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I love a good hot take. I live for them. I drop them. I view myself as a hot take maven; I tried to put that as my industry on LinkedIn but it doesn’t exist yet. It should. Hot takes make the world go ‘round. Here’s the thing: All hot takes aren’t created equal. Some are asinine, nonsensical skullduggery intended to incite riots and scare babies. Some, though, make you think. They make you ponder. They implore you to consider an idea you hadn’t considered before or, at least, start a conversation that gets really exciting for an hour or so.
Such is the case with a take from one Coach K, one of the co-founders of Atlanta’s Quality Control, home to artists like Cardi B, City Girls, Lil Yachty and Lil Baby, among others. Migos is also a QC act, but I have no idea if that’s still a thing or not. Anywho, the point here is that Coach K is a person of importance in hip-hop and especially in the South. He is also the former manager of Jeezy (formerly Young Jeezy; he’s getting older now) and it is in that role where his expertise, presence and experience resulted in a hot take for consideration.
While on the “Business Untitled” podcast, Coach K was asked by one of the hosts when he knew that Jeezy was, essentially, that dude and Coach K acknowledged how huge Jeezy was by pointing out (hot take forthcoming) that Jeezy was not only bigger than Migos (who were huge) but more relevant than Jay-Z, especially in the South. Coach K knew that New Yorkers would take issue with such a statement but stood on business, pointing…
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