WHATS UP W THE MINUTES

THIS TIME : The Minute Crew go mainstream ! Mark this moment , June 3rd 2026 at 2pm GBT , as the moment KOSEY officially apologises to J.Cole as she realises just how much of a beautiful space mainstream music has in her life. Underground Hip-Hop's adversarial relationship with the mainstream has gone too far , and she's here to put an end to it ! But can a mere Underground Hip-Hop podcast...

THIS TIME : The Minute Crew get existential !! After relistening to Billy Woods' verse on Dogeared, KOSEY is questioning the role of rap in times like these. What purpose does rap serve? I Rap therefore I am ?? After that, TREDOES asks why it is that as soon as a rapper gets a lil bit weird with it, the white fanbase accusations come chasin !! Black artists making art being labelled as music f...

THIS TIME: The Minute Crew peep what was once Unseen while joined by the ever-so-lovely , rapper / producer / podcaster extraordinaire , UNSUNG from rap and the Unseen Underground Podcast !! In the wake of JPEGMAFIA claiming he is the king of experimental hip-hop (some shit we don't care about), MEGA wants to figure out what " experimental rap " even means and how that definition has...

THIS TIME: The minute crew soothe their political pains in the comforting arms of Da President of Da Souf, Altair Kareem. KOSEY wants to discuss the use of rappers as political actors, who usually serve only as catharsis for listeners and take them to TASK (... also bringing some Twitter drama into the mix ... oooooh ... excitingggg). After that, we send these horny ass rappers PACKIN !! "If...

Editor's Note: This episode officially released on April 8th, 2026, but was uploaded late (apologies.) THIS TIME: The Minute Crew crown a new KING OF HIPHOP !! Please, all listening, all reading, bow before the new hip-hop royal saviour, JAY-Z !! MEGA is here to be the instigator of this coronation, arguing that Mr Z is the true hero of hip-hop that perfectly represents all of the things that...

THIS TIME: The Minute Crew get blacker ! blacker than black ! blackity black blizack ! blacker than the sun, the moon, the stars, and the space in between ! With the help of a good friend of the pod, Jack Harlow, MEGA instructs the crew on how to get blacker and what that could possibly mean to a guy as white as Mr First Class. In a shocking turn of events, TREDOES really likes the new E L U C I D...

THIS TIME: The minute crew are assailed at all sides !! The- The-... THE WHITE WOMEN ARE COMING !?!?! Or at least that's what TREDOES has to say as he wages war on white women rappers, questioning their place and impact in hip-hop culture at large. KOSEY brings Love, Ulysses' work to the pod, exploring how his album "61,265,147" portrays self-care , self-love and the beauty of pa...

THIS TIME: The crew gets hateful and ignorant !! If only there was Knowledge that they could Do that could help them embrace love in their hearts https://linktr.ee/WUWTMSubscribe To Our Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/c/WHATSUPWTHEMINUTES RECOMMENDATIONS :GrandMEGAFlowers"Sonogram" by One Be LoKJMProductions ( https://www.youtube.com/@KJMProductions92 )Kosey !"Destructo Discourse: A Dragon Ball...

THIS TIME : It's the minute crew's turn on The Aux , being joined by the endlessly talented , ever so prolific , third adjective ... STEELO from The Aux Podcast !! With the OG HOMO in tow , the crew discuss how artists value their work on a monetary front , gettin to the bottom of why these vinyls is so damn expensive. TREDOES brings forth his topic , trying his hardest to be ignorant abou...

THIS TIME: The crew have funnnn !! yayyyyy !! woohooo !! yippeee !! Off of the back of a very extremely serious hip-hop conversation , KOSEY questions why rap releases that tend to be lauded gotta be all very extremely serious ! MEGA asks the time old question , "Why my fav underground rapper aint world famous yet ?" , as he dissects whether this underground rap shit has a success ceilin...

THIS TIME: The crew get resolutionised !! Out with the old and in with the Minutes !! MEGA asks the folk how their listenin habbits have changed n shifted over the past few years. TRE gets us HYPE and EXCITED and a THIRD WORD for 2026 , outlining what releases he is looking forward to drop soon (ish). KOSEY brings Caltrops Press' series of Defrag Rap articles to the pod, questioning what the l...

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This was originally uploaded to YouTube on December 23rd, 2025 but I forgot to upload it to the podcast platforms lol.) THIS TIME the minute crew get Festive , wrapping up the year with special guests by DAN-O & K-DIGGY from Free Music Empire as well as Q NO RAP NAME from No Podcast Name. DAN-O asks which rappers discovered their hoop dreams and took the biggest creative an...

THIS TIME the minute crew get historical with MEGA bringin the crew ALLLLLLLL the way back to his origins with hip-hop to see how familiar these whippersnappers are with the way hip-hop all began. TreDoes tells these rappers to slow down ! His ears simply can't adjust to the speed the music comes out, and that is YALLS problem to solve !! And as per usual, Kosey glazes her favs, with Open Mike...

This week !! The minute crew get hyper-capitalistic as Kosey talks about how the piracy economy is effectin the underground and how she is directly profiting off of everyone involved. Tre tells us that, in a (not so) surprising turn of events, the Armand Hammer record is pretty good actually !! Woods and Elucid are still the best rappers !! Finally, MEGA takes the (again, not so) recent trend of r...

THIS WEEK: The minute crew get ... a GUEST ??? The world-famous, critically acclaimed and widely considered handsome RAP MAN GAVIN joins the conversation this week !! As the sole representative of South Africa, Man Gav Rapping aims to educate the ignorant masses, teaching the crew about the wonders of Master Kiii's bite-sized yet beautiful project "Dusty Demos". MEGA explores the dif...

THIS WEEK: The minute crew get topical as FUCK with Mr Does dropping his opinion on the recent Tyler the Creator hoopla to Finally get to the bottom of if he is TRULY black enough under the eyes of twitter folk. Miss Kosey talks about the finer details of "Blind Seer (Interpolation Mix)" a song that she believes is Cavalier's best work and Maybe the best hiphop song ever ... and fina...

THIS WEEK: the minute crew embrace madness !! and anime !! and breakdancing !! In this episode, to MEGA's chagrin , illustrious TreDoes orchestrates a tournament of Armand Hammer's best songs , the kawaii MEGA-desu talks about anime in hiphop like the weeb he is and the magnificent Kosey breaks into Myka9 , Blu n Mono En Stereo's new B-Boy enfused record

THIS WEEK: AHHHHH !!!! The Minute Crew gets POLITICAL !!! Tre unravels JAY ELECTRONICA’s confusin ass conspiracy theoried GOD BODY 5%er antics , critiquing his recent spree of poopoo caca albums , Kosey attempts really really hard to discuss NEOLIBERALISM in hiphop despite not knowing how to read , while MEGA tackles FREESTYLING and its slow decline into prewritteness .. “Where’s the spontaneity !...

WUWTM EP1: Live Laugh Love aint bad advice , “My Goat Is Washed !?!?” , Thank God for Hiphop’s White Saviours WHAT'S UP W THE MINUTES is a Hip-Hop culture podcast comprised of MEGA, Kosey !, and TreDoes hosted on the Secret House Against The World network where three blk individuals span the distance of Japan, The Bruvland, and America, bringing their own rap-relevant topics in an attempt to find...

THIS WEEK : Mega didn’t hit record so Kosey has to talk about Earl Sweatshirt’s “Live Laugh Love” for some reason, Tre questions whether these Old Head BUMS will ever lock in and Mega thanks White Jesus for his contributions to hip-hop throughout the years. All Show Art by TreDoes