Bad For The Community
Unfiltered Commentary on the Latest News in Black Culture, Music, and More! Three influential voices in Boston’s music scene—RobThe508God, Nate Nics, and Saint Yves—come together to break down culture, music, politics, and the societal issues that shape our world today. With their distinct perspectives, the hosts invite listeners to join them at the table for engaging weekly commentary on current events. Their candid discussions highlight the intersections of creativity, culture, and community, offering insights that are as entertaining as they are thought-provoking!
Episodes
This week on Bad For The Community, we’re joined by our brother and Boston’s own Clark D, making his return to the pod after some major life moves. Last time we spoke, Clark had just moved to Atlanta to chase his dreams as a musician and engineer. Now he’s back with Grammy-winning credits, major label experience, and a powerful story on overcoming personal struggle to fulfill your God-given purpose.
We talk about his experience in A...
This week on Bad For The Community, we’re joined by Gutta (@filmedbygutta) to talk about the launch of CHNL — a new creative platform co-founded with our very own, Saint Yves!
CHNL, short for Creatives Have No Limits, just dropped its debut issue featuring incredible collaborations with a number of local fashion brands within a magazine that's been two years in the making. Gutta and Yves share the full journey: from the first spark ...
Our guy Murk the Sauce God stepped in this week to form Da White Tee Boyz with Nate, Yves, and Tomo!
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Yves on Haiti's protected status being threatened
4:00 - The negativity of the news
11:20 - Intro/ White tee boys in the building
12:45 - Tomo on K-Pop Demon Hunters
16:00 - Nate and Yves returning to X after long hiatus?
23:40 - Is the outrage toward Sydney Sweeney warranted?
34:30 - What's the criteria to ...
We've got a lot of new music and topics to get to this week, things are starting to heat up! Before we get into any of that... this episode was actually live streamed this past Friday. Starting with this week's episode, we're going to be going live every Friday night. So make sure to tap in with us on YouTube and join the conversation in real time!
On this week's episode, we kicked things off by grilling Nate for hi...
Time Stamps:
0:00 - How much $ to do the One Chip Challenge again?
7:00 - Astronomer ex-CEO's affair at Coldplay concert
20:45 - Clipse 'Let God Sort Em Out'... Album of the Year?
34:30 - 'Jackboys 2'... Is this just a Travis album?
45:30 - Is Timbaland ruining music with his AI artist
59:30 - Rob's "definitive" Top 100 NBA Players list
1:15:45 - Albums you NEED to listen to have an opinion on hip hop
1:28...
In this clip, we react to Robert Griffin III (RGIII) reposting a racist photoshopped image that replaced Angel Reese with a monkey on a fake NBA 2K26 WNBA Edition cover. The image was originally created by a random Twitter troll, but RGIII — instead of ignoring it — decided to repost it to his massive platform under the guise of "denouncing racism."But instead of standing in support of Angel Reese, his tweet mainly focuse...
In this clip, we dive into Drake’s newest single “What Did I Miss?” On this single, Drake addresses betrayal from close friends, including LeBron James, and reflects on the aftermath of his high-profile beef with Kendrick Lamar last summer.With his next album "ICEMAN" on the horizon, is this a comeback for Drake after a humiliating past year? We break down our honest thoughts on the track, debate whether Drake is finally ...
Did y'all miss us? We've returned from our brief hiatus to dive right back into the chaos! On this week's episode of Bad For The Community, we kicked things off with the rising tensions between Israel and Iran, the anti-ICE protests across the nation, and Trump's new travel ban.
We also shared our dividing opinions on Tyler Perry's new movie 'Straw' and his controversial portrayal of Black women. With the Clipse album on the way, w...
What does it really take to put on a successful music show? This week, Nate Nics taps in with the duo of Hype Hub (Will of Aperture Studios & Lenni Linguini) and E-Los, one of the featured artists performing this Friday at MASS REPRESENT: AT THE VAULT in New Bedford, MA!
From the artist’s perspective, E-Los breaks down how he prepares to rock a stage and what goes into making a show unforgettable.
On the talent buyer side, Will &...
