This is just one piece of a bigger conversation.

Chad and Erica Furlong sat down with us and talked about purpose, philanthropy, music, travel, and the people making real change — including Godwin and the work being done in Uganda.

Through @baygandafoundation and @bebuenaonda, they’ve been connected to work focused on education, opportunity, community, and helping kids build a different future.

Full Chad & Erica Furlong episode is live now on YouTube — Building 341.
Link in bio.

Instagram:
@baygandafoundation
@bebuenaonda

Web:
bayganda.org
buenaondaproject.org

Podcast:
TheChericaShow

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Chad and Erica Furlong have spent years pouring into communities in Uganda and Mexico, but the work comes with a side most people never see.

This conversation gets into the responsibility, pressure, emotional weight, travel, family, purpose, and the people they’ve met along the way — from Godwin’s work with girls and basketball in Uganda to the Buena Onda Project helping kids and families in Baja California.

We also talk music, culture, faith, relationships, the funny moments that happen when you travel, and what it takes to keep showing up when the work gets heavy.

This one goes deeper than philanthropy.

Featuring:
@baygandafoundation
@bebuenaonda

Web:
bayganda.org
buenaondaproject.org

Podcast:
TheChericaShow

Building 341 — DJ Rubbaban & Caddey B

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We used to laugh at Idiocracy.

Now some days it feels a little too accurate. 😂

The movie looked ridiculous when it came out.
Now it feels like somebody got an early copy of the future.

Tell me we’re wrong.

Full episode: Some Rappers Have Bigger Names Than Their Catalogs — on Building 341 now.

#Building341 #Idiocracy #CultureTalk #PodcastClips #RealTalk

I’m standing on it. 😂

Go listen to “Blue Velvet” and tell me Princess Nokia isn’t one of the hardest on that list.

Agree or nah?

#Building341 #PrincessNokia #HipHop #WomenInHipHop #RapTalk

A lot of people talk about getting kids out of poverty.

Chad and Erica are talking about what that actually looks like — education, exposure, opportunity and showing kids there’s more out there than what they see every day.

Sometimes changing a life starts with simply showing somebody another option.

Full Chad & Erica Furlong conversation coming soon on Building 341.

@baygandafoundation
@bebuenaonda
TheChericaShow

bayganda.org
buenaondaproject.org

#Building341 #BuenaOnda #BaygandaFoundation #Community #Education

Some rappers got names that carry a whole lot of weight. But when you really sit down and go through the albums, the hits, the misses and the moments… sometimes the name is bigger than the catalog.

That’s where this conversation started, and then it went everywhere.

Nas vs Too $hort. Future vs Kurupt. Great MCs without that one great album. Hits versus bars. Legacy artists still putting music out. What actually matters in a Verzuz. And how much of all of this really comes down to the crowd and what they connect with.

At some point you gotta stop arguing the name and start pulling records.

Building 341 — DJ Rubbaban & Caddey B #Building341 #HipHopCulture #RapDebate #HipHopPodcast #MusicTalk

Chad and Erica Furlong are putting real work behind the word philanthropy.

Through @baygandafoundation, Erica helps support early childhood education, literacy and opportunity for children in Uganda. Through @bebuenaonda, Chad helps provide an after-school program, meals, education and opportunities for kids in Baja California, Mexico.

We sat down with Chad and Erica to talk about what brought them to this work, the people and places that changed them, the responsibility that comes with helping others, and of course the music that became part of the soundtrack along the way.

There were serious moments, plenty of laughs, and a few moments we definitely didn’t see coming. 😂

Full Building 341 episode coming soon.

Instagram: @baygandafoundation | @bebuenaonda
Web: BayGanda Foundation | Buena Onda Project
Podcast: TheChericaShow

#Building341 #BaygandaFoundation #BuenaOnda #TheChericaShow #Philanthropy #Community #Uganda #Mexico

Everybody scores Verzuz differently.

Some people judge bars.
Some judge hits.
Some judge impact.
Some judge what actually moves the crowd.

So does anybody really “win”?

Maybe it’s all perception… and the only people who really win are the fans getting to hear all those records again.

That’s what makes the debates fun.

#Building341 #Verzuz #HipHopDebate #HipHopCulture #MusicDebate #RapTalk #MusicPodcast #HipHopPodcast

ust real talk. People got way too comfortable saying certain things out loud like it’s normal. We had to speak on it. Full convo coming soon. What changed? #Building341 #PodcastClips #RealTalk #CultureTalk #CommunityTalk #NoFilter #ChicoCA #PodcastersOfInstagram #HipHopPodcast #ConversationStarter

Rubba asked me straight up: Nas or Too $hort in a Verzuz?

I’m taking Too $hort. 😂

Nas is one of my favorite East Coast rappers, but if we’re talking records that hit in a room, a party, a club — I think Short has more of them.

I already know what the comments are about to look like. 😂

#TooShort #Nas #Verzuz #HipHopDebate #Building341