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December 9, 2019

Happy Birthday Jay-Z

By: Confucius and Fresh

This week on The Breaks:

  • Confucius and Fresh give listeners little known facts about Jay-Z for his 50th birthday & explore the connection between Hov and the late Pimp C.
  • The guys discuss whether there’s some underlining tension between Toronto stars The Weeknd and PARTYNEXTDOOR.
  • Austin based Harry Edohoukwa comes in for an interview and performance live in Studio 1A.
  • Fresh explains that while Hip Hop culture is indeed Black culture, but that doesn’t mean that only Black people can appreciate and participate the genre, for his Unpopular Opinion.
  • Confucius talks about the between admiration and idolization, while naming some of his idols on his Confucius Says segment.

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