanee)Fay has been a fan of Amanda Seales since she was doing her spoken word poetry on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam. Amanda's curation of guests and her comedic discussions of hard topics — like the socio-political climate of today — is genius. She truly embraces the honorary “5th Element of Hip-Hop” (which is knowledge, depending on who you ask). 

ODB: A Son UniqueFor the ChildrenAlthough she has not yet seen Hulu’s "Wu-Tang: An American Saga," Fay knew that she could not miss this ODB podcast. Start at the top — host Khalik Allah dives right in with the moment that we millennials all remember from our childhood: the infamous Grammys when ODB jumped on stage to tell all of America that “Wu-Tang is for the children!"

The Almanac of RapComedy and Hip Hop Part 2 feat Diallo Riddle & LuxxuryHow are hip-hop and comedy connected? Was “Dragnet Rap” with Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks one of the most memorable intersections of hip-hop and comedy for the 1980s? Did Eddie Murphy’s “Party All the Time” (featuring Rick James) pave the way for Jamie Foxx?

COMMUNITY:

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