Jarren Benton on Funk Volume, Crooked Industry Execs & Freebasing with Kevin Bacon | Don’t Quote Me

In this episode rapper Jarren Benton joins the pod to talk about how he got on in the music industry, his epic rise with Funk Volume, battle rap and more.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

3:10 World Rap Championships

8:40 Huffing Blue With Hasselhoff & Freebasing With Kevin Bacon

9:55 LA Reid Story (Corrupt Industry Execs)

23:12 Being a XXL Freshman

26:35 New Projects

27:40 Def Jam

30:35 New Music

33:40 Rise and Fall of Funk Volume

36:30 Top 12 Song in Rap History

1:04:06 Trivia

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