The Sellout

03/03/22 • 36 min

Underground Korean hip-hop heads accused Tablo of appealing to the K-pop mainstream. Tablo’s success was a double edged sword that Tajinyo would use against him.

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Underground Korean hip-hop heads accused Tablo of appealing to the K-pop mainstream. Tablo’s success was a double edged sword that Tajinyo would use against him.

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Parents loved Tablo for his Stanford pedigree and teens for his rebellious attitude. But this dichotomy that made for great TV, would also draw in a new set of haters.

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Why would hundreds of thousands of people join a forum dedicated to finding out if someone lied about their Stanford diploma? There’s history here.

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Authentic: The Story Of Tablo - The Sellout

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At the height of the scandal, in a track came out by this underground hip hop group called Skull. It's a typical disk track. Skull is going after some other Korean hip hop artists like Dynamic Duo, but he also has some bars for Tableau. One of the lines goes, you can lie to other people about your education, but you can't lie to yourself. There's cheaters all around us, the media. It's all a set up. Someone's manipulating behind the scenes. We co