Megan Thee Stallion, Tory Lanez and the impact of misogynoir on rap

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🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In our season two debut of Louder Than A Riot, we look at how the Tory Lanez trial sparked a real divide in hip-hop and stoked the coals on a 50-year battle for Black women to be heard. In this episode, we take you into Megan Thee Stallion's testimony to unpack the impact of misogynoir on rap.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody from NPR Music, I'm Robin Hilton and today I am so excited to share the first
0:04.5	episode of our second season of Louder Than a Riot with you.
0:08.4	This season, Louder Than a Riot is digging into the unwritten rules of rap that hold hip
0:13.5	hop back.
0:14.8	In this first episode, they take you behind the scenes at one of the most controversial,
0:19.4	contentious cases in hip hop, the Torrey Lane's trial for the assault of Megan the Stalion.
0:25.7	The Louder team were some of the few credentialed journalists on the ground at the trial and
0:30.8	the story they tell about it offers a whole new perspective on this case and the culture
0:35.6	around it.
0:36.8	Enjoy the episode.
0:38.6	A warning before we begin.
0:40.4	This podcast is explicit in every way.
0:43.2	Let's test one too.
0:44.2	Yeah, that sounds good.
0:45.7	Okay, cool, cool.
0:47.5	All right.
0:48.5	I'm talking about how I can be a name.
0:51.2	My name is Valentino McCoy, but you can find me on our platforms at Casentino.
0:55.0	Okay.
0:56.0	Yeah.
0:57.0	So how many days have you been here?
0:59.0	Ooh, we have been here about five days, five days?
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