Episode 65: Happy Golden Baby: A Conversation with Lil B and Steve Roggenbuck

A lot of artists under the age of 30 find it natural to promote themselves and their work online. But the Bay Area rapper Lil B, and Steve Roggenbuck, in conversation with each other on this episode, both put social media at the center of their art. Their work lives and expands online, in an ceaseless stream of tweets and self-produced YouTube videos. Both artists communicate constantly with their fans, who speak to each other in the specialized idioms of their respective communities: Lil B’s followers gather around the idea of anything #based -- a notion he says has to do with “Just being who you are, and not afraid of that.”