The Open Run With Will Strickland
Episode 94 – Investigate Then Authenticate
If there was a Grand Council of Arbiters to determine greatness, how exactly could it be established and who’d sit at that table?
Judgment can be a tricky thing, especially when consider who is wielding the weaponry.
It is less so when these pesky little fact thingies get in the way of narrative built for salaciousness’ sake.
This week, Wall $t. welcomes longtime friend, DJ, producer, hooper and now author, Kenny Parker, of the legendary Boogie Down Productions crew, to share his story in My Brother’s Name Is Kenny, about life growing up with someone who would become one of the greatest hip hop icons ever, The Artist Formerly Known As Lawrence Krisna Parker.
In addition to amazing hip hop stories shared between these guys, NBA training camp launches with the annual media day and the News, Views and Truths around suspended Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka, disgraced Phoenix Suns governor Robert Sarver, the returns of Zion Williamson and Kawhi Leonard and the 20thcampaign of The Hashtag, He Who Shan’t Be Named!
References Made: Jesus Shuttlesworth, The Best Man, Semi from Zamunda, porn and pizza, Badboy Records’ first artist, FIBA Women’s World Cup in Australia, ESPN’s NBA player rankings, never enough Skylar Diggins-Smith (Skylar Diggins), St. Anthony’s Hurley legacy, who stole the rap soul out of “Soul Train” Will’s quasi-connection to Nia Long, Kenny’s steps into a new Real World, how a song sparked an entirely new business based on rap and other questions asked and answered on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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