Estelle Talks Female Emcees, Kanye, And UK Hip-Hop

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with singer, songwriter, rapper, and actress Estelle. In this wide-ranging interview, the UK star skewers Jermaine Dupri’s comments about women in hip-hop, opens up about launching her career by approaching Kanye West at a restaurant, and shares her creative process.

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0:00.0	I don't know if you want to ask you this.
0:01.8	Jermaine DePri, when he talked about M.C.'s,
0:06.2	they're only talking about their vaginas
0:08.4	because I hate that P word.
0:10.2	And you know, you being a M.C.
0:12.7	and you feel about that.
0:14.3	I think he needed to have Googled before he said that.
0:17.7	There are so many M.C.'s out there that do more.
0:20.0	There's so much variety now.
0:22.0	I said a few months ago, I'm so happy with the state
0:24.9	of female right now.
0:27.0	Everyone from Tierra Wack.
0:28.4	Tierra Wack, a rap city.
0:30.3	A rap city, a rap city, a bender in this.
0:33.0	All the way through to Camillian and Megan Estallian.
0:38.1	Like, man, are you serious for it?
0:40.4	Like, what are you talking about?
0:42.1	I love you, Jermaine DePri, you're a legend, but this is crazy.
0:44.6	What's up, party?
0:49.4	People with talent quality, you are now tuned into the People's Party.
1:01.9	Welcome back to the People's Party.
1:03.8	Once again, we have the lovely and talented,
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