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Podcast: Ern and Iso
Episode: Who Really Controls Hip-Hop?
Description: Hip-hop has always been competitive â but lately the beef feels louder than the music.In this solo Ern episode, I break down the recent tensions surrounding Jim Jones, Dipset, 50 Cent, and Papoose, and use it as a jumping-off point to talk about something deeper:how hip-hop rivalry works, why we give grace outside the culture but not inside it, and the role fans play in shaping what hip-hop has become.We talk about why people say certain artists âdonât have to respondâ because theyâre rich, executives, or successful in TV â and whether that logic even belo...