Hanging With Apes

In this episode of Hanging With Apes, K. Cartoon and Rx Phonics discuss the recent Donald Glover (also known as Childish Gambino) interview on "The Breakfast Club" and his viral hit "This Is America". The guys get in depth with how they feel about the interview and give their thoughts on Donald Glover's views of cultural appropriation. The Apes eventually break-down their own views on the subject...

On this episode of Hanging With Apes, the guys give their take on Kanye West's recent antics and how journalists, radio personnel and Kanye fans have reacted to his comments on free thinking and mental slavery. Was Kanye's 400 years of slavery being a "choice" comment misconstrued or did it cross a line? The guys then give their thoughts on an off-duty police officer pulling a gun on a man by the...

​On this episode of Hanging With Apes the guys host their friend, Vincent Williams, founder of blog site  www.criticatxl.com . The conversation immediately gravitates towards Kanye West's newest song, "Ye vs. The People,"  where the rapper finds himself in a fierce debate with fellow rapper T.I. over his pro-Trump stance. Moreover, the guys break down this huge cultural moment from the polarizing...

On this episode of Hanging With Apes the guys start off the episode by acknowledging the greatness of 'World Book Day' and sharing the books they've enjoyed recently. The conversation then tilts to the recent controversy surrounding rapper Kanye West due to the right leaning nature of his tweets. Furthermore, Kanye recently praised Candace Owens in a tweet and reportedly told Hot 97 DJ Ebro during...

On this episode of Hanging With Apes the guys start off the conversation with their thoughts on the aftermath of the U.S. led Syria Air Strikes on Syrian chemical facilities. Were Trump supporters wrong or right in being upset about this? What message did the U.S. give off and was it the right approach? The guys then switch gears and talk about a Starbucks' controversy regarding two black men who...

On this episode of Hanging With Apes, K. Cartoon and Rx Phonics start the show by sharing their thoughts on the F.B.I. raiding the office of President Trump's longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, seizing business records, emails and documents including information on a payment to pornographic film actress, Stormy Daniels. The guys then switch gears and give their thoughts on President Trump...

On this episode of Hanging With Apes the guys start off by talking about President Trump's Easter morning declaration that there would be no deal to legalize the status of undocumented immigrants under DACA. The guys give their take on what this means for Trump politically. The conversation then switches to companies pulling their advertising from Laura Ingraham's show after she criticized David H...

On this episode of Hanging With Apes the guys start off with their thoughts on the March For Our Lives demonstration on March 24, 2018. This leads to a deeper conversation on the forgotten side of the mass shooting problem such as the cultural and psychological aspects that carry people to those lengths. The guys then give their thoughts on up and coming rapper Tekashi69's Breakfast Club interview...

On this Episode of Hanging With Apes the guys start the conversation by discussing a New York Times article with a new study that shows rich black boys are more likely to become poor than to stay rich compared to white boys. The guys then talk about a town hall meeting with Senator Sanders, Senator Warren and Michael Moore dealing with wealth and income inequality. This leads to the guys giving th...

On this episode of Hanging With Apes, the guys start the conversation with their thoughts on the Oakland, California "Hasta Muerte" coffee shop that is anti-police and refused to serve a Latino police sergeant citing its policy of "asking police to leave for the physical and emotional safety of our customers and ourselves." K. Cartoon and Rx Phonics then discuss a video from a YouTube channel call...

In this high octane episode of Hanging With Apes, the guys crack open the 90th Academy Awards and all of the virtue signaling that took place from host Jimmy Kimmel and a slew of other Oscar award winners and presenters. The conversation then starts to turn toward the overall current state of Hollywood movies being produced and how K. Cartoon and Rx Phonics both feel that the films are more about...

On this episode of Hanging With Apes the guys host their friend, Vincent Williams, founder of blog site www.criticatxl.com . The conversation starts with their thoughts on Chris Rock's "Tamborine" Netflix Stand-Up Special. As they break down the themes that Chris Rock discussed on his special the guys naturally move on to the recent talk about gun control regarding the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Hig...

On this episode of Hanging With Apes the guys talk about the latest mass shooting that took place in a high school in Parkland, Florida where 17 people were killed and another 14 were wounded. The guys give their views on the gun law debate, share gun violence statistics and analyze how the media handled the shooting. The guys then switch their focus on the NBA All-Star weekend from Fergie's botch...

