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Commotion: Sharing is no longer caring (according to Netflix)

Today on Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud: TV and culture writer Alison Herman, hip-hop journalist Jerry L. Barrow

Today on Commotion: Alison Herman and Jerry L. Barrow

Photos of Netflix, 50 Cent
Netflix, 50 Cent (Shutterstock, Tom Maelsa/Getty Images))

Today on Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud:

  • Netflix is about to crackdown on people who share their passwords — which means, just about everyone currently using the streaming service. TV journalist Alison Herman joins Elamin to talk about how and whether, as the internet predicts, it will backfire. 
  • Longtime hip-hop journalist Jerry L. Barrow looks back on the legacy of 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin' debut album, and how one of the biggest selling debuts of all time holds up 20 years later.