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My guest this week is Philadelphia-via-Brooklyn rapper, one-half of the duo ShrapKnel and member of the Wrecking Crew, Curly Castro. We spoke about The Disciple: A Wu-Tang Fable, the Carrie series, the Snowfall spin-off series The Drop, his complicated relationship with blaxploitation movies, a health update, reception to ShrapKnel’s Triple Steel Beam Collection, being personal on record, knowing when to get conceptual and when to be blunt, and the creative process behind his latest solo album Yaphet, produced entirely by Locust. Come fuck with us.

Listen to our first interview from 2021 about his last solo album, Little Robert Hutton, here.

Yaphet is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from Castro's Bandcamp page or from the Backwoodz website. Follow Castro on Instagram (@curlycastro) and Twitter (@Curly_Castro).

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