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Poison Pen on Fat Joe & Pun Terrorizing Events, Taylor Swift Joining His Group & Eminem - Don’t Quote Me (Ep. 84)

59 min · 9. apr. 2026
episode Poison Pen on Fat Joe & Pun Terrorizing Events, Taylor Swift Joining His Group & Eminem - Don’t Quote Me (Ep. 84) cover

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In this episode, the pod sits down with Poison Pen (of Rebel Armz, Team Homi fame.)  He talks everything from the transition between Indie and Commercial Rap to the era of The Tunnel, and the real history of bringing Battle Rap back to New York. We chop it up about the wild reality of seeing Fat Joe and Big Pun terrorize the Lyricist Lounge, his personal Eminem story, and the hilarious truth behind Taylor Swift joining Team Homi. Plus, we get into his Brooklyn Mt. Rushmore, meeting Nas and Biggie, the Chino XL vs 2pac situation, and tell some legendary rap stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 6:01 Indie vs Commercial Rap 8:32 Fat Joe’s stories 13:33 Tunnell 15:17 Bringng Battle Rap Back to New York 19:18 Rebel Armz 21:21 Pen Bet Against Drect 😂 26:41 Fake DJ’ing 30:15 Craziest Battle Rap Moment 34:25 Meeting Biggie 37:15 Brooklyn Mt. Rushmore 40:18 Meeting Nas 45:11 Chino XL vs 2Pac 50:18 Eminem Story 55:55 Taylor Swift is in Team Homi 59:14 Most Underrated Rappers

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