Hood Politics with Prop

Hood Politics with Prop

The political landscape can be confusing, but it doesn't have to be. If you've survived junior high, lived in an urban city or understand gang life, you can understand geopolitics. Join rapper and author Propaganda and his friends as they use their hood-knowledge to break down the political scene.

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December 31, 2025 40 mins

It's the official 2025 State of Blackness Address. Today we look back at a year in Blackness. Diddy, 50 Cent, Nicki Minaj going MAGA, Stephen A. Smith, D'Angelo's tragic passing. All that and more.

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A poetry offering for the holiday season.

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It's time again for the State of the Blackness Address. This week, we rewind to halfway point of 2025 in preparation for next week's full year round up.

Original Air Date: 6.4.25

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December 19, 2025 11 mins

I used to feel a complicated feeling around taking a break when I know people across the world cannot, until I actually tapped in with the very people Im trying to be in solidarity with. I'll let them lead the way...

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Dr. Alma and Prop guide y'all on how to survive a Christmas in a black or brown home.

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December 12, 2025 13 mins

Did y'all watch the 50 Cent-produced Diddy documentary? There are two important take aways about Black culture I think we can pull from it.

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Today we continue our talk with Bridget Todd about her beloved hellscape Washington DC, and Prop shares his many family memories about his time in DC.

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It never fails, when some BIPOC commits some sort of crime, the entire group is punished. Of course we are referring to the President's response to the killing of the two National Guard members in DC by an Afghan immigrant.

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Since our President has chosen to speak so ill about many of our US cities, specifically calling them hellscapes, I figured I would find people I know that are from there and live there and ask them "Is this in fact a hellscape?" Today we talk to Bridget Todd about her beloved hellscape: Washington, DC.

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I'm still deciding if this is a come to Jesus moment or a 'hit dog gon holla' situation with Marjorie Taylor Greene. But I'mma let her cook for a second.

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November 26, 2025 56 mins

Prop sits down with long time friend Glen, who started the Beleaf in Fatherhood YouTube channel and has recently dropped a book titled Father Yourself First.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene is beefing with the MAGA base and she's actually making statements I rock with. But just because I rock with what she's saying doesn't mean she can come to the cookout.

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Today we revisit the Big Beautiful Bill Act, seeing as how we have hit the "find out" phase in the effects of Trump's choices.

Original Air Date: 7.9.25

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Ok, after the Halloween candy rush wears off of winning a couple victories in the voting booth, it's important to remember the work is not complete. We can celebrate wins but we can stop.

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After the November 6th elections, the record breaking government shutdown, and the Supreme Court deciding about IEEPA and SNAP, I gotta be honest, I don't see the play here.

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After winning back to back World Series, we are faced with moral conundrum of supporting a team that is as Los Angeles as he smog we breathe or sitting this one out due to its owner profiting off of ICE, terrorizing the very community that keeps the team thriving.

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November 5, 2025 48 mins

Since our President has chosen to speak so ill about many of our US cities, specifically calling them hellscapes, I figured I would find people I know that are from there and live there and ask them "Is your city in fact a hellscape?" Today we talk to Cxffeeblack about his beloved hellscape: Memphis.

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We know that on November 1st, SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits are ending. I just want to take a moment to express how many people you actually know and are close to, have in the past or are currently being helped by this program.

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In what I truly thought was an AI image, the East Wing of the White House is being torn down. I wasn't sure if I cared or not. But the more I thought about it, the more it reminded me of the days of the innocent internet, you know, the debate over whether that dress what blue and black or white and gold.

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I finally got around to listening to the Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates discussion. In that discussion, Coates was able to put in to words the way I felt after hearing about the young Republicans group chat. He said "It's not that you know what Donald Trump is going to do. It's that you don't underestimate what you are up against."

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