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Louder Than A Riot: 'The Badder, The Better: Bobby Shmurda (Pt 1)'

The rapper Bobby Shmurda had a big viral hit in 2014, and it looked like he was going to be a star. But just months later, Bobby and his friends were arrested and charged in connection with a murder and several other shootings. Our friends at NPR Music podcast <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/11/03/930906348/the-badder-the-better-bobby-shmurda-pt-1">Louder Than A Riot</a> trace the interconnected rise of hip-hop and mass incarceration, and they take a look at Bobby's story in this episode. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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