ATLANTA, GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 13: Joe Budden speaks onstage during day 2 of REVOLT Summit x AT&T Summit on September 13, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Revolt)
<p>Joe Budden <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/joe-budden-unloads-on-the-hosts-of-the-fresh-fit-podcast-following-their-derogatory-comments-about-black-women/">slid onto Instagram</a> to let fans and anyone else reading his message how he&#8217;s coming behind his brainchild &#8216;The Joe Budden Podcast.&#8217; On Tuesday, Joe shared a screenshot of a report of the &#8216;U.S. Top 50 Podcasts Q1 2021-Q4 2021.&#8217; His widely-known platform landed number 37 on the report published with Edison Research.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Independent. No backing. Black owned. New co-hosts. No ads,&#8221; Joe Budden wrote over top the report screenshot. &#8220;No integrations placed in the audio. Opened the market. Said no to the offers. Staffed over 30 through a pandemic. No loans. No gimmicks.&#8221;</p>
<p>He wrote that no guests or handouts added to his 2021 success. Joe added, &#8220;Just Joe. Some of y&#8217;all know who the f*ck I am.&#8221;</p>
<p>On January 7, he <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CYcGqMnLRK4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">celebrated crossing his 500th</a> episode of the podcast saying, &#8220;here&#8217;s to many more.&#8221;</p>
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<p>The moment is a cause for celebration. Last year, the popular show saw the departure of longtime hosts and friends Jamil &#8216;Mal&#8217; Clay and Rory Farrell. Joe fired Rory in a solo segment amid money disputes. He apologized to both former co-hosts in the follow up episode.</p>
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<p>Still, an <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/rory-and-mal-formally-announce-new-partnership-with-siriusxms-stitcher-following-departure-from-the-joe-budden-podcast-the-duo-will-reportedly-retain-100-ownership-o/">October article</a> says Mal and Rory found another pod home with SiriusXM&#8217;s Stitcher. Per the announcement, the duo would keep 100 percent ownership for their work.</p>
<p>“I’m excited that the creative agenda for this show will be to push the show forward rather than push a particular person forward,&#8221; Rory said at the time. &#8220;There’s so much we can do when egos are stripped, when our actual focus is not a personality, it’s the show. That’s what I’m excited for.”</p>
<p>And Joe kept moving forward, as he mentioned, he found new co-hosts to speak through current events in the music and entertainment industry.</p>
<p>Early January, he had <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/joe-budden-unloads-on-the-hosts-of-the-fresh-fit-podcast-following-their-derogatory-comments-about-black-women/">a viral moment</a> after unloading a message targeting the hosts of the &#8216;Fresh and Fit&#8217; podcast.</p>
<p>“I don’t know these 2 Doofs but they don’t get to do this. Too ignorant, inexperienced, insecure, fragile and weak for this stale gimmick to not be seen through,&#8221; Joe wrote. &#8220;Black women are everything, ESPECIALLY beautiful!! Every kind of beautiful too, so to hear this?!? From them?!? Lol it’s laughable.. but it’s not.&#8221;</p>
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