Jemele Hill Calls Out Offset's Interview With Bobbi Althoff For 'Erasing' Hip-Hop Journalism

Jemele Hill Calls Out Offset’s Interview With Bobbi Althoff For ‘Erasing’ Hip-Hop Journalism

Offset sat down for a reasonably shady interview with rising TikTok podcaster Bobbi Althoff and a few individuals are sounding off.

The previous Migos rapper was the newest visitor on Althoff’s “The Actually Good Podcast” following her awkwardly-styled interviews with Drake, Lil Yachty, and Tyga. In a promotional clip posted to Instagram on Monday, Althoff claims the episode is anticipated to drop “Thursday, most likely.”

The clip reveals Offset and Althoff’s awkward and shady change after the rapper asks the podcaster what she does for a dwelling.

“I interview individuals,” Althoff replies.

When Offset asks why she needed to interview him, the sarcastic podcaster replies, “I didn’t.”

“Your group reached out to mine,” she added.

However Offset wasn’t having it and got here again along with his personal snappy replies.

“Don’t cap, let’s not cap about that,” Offset jokingly mentioned. “Flag on the play. Cap.”

Althoff then mentioned: “I truthfully don’t know the way this took place, my group might have reached out to yours. I’m not gonna, I don’t wanna make you look again.”

When Offset advised Althoff he had no thought who she was, she claimed she had no thought who he was and needed to Google him. However Offset fired again telling Althoff that no less than he could possibly be Googled since he might solely discover Althoff on TikTok.

“I needed to go on TikTok, I couldn’t even Google you,” Offset replied. “You’re not there but. However you’ll be there. However you’re on TikTok.”

Whereas many discovered humor within the change, there have been many who criticized Althoff’s tone through the interview and critiqued Offset and different rappers who’re seemingly serving to the shady podcaster construct her platform. One one who took offense is journalist Jemele Hill who believes interviews with social media personalities like Althoff do a disservice to precise journalists within the discipline.

“I don’t discover a lot of these interviews significantly pleasant or attention-grabbing. As an alternative it simply sadly factors out how actual hip hop journalism has been virtually erased,” Hill tweeted.

“A number of the media groups behind these artists aren’t eager about them sitting down with credible individuals who know how one can inform tales and do high quality interviews. Then they marvel why an artist’s actual story goes untold, uncared for or that artist is misunderstood.”

I don’t discover a lot of these interviews significantly pleasant or attention-grabbing. As an alternative it simply sadly factors out how actual hip hop journalism has been virtually erased. A number of the media groups behind these artists aren’t eager about them sitting down with credible individuals who… https://t.co/l1jaaWjj7R

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 26, 2023

When one particular person tried to elucidate why Offset may’ve determined to go on Althoff’s podcast due to its “attain,” Hill fired again and defined why the rapper has the ability to be extra intentional about who he does an interview with.