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Sep 22, 2026
Clint SmithHOST
Biggie and Bad Boy represented the original New York City-centric roots of hip-hop, while Tupac and Death Row represented the expansion of hip-hop outside of its regional New York roots by offering a distinctly California sound.
Clint SmithHOST
In the late 1980s, rappers Too Short, N.W.A., and Ice-T had already pioneered hip-hop on the West Coast.
Clint SmithHOST
Coming out of economically depressed areas in Los Angeles and Oakland, their lyrics often reflected personal experiences.
Clint SmithHOST
Some of N.W.A.' 's most popular and most controversial songs served as a direct response to the police brutality they witnessed in their own neighborhoods and questioned the very legitimacy of policing, an institution that many felt was only there to surveil and harass Black people.
Clint SmithHOST
Regional differences played a major role in the evolution of rap styles and content, but the coast-to-coast rivalry centered largely on Tupac and Biggie's interpersonal conflict.
Clint SmithHOST
much to do with competition among their record labels, media coverage, and two talented lyricists with a penchant for quick and rhythmic comebacks on their records.
Ahmir ThompsonHOST
Right.
WalloGUEST
And I said, "This is how it would be." I said, "It'd be NWA, the next song- Might be Slick Rick.
WalloGUEST
The next song might be, uh, you know, a, a, a Leaders of the New School.
WalloGUEST
The next song might be Ultramagnetic.
WalloGUEST
Like, you ain't even got...
WalloGUEST
Like, I'm in there, I'm seeing all these young kids of all races, nationality just grabbing vinyl.
WalloGUEST
I'm like, what the fuck is go- I'm like, NWA.
WalloGUEST
I'm like, how the...
Stevie RichardsHOST
So that's one of the most famous ones.
Stevie RichardsHOST
The one that speaks to my heart, it's not WWE, but it's NWA, the match that made me want to be a professional wrestler.
Stevie RichardsHOST
September 10th, 1988, Midnight Express, U.S. Tag Champs versus Tully and Arm, World Tag Champs.
Stevie RichardsHOST
And you're like thinking, even as a kid, they're not going over.
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James RomeroHOST
Lance Anoa'i, the guy from Rinker King.
James RomeroHOST
This dude was also a pro wrestler.
James RomeroHOST
He works for NWA New Mexico, apparently.
James RomeroHOST
Wow.
Deadly ThreatGUEST
Well, like I said, you know.
Deadly ThreatGUEST
Q got off the good foot because he basically had already established himself in NWA.
Deadly ThreatGUEST
So we had already picked our favorites out of the group, you know, who you liked the most.
Deadly ThreatGUEST
And then after he left, you know, everybody kind of, you know, went from NW, all those NWA fans, they followed him.
KevlarHOST
Sure.
Deadly ThreatGUEST
You know what I mean? And so, yeah.
DMac TardyHOST
Not to the greater extent until I found out about the tournament, but he was a name that got floated around a lot.
DMac TardyHOST
Again, my stepfather, NWA guy, so Territory Wrestling was his thing.
DMac TardyHOST
So that was a name that he would bring up every so often, but I never got to see anything until...
DMac TardyHOST
I started to dive a little bit deeper into what not only this tournament was, but Peswale's legacy in professional wrestling.
Bob ForrestHOST
So if you go back to rap music, we're old enough to remember.
Bob ForrestHOST
It was like Chuck D and NWA and they're on the streets and they're in front of an Impala and they're like in the hood and they're like, fuck this and fuck the police and don't trust the government and all this.
Bob ForrestHOST
And I remember...
Bob ForrestHOST
Seeing a video where it was a guy dressed in white on a white yacht with a bunch of big boobed girls with bikinis on, drinking champagne.
Jason GlossHOST
Well, like I
Deadly ThreatGUEST
said, you know, Q got off the good foot because he basically had already established himself in NWA.
Deadly ThreatGUEST
So we had already picked our favorites out of the group, you know, who you liked the most.
Deadly ThreatGUEST
And then after he left, you know, everybody kind of, you know, went from NW, all those NWA fans, they followed him.
Jason GlossHOST
Sure.
Deadly ThreatGUEST
You know what I mean? And so, yeah.
Deadly ThreatGUEST
Well, like I said, you know.
Deadly ThreatGUEST
Q got off the good foot because he basically had already established himself in NWA.
Deadly ThreatGUEST
So we had already picked our favorites out of the group, you know, who you liked the most.
Deadly ThreatGUEST
And then after he left, you know, everybody kind of, you know, went from NW, all those NWA fans, they followed him.
Jason GlossHOST
Sure.
Deadly ThreatGUEST
You know what I mean? And so, yeah.
ToriHOST
I actually thought it was a documentary and I didn't see it until watching it for this episode.
ToriHOST
It's basically a biopic about the gangster rap group N.W.A. that wrote the song Fuck the Police from 1989.
ToriHOST
So it's like technically a bootstrap story of rappers going from the ghetto to being super wealthy and successful and So relevant to our theme.
ToriHOST
And this may be a hot take.
Jason MilesHOST
Soulja, Public Enemy, KRS-One, and Ice Cube were part of what some referred to as the radical wing of hip-hop in its early years.
Jason MilesHOST
And yes, it did find an article from 1992 that referred to it as the radical wing of To some, N.W.A.' 's Fuck the Police was frighteningly prophetic, while Public Enemies Fight the Power was the spirited anthem to the mayhem witnessed during the Los Angeles riots.
Jason MilesHOST
While L.A. residents, primarily poor black and brown people, were subjected to extremely violent and uneven treatment by the police, the subsequent riots were a mix of frustration, the momentary intoxication of mob mentality, and opportunism.
Jason MilesHOST
Soulja famously stated that she had no problem with the violence perpetrated against white and Asian Angelenos, most notably Reginald Denny.
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