Two years ago, Roderick Coffman II launched the YouTube channel with his dad, Roderick Coffman Sr., with a simple goal: Turn my dad into a hip-hop fan. More than 200 videos later, that goal has certainly been achieved.
Furthermore, from the seed that is , which grew a father-son relationship that most die-hard hip-hop fans would dream of having their child or parents. Video after video, viewers watch Rod II play an album from start to finish in hopes of making his dad love one more hip-hop album than he did the day before. Together, the duo has reacted to classics like Eminem’s (their most popular video to date), Kendrick Lamar’s , and 50 Cent’s , and more recent releases like Future & Metro Boomin’s , JID’s , and Mac Miller’s .
began as a way for Rod Sr. and Rod II to spend more time together. However, after two reactions video for Jay-Z’s and 50 Cent’s , they quickly knew they had something special together.
“When we dropped the 50 Cent [ ] video, that one took off quick,” Rod II tells Uproxx over a Zoom call. “The comments were just really, really passionate. That’s really what stuck out to me.
It wasn’t even the views, people were like, ‘Yo, I wish I could do something like this with my dad.'” So, for Father’s Day, Uproxx caught up with Rod Sr. and Rod II to talk about , their favorite moments from it, and how the channel changed their opinions on hip-hop while also improving their relationship.
: Growing up my dad’s always been in my lif.
