OutKast’s ”Player’s Ball”

"Player's Ball" is a contemporary Christmas classic, but it's not
very Christmas-y by design. Today, Big Boi of OutKast talks about
why the song is the way it is, and how it ended up being the
first solo release from the group. 


After that, we have an encore segment from 2018. At the time, I
talked to writer David Dennis Jr. about the song. Today, David's
resumé has expanded somewhat. He recently launched the
podcast Rap Stories, which features interviews with rappers
about albums important to him. Last year he released the book The
Movement Made Us, in which he helps his father tell some of the
stories of his early days as a worker in the Civil Rights
Movement in Mississippi. David is also a regular participant on
ESPN's Around the Horn.