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What's criminal in the Drake and Kendrick beef? : It's Been a Minute Drake and Kendrick have been trading diss tracks for weeks, and it's gotten darker and darker with each track. Drake accuses Kendrick of beating women, and Kendrick accuses Drake of abusing minors. It's a spectacle, but who are the pawns? Brittany chats with NPR Music's Sidney Madden and writer Tirhakah Love about the collateral damage in this rap beef.

Then, Brittany turns to Holding It Together a new book that describes how America has avoided building a social safety net and instead relies on women to provide the services that could be universal to all. Author Jessica Calarco joins the show to dive into the book and take a look at the cultural forces that keep women holding it all together.

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Drake and Kendrick are beefing, but who pays? Plus, moms as our social safety net

Drake and Kendrick are beefing, but who pays? Plus, moms as our social safety net

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Drake and Kendrick have been trading diss tracks for weeks, and it's gotten darker and darker with each track. Drake accuses Kendrick of beating women and Kendrick accuses Drake of abusing minors. It's a spectacle, but who are the pawns? Brittany chats with NPR Music's Sidney Madden and writer Tirhakah Love about the collateral damage in this rap beef.

Then, Brittany turns to Holding It Together a new book that describes how America has avoided building a social safety net and instead relies on women to provide the services that could be universal to all. Author Jessica Calarco joins the show to dive into the book and take a look at the cultural forces that keep women holding it all together.

This episode was produced by Barton Girdwood and Liam McBain, with additional support from Alexis Williams and Corey Antonio Rose. It was edited by Jessica Placzek. Engineering support came from Tiffany Vera Castro. Fact-checking support came from Nicolette Khan. Our executive producer is Veralyn Williams. Our VP of programming is Yolanda Sangweni.