a black hip hop crew in detroit gave a rich white kid named bob ritchie his start. that kid became kid rock. this episode is about what he did with that gift and what eric clapton did with a similar one decades earlier in england. i trace both stories then turn the question on myself: how am i giving back for everything black music has given me? i still do not have a compelling answer ☉

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