What is For the Culture Podcast?
For the Culture was a video podcast created by Lippy and Tricky in August 2018. The podcast was active as a YouTube exclusive platform until July 2021. It is known for honest conversations about uncomfortably introspective topics about youth culture, manhood and UK Rap music’s proximity to street crime.
The podcast has featured guests including established UK Rap musicians such as Ghetts, Ambush and ArrDee, as well as personalities such as Zeze Millz, Stevo the Madman and Alhan Gençay.
The podcast includes opinions from two hosts with a past in street crime that have moved on and reflect upon it through conversations, sometimes also with individuals who may have had similar experiences in their adolescent years.
Tricky was in his thirties when the podcast began and Lippy entered that age range through the course of the podcast’s lifespan. As such the content largely caters to a mainly male 28-40 London-centred audience.
For the Culture Podcast Hosts
For the Culture is hosted by Lippy and Tricky. Prior to the launch a woman joined them for the pilot episode (which was not published) but chose not to return.
Lippy
Lippy is a content creator from north west London. He is known for comedic rants on current affairs, particularly concerning the latest developments within Black British music and the individuals within it.
Lippy first came to prominence in April 2018 thanks to a two-part video in which he discussed the negative side of London gang culture and why he distanced himself from it. For the Culture Podcast launched on the same YouTube channel a few months later. He went on to feature on a number of other platforms including Filthy @ Five. In 2023 Lippy went on to launch Let Me Land podcast with his childhood friends.
Tricky
Tricky is a content creator and former rapper from east London. He is known for his time in Mashtown alongside Hypo, Margs, Asco and J Spades before he and Lippy launched For the Culture Podcast.
For the Culture Podcast Example Episode
The following is an example episode of For the Culture Podcast, featuring Tricky and Lippy on the topic of snitching.
For the Culture Podcast Format
Each episode of For the Culture Podcast is based around a central theme. Examples from early instalments include a conversation about who can use the ‘N word’, black UK music history and PTSD.
Episodes of For the Culture Podcast are filmed in an intimate studio setting with the hosts engaging in informal conversations. While many of the instalments have a guest, sometimes they record with just Lippy and Tricky together.
When guests are invited to the podcast, the hosts involve them in the conversations, rather than having a back-and-forth interview.
For the Culture Topics
For the Culture Podcast is particularly known for addressing serious topics pertinent to the Black community and teenagers growing up in urban areas. Lippy and Tricky have both expressed that they have had experience as participants in street crime, so tend to touch on topics that reflect this.
For the Culture Podcast touches on a wide range of subjects, but often discuss:
- Being black in the UK
- Youth violence
- Bereavement
- Romantic relationships
- Black British music
For the Culture Podcast Hiatus
For the Culture Podcast content production has experienced a number of hiccups. Between summer 2018 and summer 2021 there have been a number of extended periods where no new videos were uploaded to the channel. During these phases both Lippy and Tricky were featured prominently on other platforms such as Link Up TV and Mixtape Madness.
Tricky has expressed that he wasn’t in the right head space to make content during these phases, along with other personal commitments that preventing him from creating
Although there has been no confirmation that For the Culture Podcast is no longer active, it is assumed to be so while the two hosts continue to create content separately from one another.
For the Culture Podcast Guests
See the complete list of For the Culture Podcast guests below:
- Jaja Soze
- Margs
- Ladder
- S1
- Izzy Reals
- Smila
- Corey Johnson
- Mr May D
- Worl Boss
- Mr Montgomery
- Vic Santoro
- Zeze Millz
- Stevo the Madman
- Hypo
- Tiny Boost
- Ambush
- Lady Ice
- Ghetts
- Alhan
- Sideman
- ArrDee
For the Culture Podcast FAQs
What is The Culture?
In the context of For the Culture Podcast, ‘the culture’ It is implied that this refers to male-centric London Black youth ways of life for those that had their adolescence in the capital in the 1990s and 2000s. This is manifested through shared similarities in music tastes, fashion trends and experiences many people of this generation share.
What happened to For the Culture Podcast?
For the Culture Podcast effectively ended in June 2021 when its last episode was published. Although both Lippy and Tricky continue to release content, they no longer record podcasts together.
