Mogul

By Gimlet

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Chris Lighty was a giant in hip-hop. He managed Foxy Brown, Fat Joe, Missy Elliott, Busta Rhymes, LL Cool J, 50 Cent—anyone who was anyone worked with Lighty. But in 2012 he was found dead at his home in the Bronx, a death that left the music world reeling. In this podcast miniseries from Gimlet Media and Loud Speakers Network, we tell the story of Chris Lighty, from the first breakbeat to the last heartbeat.

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Behind The Beats With Nana ...

11.20.2019

In this episode of Behind the Beats we go behind the scenes and find out how Nana Kwabena wrote the music for the second season of Mogul. It’s a wide ranging conversation that touches on Nana’s creative process, his thoughts ...

Mogul episodes:

11.20.2019 Behind The Beats With Nana Kwabena In this episode of Behind the Beats we go behind the scenes and find out how Nana Kwabena wrote the music for the second season of Mogul. It’s a wide ranging conversation that touches on Nana’s creative process, his thoughts ...
11.13.2019 Behind The Beats With So Wylie This is Behind the Beats. In this series we’ll go behind the scenes to discover how Mogul got its distinct sound. In this first episode we’ll hear from the woman behind the show’s sound design, So Wylie. Her inspirations, her ...
10.30.2019 The DJ Uncle Al Experience On September 10th 2001, Miami lost a local legend: DJ Uncle Al. In this episode, we hang at home with DJ Walshy Fire of Major Lazer, and he breaks down why Al was so special. It’s a tale of perseverance, ...
10.23.2019 S2 Part 6: They Call Me Raw Miami bass may have been thriving, but lyrical hip hop was still struggling to find a foothold in Miami. And with little chance at getting airtime on popular stations, Miami DJs have to find a way to get their music ...
10.16.2019 S2 Part 5: I Hated That Album After pissing off the authorities, the 2 Live Crew start to piss off each other. In this episode, things fall apart, and we contend with the complex legacy of one of hip hop’s pioneers.
10.09.2019 S2 Part 4: What's Dirty To You? The fight rages on. Luke and the Crew fan the flames in the court of public opinion, and when they go head-to-head with their biggest critics, things get heated. In this episode we bring you 90s daytime TV and rapping ...
10.02.2019 S2 Part 3: Splack! The 2 Live Crew drop their classic hit “Me So Horny,” which takes the Miami bass sound out of the Pac Jam and spreads it across the nation. But not everyone wants the 2 Live Crew's music on the airwaves. ...
09.25.2019 S2 Part 2: Bass Bro, I Love That Shit! The 2 Live Crew is starting from the bottom: crashing at Luke’s girlfriend’s mom’s house. Nobody will sign them, so Luke starts Luke Skyywalker Records, the first hip hop label in the south. And Luke dreams up hip-hop’s most shocking ...
09.18.2019 S2 Part 1: The Walls Were Sweating Our story starts with Luke Campbell of the 2 Live Crew getting thrown in jail. Luke wound up in handcuffs because, according to a Florida judge, his music was obscene. To understand how this happened, we have to go back ...
09.10.2019 Introducing Season 2: Miami In Season 2, Mogul explores the birth of southern hip hop. It all started in Miami with The 2 Live Crew, a group that took rap music and made it faster, harder, and nastier than anything anyone had heard before. ...
08.28.2019 Mogul Live: A Night For Reggie Ossé Back in July we released a tribute to Reggie Ossé, the late host of Mogul. After that episode dropped, we invited Reggie’s friends, family, and colleagues to record a live show at the BRIC Ballroom in Brooklyn. They shared their ...
07.31.2019 The Life and Times of Reggie Ossé This episode of Mogul is a tribute to the life and career of Reggie Ossé, who hosted the first season of Mogul. A couple of months after completing the show Reggie was diagnosed with colon cancer and he passed away ...
09.25.2017 Mogul Live! Moguls, here it is: The last episode of Season 1. And it’s a classic! Back in August, we recorded a live show at the Highline Ballroom in Manhattan. That night, Reggie chopped it up on stage with Dante Ross, Dave ...
09.14.2017 Behind the Beats: Part 2 On this episode of Behind the Beats, Reggie chats with two Gimlet audio engineers who crafted the sound of Mogul. Haley Shaw and Matthew Boll break down how they built such a vivid world in Mogul by combining sound effects ...
09.07.2017 Behind the Beats: Part 1 Welcome to Behind the Beats. In this series, we’ll go behind the scenes to discover how Mogul got its distinct sound. In this first episode, we’ll hear from the three artists who wrote much of the show’s original music: Prince ...
