Drake Deserves The Smoke | It's All Happening w/ Justin Hunte

I've been working on this piece all week and today K.Dot drops "Euphoria" today. So now I'm working on the Kendrick episode of this saga. Either way, hope you enjoy.

Big thank you to EDI Mean (‪@EDIMeanTV‬ ) Mark Batson (‪@markbatson3958‬ and J.E. Gamble ‪@eugeniusgmbl‬ motivation and inspiration.

If somehow you missed it, punch yourself in the face, because rap has run amok. Years of tension, sneak dissing and outright disrespect has finally spilled over into Rap Battle World—a dystopian present cluttered with chart topping diss tracks, polarizing apologies, an avalanche of uproarious memes, mommy texts making racism accusations and a.i. advertorial.

During a conversation on The Download Podcast, host Justin Laboy asked Ye the question at the forefront of many minds after witnessing Kendrick Lamar, Future, Metro Boomin’, The Weeknd, A$AP Rocky, Rick Ross—all cultural titans—unleash bars and quips aimed at the Canadian MC. That question: Why?

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Life Through The Lens of Hip Hop.

Justin Hunte is a music and culture critic and curator. During his career he served as Director of Content & Strategic Marketing for EMPIRE as well as Editor-in-Chief of HipHopDX. Hunte is the architect behind DX's video platform and creator of popular series, DXBreakdown. Along with championing Ambrosia For Head's video strategy, Hunte is also a weekly contributor to Shade45's All Out Show on SiriusXM and has been featured on Revolt TV’s “Revolt Live," Cheddar's "Cheddar Music," as well as in Billboard magazine.

In 2017 Justin Hunte moderated the Recording Academy's panel on The Health Of Hip Hop which featured Dr. Reef Karim, psychiatrist and human behavior expert; Shanti Das, urban music executive and founder of Silence the Shame; GRAMMY nominees Vic Mensa and Charlie Wilson, and five-time GRAMMY winner Lalah Hathaway. Later that year, he participated in a debate at the prestigious Oxford Union on whether Kanye West is more relevant than William Shakespeare.

Hunte has been the centerpiece of digital campaigns for Lexus, Honda, Brisk, and Simple Mobile and has hosted concerts and panels nationwide.

A graduate of Wofford College, Hunte spent 5 years working in investment banking at Banc Of America/Merrill Lynch and has covered music, politics, and culture for numerous publications.

He is currently based in Los Angeles, California. Follow @TheCompanyMan on all socials.

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