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Nov 2019
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Can Reality Television Produce a Plausib...

The New York Times
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Netflix’s “Rhythm + Flow” is the most recent example of the reality-TV business trying to get into the hip-hop business. Guests: Complex's Frazier Tharpe and Stereogum's Tom Breihan.

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