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I went to the barbershop to talk rap

I went to the barbershop to talk rap

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May 28, 2024
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The rap podcast landscape is a boys club. The typical format is two (or more) men yelling at each other. Women are a topic of conversation but rarely in the room. And when they are, they tend to play the role of eye candy or laugh track. Nobody cares what they think about rap. It’s a barbershop where women are persona non grata.

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