Lyrics Born's Farewell Album, 'Goodbye, Sticky Rice' (Listening Party)

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Dec 2, 2024

In 2022, Rolling Stone called Lyrics Born's 2003 album, Later That Day one of "the 200 greatest albums of all time." Now, after 30 years in the rap game, the Bay Area rapper, singer and producer has decided to retire with his album, Goodbye, Sticky Rice. This news comes after he launched his popular YouTube cooking show, “Dinner in Place” during the pandemic, made appearances in Ali Wong and Randall Park’s “Always Be My Maybe” in 2019, and in Boots Riley’s “Sorry to Bother You” in 2018. Lyrics Born joins us for a Listening Party and to talk about his love for cooking.

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