From an episode of Culture ShockPresented by Krishan Meepe

Interview

Culture Shock: Stardust, Sobriety & Danny Brown

Hip-hop’s resident oddball and experimental vanguard Danny Brown joins Krishan Meepe to talk sobriety, hyper-pop reinvention, and his new album, Stardust.

Fresh off his tour, Danny dives into the stripped-back “two turntables and a microphone” setup he brought on the road and the unlikely essentials he packed for every stop. He outlines the dangers of alcohol and his commitment to sobriety, determined to preserve the vessel that is his body for the higher power he credits with his smartest, nerdiest, and coolest bars.

“If experimental hip hop's topping charts in ten years, I’ll have done my service to the culture.”

Stardust is out now via Warp Records.

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