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October 19, 2026 — "Sammy talks to Yelhomie about hip hop from Manipur"
October 19, 2026 — "Sammy talks to Yelhomie about hip hop from Manipur"
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Episode 644
ON TODAY'S SHOW
A Monday built around one conversation. Yelhomie, the rapper from Imphal, Manipur, whose name means the indigenous people of his state, sits down with Sammy for the long back half of the hour — the choice between music and the regular job everyone else takes, a rap culture he says is still not significant in Manipur, the language barrier that keeps Northeast rappers out of a Hindi-first scene, the killings and displacement that drove him to put…
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