In this episode of Hanging With Apes, K. Cartoon starts off the conversation by bringing up a video from Vice News that follows a female-only retreat in Costa Rica that offers women of color a break from white people. In the video a woman by the name of Andrea X, who created Women of Color Healing Retreat in Puerto Viejo, talks about cutting out white people from her life and saying that "they hav...

K. Cartoon and Rx Phonics start off this week's episode with their thoughts on the Superbowl. Moreover, they get into which Superbowl ads stood out and discussed the backlash that Dodge received from their Ram Martin Luther King commercial. The guys then give their thoughts on PepsiCo announcing its plan to launch a range of snacks that will be aimed towards women causing a backlash online among w...

On this episode of Hanging With Apes the guys host their long time friend, Vincent Williams, founder of blog site www.criticatxl.com . The conversation starts with the guys discussing President Trump's current twitter feud with Hip-Hop mogul Jay-Z. This was in regards to the rapper's CNN interview where he discusses black employment and then describes Trump as being a "superbug." The guys then swi...

In this interesting episode of Hanging With Apes, K. Cartoon and Rx Phonics discuss how race is still a hot topic issue today and the reason why America hasn't been able to move past it. Naturally, the guys point to a video circulating on social media where a chick goes off on a Hispanic girl for saying people of all skin tones are equal referencing a picture posted by a Latina make-up artist show...

On this episode of Hanging With Apes the guys start by talking about President Trump's "Shithole Countries" comment which he had allegedly uttered according to Sen. Dick Durbin (D. Ill.) while meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers to discuss DACA. This in turn had the media in a frenzy with some news outlets like CNN not censoring the word while on air. Moreover, this was the motivating fac...

On this episode of Hanging With Apes the guys start off the conversation by thanking their followers for engaging with them and even address a twitter follower's comment on the Iran protests that sparked an even deeper dialogue on this episode. The guys then discussed the Golden Globes which displayed Hollywood's protest (by wearing black attire to the award show) on sexual harassment/assault in t...

On the first Hanging With Apes episode of 2018 K. Cartoon and Rx Phonics first break down Dave Chappelle's "Equanimity" & "The Bird Revelation" stand-up comedy specials. The specials mark Chappelle's third and fourth with Netflix and Dave Chappelle goes on to show his genius and a great start for comedy in 2018. Dave Chappelle had a lot of content including the infamous "brittle ass spirit" regard...

The Audio Apes reflect on the good and the bad of 2017. From their favorite trips around the country, to what society and culture had to bring as a whole, the Apes share it all. Furthermore, they look into 2018 with growth in mind from a personal level all the way to the podcast. Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year, enjoy this jam packed episode and see you in 2018!

This "Hanging With Apes" episode starts off with K. Cartoon and Rx Phonics sharing their thoughts on the situation with Keaton Jones, a Tennessee boy who's tearful reaction to being bullied was recorded on video by his mom and went viral creating the hashtag #StandWithKeaton and sparking a wave of celebrity support. The guys analyze whether or not personal matters like this should be dealt with in...

On this episode of Hanging with Apes K. Cartoon and Rx Phonics have a round-table discussion with fellow Audio Ape member, D.C. The Great, Jungle Studio's chief music engineer, Alex 'Excel' Cruz and Jungle Studio's videographer and music producer, Attila. The guys start the discussion by talking about the Audio Apes' upcoming project, "Till It Hurts." Naturally the discussion switches to Eminem's...

On this episode K. Cartoon and Rx Phonics start the show by analyzing the Supreme Court's decision to let President Trump's travel ban take full effect. This leads the guys to pivot their conversation towards their reactions on the tax reform bill that was recently passed by the senate. Is it too soon to be critical of this plan or is Hollywood's negative reaction warranted? Next the guys talk abo...

The Audio Apes start this episode by talking about a twitter discussion Rx Phonics had in response to a tweet describing the dwindling population of white people in Chicago from 1900 to 1990. This sparked a discussion on whether race was an indication on why Chicago has changed for the worst or if culture was the reason why. The discussion sparked a conversation on today's culture and why people h...