Bad For The Community

Caev is a rockstar in the truest sense - an artist who lives on the edge, embraces his contradictions, and creates from chaos. He's full of bright spots and dark flaws, and he wouldn't have it any other way. That tension is what fuels his art. After spending time away touring Europe, Caev returned to BFTC for one of the most honest conversations we've had yet. He talks about performing in Budapest...

He dropped a diss track on Thanksgiving calling out some Boston's best: Jo Saza, Novian Wright, Clark D, Nay Speaks and SeeFour... and he's got responses LOADED for anyone who fires back! DayDaDon, an 18-year-old rapper from Roxbury, pulls up to talk about his new album "Letting Go of Yesterday," the Damon Dynamo character, and we discussed what it really takes to break out of Bo...

With all the political theater that's been going on in the past few weeks, we'd be doing our community a disservice to not address the whirlwind of news. We opened by reacting to the leaked Epstein emails, including a WILD allegation involving Trump and Bill Clinton. Before diving all the way into politics, we shared our quick thoughts on new music from Wale, Summer Walker, Meek Mill, and more. Wi...

When we last spoke with FELIX!, he was fresh off his breakout feature on Brent Faiyaz’s “Upset” — a moment that helped take him from sleeping on couches to finding stability and success as an underground artist from Brockton, MA, known for his genre-bending and experimental sound. Now, a year later, Felix is back on Bad For The Community to catch us up on everything that’s happened since. From his...

The trio of Berto, Nate, and Yves are back in the studio for another chaotic and unfiltered episode! We kicked things off talking about our Boston Music Awards nomination, and whether we actually care if we win or not. With Yves fresh off his trip to Japan, he shared his experience abroad and some of the biggest cultural differences he noticed. We also got into the No Kings protest, Steve Bannon’s...

This week on Bad For The Community, we’re joined by Yanna G, a rising star in Boston's music scene returning one year after her debut appearance! We caught up on everything that’s changed since—her growth as an artist and person, the creation of 'On Everything I Love Vol. 2', and the stories behind her collaborations and visuals for singles like “My Name” and “Slow Dance.”Yanna also op...

This week on Bad For The Community, we’re joined by Caliph, a Grammy-winning artist from New Bedford who’s been entrenched in Boston’s music scene since the early 2010s. Caliph opened up about his powerful journey immigrating from Senegal, the insecurity and setbacks he faced as a DACA recipient, and how he turned that adversity into purpose through music. We also explored the evolution of Boston’...

This week on Bad For The Community, we’re joined by our brother and Boston’s own Clark D, making his return to the pod after some major life moves. Last time we spoke, Clark had just moved to Atlanta to chase his dreams as a musician and engineer. Now he’s back with Grammy-winning credits, major label experience, and a powerful story on overcoming personal struggle to fulfill your God-given purpos...

This week on Bad For The Community, we’re joined by Gutta (@filmedbygutta) to talk about the launch of CHNL — a new creative platform co-founded with our very own, Saint Yves! CHNL, short for Creatives Have No Limits , just dropped its debut issue featuring incredible collaborations with a number of local fashion brands within a magazine that's been two years in the making. Gutta and Yves share th...

Our guy Murk the Sauce God stepped in this week to form Da White Tee Boyz with Nate, Yves, and Tomo! Time Stamps: 0:00 - Yves on Haiti's protected status being threatened 4:00 - The negativity of the news 11:20 - Intro/ White tee boys in the building 12:45 - Tomo on K-Pop Demon Hunters 16:00 - Nate and Yves returning to X after long hiatus? 23:40 - Is the outrage toward Sydney Sweeney warrante...

We've got a lot of new music and topics to get to this week, things are starting to heat up! Before we get into any of that... this episode was actually live streamed this past Friday. Starting with this week's episode, we're going to be going live every Friday night. So make sure to tap in with us on YouTube and join the conversation in real time! On this week's episode, we kicked...

Time Stamps: 0:00 - How much $ to do the One Chip Challenge again? 7:00 - Astronomer ex-CEO's affair at Coldplay concert 20:45 - Clipse 'Let God Sort Em Out'... Album of the Year? 34:30 - 'Jackboys 2'... Is this just a Travis album? 45:30 - Is Timbaland ruining music with his AI artist 59:30 - Rob's "definitive" Top 100 NBA Players list 1:15:45 - Albums you NEED t...

