Arts Block Podcast

Out of everything happening in the world, sometimes the media cycle leaves me wondering what we are discussing. We're still talking about J. Cole's role in the Kendrick Lamar & Drake Beef, we are bringing up Tommy Richman not wanting to be categorized as a rapper who makes Hip-Hop music, and you fake journalists are out here spreading rumors and lies about people that you have a random persona...

Why does it feel like we're in the sunken place? Like, Boosie is saying his daughter can't bring her girlfriend around because he doesn't want her to contaminate her siblings. Adin Ross hasn't learned where dissing the West Coast gets you because he did it... multiple times. Also, Not Freah & Fat discusses why black people don't need reparations. I'm so tired, and it feels like we're all just...

What a week we've had, ladies and gentlemen. It was a week so packed that I thought about doing an extra pod. Cardi B gave us a masterclass on using social media during her back-and-forth with her ex-husband, Offset. We find out that Young Dolph's killers only received $800 out of the promised $100,000. J Cole is reminding everyone why he is #1 out of the big 3. Lastly, we answer the question of w...

The more the year progresses, the more I look back to Kat Williams Club Shay Shay interview. When he's right, he's right. More allegations are coming out about more artists; Usher deleted over 7,000 tweets right after Diddy went to jail, and prosecutors have come out and said that Yo Gotti's brother put up a $100,000 hit on Young Dolph and met with the killers. A long week it was, and...

THEY FINALLY LOCKED THAT MAN UP!!! If you have been living under a rock and don't know who "That Man" is, I highly suggest you watch this episode of the Arts Block Podcast. Today, we're going to talk about the take that takes that family, Rubi Rose, exposing that she and Druski were never in a "real" relationship, Rich Homie Quan's beautiful funeral, BET listening t...

So, in light of the latest Super Bowl announcement from Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne decides to go online and talk about his feelings on the matter. Now, personally, I don't like how y'all are treating Wayne (but we'll talk about that more on the pod). However, everyone is blaming Jay-Z, saying he did this because of the Kendrick and Drake beef, and... he did. However, no one is talking a...

Y'all know about pretty privilege right? It's when you get certain attention or get things easier based on your looks and beauty. Well, petty privilege works the same way. Sometimes when you're so petty, (especially to someone the public doesn't like) you can get away with almost anything. That's a common trait with some of the people that we're speaking about today. Kendri...

We have been dealing with much loss in the culture and the community. We've lost a very talented and legendary rapper Rich Homie Quan and legendary actor James Earl Jones. However, with all of the loss we've been seeing, there has been some light. One of the biggest lights that we have seen has been Kendrick Lamar announcing he will be headlining Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans. Now if my mem...

When it rains it pours. I don't have a good description for this episode, but I appreciate all of you for tuning into another episode of the Arts Block Podcast. Please make sure you tell a friend to tell a friend. I love you, God loves you, peace and love. Links: https://www.instagram.com/ericcurryiii/ https://www.instagram.com/artsblockpodcast/ https://linktr.ee/ArtsBlock

The saying goes "Men lie, Women lie, but numbers don't". However, with the recent influx in streaming numbers and sales in a market where streams and sales are historically low, you can't help but think that numbers lie too. Today on the podcast we're going to crack down on some suspicions that we have, while also cracking down on some other situations. I think I'm going...

WHY?? The portal was closing and everything was going back to normal. Nobody brought up Kat Williams, nobody was getting exposed, and the timeline was filled with BBL's and gender wars like it should be. But now Steve Harvey called out Kat Williams to a fight, the DMV is coming for Keith Lee because of his food reviews, and this girl just told me she had a boy best friend. At least Big Sean dr...

READ THE ROOM! You know sometimes you say something or do things that aren't appropriate at the time. So the response you might get for these things might not seem warranted to you but to others they are. That's how we feel about everyone in this week's episode of the Arts Block Podcast. Sometimes you need to look around and just read the room. So you won't be ending up getting tal...

Sometimes you feel alone. You feel like it's just you and your thoughts alone. It's almost like you're on a boat by yourself in the middle of the ocean. You say things online that you don't mean, drop lipgloss with very vulgar names, or even try to express your opinions on a community you're a part of and everyone tells you to shut up. Luckily you have the Arts Block Podcast to...