Fresh off of seeing Kendrick Lamar & SZA in concert, we kicked things off by reflecting on our experience at the show. It didn't take too long for another beef to strike in hip-hop, as we reacted to Ray Vaughn's and Joey Bada$$' diss tracks to each other and who we thought took round one. We also touched on the latest drama with Tory Lanez being stabbed in prison and the insane Diddy trial that's revealed more than any of us re...
Fresh off her latest mixtape ''CAPSULE_002: CLUB DIOSA', Shandelle brought the same fun vibes & energy to this week's episode of Bad For The Community! Things kicked off with Shandelle reflecting on her previous night's DJ set, which led to a conversation around "wall huggers" and people not dancing enough at the club. Shandelle then took us on a deep dive into her project and the mindset she was i...
It's been a slow news week, but you can always count on us find a way to argue about something! On this week's episode we debated a number of topics, including: whether or not you should be drinking cow milk, which kids TV channel was superior growing up, and which album from various artists' discographies are we getting rid of!
As always, if you want to send us questions or topics you want to hear us discuss, feel ...
We got a lot to get to on this week's episode! We quickly kicked things off with a temperature check on the current state of the world, before diving right into Shadeur Sanders' draft stock tanking and whether or not the NFL is quietly colluding against Shadeur. Things then take a wild (and freaky) turn as we discussed Kanye's claims of giving his cousin oral as a child and the allegations around Shannon Sharpe's relationship with ...
On this week's episode, things kicked off with Nate and Yves joking on Rob's newest discovery... he's colorblind! All of the past behind the scenes debates on "what color is this" are starting to make a lot more sense now. Rob also shared another entry to his collection of strange dreams, which led to a breakdown and reaction to the newest season of Netflix's "Black Mirror".
Later in the episode, the guys answer the hypothetical: "I...
On this week's episode, we immediately kicked off with a debate surrounding Playboi Carti's MUSIC album and whether we should be aging out of certain music. In a time where most new albums have a shelf life of a week, we revisted which albums we still have in rotation and which ones we haven't gone back to.
We also reacted to the the wild story of a Tufts student being abducted by masked ICE agents, shared our thoughts ...
There's no love lost when it comes to Elon and Kanye on this podcast! We're called Bad For The Community but they're the definition of it. On this week's episode, we discussed the protests against Tesla and Kanye's distasteful tweet about Beyonce's twins. The discussion led to an interesting conversation about self-accountability and our role in empowering these types of behaviors. We also spoke on Playboi C...
Catherine T. Morris, the founder of BAMS (Boston Arts & Music Soul) Fest, joined us for one of the most thoughtful and insightful conversations we've had yet on the podcast! As advocates for the Boston music and arts scene, it was important for us to recognize and learn more about Catherine's contributions toward the scene. Her mission to build racial equity and economic empowerment to Black creatives and entrepreneurs is evide...
Episode 120 : "Agents of Chaos" | Kendrick Lamar's Halftime Show, New Drake & PND Album, Ye Meltdown
We're back and we've got a lot to get to this week! Before we tackled the bigger news of the week, we kicked off the show with a fun debate on where certain singers stack up on a scale of 1-10. We then gave a breakdown and shared our thoughts on the Super Bowl, specifically Kendrick Lamar's divisive Halftime Show performance!
In the second half, we reviewed Drake & PartyNextDoor's highly anticipated collab album "$ome $exy $ongs...
What is going on?!? It's only been a few weeks of 2025 and things are already starting to get real WEIRD! We kicked off this week's episode with our reactions to the viral clip of an Arizona man getting caught with his pants down at a drive-thru, and then "unaliving" himself in what the internet has dubbed "a goonicide". You can't make this sh-t up...
Later on, we broke down Drake's absurd lawsuit against UMG for defamation and ho...
We’re joined by friend of the show, Ikenna "Ike" Ndugba—founder of the nonprofit arts organization ‘617Peak’ and co-founder of the music label ‘Words Speak Life’! On this week’s episode, we dived into Ike’s journey of uplifting the Boston youth through his work with 617Peak and managing up-and-coming talents, such as Nay Speaks and Yanna G, through the success of Words Speak Life.
We learned about the origins of 617P...
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