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Published · transcript-backedBen Westhoff: uncertainty
9 Oct 2019 Conversations with Tyler Ben Westhoff on Synthetic Drugs, Dive Bars, and the Evolution of Rap
“I haven’t seen a lot of that, but I don’t know why it shouldn’t be the case, though.”
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- Ben Westhoff
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- uncertainty
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- 9 Oct 2019
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…If you think about career trajectories for rap stars, I have the casual sense that they don’t last that long. Are there rap stars who just keep on getting better as they age, like Beethoven? Or is that very hard to pull off? And if so, why? I haven’t seen a lot of that, but I don’t know why it shouldn’t be the case, though. You have blues musicians who undeniably often get better when they age. When it comes to rap stars, it tends to be like all the money — as with any celebrities — once you get a lot of yes-men around you, it’s hard to keep your creative edge. Is the entourage inefficient? Should we tax the entourage, discourage it? Would the world be a better place if we outlawed the entourage?…
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