Diddy Says N.O.R.E. And DJ EFN ‘Created A Entire Business’ For Hip-Hop Podcasts With ‘Drink Champs’

Diddy is receiving a serious historical past lesson after the 53-year-old publicly credited Drink Champs hosts N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN for pioneering Hip-Hop podcasting.

In keeping with VIBE, the music mogul gave the duo their flowers throughout a commemoration celebration on Sunday. The celebration was supposed to have a good time the hosts’ current win for Greatest Hip-Hop Platform on the 2022 BET Hip-Hop Awards. And it was thrown by Diddy himself.

In a clip shared on Instagram, Diddy is heard telling company and fellow podcasters to thank N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN for his or her contributions.

They actually created an entire business for lots of people that come from the place we’ve come from to get seven-figure offers. And it will not be that manner if it wasn’t for these two guys. So congratulations, and when y’all see them, say thanks. Be gracious.

Diddy Will get Schooled

Though Diddy’s remarks had been met by applause on the occasion, not many had been happy. In keeping with VIBE, fellow podcasters, Brian “B. Dot” Miller and Kazeem Famuyide had been fast to let Diddy know the place he went unsuitable.

“Juan Ep, RIP Fight Jack,” B. Dot Miller commented, referring to the Juan Epstein podcast hosted by Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg. In addition to the long-lasting Fight Jack Present, hosted by the late Reggie “Fight Jack” Ossé.

Famuyide took Miller’s remark a step additional.

Love for NORE and EFN, however by no means rely out the contributions or Fight Jack, Juan Ep, and [Taxstone].

As many would recall, Taxstone launched his podcast, Tax Season, in 2015 on Fight Jack’s Loud Audio system community.

Extra Hip-Hop Podcasters Lacking From The Dialog

In keeping with VIBE, one web consumer couldn’t assist however point out one other podcaster whom Diddy had forgotten.

I’m sorry, however N.O.R.E ain’t paved the best way for SH*T. Joe Budden is the one who made podcasts fashionable. S/O to Fight Jack (RIP), he set it off, however it was JOE BUDDEN on this current period that made rattling close to everybody wanna pod. Foh Diddy.

In keeping with HotNewHipHop, one other web consumer appeared to agree.

Nahh. You’ll be able to’t rewrite historical past like this. Fight Jack, Taxstone, and Joe Budden had been on the podcast wave in Hip-Hop earlier than Drink Champs even recorded an episode. Podcasts had been fashionable by 2016 and that’s when Drink Champs got here out.

Roommates, what are your ideas on Diddy’s feedback?