Making Revolution Irresistible

Louder Than A Riot

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Music History, Music, Society & Culture, Music Interviews, True Crime

4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Yo Gotti grew up in Memphis just across the state line from Mississippi State Penitentiary (aka Parchman) — so this year, when he learned about the squalor its inmates were living in, he wanted to help. Gotti enlisted Jay-Z and Roc Nation to sue the department of corrections for human rights violations. In our finale episode, we ask how much celebrity activism really helps the prison reform movement, and sit down with rapper Noname and organizer Mariame Kaba to consider the alternate solutions proposed by prison abolition.

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0:23.6	Appreciate y'all.
0:25.2	A warning before we begin.
0:26.9	This podcast is explicit in every way.
0:38.3	We got a whole five going on now, hand-pulling, man.
0:41.1	What you're hearing is a contraband cell phone video
0:44.6	shot from inside a prison cell.
0:47.2	We need some help, man.
0:49.2	Can he breathe in his bitch, bro?
0:51.7	I can't even fucking breathe.
0:52.9	There's a whole five going on now, man.
0:55.4	Smoke fills the hallway.
0:57.8	Trash is piled up on the concrete floor.
1:00.8	Somewhere in this prison, something is burning.
1:04.2	You've been like this since one o'clock this morning, man.
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