Biggie and Tupac | 4. Against Those Thugs

Slow Burn

Slate Audio

Politics, Society & Culture, History, News, Documentary

4.6 • 25.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In this episode: Gangsta rap becomes a huge money maker. Civil rights activist C. Delores Tucker and conservative culture warrior Bill Bennett launch a crusade against offensive lyrics. And hip-hop divides black leaders along generational and gender lines. Want more Slow Burn? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately access all episodes of Slow Burn (and your other favorite Slate podcasts) completely ad-free. Plus, you’ll unlock subscriber-exclusive bonus episodes that bring you behind-the-scenes on the making of the show. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/slowburnplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Slowburn is a production of Slate Plus, Slate's membership program.
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0:07.8	with all kinds of extra material,
0:09.7	exclusive interviews, roundtables,
0:12.2	and more of the crazy stuff we found while researching the show.
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0:35.8	four of slow burn.
0:37.0	This podcast has language that some people might find offensive.
0:47.0	In 1990, the Billboard Album charts were dominated by Rock and Pop.
0:53.0	Janet Jackson, Aerosmith, Paula Abdul, Motley Crew.
0:58.0	The biggest rappers were Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer.
1:02.0	The following year, the chart looked very were Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer.
1:03.0	The following year, the chart looked very different.
1:06.0	NWA was at the top.
1:08.0	Soon, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg and Tupac would be too.
1:12.0	Gangster Rap hadn't suddenly gotten more popular.
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