Why Was There a Lack of Hip-Hop at the MTV Awards? + Nobody is Talking About Jay-Z's Documentary
The 3rd Verse PodcastShow Notes
Stat Quo, DJ Mormile and Justin Hunte break down why hip-hop was largely missing from this year's MTV Awards — and ask why nobody's talking about Jay-Z's new documentary, a project that should be getting way more attention. Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro & Chart Report Setup 0:34 VMAs Reaction — Stat's First Watch In Years 7:19 Jay Valentine Recap & The Kawhi Leonard Discovery Story 13:14 SF Bay Area Hip-Hop Museum & Preserving Culture 15:30 Black History Erasure — Famous Amos, Buffalo Wings & More 20:32 Sampling Isn't Theft — Stat's Defense 24:16 Stevie Wonder's 50th Anniversary Shoutout 25:12 VMAs Winners Breakdown 32:00 Is Bruno Mars R&B Or Pop? The Blackness Debate 44:30 Politics & Music Eras — The Obama Correlation 52:12 Anthony Fantano Joins — Chart Report Begins 58:00 Chart Report: 100–91 1:03:00 Fantano's Worst Song Of The Year 1:11:38 Why Country Music Took Over The Charts 1:26:00 Fantano Rates Drake's Iceman Live 1:37:19 Is Stella Lefty A Total Industry Plant? 1:44:00 Fantano Rates GNX A 9 1:48:30 The Tupac Murder Conviction & Hip-Hop's False Narratives 1:52:12 Stat vs. Fantano: Is Iceman Drake's Best Since Scorpion? 2:04:00 The "Whisper My Name" vs. "Started From The Bottom" Flow Story 2:12:00 Should We Cancel Lil Yachty? 2:16:56 The Undercast/Overcast Two-Button Game 2:22:53 Beyoncé, Country Music & Segregation History 2:27:03 Overcast's Official Statement — Stat Breaks It Down 2:34:42 Weed, Truffle & Cologne — The Random Debate Of The Year 2:42:39 Third Verse Expansion — New Pre-Recorded Interviews Announced 2:52:01 Outro Follow: IG: https://www.instagram.com/the3rdversepodcast/ X: https://x.com/3rdVersepodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thethirdversepod
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