Hood Politics with Prop

The World Cup, like all international sporting events, is a microcosm of geopolitics. We saw African nations rallying around Mexico when they played against an African nation, South Africa. Today we talk about why. --- Follow Hood Politics: Instagram YouTube Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The city of Los Angeles is under siege from ICE, so today we interrupt our plan to make make fun of Trump and Elon's break up to talk wit Pastor Cue about the DEF Justice (Diversity, Equity and Freedom) and all the organizing he's doing. Original Air Date: 6.11.25 --- Follow Hood Politics: Instagram YouTube Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After covid, California changed it's voting policy to vote by mail as the default option and the state is only 1 of 4 that featrues a nonpartisan or "jungle" primary. Well, here we go again... After last week's primary elections, we got another claim of voter fraud from the right. But if you just take two minutes to think it through, you'd see how silly these accusations are. --- Follow Hood Politics: Instagram YouTube Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At some point, we allowed the word woke to be Columbus, gentrified and used as a weapon against us. Which meant that what I actually called us to do, was never done. Here are a few things that have occurred as a result. --- Follow Hood Politics: Instagram YouTube Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here are a few more things I didn't have time to add to the State of Blackness Address like Drake's three albums. --- Follow Hood Politics: Instagram YouTube Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's that time again! The 2026 bi-annual State of Blackness Address is here. From Druski's skits to the Voting Rights Act, we cover some of the things that got black folks cookin' so far this year. --- Follow Hood Politics: Instagram YouTube Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interesting political mailer hit my mailbox that was called the Cops Voter Guide. Now while my initial instinct was to immediately throw it away, my second thought was, this might actually contain some useful information. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Since everyone in the US is convinced that Muslim countries are unlivable, we let Brother Ali cook and tell us what it 's really like living in Istanbul. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we enter into the State of the Blackness season, it's always important to honor the Black people that "had time today" to put a racist in his place. Well, Chud the Builder found the right one and is now facing serious jail time. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This interview was a long time in the making! Today we talk to rapper, activist, Imam and all around dope dude Brother Ali. We talk about literally everything from the construction of whiteness, to the feeling of having your humanity questioned. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trump got these folks reenacting the book of Daniel from the Old Testament when he had these pastors dedicate his golden calf... I MEAN giant golden statue, of his image and likeness on his golf course in Florida. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the smartest, funniest voices on the internet is our friend Amanda Nelson aka Amanda's Mild Takes. The puns, the political and history lessons and parallels, plus a complete roasting of the dudes in comment section. It's perfect. Today we hear from writer of the Pettysburg Address herself. Follow Amanda --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After listening to the hour and a half conversation with Tucker Carlson on the New York Times podcast, I think I finally have an analogy for how one should listen to Tucker Carlson. It's the same way you sit in the presence of gangsters. You can never forget what the person in front you in capable of. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Black Codes were a set of restrictive laws passed in the South immediately after the Civil War aimed at limiting the freedoms of black Americans during the early year of Reconstruction, which later paved the path for the Jim Crow laws. This past Wednesday, the SCOTUS took all power out of the Voting Rights Act by their decision on Louisiana's redistricting. Five Black towns hidden under lakes: https://travelnoire.com/black-american-towns-hidden --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now we know Cole Thomas Allen, from Torrance, CA attempted to kill president Trump at the White House Correspondent's Dinner and their are three things about this that I find kinda funny. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's that time for another catch up session. These are stories we just didn't have time to cover.  Sources: https://abcnews.com/US/doj-arrests-soldier-made-400000-betting-maduros-removal/story?id=132325426 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/16/rfk-jr-road-kill-raccoon-new-bookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sometimes you drop your car off to the homie to fix the small squeak on your brakes. Now all of a sudden, the brakes are worse and the air conditioner don't work. That's whats goin on with the Iran deal. The Obama deal had issues, but this is worse. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/node/328996 --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sometimes the people that love you might have some notes on your performance. Those notes might be uncomfortable, but they coming from love. Bay Area rapper LaRussel made a song that references Hitler, Epstein and Trump, which sparked so much backlash, he deactivated his socials. Let's talk about what politicians can learn from this moment. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prop, during an anti-ICE protest, had a great conversation about affordable housing with a lovely woman and it turns out SHE'S RUNNING FOR MAYOR OF LA! Today we talk to Rae Huang about her campaign. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prop shares a couple of reflections on the No Kings rally, the straight of Hormuz and the passing of a DHS funding bill that will pay TSA employees. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Friend of the pod and CZM extended universe member Andrew teaches us about NORE... but not that one, the first one. We talk about Manuel Noriega and the history of the US in Panama. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recently, Ghana put forth a UN resolution to publicly condemn the enslavement of millions of Africans in the transatlantic slave trade. It passed 123-3. The US, Argentina and Israel voted against it and almost all of Europe abstained from voting. This is yet another reminder that America still refuses to self reflect. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We get a break from war to talk about two court rulings that are holding social media companies accountable for the breaking of our brains. Let's talk about why this matters. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After an unfortunate fall off for something he ain't even do... Jonathan Majors is making a movie with Daily Wire, and I think we need answers. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Trump administration spent the last year calling all of Europe and NATO lil scary, no hands-having suckers. And now he says he needs help in the Straight of Hormuz, for which NATO says, "Naw fam! Keep that same energy!" --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the news of Cesar Chavez's abuse allegation dropping, Prop gets real vulnerable and talks about how this hurts his inner child. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we talk about ATL's own, Ryan Wilson, founder of The Gathering Spot, a private members club rooted in community & culture. We talk about business, politics, justice and all around black joy. https://thegatheringspot.club/ --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we cover four topics: I review my interview with Kat Abu, Jake Paul getting a preemptive campaign endorsement, Jasmine Crockett losing the Texas Senate primary, and America blowing up a school in Iran. