The Chant – 4/24/19 – Playoffs!!
April 24, 2019
On this episode of The Chant, co-hosts Hikaru Kudo and Justin LaBelle dive into some exciting news in both music and sports.
Justin kicks off the show by reviewing the new single by Lil Dicky titled, “Earth”, which was produced as a charity song where all proceeds benefit the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (5:54). You can check out the music video for “Earth” here.
Afterward, Hikaru drives head first into some NBA Playoff talk, discussing his thoughts on the first round matchups, as well as a disappointing playoff run by the hometown Detroit Pistons (19:56).
Then, Justin talks about the second weekend of Coachella, including highlights from Kanye West’s Sunday Service performance (34:41).
Finally, Hikaru wraps up the show discussing Detroit legend, Steve Yzerman’s return to Detroit as the new Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Detroit Red Wings (46:39).
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Hikaru Kudo is a sophomore journalism student from Novi, Michigan. Hikaru is the Sports Broadcast Director at Impact 89FM and oversees all aspects of play-by-play, live or recorded, for any athletic event Impact sends staff to. He is also the producer of Impact Sports flagship radio show, The Green & White Report. In addition, he is the co-host of The Chant, an Impact Exclusive featuring sports and music news from the past week. Hikaru covers volleyball, men's and women's basketball, men's and...
Justin LaBelle is a junior at Michigan State University majoring in chemical engineering from New Baltimore, MI. Justin has worked among researchers and scientists manufacturing composite materials for a wider manufacturing world through IACMI, the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing and Innovation. Justin is on the air Fridays 6-8pm EST/EDT talking about music in-depth with his One Track Mind segments or giving his thoughts on daily hot takes in music. In 2018, Justin joined Hikaru Kudo...
