EP. 243.5 — Fraud Friday: The Hoodwinking Hipster w/ Lilan Bowden

Good Friday, con-gregation! We revisit our episode with Lilan Bowden where we break down the hipster who started scamming before it was cool. Plus, remember when Soulja Boy was up in that copyright infringement? Stay schemin’!

This episode was originally released Nov. 03, 2020.

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Research by Sharilyn Vera.

Sources:

https://observer.com/2009/04/the-hipster-grifter/

https://www.nylon.com/articles/nyfw-refinery-29-scammer-hipster-grifter

https://twitter.com/kariferrell?lang=en

https://www.thedailybeast.com/catching-up-with-the-hipster-grifter

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2019/01/01/soulja-boy-soulja-game-copyright-infringement/

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