Barstool's Dog Walk guys did what podcast guys do best: turned a fun bit into a full-blown office controversy. The premise was simple, draft the greatest rappers of all time, snake style, 5 rounds, 5 drafters. The execution is what's got everybody fired up.
Rappers Draft is live here t.co/u5FVEod1C9
Chief wasted no time throwing Eddie under the bus, calling out an all-time bad pick before most people had even clicked play. Turns out he wasn't exaggerating. Barstool's main account later confirmed the crime scene: Eddie, a Chicago native, passed on Chief Keef in favor of Lil Dicky. In Chicago. That's not a small oversight, that's hometown treason, and the internet let him have it.
These guys were doing a snake draft of the best rappers of all time… Eddie (Chicago native) chose Lil Dicky over Chief Kief
Meanwhile Nicky Smokes was busy building his own reputation, as a Drake stan with zero chill. He took Drake 1st overall, and the guys couldn't let it go. Eddie mocked the pick as painfully predictable, and The Dog Walk piled on with a clip of Smokes practically defending Drake's honor like it's a custody battle.
Nobody loves anyone more than Nicky Smokes loves Drake
The full draft board eventually got posted, showing Smokes, WSD, Chief, Danny and Eddie filling out 5-deep rosters with names like Kendrick, Wayne, Eminem, Kanye, Tupac and Biggie all coming off the board. Barstool's main account even opened it up to the crowd, asking who got left off entirely, always the best part of any draft debate since the snubs list usually gets more heated than the actual picks.
Then, because Barstool internet fights never stay contained to one bit, the story mutated. Somewhere in the discourse Eddie found out Nicky Smokes has apparently never lived outside the world of instant delivery apps, no grocery runs, no pickup orders, just tap and wait. Eddie couldn't get over it, and it turned into its own semi-viral aside inside the larger draft chaos.
I was baffled that Smokes has only lived in an instant tracker delivery world
Naturally, the only logical next step was for Dana Beers and Eddie to become delivery drivers themselves, self-described as doing it 'for the love of the game.' It's the kind of bit that starts as a throwaway line and ends with two grown men in an app car doing DoorDash runs on camera, which, given Barstool's track record, feels less like a joke and more like a promise.
Me and @EddieBarstool are going to become delivery drivers again for the love of the game. Can’t wait to get back to the grind
So a rapper draft turned into a referendum on Eddie's Chicago loyalty, a referendum on Smokes' relationship with delivery apps, and now an actual delivery-driving stunt is in the works. Nobody planned any of this. That's the appeal, and why the replies are still rolling 2 days later with people arguing snubs, defending Eddie's pick, or just waiting to see him show up at someone's door with a bag of food.