Don't Alert The Stans is a music and pop-culture podcast with a marked focus on stan culture. Join your hosts Nic (@IAmNtyrell), Sope (@SopeSoetan) and Eden (@EedsMcKenzie) as they examine the trending topics of the week, new releases and mercilessly debate your favourite artists. Controversial and wild options aplenty, no artist is safe. This isn't for the faint-hearted or easily triggered. Get involved in the conversation at #DATSPOD

Welcome back to Don't Alert The Stans!

For this week’s episode, the boys are joined by award-winning journalist, editor and author Marcus J. Moore. He’s just published his first book, ‘The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America’. Elsewhere he’s a contributing editor at Bandcamp and has written for BBC, The Fader, The Nation, The Atlantic, Pitchfork, Entertainment Weekly and more.

Nic sets off proceedings by congratulating and praising Sope for contributing to the success of Headie One’s ‘Edna’ which debuted at No.1 on the UK Album Charts.

The news section is short and sweet as the boys put their two pence in about the controversy that arose from Ivorian Doll’s Daily Duppy on GRM Daily. An opportunity she used to continue her long-running beef with Abigail Asante and MISS RFABULOUS.

Rounding up this week’s episode is an in-depth interview with Marcus J. Moore where they discuss his origins for wanting to write the very first Kendrick Lamar biography. The conversation also moves into the importance of key moments in his career like the ‘Control’ verse to losing several Grammys to Macklemore in 2014. While also discussing the space he occupies in Black America’s heart and psyche and how he followed the innovative paths set by Miles Davis and A Tribe Called Quest.

Please Note: This content may include explicit language and references which may not be suitable for young listeners.

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