Dumb Wrote a Book, SPIT: A Life in Battles with Donnie Kwak

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4.8 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 99 minutes

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The crew talks with Donnie Kwak about Jonnie’s new book “SPIT: A Life in Battle,” including: interviewing Jonnie’s mom about living in Argentina, freestyling for dummies, the Kimchi Circuit, and the process of getting the memoir made. Also, we got Rick to narrate his very own chapter. Follow the IG: https://www.instagram.com/homeroom.show Follow the Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@homeroomshow Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@homeroomshow Pre-order SPIT: A Life in Battle: http://a.co/d/bVuIS4w Hosted by: Jonnie Park: https://www.instagram.com/dumbfoundead https://www.tiktok.com/@dumbfoundead Steffie Baik: https://www.instagram.com/steffiebaik https://www.tiktok.com/@steffiebaik Rick Lee: https://www.instagram.com/yox_rick https://www.tiktok.com/@bap_ross Podcast Producer: Caroline Y Choi Audio: Johnny Chay Podcast Media Team: GGEZ Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Now, are all the traitors present?
0:02.5	Let's get started, shall we?
0:04.5	From rags to riches.
0:05.8	I'm so sick of this.
0:07.0	Working like a dog and being treated worse.
0:09.1	Yorkshire to New York.
0:10.7	Poor climbers, you and me.
0:12.4	A life dedicated to revenge.
0:14.4	Let's make this an occasion to remember.
0:16.9	A woman of substance on Channel 4.
0:19.1	Stream now.
0:19.8	Welcome back to another episode of Home Room.
0:22.8	I'm joined by my co-host, Rick Lee.
0:25.1	How you doing?
0:25.6	And Steffie Bake.
0:26.9	Hello.
0:27.5	And today is a special, special episode about me.
0:33.5	My favorite topic, y'all.
0:36.6	As you may know, I am releasing a book on April 14th, a memoir called
0:42.1	Spit, A Life in Battles. And it is about my childhood up until maybe my late 20s, kind of peak
0:51.3	era of my rap career, my life in rap battles, as well as my, you know, Los Angeles.
0:57.0	Growing up in LA, it's a coming of age story, it's a coming of rage story, it's a coming to stage story.
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