# Drake "Iceman" On The Way? + Rakim & Lyricism + Afrika Bambaataa

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Podcast: [Culture United](https://stenobird.com/podcast/culture-united-7726921)
Published: 2026-04-16T13:25:00+00:00
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It's All Happening w/ @LATMPOD @TheRealMickeyFactz @Symba @The3rdVersePodcast 00:00 Intro 05:05 DRAKE ICEMAN EXPECTATIONS 07:00 Symba: Show us who you've grown into as a man 09:00 Mickey Factz: I don't think we're gonna get any hip hop MCing 10:10 BK: I don't hear any indication that he's gonna switch it up 12:32 Stat: I wouldn't put anything out and let hip hop suffer as a whole 16:22 Elle: Drake should stay in the Pop lane 19:20 WAS KENDRICK v DRAKE KILLED HIP HOP? 20:00 Symba: Since the battle people want something more authentic 24:53 Stat: Where are the 20 year old lyricists in the mainstream? 27:00 Elle: Hip Hop was rebellious. We're putting too much into pop metrics. 29:00 Mickey Factz: Shout out to Baby Keem, Lil Tecca... 38:00 Symba: Have we outgrown Hip Hop? 40:00 Elle: Hell Naw 42:00 BK: Hip Hop is still doing beautiful things 46:00 Stat: I like to see the mainstream flourish because it supports people like us 47:00 Elle: Do the label people matter more than the millions of listeners 48:00 Stat: I have survivors guilt for the rhymes I've written 52:00 TCM: Music is everywhere 55:00 (Maybe?) RAKIM'S TOP 10 MCs 1:00:00 Symba: The list is missing Lil Wayne 1:06:00 What's the difference between a good lyricist and a great lyricist? 1:08:00 Mickey Factz: I don't consider myself a lyrical spiritual miracle... 1:19:00 Elle: I feel like people run away from lyrical spiritual miracle... 1:22:00 Symba: The original "GOAT" was 11 minutes long. I run from Lyrical miracle. 1:24:00 Stat & Symba explain their fall out 1:38:00 BAMBAATAA 1:54:00 Super Chats 2:14:00 Hip Hop's Dead Troll Pages 2:38:00 Beyonce's website 2:59:00 Russ vs Even 3:39:00 Live Nation Court Loss 4:01:00 World Cup tickets too damn high 4:28:00 Ja Rule Magnises 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up?…

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