"First Look" +Drake & Hip Hop Media NEED Each Other | blankSLATE Radio (Ad-Free Version on Patreon)
blankSLATE with SaVon
SaVon Slater Inc.
4.6 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
SaVon returns with another installment of blankSLATE Radio — breaking down Drake's codependent relationship with hip hop media, the ecosystem connecting Joe Budden, Akademiks, Mal, and why everybody involved benefits from the cycle.
He also dives into the growing war between YouTube and Netflix, paywalls changing podcast visibility, and what independent creator-led media looks like moving forward.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, what's going on y'all? |
| 0:04.0 | We are back with another installment of Blank Slate Radio. |
| 0:06.8 | I am Savan. |
| 0:08.0 | Thank y'all for tuning in. |
| 0:09.9 | I appreciate y'all for clicking on that thing. |
| 0:11.9 | If you are listening on audio and you do not like the ads, I went to go check to hear |
| 0:16.9 | like the feedback on what this sound like, and I clicked on the feed and I was annoyed by |
| 0:20.8 | all the ads. |
| 0:22.2 | Um, but a nigga got to eat. |
| 0:23.6 | So the ads go there. |
| 0:25.2 | If you want to get rid of those ads, just head over to Patreon because I'm posting these on |
| 0:28.2 | Patreon in real time as well. |
| 0:30.1 | Um, so yeah, let's just get that out the way. |
| 0:33.0 | I decided to cue this up tonight because we will be recording an actual episode. |
| 0:40.3 | I'll introduce my co-host, the whole format of the show, but that'll be happening on |
| 0:46.2 | Saturday. |
| 0:46.8 | And so I kind of wanted to tease what we're going to be talking about. |
| 0:49.8 | Outside of me getting finesse $20,000, we'll get to that. |
| 0:52.8 | Outside of me going through all of the |
| 0:54.4 | bullshit that led me here, we'll get to all of that as well. But the actual first episode, |
| 1:00.6 | from a content standpoint, and a cultural commentary standpoint, we're going to be talking about |
| 1:06.0 | the boy, right? We're going to be talking about Drake. We're going to be talking about hip-hop |
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