Open Mike Eagle Dives Deep on: Being a “Rapper-Comedian,” Hip-Hop Lifespans, Divorce, Wokeness, and Podcasting

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Open Mike Eagle isn’t just one thing. He’s been on tour and had his own Comedy Central show—proving that he transcends easy definitions. He’s a polymath, and follows his creativity wherever it takes him—even if that means talking about divorce and depression. Box him in at your peril. In this episode of People’s Party with Talib Kweli, Kweli and Mike realize how much overlap their careers have had, and trade stories about everything from producers they’ve both worked with, to mutual friends, to their local rap scenes. They crack jokes and also wrestle with weighty issues—from mental health to career angst. This is an episode that defies definition in part because its guest defies definition. It will surprise you, make you laugh, and make you look at rap in unique ways. What more could you ask for?

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0:00.0	Hey guys, this is Jasmine Lee, co-host of People's Party with Talib Kuali.
0:04.0	You're about to hear an excerpt of our show.
0:06.0	To hear the full combo in all of our past episodes, with stars like DMX,
0:10.4	Ice Cube, Lil Kim and more, be sure to subscribe to the Luminary Channel on Apple Podcasts.
0:16.0	Dark Comedy has some really serious heavy themes that you continue to explore.
0:21.6	Do you remember the point of your career when you were like, I'm really gonna
0:25.0	own my shit and really wrestle with the feelings I need to wrestle with?
0:29.5	I mean, that should happen to me like last year.
0:33.0	When I really decided, it's funny because Dark Comedy was me,
0:37.7	that's the height of me like pointing at the world. And I have my own issues,
0:42.4	but I'm talking around them.
0:43.8	Yes.
0:44.4	You know, and I'm pointing the finger out to the world and critiquing
0:49.2	you know, everything going on in society to avoid talking about myself
0:52.7	for the most part. That's interesting.
0:54.8	And it wasn't until really the anime trauma divorced album,
0:58.8	because I was making this album that's kind of just exploring the relationship between Black
1:02.9	people and anime. Like that was kind of where I was starting from, because I always felt
1:07.9	that that was wow, every hood I was ever in, like little Black boys that know about Goku and
1:13.8	Naruto and they really let stuff resonate for them. And I'm like, damn, there's something with
1:17.2	this power fantasy thing. But then I started going through personal shit. And it was my therapist
1:24.4	who was like, hey, you have an outlet that people would kill to have. Like you have a craft,
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