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Hip Hop Snapshots - Behind the Curtain – The Rise of Commodity Culture

Hip Hop Snapshots - Behind the Curtain – The Rise of Commodity Culture

Update: 2025-07-18
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This episode is the final haymaker in our Behind the Curtain arc! A one-two punch of receipts and resistance. From Sugarhill’s stolen bars to The 2014 Grammys, we trace how hip-hop got flipped from protest to product.

But for every Hip-POP moment, there was a fightback. Kendrick. Rapsody. Griselda. LaRussell. The mic’s still moving... the real question is, are we listening?

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hip Hop Snapshots - Behind the Curtain – The Rise of Commodity Culture

Hip Hop Snapshots - Behind the Curtain – The Rise of Commodity Culture

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