About That

Andrew Chang finds the awesome in daily news by expanding your understanding of the stories everybody is talking about. You will get the big picture and the little details that matter to you. We ask the questions you are asking, we let our guests finish their sentences, and we aren’t afraid to geek out, laugh, and admit when we did not get it. This is a blend of timely conversation and storytelling formats, easy-to-follow explainers, feature interviews and talk tapes. It is purpose-built for a diverse, younger demographic that’s comfortable with the informal presentation style of social platforms. In this episode, we explore the hip-hop subgenre drill rap and its growing politicisation in the US in relation to gun violence after the death of mega star Takeoff. Andrew uses his own background as a classical trained musician to learn about the composition of the music, all with the understanding where it comes from and the inflamed rhetoric about its impact on communities in the US. Andrew and his guest, performer and music professor A.D. Carson take a deep dive down a rabbit hole and into the lyrics and sounds of drill and Chief Keef, an artist many consider to be drill rap’s progenitor to try to understand