Poolhouse and Oso ring in the first I WAS THERE™ of 2026 with a truly unhinged, open-lines barnburner. What begins as light post–Summer of Floyd skin-tone emoji discourse and a routine beverage check quickly veers into Arizona iced tea nationalism, Faygo geopolitics, and Lily Allen’s feet pics. And that’s just the opening salvo of this positively noided banger edition of the internet’s most successful non-Nigerian funky unc call-in radio show.

From Iggy Azalea as the poster child for post-cancellation anti-woke glow-ups to the rap game as a glorified mafia racket, the gang tackles cultural mysteries you didn’t even know existed—without ever missing a beat. Plus: Drake’s shady business acumen, Eazy-E’s strange ending, the greatest musical features of all time, and Poolhouse gives the audience a glimpse of his most deliriously thrilling granddaddy of conspiracies yet: #RapKillbox.

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