The FBI versus Hip-Hop

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Nowadays, hip-hop is everywhere -- this genre informs countless aspects of modern music around the world. Shortly after its creation, power structures in the United States sought to suppress this music, perceiving it as a threat to the status quo. In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max explore the success of rap... and how the FBI accidentally helped the legendary NWA reach worldwide success.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Srir.
0:01.6	And I'm Arthi.
0:02.9	We have spent the last 20 years building and working at some of the largest companies
0:07.2	in the world.
0:08.2	We work with some remarkable people, Rob Mechalini.
0:11.1	When I see the people of Rexon, I grew up exactly like them.
0:14.0	Check out the Arthi and Sriram show.
0:16.2	That is AARTHI and SRIRAM show.
0:23.1	Listen to the Arthi and Sriram show on the iHeart video app, Apple Podcast or wherever
0:28.3	you get your podcasts.
0:30.6	Hi, it's Arthi and Sriram on my new podcast, Thinking Out Loud with Arthi and Sriram.
0:35.4	I'll be bringing you candid and maybe sometimes a little crazy interviews with people from
0:39.2	all walks of life.
0:40.2	We'll touch on subjects that you just can't talk about on the radio, like life, love,
0:44.6	success, failure, whatever else comes to mind, but all jacked up because after being
0:48.7	in this business for as long as I have, I want to get to the bottom of what makes people
0:52.4	tick.
0:53.4	Listen to my new podcast, Thinking Out Loud on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever
0:59.4	you get your podcasts.
1:01.8	Radiculous History is a production of iHeart Radio.
1:28.6	Welcome back to the show, Radiculous Historians.
1:31.0	Thank you as always so much for tuning in.
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