OutKast’s ”Player’s Ball”

<p>"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. </p> <p>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 <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rap-stories/id1689102827'>Rap Stories</a>, which features interviews with rappers about albums important to him. Last year he released the book <a href='https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/books/civil-rights-fight-recalled-in-the-movement-made-us-new-orleans-born-writer-on-fathers/article_75b47b7e-c730-11ec-97db-8b3b7c238d9a.html'>The Movement Made Us</a>, 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. </p>