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The Realness

When the rapper Prodigy suffered a sickle cell crisis after a Las Vegas concert in 2017, his friends didn’t think much of it at first: they were used to him getting sick. But a few days later, he died... Read more

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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Episode 1: This Sunny Day Right Here

Episode 1: This Sunny Day Right Here

Prodigy and Havoc first begin laying down rhymes together in high school. When their first album flops, they come up wit... Read more

19 Jul 2018

30mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 2: T'Chaka

Episode 2: T'Chaka

As a kid with sickle cell anemia, Prodigy was told he'd barely make it to adulthood. The work of doctors, athletes, Holl... Read more

20 Jul 2018

29mins

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Ranked #3

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Episode 3: Son, They Shook

Episode 3: Son, They Shook

Someone is shot inside Def Jam. A rap star chases Mobb Deep through Lower Manhattan. And Prodigy convinces a hip hop mog... Read more

23 Jul 2018

23mins

Ranked #4

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Who Killed Conscious Rap? Find Out on 'The Stakes'

Who Killed Conscious Rap? Find Out on 'The Stakes'

Drug wars, recessions and record violence in the 1980s had US cities in crisis. Hip hop artists responded by shifting fr... Read more

21 May 2019

25mins

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Ranked #5

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Episode 6: Missing You

Episode 6: Missing You

Prodigy is supposed to fly back home right after a show in Vegas, but he never gets on the plane. As the world of hip ho... Read more

3 Aug 2018

30mins

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