N.O.R.E.’s Drink Champs Podcast Coming to Revolt TV Network

N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN's hit podcast is coming to television. Variety reports that Drink Champs will begin airing on Puff Daddy's Revolt TV.

A special premiere episode of Drink Champs featuring Puffy will air on Thanksgiving night (Nov. 24) at 11:15 p.m. EST. That will be followed by a six-episode marathon on Christmas (Dec. 25). Exclusive new episodes will start airing on Jan. 4.

“N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN have created a franchise brand with Drink Champs and we are honored to welcome them,” Revolt chairman Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs said.

The move to television continues a meteoric rise for the Drink Champs podcast, which premiered in January 2015. XXL spoke to N.O.R.E. about how the podcast made such a quick impact. N.O.R.E. gives a lot of credit to the candidness of his guests.

"If people really listen to Drink Champs, the shit has nothing to do with hip-hop," N.O.R.E. said. "It’s about the person that’s in hip-hop. It’s about Snoop Dogg meeting Nas for the first time. Everything is hip-hop, but it’s the least amount of what’s important, it’s the people. I’m like the Feds, I ask you a question and I already know the answer to it. Sometimes it’s purely me being a fan. I listen to myself during the 50 Cent interview and I literally hear myself sounding like a little kid. I was just so open I couldn’t believe he came."

Read XXL's entire interview with N.O.R.E. for a full breakdown on the success of Drink Champs. The veteran rapper chronicles the podcast's origins and reflects on the interviews that helped it soar up the iTunes charts.

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