Stéfon Charlot - Musician, Creative Director

What Is Black? Podcast

Welcome to the first, GIANT SIZED episode of What Is Black? Podcast. WIB?P, as it’s been promoted ad nauseum is a bi-weekly podcast where we talk with Black creatives from varied disciplines in whilst defying the myth of a Black monolith.
To kick things off, we talk with Musician/Singer + Songwriter/Creative Director Stéfon Charlot who is a “bad bitch” and happens to be the catalyst for starting this podcast. Join us as we talk about being creative during a multifaceted pandemic, the crimes against Kanye West and Azealia Banks, and disposable White people.

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Episode timestamps:

• 00:56 – Intro
• 03:57 – Nah, but like the REAL intro: Dakota shame
• 04:19 – Where I completely fuck up my first guest’s name (even though we’ve known each other for ever)
• 10:35 – The interesting thing about COVID-19…
• 13:25 – The most important question Stefon’s ever been asked!
• 18:24 – The privilege of straightness in the black community
• 43:50 – Stefon’s music does not f*ck around, even if you can f*ck around to it.
• 1:02:15 – Tapping in: the process of being Stéfon Charlot: bad b*tch, artist
• 1:05: 30 – The Crimes Against Kanye West (and Azealia Banks for that matter)
• 1:13:12 – Disposable white people: Why do we deem them more respectable?
• 1:24:10 – Plugs
• 1:27:00 – Outro