Carter Deems Appreciation Hour (Battle Rap & Parks and Recreation w/Steve Eanet)

Steve Eanet is many things: a marketing pro, a Goldendoodle dad, a battle rapper by the name of XQZ with multiple international battles and No Coast Raps titles to his name. He is also the host's brother, and I'd say we were the ShibSibs of podcasting, but that's probably the McElroys. Steve joins us in the studio to talk about his long history with battle rap, what he's learned from being part of the community, and also one of our favorite TV shows.

Topics include: The battle preparation process, online communities, discussing politics with battle rappers, the whole 8 Mile thing, deliberately bad puns and the townspeople of Pawnee.

Watch XQZ's most recent battle against Blackademikz here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I5I_xadv5A&feature=youtu.be

Lindsay's favorite rap battle of all time, Marlo vs. Shuffle T:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNtw6Fon_QM

A good example of Carter Deems being Carter Deems:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKq-2qL_SbY

You can find Steve on Twitter at @SteveXQZ or, for our five Canadian listeners, you can catch him battling Sweeney at King of the Dot's Wave 3 event in Toronto on April 13th.

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