Are Hip-Hop Podcasts the New Rap Groups? | How Hip-Hop Collectives Evolved | #78

In Episode 78 of A Nametag Is Necessary, I ask: Did rap groups and rap labels evolve into content creator agencies and multimedia companies?From Joe Budden and N.O.R.E. to Drink Champs, Less Rap About It, KevOnStage and the Stage Crew, we're seeing artists and comedians build entire ecosystems around podcasts, personalities, community, merch, and multiple forms of content.So are today's podcast collectives essentially what rap groups and record labels once were?And with personality and content becoming such a major driver of audience, where does that leave the music? That's the conversation.A Nametag Is Necessary: music and cultural conversations worth having.Send your questions through to the YouTube Community through the following link, using the “⁉️” https://youtube.com/@nametagalexander/community?Music & Merchhttps://nametag.bandcamp.com/merchAudio version of pod👇🏾https://pods.link/i/1223760474