Hood Politics with Prop

This week was.. dark. The Supreme Court says racial profiling is okay, a women was stabbed on a train and a school was shot up within minutes of Charle Kirk being murdered. The song this week is Mayan Ruins: https://music.apple.com/us/album/mayan-ruins/1835385848?i=1835385858  Follow Hood Politics: https://x.com/hoodpoliticspod https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In light of the ruling of the Department of Justice in the case on Google's monopoly, let's look back on how we got here in the first place. Follow Hood Politics: https://x.com/hoodpoliticspod https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The track this week, "If You Could Ask An Endling" poses the question of how did you get to extinction and what could we do to avoid it. I can't help but think of the erosion of trust in experts as displayed by the firing of the CDC director. Get the album here: Spotify | Apple Follow Hood Politics: https://x.com/hoodpoliticspod https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Jay-Z's birthday, Cali has to decide if it's gonna pass the gerrymandering act or nah. Do we break our code this one time or is it because of our code we have to do this? https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/154day-presprim-2024/historical-reg-stats.pdf Follow Hood Politics: https://x.com/hoodpoliticspod https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

So Prop and Matt have been secretly working on a poetry record, lowkey inspired by the work Cool Zone does. Peep the first poem here on the pod! Get the album here: Spotify | Apple Follow Hood Politics: https://x.com/hoodpoliticspod https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The incredible Jemele Hill, host of the Spolitics podcast and also just an all around rider, pulls up and talks about ALLL THE THINGS. Putin, Trump, NBA, WNBA you name it. And of course DETROIT! Listen to Spolitics: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-spolitics-222755070/ Follow Hood Politics: https://x.com/hoodpoliticspod https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We been saying for months that the Dems ain't fighting back. Now while I'm not sure this will really move the needle, I like this energy Texas Rep. Nicole Collier is bringin'. Follow Hood Politics: https://x.com/hoodpoliticspod https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Taken by themselves, some actions are problematic, but may or may not be deal breakers. But when you add all of them together, they become a bright red flag. Today we talk about Trump's takeover of media, education, law and culture. Follow Hood Politics: https://x.com/hoodpoliticspod https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prop tells two stories about his encounters with powerful white men: how he fumbled the bag with Bill Gates and why he knows Doug Wilson. Follow Hood Politics: https://x.com/hoodpoliticspod https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We got good news and bad news about the current status of Altadena as the city contiunes to recover from the fires of January 2025... and it's prolly exactly what you think it is.  Sources: https://laist.com/news/architect-coalition-completes-200-rebuilding-plans-for-altadena-residents-displaced-by-fire https://www.circlingthenews.com/lack-of-insurance-payouts-causes-problems-in-altadena-and-palisades/ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/67f5687fc4ea480d5d201fe5/t/68230c33dd9666630629967e/1747127348967/EFSN+Package+for+Commissioner+Lara+051225.pdf https://www.npr.org/2025/02/03/nx-s1-5269609/la-fires-homes-insurance-state-farm-allstate Follow Hood Politics: https://x.com/hoodpoliticspod https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.