November 2, 2020

EP. 58 — The Hoodwinking Hipster with Lilan Bowden

What’s poppin, con-gregation? This week Lilan Bowden is on the podcast to break down the hipster who started scamming before it was cool. Plus, Soulja Boy up in that copyright infringement. Stay schemin!

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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