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We kick off our new occasional series “Genre Patrol” with a look into the world of chap hop. With great attention paid to tea, cricket and proper pronunciation, you would think the genre would be drama-free. But no -- the gentleman rhymers have their beefs too. Wall Street Journal correspondent Frances Robinson joins us for a proper introduction to the OG – Original Gentlemen, that is.

Last week one of the biggest pop sensations in Korea made its debut on CBS’s “Late Show With David Letterman.” The nine-member vocal group Girls' Generation is at the forefront of a very young, very profitable genre known as K-Pop. Grantland’s David Cho joins us for a look at the rise of Korean pop music in the U.S. for our occasional series, Genre Patrol.