Introducing: Authentic: The Story of Tablo

<p>Korean hip hop star, Tablo, was at the height of his career in 2010. His group, Epik High, was beating out Jay-Z and Kanye on the international charts while rapping mostly in Korean. Then, his whole life came to a screeching halt when a viral rumor ballooned out of control.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Host Dexter Thomas Jr. and the team reported this story for a year, traveling to the&nbsp;US and Korea to&nbsp;</p><p>investigate these allegations. And what they found is this wild story about the&nbsp;internet, disinformation, music and what happens when a whole country tells you that you aren’t who you say you are.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>We’re so excited to share with you Authentic: The Story of Tablo. Be sure to click over to the feed, here, to subscribe to the rest of the series.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Authentic: The Story of Tablo is a production of VICE Audio and iHeart Podcast Network.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Produced and reported by Stephanie Kariuki, Min Ji Koo, Kate Osborn and Dexter Thomas with Janet Lee, Stephanie Brown, and Sam Eagan.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Sound design and original music composition by Kyle Murdock with additional support from Natasha Jacobs. Our Supervising Producer is Janet Lee. Editing from Lacy Roberts. Fact-checking by Min Ji Koo and Nicole Pasulka.</p><p><br></p><p>Our Executive Producer and VP of VICE Audio is Kate Osborn. From iHeart Podcast Network, Executive Producers Nikki Ettore and Lindsay Hoffman.</p><p><br></p><p>Episode 1 features Epik High music from their albums Swan Songs, High Society, and Pieces Part One- distributed by CJ Music. There’s also epik high music from the album 99, distributed by YG Entertainment.&nbsp;Music also from Kim Gun Mo, Bobby McFerrin.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Special thanks to Isne Bobo Nuyent for Epik High’s original concert footage.</p><p><br></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for pri