New Season Of Spotify/Gimlet's Mogul Begins June 23

 Spotify/Gimlet’s “Mogul,” the hit podcast about hip hop’s most iconic moments, told by the people who lived them. 

The new season begins June 23, and will turn its focus to one of the earliest hip hop pioneers in Houston: DJ Screw.

 Check out the trailer HERE.

 

This third season of “Mogul” marks a return to the show’s season one roots, offering a deep dive look at Screw’s life and his lasting influence today, with season two host - journalist and DJ  Brandon “Jinx” Jenkins - returning to the mic. Listeners will get to know DJ Screw through firsthand, never-before-heard stories from those who worked with him and knew him best.

 

Twenty years after DJ Screw’s passing, the six-episode season will take us into the world of Screw and his signature slowed-down, syrupy hip hop sound, the rise of his mixtape in the late 90s that became the hottest commodity in Houston, his struggles with addiction, and his seclusion after the death of a close friend. 

 

The new season of “Mogul” will also explore how Houston-born artists like Travis Scott, Megan Thee Stallion, and Beyonce represent Screw’s inescapable influence on pop and rap in the music scene today.  

 

Artists like Yungstar, Paul Wall, Bun B, Lil FLip, and Lil Keke tell their stories and accounts with DJ Screw in exclusive interviews.

 

In the first season of Mogul, Vulture wrote about the podcast: "But the thing that makes Mogul really interesting is the way it flickers back and forth between being a biography of a person and being a partial documentation of hip-hop history. One of Mogul’s organizing principles appears to be the idea that the two things are one and the same, which is a really powerful philosophical statement on the life of a person and an intoxicating inroad into the story."

 

What makes Mogul an exceptional podcast is its narrative flair,  historical accuracy, investigative prowess, and psychological deep-core drilling into the minds of these artists who have defined the genre.