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It was a harsh reminder that under the idyllic white villages dotted with gyros restaurants, hot tubs in AirBnB rentals, and vineyards on rich volcanic soil, two tectonic plates grind in the Earth's crust.

“There’s a little bit of a grind in coaching, then you come out the other side in the performance and it feels good,” he said.

Brigid Schulte, author of Over Work: Transforming the Daily Grind in the Quest for a Better Life, speaks with Emily Peck about America’s toxic relationship with labor in which employees at all levels are underpaid, under-rested, and over-hustled.

He explains how his grind in the world of West Coast rap prepared him for the runaway success of Kendrick Lamar’s smash “Not Like Us.”

“I wake up every day and choose to grind in the gym and come out here and perform for myself.”