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For the first time on Hood Politics, we interview someone running for office. Kat Abughazaleh is running for Congress in the 9th District of Illinois, which includes the Chicagoland area. Prop texted his Chicago homies and asked them what he should ask her. Peep it. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You might have noticed, as Kristi Noem gets removed from her position, that Trump is just letting all these women go out in front and take all the bullets for him. It may come off like he’s hiring a bunch of women and putting them in powerful positions, but he’s actually putting them in impossible positions and making them take the fall for him. These women are participating in their own subjugation. From one marginalized people group to another...you gotta know when you being pimped. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Well obviously there's been a change of plans, because apparently we're at war with Iran. We briefly touch on this reality and how we got here. Then we move on to the domestic issue of tariffs. Finally, while they still not invited to the bbq, the SCOTUS did hand Trump the biggest L of his term. Imma break it down.  Sources: https://www.hoganlovells.com/en/publications/us-supreme-court-invalidates-ieepa-tariffs-reshaping-the-administrations-trade-toolkit https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1287_4gcj.pdf --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peekaboo! Prop's got a couple thoughts on the State of the Union address. While most of it was exactly what we all expected, Trump did slide in a small, easy to miss diss to everyone in the room. Let's talk about it. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our homie James Stout has been around the world documenting revolutions against oppressive states and he wrote book called Against the State. Today, we chat about his book and lessons we can learn from grassroots movements across the world. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A clip went around social media last week of a kid at his high school in Illinois shouting about how he's pro-ICE durning an anti-ICE protest. In comes another kid saying "I'm going to punch you" and then he does just that. I'm not so much interested in the veracity of that story in as much as what it means to stoke violence, then hide behind the law. The pro-ICE kid that's filming says "If you punch me, you'll get in trouble..." So be it. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As more details come into focus from the Epstein files, it'e becoming clear that his game was way more hood than meets the eye. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reaction formation is a post-Freudian defense mechanism that comes up when a person feels, whether real or imagined, a sense of rejection and, rather than acknowledging the feeling, tells themselves that they didn't want the thing they requested in the first place. Since the Turning Point halftime show was neither Christian, wholesome or better than the Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show, one has to wonder, besides good old fashioned racism, what is actually going on in their minds and hearts to even feel the need to have their own performance? --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I had to call in our in-house boriqua Becca Ramos, host of the newly-launched podcast Welcome to El Barrio, to talk through the full effect of what Bad Bunny truly means to the culture and the impact of his generational Super Bowl halftime performance. Follow Welcome to El Barrio: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/welcome-to-el-barrio/id1872298741 https://www.instagram.com/welcometoelbarrio/ Ya Tu Sabes Wepa theme song by Matt Osowski: https://mattosowski.bandcamp.com/album/ya-tu-sebes-wepa --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

So Nicki Minaj, plot twist, might not actually be MAGA-pilled, she just wanted that Trump gold card. It turns out she's wasn't a citizen of the US, but now she is. It only cost her $1.5 million and the safety of her community. I hope she's happy! --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our homie James Stout has been around the world documenting revolutions against oppressive states and he wrote book called Against the State. Today, we chat about his book and lessons we can learn from grassroots movements across the world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Of course, at Davos, President Trump had a lot to say about everything. But during Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech, he finally addressed the elephant in the room: we can't trust the USA and we need to stop pretending like we can. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New food pyramid dropped! And our friend, Dr. Kaveh Hoda ...has some thoughts. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Druski did it again! Known for his elaborate stunts and skits, Druski pretended to be a mega church pastor and it got Christian influencers feeling some type of way. Prop shares his two cents. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Black people, POCs or anyone from a marginalized group share a collective sigh whenever we hear some one say of the USA, “This is not who we are!” In our experience, this is exactly who we are. Today we talk about the recruitment tactics of ICE and how it's just like the tactics the LAPD used in the 50s and 60s. Sources: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/former-ice-director-says-wartime-recruitment-tactics-like-influencer-campaigns-and-50-000-bonuses-could-attract-the-wrong-kind-of-agents/ar-AA1TQAdC https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/31/ice-wartime-recruitment-push/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Back when we were still willing to defend Kanye but had some concerns, Kanye gave us the gem "I JUST TOLD YOU! I'M A GOD" when asked who he thought he was. Well, JD Vance has a way of just saying in the most matter of fact tones some of the darkest workings of this administration. In his interview on Fox News with Jessie Waters, he just blatantly says, we are going to take all of Venezuela's natural resources and we are reclaiming our role as bully of the block. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The USA can't seem to leave Central and South America alone. The reason for that is the same reason why East LA is the way it's always been. Today we teach y'all about the Monroe Doctrine.  https://www.supersummary.com/monroe-doctrine/summary/ https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/roosevelt-and-monroe-doctrine --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the Trump era, predictions are futile. But I do have some thoughts about things to look out for in 2026. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's 2026, and while we tried our best to unplug during the holidays, the degeneration kept going strong. Let's talk about it. Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/01/us/minnesota-daycare-fraud-allegations-somali https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/26/us-bombs-target-isil-in-nigeria-whats-really-going-on https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/1/israel-escalates-west-bank-demolitions-amid-illegal-settlement-expansion https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5668719-aca-obamacare-subsidies-expire/ https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-gavin-newsom-bills-signing/ --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A couple of things I might have missed: thoughts on Nicki Minaj and Dave Chappelle. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's the official 2025 State of Blackness Address. Today we look back at a year in Blackness. Diddy, 50 Cent, Nicki Minaj going MAGA, Stephen A. Smith, D'Angelo's tragic passing. All that and more. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A poetry offering for the holiday season. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.