Topic: Roc

2 chapters across the catalog

04: Facts and Fallacies
• 2:27 - 5:17

04: Facts and Fallacies

Gentrification Hypocrisy, Jay-Z NFL Partnership, and Think Tanks

The discussion focuses on the perceived hypocrisy of political think tanks and public figures regarding urban development. Mo highlights the contradiction of being anti-gentrification while supporting opportunity zones, specifically citing Jay-Z's partnership with the NFL through Roc Nation. This move is framed as a conflict between business interests and the "woke" pro-black agendas Jay-Z publicly champions.

04: Facts and Fallacies
• 1:09:58 - 1:12:49

04: Facts and Fallacies

"Roc" TV Show and the Rejection of Drug Culture

Mo uses a clip from the 1990s TV show "Roc" to demonstrate that Black communities historically rejected drug dealers and criminality. The protagonist, played by Charles S. Dutton, confronts a dealer, calling him a murderer rather than a businessman. Adam Curry contrasts this with "Starsky and Hutch," where the character Huggy Bear began the trend of glamorizing "cool" criminal informants in media.