08.04.2017 Cameo: Russell Simmons and Sophia Chang This Cameo is from Russell Simmons and Sophia Chang. As one of Def Jam’s co-founders, Russell had a huge impact on Chris’ career, while Sophia was one of Chris’ closest confidants. In this Cameo, they each discuss how they processed ...
07.28.2017 S1 Part 6: August 30, 2012 August 30th, 2012. A day that shook hip hop. Chris Lighty was discovered dead in his Bronx home. The official cause of death: a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. In this episode, we talk to people close to Chris ...
07.25.2017 Cameo: Uncle Murda This Cameo is from Uncle Murda. The gritty Brooklyn rapper rose to prominence after dropping a series of mixtapes with titles like Murder Capitol, Respect The Shooter, and Summer Time Shootouts. Just like Fat Joe, 50 Cent, and other artists ...
07.21.2017 S1 Part 5: How Heavy It Was In this episode: cold hard cash. Chris Lighty makes a pile of it, and changes the game forever, when he does the biggest deal of his career—getting 50 Cent a piece of Vitamin Water. But soon, instead of swimming in ...
07.18.2017 Cameo: N.O.R.E. This Cameo is from N.O.R.E. The Queens native climbed the charts in the 1990s as a rapper, best known for his work in the duo Capone-N-Noreaga. Now, N.O.R.E. is a podcast host, so we went to his studio to talk ...
07.18.2017 Cameo: Joan Morgan This Cameo is from the author and journalist, Joan Morgan. In this exclusive conversation, she shares a few glimpses into what his friendship meant to her — from their shared roots in the Bronx, to the lengths Chris would go ...
07.14.2017 S1 Part 4: Gucci Boots Lighty is at the top of his game. He’s got the fancy Manhattan office, the high-end designer clothes, and a roster of famous clients calling him 24/7. It all looks perfect. But in this episode, we discover something awful going ...
07.07.2017 Exclusive: Fat Joe Fat Joe is one hell of a storyteller. And in this special episode, he drops two great ones. First, the story of how Fat Joe the drug dealer became Fat Joe the rapper. Then, a story he almost never tells— ...
07.05.2017 Cameo: Warren G This Cameo is from Warren G, who was one of Chris’ first big clients. Warren G shares a story about how Chris went above and beyond the role of manager, to find Warren G’s missing sister in the drug-ridden streets ...
07.05.2017 Cameo: Maseo Welcome to Mogul Cameo. This is a place where we’ll share some of the best stories, jokes, and observations we recorded during the making of Mogul, but were unable to fit into the show. First up is Maseo, who is ...
06.30.2017 S1 Part 3: Rice Pilaf Chris Lighty meets Warren G. It’s a story of East Coast beats, West Coast grooves, steak dinners and wild parties. Plus, a stand-off with one of hip-hop’s most infamous figures. CREDITS: Mogul is hosted by Reggie Ossé. This episode was ...
06.23.2017 S1 Part 2: Not Just Me and Snakes Chris is headed for the big time. Meeting Russell Simmons, landing a job at Def Jam, getting into Queen Latifah’s birthday party—the future looks bright. But before he can get there, he’ll have to prove himself by squeezing eight dudes ...
06.16.2017 S1 Part 1: That Beat, That Beat Right There Let’s start at the end—at a funeral. All the brightest stars in the hip-hop universe are gathered to mourn the death of Chris Lighty. He was their friend, their brother, their late-night confidant, the man who discovered them, or saved ...
06.10.2017 Trailer Chris Lighty was a giant in hip-hop. He managed Foxy Brown, Fat Joe, Missy Elliott, Busta Rhymes, LL Cool J, 50 Cent—anyone who was anyone worked with Lighty. But in 2012 he was found dead at his home in the ...

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Mogul episodes:

Behind The Beats With Nana Kwabena

Behind The Beats With So Wylie

The DJ Uncle Al Experience

S2 Part 6: They Call Me Raw

S2 Part 5: I Hated That Album

S2 Part 4: What's Dirty To You?

S2 Part 3: Splack!

S2 Part 2: Bass Bro, I Love That Shit!

S2 Part 1: The Walls Were Sweating

Introducing Season 2: Miami

Mogul Live: A Night For Reggie Ossé

The Life and Times of Reggie Ossé

Mogul Live!

Behind the Beats: Part 2

Behind the Beats: Part 1

Cameo: Russell Simmons and Sophia Chang

S1 Part 6: August 30, 2012

Cameo: Uncle Murda

S1 Part 5: How Heavy It Was

Cameo: N.O.R.E.

Cameo: Joan Morgan

S1 Part 4: Gucci Boots

Exclusive: Fat Joe

Cameo: Warren G

Cameo: Maseo

S1 Part 3: Rice Pilaf

S1 Part 2: Not Just Me and Snakes

S1 Part 1: That Beat, That Beat Right There

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