Hip-hop headlines under pressure.
ITS UP THERE PODCAST W/LOONEY is a combative hip-hop culture show built around long arguments, artist interviews, and industry-side suspicion. It moves from Gucci Mane and Pooh Shiesty to Jay-Z, Drake, Dr. Umar Johnson, Tracy T, and the pressure points where fame meets law, money, loyalty, and public image.
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ITS UP THERE PODCAST W/LOONEY sits where hip-hop news, legal trouble, street logic, and public argument collide. It is fast, blunt, and built for listeners who hear a headline and immediately want the backstory, the motive, the leverage, and the fallout. The show keeps returning to loyalty. Who stood firm. Who folded. Who used the system. Who got used by it. Recent episodes frame Gucci Mane, Pooh Shiesty, Jay-Z, Drake, Young Thug, Gunna, Tracy T, OMB Peezy, Bad Bunny, Shaboozy, Diddy, Nicki, Trump, and Dr. Umar Johnson as part of a larger conversation about power and public perception. That gives the show a wide surface, but the center stays narrow: hip-hop culture under pressure. Court cases, alleged cooperation, label decisions, celebrity interviews, home invasions, social media rumor, relationship strain, and racial politics all become material for debate. The pacing can feel like a room that refuses to let the point go. A guest tells a story. The conversation snaps back with another question. Then the story turns into a lesson about money, reputation, betrayal, or survival. The show is at its strongest when it treats gossip as only the entry point. The real interest is consequence. Tracy T’s account of threats around a home and the way internet rumors poison relationships becomes a wider argument about trust. Dr. Umar Johnson’s appearances turn entertainment news into combative claims about history, race, politics, and celebrity accountability. Episodes about Gucci Mane and Pooh Shiesty lean into the uneasy overlap between business decisions and legal exposure. Nothing about the style is careful in the corporate sense. It is suspicious, animated, repetitive when it wants emphasis, and willing to sit inside conflict. That makes it compelling for some listeners and too raw for others. The show rewards people who want strong positions more than neutral recap. It is hip-hop commentary as a pressure test, with every scandal treated like somebody’s character is on the line.
Made for: For listeners who follow rap culture beyond songs and charts: legal drama, label politics, celebrity loyalty tests, and street-level consequences. It fits people who prefer forceful argument over clean recap.
What sets it apart: The show turns hip-hop news into a confrontation about motives, leverage, loyalty, and survival. It is less polished explainer than public cross-examination, with long-form room for guests and arguments to run hot.
Welcome to It's Up There Podcast With Looney, AKA BIG LOON! Loon strives to be a business leader for the culture. When he speaks about the podcast business, record label business and contracts, he does it with a level of understanding that your average consumer would not have. Being able to see through the smoke and mirrors within the industry and the industry tricks, people come to It’s Up There for a one of a kind perspective and to get a full breakdown. Tune in! Audio drops on Mondays and video drops on Thursdays!
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
BIG LOON turns hip-hop interviews into close examinations of reputation, loyalty, conflict, and the stories that harden around artists.
ITS UP THERE PODCAST W/LOONEY treats hip-hop conversation as a struggle over who gets to control the story. BIG LOON brings guests into direct, probing exchanges about careers, public disputes, industry relationships, and the narratives that form around artists online.
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Tracy T uses ITS UP THERE PODCAST W/LOONEY to retell a home-invasion call at C-Know House, a truck robbery that turned into a gunfight, and a recovery that left him at 99 pounds.
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