Sometimes life comes at you fast. So fast that you don't know what will happen at any moment. However, you always have to be ready for anything thrown your way. Whether that's being arrested by the FBI for bribery, being in a feud with a culture vulture who profits off of a culture that he's exploiting, or thinking that Chris Brown is a better overall artist than Micheal Jackson. You h...

When you fail to plan, you plan to fail. And as a notoriously bad planner let's say I spend a lot of my time making things up on the fly. But sometimes that's what you must do when believing in something. You must trust your gut and make it up on the fly. So if you fail to plan sometimes it's not all bad, because that's when you learn if you can fly. Links: https://www.instagram.co...

Welcome Back, Welcome Back, Welcome Back! We're back and better than ever. I've been itching to pod ever since the end of last season and boy do I have a great pod for y'all today. We're going to talk a little bit about politics and how we ALL should do some research on the candidates running in this upcoming election. We're going to touch on Drake's 100 gigs and talk about...

"Although we've come, to the...." Y'all know the rest. The end of the road is here. Season 7 is officially done and now it's time to start thinking about the future of the Arts Block Podcast. Before we get to that, we have a lot to discuss. First things first Big Sean's album got leaked, Cardi B has problems with Joe Budden, Lupe Fiasco is catching fire on Twitter for say...

Now y'all know better than anyone that I hate haters. But... in this episode, I sound like the biggest hater. Like, "I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk, I hate the way that you dress!" energy. We start off talking about Complex's top 25 Hip-Hop media personalities and... it's a list... that was made. Then we talk about Eminem's album and how a lot of peop...

Well, Well, Well. Kendrick Lamar released the Not Like Us video and that was a victory lap just for good measure. Adam 22 has made one of the worst decisions from a Hip-hop journalist I've ever seen. We will deeply dive into Glorilla's TGIF release and how her team missed a crucial opportunity. Lastly, we're gonna speak on this whole Keith Lee and Taraji P Henson debacle that's bee...

WE GOTTA BE BETTER! The BET Awards was this weekend and man oh man... What are we doing? As a culture and as a people we have to pull it together. R&B isn't filled with love, it's filled with sex addicts. There is some R&Beef between Chris Brown, Jeremih, Bryson Tiller, and PARTYNEXTDOOR. Lastly, Rick Ross and his team got into a little scuffle in Vancouver over him playing 'No...

Sometimes you gotta pop out and .... you know the rest. If you're a Drake fan this isn't the pod for you. If you hate Kendrick Lamar, this isn't the pod for you. If you don't celebrate Juneteenth, then this isn't the pod for you. This is the K Dot pod. This is the Pop Out Pod. With that being said, let's pop out. Links: https://www.instagram.com/ericcurryiii/ https://www.in...

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen to the greatest show on earth. Today we have a full episode so let's get straight into it. We're going to start with Chief Keef having his first performance in Chicago since 2012, Sexyy Red got into a little altercation at the airport, A lot of people aren't happy about Complex's top 20 funniest people on the internet list, and last but certainly n...

MAYDAY MAYDAY!! Who knew so much could happen in such little time, it's only been a week. Young Thug's lawyer has to spend 10 weekends in jail for contempt of court, Kendrick Lamar is putting on the show of the year at Kia forum while Drake is deleting diss tracks off of IG, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are crushing the box office with Bad Boys: For Life, lastly, we're going to talk...

Aye, man say man. Katt Williams said that 2024 will be the year all of the truth gets exposed and ever since he said that things keep popping off. Cardi B and Bia are beefing, Method Man is done performing at Summer Jam, Sexyy Red had a fake MAGA hat as he stage design, some rappers have been owing Bow Wow money for 3 years now, and lastly Drake as another beef (Alleged) with a huge rapper. If it...

Well well well, Apple Music has been releasing their top 100 albums of all time over the past couple of weeks, and last week they finally completed the list. This is my take on the list and what I would've done differently. Since everyone else is out here making bad list I might as well put my two cents in. Also, we're going to talk about Nicki Minaj getting arrested and having to cancel h...