In this clip, we react to Robert Griffin III (RGIII) reposting a racist photoshopped image that replaced Angel Reese with a monkey on a fake NBA 2K26 WNBA Edition cover. The image was originally created by a random Twitter troll, but RGIII — instead of ignoring it — decided to repost it to his massive platform under the guise of "denouncing racism."But instead of standing in support of A...

In this clip, we dive into Drake’s newest single “What Did I Miss?” On this single, Drake addresses betrayal from close friends, including LeBron James, and reflects on the aftermath of his high-profile beef with Kendrick Lamar last summer. With his next album "ICEMAN" on the horizon, is this a comeback for Drake after a humiliating past year? We break down our honest thoughts on the tra...

Did y'all miss us? We've returned from our brief hiatus to dive right back into the chaos! On this week's episode of Bad For The Community, we kicked things off with the rising tensions between Israel and Iran, the anti-ICE protests across the nation, and Trump's new travel ban. We also shared our dividing opinions on Tyler Perry's new movie 'Straw' and his controversial portrayal of Black women....

What does it really take to put on a successful music show? This week, Nate Nics taps in with the duo of Hype Hub (Will of Aperture Studios & Lenni Linguini) and E-Los , one of the featured artists performing this Friday at MASS REPRESENT: AT THE VAULT in New Bedford, MA! From the artist’s perspective , E-Los breaks down how he prepares to rock a stage and what goes into making a show unforget...

Fresh off of seeing Kendrick Lamar & SZA in concert, we kicked things off by reflecting on our experience at the show. It didn't take too long for another beef to strike in hip-hop, as we reacted to Ray Vaughn's and Joey Bada$$' diss tracks to each other and who we thought took round one. We also touched on the latest drama with Tory Lanez being stabbed in prison and the insane Diddy trial tha...

Fresh off her latest mixtape ''CAPSULE_002: CLUB DIOSA', Shandelle brought the same fun vibes & energy to this week's episode of Bad For The Community! Things kicked off with Shandelle reflecting on her previous night's DJ set, which led to a conversation around "wall huggers" and people not dancing enough at the club. Shandelle then took us on a deep dive into he...

It's been a slow news week, but you can always count on us find a way to argue about something! On this week's episode we debated a number of topics, including: whether or not you should be drinking cow milk, which kids TV channel was superior growing up, and which album from various artists' discographies are we getting rid of! As always, if you want to send us questions or topics you...

We got a lot to get to on this week's episode! We quickly kicked things off with a temperature check on the current state of the world, before diving right into Shadeur Sanders' draft stock tanking and whether or not the NFL is quietly colluding against Shadeur. Things then take a wild (and freaky) turn as we discussed Kanye's claims of giving his cousin oral as a child and the allegations around...

On this week's episode, things kicked off with Nate and Yves joking on Rob's newest discovery... he's colorblind! All of the past behind the scenes debates on "what color is this" are starting to make a lot more sense now. Rob also shared another entry to his collection of strange dreams, which led to a breakdown and reaction to the newest season of Netflix's "Black Mirror". Later in the episode,...

On this week's episode, we immediately kicked off with a debate surrounding Playboi Carti's MUSIC album and whether we should be aging out of certain music. In a time where most new albums have a shelf life of a week, we revisted which albums we still have in rotation and which ones we haven't gone back to. We also reacted to the the wild story of a Tufts student being abducted by mask...

There's no love lost when it comes to Elon and Kanye on this podcast! We're called Bad For The Community but they're the definition of it. On this week's episode, we discussed the protests against Tesla and Kanye's distasteful tweet about Beyonce's twins. The discussion led to an interesting conversation about self-accountability and our role in empowering these types of be...

Catherine T. Morris, the founder of BAMS (Boston Arts & Music Soul) Fest, joined us for one of the most thoughtful and insightful conversations we've had yet on the podcast! As advocates for the Boston music and arts scene, it was important for us to recognize and learn more about Catherine's contributions toward the scene. Her mission to build racial equity and economic empowerment to Black c...

We're back and we've got a lot to get to this week! Before we tackled the bigger news of the week, we kicked off the show with a fun debate on where certain singers stack up on a scale of 1-10. We then gave a breakdown and shared our thoughts on the Super Bowl, specifically Kendrick Lamar's divisive Halftime Show performance! In the second half, we reviewed Drake & PartyNextDoor's highly antic...