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Ben Westhoff: uncertainty

9 Oct 2019 Conversations with Tyler Ben Westhoff on Synthetic Drugs, Dive Bars, and the Evolution of Rap

“I don’t know his whole biography, like his real, real biography. There’s not that much written about him, but if I had to put money on it, I would suspect that was likely true.”

— Ben Westhoff

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Speaker
Ben Westhoff
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Claim type
uncertainty
Recorded
9 Oct 2019
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

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…Schoolly D, one of my favorites, comes up with an incredibly unique sound, what, in 1987, give or take, yet it seems he was a gangster. Now where did that come from? Are you telling me he was also a high-conscientiousness individual? I don’t know his whole biography, like his real, real biography. There’s not that much written about him, but if I had to put money on it, I would suspect that was likely true. In fact, he said that. He usually didn’t have swear words in his early songs, but the crowds responded to it so well, he started swearing a lot. How did you get access to Dr. Dre for your book?…

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