Overview
- The Dipset rapper made the remarks on the Nov. 23 No Funny Shxt episode, saying children "don't really need to learn how to read" and should learn entrepreneurship by ninth grade.
- He told co-hosts he would choose math over reading and said people can "listen to a book" on YouTube to obtain information.
- He emphasized common sense over book smarts and cited Robert Greene’s The 48 Laws of Power as his most recent audiobook.
- Co-host Kenny "KP" Supreme countered that reading is needed to review contracts, while Santana replied that apps can read them and that lawyers handle contracts.
- Complex and Hip-Hop Wired published accounts on Nov. 25–26, situating the exchange within a broader debate over education priorities and the role of technology.