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Karen Hunter Is Awesome!

The Rise and Fall of Hip Hop: A #TBT Discussion with Immortal Technique

Karen Hunter Is Awesome!

Women's Empowerment Network

Entrepreneurship, Karen Hunter, Mental Health, Women, Finances, Female Empowerment, Women's Empowerment Network, Society & Culture, Business, Health & Fitness, Entertainment

5.0687 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Karen Hunter shares a classic discussion on hip hop with Immortal Technique.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Karen Hunter's awesome.

0:10.8

I am Karen Hunter, and today I'm sharing with you a throwback interview that I did with Immortal Technique.

0:17.9

Now, in the room was my buddy Jossi Ross, big Indian Jossi, as well as Immortal

0:23.7

Techniques producer, Southpaw. We had a blast, but we also got into it about the state of hip hop

0:29.8

and where music has landed. And oh my goodness, what a deep conversation. Stay tuned.

0:36.0

I'm joined by like these beautiful, I'm going to say black men. I don't care of your Native American, Puerto Rican. I don't know what you are. Dominican. I always get that. I always get that. It's okay. I'm here for Harlem. Yeah. All of that. Let me welcome in Jossie Ross. Let me walk in the big Indian Jossi.

0:54.3

We got Immortal Technique up in the joint. We got a guy I don't know. South Paul. I'm tech producer. South Paul. Yeah. Okay. So you're a left-handed fighter? Lefty. Yeah, it was upon the time, yes. Okay, I could see. Occasionally when necessary. So he's producer with benefits

1:12.4

Because it's somebody

1:13.3

That sound weird

1:14.6

You said Yes. Okay, I can see. Occasionally wouldn't, I see. So he's producer with benefits because somebody, you need a... That sounds weird. It does. I'm swift like that. Don't worry about it. I'm not saying nothing. Not those type of benefits. Producer with benefits. Yeah, yeah, I'm saying. Like, if it's stuff break, right, if something break off, you know, he's just... Clarify. Right. Just a clarifying. Right. And the guy with the hair.

1:31.1

Mecca. break, right, the sign break off, you know? Just to clarify. Right, just to clarify.

1:28.1

Right.

1:45.1

And the guy with the hair. Mecca. Mecca. That's his actually name. That's his name. Mecca. He's done a lot of romantic novel covers. I can see. He's like the black Fabio. Right, right. Got to have the fan go. It's no go without the fans. With the locks lift, though, with the win, because they look heavy.

1:46.1

It's a heavy fan.

1:45.1

It's got to be without the fan. With the locks lift, though, with the wind, because they look heavy.

1:46.1

It's a heavy fan.

1:47.4

It's got to be an huge fan. It's got to be like one of them industrial fans.

1:48.6

It's like jet engine style.

1:50.0

Otherwise it doesn't work.

1:51.1

I'm a modal technique's PR.

1:53.2

PR.

1:53.8

For how long have you done this?

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