Topic: Tlc

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69: Infektion
2:00:07 - 2:04:41

69: Infektion

Hip-Hop Culture, TLC's Waterfalls and Reverend Wright's Military Background

The hosts discuss how theories of man-made AIDS were disseminated through hip-hop culture and the Black church. They highlight the lyrics of TLC's "Waterfalls" as a cultural marker of the epidemic. Reverend Jeremiah Wright's background as a military healthcare professional for Lyndon B. Johnson is noted to provide context for his skepticism.