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I talked with him about interviewing Biggie and Puffy in the midst of their beef with Death Row Records. In this week’s bonus episode, you’ll hear an extended interview with Larry Hester, a former staff writer with Vibe magazine. And so I think it could be maybe intensified in hip hop because a lot of them are coming from backgrounds where they didn’t have that guidance. They get this fame, they get this money, and they have no outlet. I think in hip-hop, again, because I think a lot of times with a lot of young rappers, when I talk to them, I feel like a lot of them are coming into the game. JOEL ANDERSON: I’m not going to make an excuse for hip-hop here but I’m gonna ask you: is that a hip-hop problem or is that a man problem?ĪLLISON SAMUELS: I think it’s a man problem. The fact that he didn’t care that he was degrading her.ĪLLISON SAMUELS: You know, understanding that there are human feelings connected to you, sort of, just disregarding a person and thinking that they’re not, you know, that they’re second-class citizens. And, it sounds old school to say that, but the fact that he thought getting back at Biggie was through his woman, which was the most insulting and degrading thing he could do to Faith. You know, just sort of having more of a respectful tone. Not overly sexualizing relationships in songs. JOEL ANDERSON: What would doing right look like?ĪLLISON SAMUELS: Not overly sexualizing women in the videos. ALLISON SAMUELS: Hip-hop doesn’t do right by women and particularly to me, women of color.