Styles P on LOX Longevity, J Cole & MC vs Rapper Debate

7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony

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Sports, Music, Basketball, Society & Culture

4.8 • 567 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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From what longevity looks like for The LOX to how he thinks about MC craft vs modern standards, Styles P keeps it one hundred the whole way through. He gets into the Drake ghostwriting debate, why MC and rapper are not the same thing, and how artists like J Cole and Kendrick Lamar still represent the craft today. A real cultural conversation from someone who has lived every era of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For me, hip hop is my culture.
0:02.2	It's something I live.
0:03.0	I walk, talk, breathe, shit, do everything about me is hip hop.
0:07.6	Shit, hip hop is great.
0:10.5	Everything about me.
0:11.4	I'm not taking shit.
0:12.0	It's a shit. Yo, peace.
0:26.3	Welcome back to 7 p.m. in Brooklyn.
0:28.0	I'm Carmelo Anthony here with my co-host.
0:30.2	You know what it is?
0:30.8	My name is Kazim Fahmiwida.
0:32.5	You can call me Kaz.
0:34.1	And it's your boy to Kim Mero, baby.
0:35.4	The human duress flap.
0:36.3	I keep it wavy, dog. Sir, and this is a wave original presented by Fandul, the official sports betting partner of the NBA. Mello. Yes, yes. Who we got today, man? Let me get to it. So our guest today is New York through and through. One third of the locks. A writer's writer. Remember, a writer's writer.
0:55.5	Yes.
0:56.1	Ghost writer.
0:57.0	There it is.
0:58.1	There it is.
0:58.6	Your favorite ghost writer.
1:00.4	Your favorite MC's favorite MC.
1:03.5	He moves with intention, whether it's bars, brotherhood, or building up the community,
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