Popcast (Deluxe): What’s an Aging Rapper to Do?

The first section of this week’s episode of Popcast (Deluxe), the weekly tradition roundup present on YouTube hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, consists of dialogue of:

• Eminem’s new single, “Houdini”

• Eminem as a devoted fan of rap music

• J. Cole’s collaboration with Cash Cobain, “Grippy,” and being in on the J. Cole-rapping-about-sex joke

• Drake’s look on the SoundCloud novelty music “Wah Gwan Delilah”

• How rappers like Common and Method Man are grappling with hip-hop’s era hole

• The new Will Smith film, “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” and the actor’s intensive, post-Slap press tour, together with “Hot Ones”

• Whether Will Smith want his “Bad Boys” character as a protected place to behave out

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