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October 16, 2023

40% of What?!

By: Jack Anderson

After Juicy J’s comments that there’s a 40% decrease in hip-hop, Fresh and Confucius talk about the truth behind hip-hop’s perceived drop in influence. Then they talk about whether it’s fair to judge Drake.

You’ll learn Hip-Hop Facts about Janet Jackson’s inspiration for Rhythm Nation, why Ghostface Killa wouldn’t show his face on the first Wu-Tang album, what happened when Chris Brown auditioned for Diddy, and more.

Fresh states the Unpopular Opinion that rappers who move to Austin to get their career going don’t rep Austin enough.

Confucius talks about the Republicans’ struggle to elect a speaker of the house, Kaitlin Armstrong’s escape attempt and more on Confucius Reads the News.