Authentic: The Story Of Tablo

Authentic: The Story Of Tablo

Korean hip hop star Tablo was at the height of his career when a rumor started spreading on the internet that he was a liar. As a trivial accusation explodes into an international obsession, host Dexter Thomas Jr follows a bizarre conspiracy that asks one fundamental question: are we who we say we are? From VICE and iHeartPodcasts Network.

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February 14, 2022 2 mins

Tablo was a Korean hip hop superstar in 2010. Then it all came screeching to a halt, when a rumor on the internet ballooned out of control. From VICE and iHeart Podcast Network, a series that explores why a bizarre conspiracy divided a country and turned into an international obsession. Hosted by Dexter Thomas Jr.

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A Korean superstar. A genius rapper. A liar and a cheat. Labels like these have followed Tablo for more than a decade. And now, he’s ready to tell the whole truth, once and for all.

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February 24, 2022 40 mins

Parents loved Tablo for his Stanford pedigree and teens for his rebellious attitude. But this dichotomy that made for great TV, would also draw in a new set of haters.

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March 3, 2022 36 mins

Underground Korean hip-hop heads accused Tablo of appealing to the K-pop mainstream. Tablo’s success was a double edged sword that Tajinyo would use against him.

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March 10, 2022 33 mins

Why would hundreds of thousands of people join a forum dedicated to finding out if someone lied about their Stanford diploma? There’s history here.

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March 17, 2022 30 mins

An international hunt leads to a national police investigation. As the truth is finally revealed, the investigation takes an unexpected turn.

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March 24, 2022 38 mins

To get closer to why this all happened, we go on a journey to find a Tajinyo leader.

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March 31, 2022 33 mins

After the scandal, everyone thought Tablo had won. But by then it was too late. The conspiracy would change his family forever.

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April 7, 2022 38 mins

Still, today, more than a decade later the effects on the online campaign have real world consequences.

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April 14, 2022 42 mins

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April 18, 2022 25 mins

There’s even more! We go deeper on K- pop, fandom and conspiracy. You heard a lot from Professor Hye Jin Lee of USC in the series but she has a lot more to say.

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For many Latinx kids in the ‘00s, the party crew scene was a safe space to express themselves as they came of age in the grit and glitter of Los Angeles. A space to make friends, forget about your problems and dance the night away. But the scene wasn’t always physically safe. There were shootings and police raids. Many adults saw the scene as gang-adjacent and the media fueled negative stereotypes of kids who were out of control. O...

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