The rhetoric of Malcolm X from the early 1960s is compared to Tupac Shakur’s 1990s interviews, noting that both identified the same "explosive atmosphere" of frustration. The hosts argue that figures like Tupac and Kanye West are often marginalized or their mindsets ignored because their ability to articulate systemic problems is dangerous to the status quo. They suggest that "Black Lives Matter Inc." uses the poor as victims to grow their own corporate and political power.