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Small Empires episode 002: Rap Genius

Small Empires episode 002: Rap Genius

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"...And you look out on the city and you just think to yourself, 'we're going to annotate all of this. Some day, all of this will be annotated.'"

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Rap Genius (née Rap Exegesis) began as a quest to understand Cam'ron lyrics. It has since blossomed from a destination for understanding and critiquing rap lyrics to an annotation-fueled machine with a quest to "explain everything" — including current events, terms of service agreements, and poetry.

Small Empires is our new weekly show that visits rising New York City startups and provides never-before-seen access to the men and women building our future. Join Alexis Ohanian as he takes a look behind the curtain at the company's Brooklyn-based headquarters and later visits poet Joshua Mehigan about his experience as a "verified" user.

Want more? Check out last week's series premiere episode with ZocDoc!