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Remember those stories and fables that would

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capture your imagination and you couldn't wait

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to see how they would unfold? And

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now when you read them as an

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adult you think, some of these old

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tales could use a fresh spin. We

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have a perfect podcast to bring you

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the stories you remember, remix and reimagined

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for the kids in your life today.

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Join me, DJ Fuge and my trusty

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turntable, Baby Scratch, as we spin up

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new tales in the new kids and

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family podcast, Once Upon a Beat. Wondrey

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and Tinkercast are bringing you

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a jam-packed, music-filled weekly party

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where hip-hop and fables meet.

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It's Once Upon a Beat.

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I'm about to play a clip from Once

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Upon a Beat. Follow Once Upon a Beat

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on the Wondrey app or wherever you get

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your podcasts. What

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up, what up, what up? It's

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the man, the myth, the

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legendary finder of fables, the

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number one fairy godfather of

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hip-hop, DJ Fuge, bringing you

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all the hits from my

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trusty turntable, Baby Scratch. Hit

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em up, Baby Scratch. I

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don't just bring you the music,

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I bring you the message. And

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today I've got a story

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that's his oldest time about

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a slick-talkin' little rabbit with

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a gift for rhyme. He's

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got a talent for spinning

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tall tales without even trying.

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That's right, Baby Scratch, Brer-Rapid. No, no,

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not Rabbit. I

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said RAPID. Although Brer-Rapid is

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also a rabbit. Sometimes

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he speaks the truth, other times he

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might be lyin'. But no matter what

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story he's sellin', you know folks are

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buyin'. Time

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to begin. So let's dive

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right in. Where hip-hop and

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fables meet. You know

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we call it Once Upon a

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Beat to That! Today,

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Brer Rapid and his friends are

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on their way to school. Brer Rapid's

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main goal is to be the king of

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talk and court. He

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always gets what he wants because he

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couldn't be slicker. He wants

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his friends to trust his skills. They

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think he's just a kiddie. Brer

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Rapid knows he's the smoothest of the smokers.

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And he'll make his friends reconsider.

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Brer Rapid, go

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on and fill us in. But kids,

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time to make some space. The simple

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code is that there is Brer Rapid

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in the place. Tough

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being so popular. Here's

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what I'm gonna do. Sally

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Squirrel and Gordon Chipmunk. Ha!

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Yeah, what? Congrats.

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I'm coming to sit with you. Sure.

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Awesome. Hey,

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what's good, you two? Hey,

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Brer Rapid. Can you go easy on

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life today? I'm not in

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the mood. Uh-oh. Tell

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me what's wrong and don't dilly-dally.

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I wanna know what's up, little squirrel Sally. Uh,

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I feel bummed. The cool cat

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concert is this weekend. I

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tried and I tried, but I

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couldn't wait online long enough to get

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a ticket. Neither did

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Gordon Chipmunk. Heh, yeah.

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But that's mostly because I forgot to

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try. Oh, that concert is

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gonna be so hype. Brer

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Rapid said nothing, but there was a

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gleam in his eyes. It just

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took a sec for his friends to

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realize. But wait, Brer Rapid,

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do you have your tickets already? You

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think I buy tickets? You know I'm

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sorry. I could talk my way in

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cuz I got the verses who snooze like

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clutter and never rehearses me to be all

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a P That's

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because I can and that's what I'm gonna do

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I'm gonna get myself in and I

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can get you into oh Thank

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you, Brad wrap it. I'm so excited.

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What should I wear? Oh Gordon

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don't believe him Yeah,

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baby scratch braille rapid was going

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all in he really wanted to

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impress his friends a sold

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out concert Now that's a

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big ask but braille rapid

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believed that he was up to the task Besides

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the concert wasn't until the end of the

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week All he really

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wanted was for his friends to

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respect his cool and his technique

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Huh braille rapid are

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you teasing me about the tickets? We

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chipmunks are known to be gullible and

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we squirrels are not you're gonna need

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to convince us that your skills Wait

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now my friends are thinking bread rapid is

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a fake. I'm a coolest at a

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cool talkers make no mistake I'm

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dropping logic with that automatic magic.

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I'm so hypnotic making people Move

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like a bit crazy. So I'm a savage

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with the language out there So

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I'm the baddest legend every Who

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got that cup of tongue say anything in the building John?

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I'm telling some bounce off by the time if you got

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a better fit with them Tell me fine. We're rapid. They

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can have it now so fast. They can hear me now

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But a day I was born till I'm clear began trick

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my signal strong and Got

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a way with words today observe the way I swear the

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way I serve got enough to go around Just

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take my dirt cuz I'm pushing it out. Everyone

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listening now. I'm kicking the styles and never smoke

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with it down I'll competitive stuff with it I'm

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so exotic, making people look like I've

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been trans-e-ed Yo, I'm a savage with

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the language not your average status Yo,

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I'm the baddest legendary till this planet's

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fannin' So, little bit, more than a

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little bit, but it gets tibetty-fittin' it Isn't it wild

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and ginnin' paid to the rhythm of the team Beep like

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you did baby, your tibet gets loud Cause it's like wow,

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open this mouth and he's robin' it loud The audience loud,

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they talkin' about that number one rumbin' They come to the

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mouth, yeah Red rap is aint ya havin' Rap so fast

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that a tidda fabric is made to time You can be

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really grand, sweet magic, ooh, you can eat your cat's ass

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I can make anything happen cause when I start rapping the

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dance People are so, my heart should blast and my people

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are clapping Yo, I'm

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the baddest with the old nobody, grab it,

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magic So, I'm a savage, making people look

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like I've been trans-e-ed Yo, I'm a savage

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with the language not your average status Yo,

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I'm the baddest legendary till this planet's fannin'

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