Ep. 53 State Of Emergency

About this episode

The episode discusses the recent lack of Hip Hop songs in the Billboard Hot 100's Top 40 and explores various theories behind this phenomenon.

Hip Hop artist KXNG Crooked had once asked on an episode of Crook's Corner, "Is Hip Hop in a state of emergency?" A few weeks ago, no Hip Hop Song had charted in the Billboard Hot 100's Top 40 for the first time in 35 years. Multiple theories and opinions are emphasized of why this milestone had occurred.

People in this episode

Hosts: Derrion Strong, Bobby Salem

Topics covered

• Hip Hop
• music industry
• chart performance
• cultural commentary
• state of emergency

Keywords

• Hip Hop
• Billboard
• KXNG Crooked
• music charts
• state of emergency
• Crook's Corner
• music commentary

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Crook's Corner

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