Poetic Justice: The Year of Kendrick Lamar
Ahead of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance, Ringer senior staff writer Justin Charity explores some of the critical moments of Kendrick’s story: from a legendary come-up in the rap blog era of the late 2000s to his early stardom in the 2010s to his fiery resurgence in the past several months as he takes a never-ending victory lap after winning his war against Drake.
Host: Justin Charity
Producers: Vikram Patel, Justin Sayles, Chelsea Stark-Jones, and Bobby Wagner
Story Editing: Aric Jenkins
Sound Design, Mixing, and Mastering: Bobby Wagner
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60 Songs That Explain the '90s
First came '60 Songs That Explain the '90s.' (We did that.) Then came '60 Songs That Explain the '90s: The 2000s.' (We're doing that now—and yes, that's the actual name.) But whether you want to jump back to the Clinton years or join us as we reboot our old iPods, you can find all of the collected works of Rob Harvilla below. Come back each Wednesday for a new episode.
- No. of episodes: 153
- Latest episode: 2025-07-16
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