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Crude Conversations

EP 012 with Michael Cofey

Crude Conversations

crudemag

Society & Culture

4.9152 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2018

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we have a conversation with Alaskan rapper Michael Cofey, aka Starbuks. We talk about what it was like growing up and selling crack in Fairbanks, Alaska—the psychological impact, what he learned from it and how it shaped him as an adult—how the FEDS once took a hard drive of his music, how America's perception of white and black gun ownership is skewed, and what it's like being a father and raising young, black men in today's America. Exclusive first listen, "What's In Your Hear"  featuring Tayy Tarantino off Starbuks' upcoming album Black Polar Bear.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Let's just start this Dustin. I was born started.

0:05.9

Okay, so in this episode we talked to Michael Coffey, aka Starbucks. That's Starbucks B uk S right? Yeah yeah Starbucks and so that's

0:17.7

his rapper name. That's his rapper name yeah and so he's from Fairbanks. He was in town, he's been recording Black Polar Bear,

0:26.8

which is his upcoming album.

0:28.6

We actually followed him around

0:29.9

for a short documentary that we're working on.

0:32.3

Yeah, that was awesome. Yeah that was really

0:33.8

sweet. We just reached 1,000 listens on the podcast. Whoa whoa whoa whoa

0:39.6

1,000. 1,000, 1,000.

0:42.8

So thank you guys.

0:43.9

Thanks everyone who's been listening.

0:46.3

Thanks to our patrons first and foremost.

0:49.0

Our company men, Trina Dober, and Seward Brewing Company. Yeah, and I think we might have a couple more in the pipeline if you're out there listening.

0:58.0

More company men? Yeah, I think there's some more coming in. Oh, damn. I've been working the phones. You've been working the

1:03.9

handshakes too. I went up to Fairbanks and I might have landed crude a new company

1:09.2

man up there. Okay, okay. I'm still finalizing the deals, but you know an investor is an investor.

1:14.6

That's what's up, dude. But yeah, a thousand listens, that's pretty sweet. Now, what's the next,

1:19.7

what's the next milestone then? I think, um think every every thousand would be great and

1:25.6

it sounds like from we're gonna have a party every thousand listeners from what

1:29.8

Starbucks said to us on social media he's claiming that his podcast alone will get a thousand

1:37.1

and he's gonna it sounds like he's betting a hundred dollars on it.

1:39.6

Wait there's been there's been some money throwing in that this? That's what the post, he said.

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