Its Up There Podcast

Glasses Malone pulls up to It’s Up There Podcast with Big Loon for a sharp, direct conversation about media influence, cultural standards, and where lines in hip-hop media actually exist. The episode opens with a breakdown of DJ Akademiks vs Adin Ross, questioning why some platforms face heavy scrutiny while others move with far less resistance (00:01:25). Loon presses the No Jumper / Adam22 angle and digs into where “content” stops being conversation and starts becoming something else entirely (00:02:10). From there, the discussion pivots to the Drake vs Kendrick fallout. Loon and Glasses unpack the idea of Drake taking a legal route, Kendrick’s quiet weight in the culture, and what happens when rap conflicts move outside the booth and into real-world systems (00:03:12). They also address the UMG narrative — whether labels shape outcomes behind the scenes — and why Glasses pushes back on that idea (00:11:37). Glasses then zooms out on his own journey — coming up in W