• Jill Scott - new album ‘to whom this may concern’
• TI Comeback beef with 50cent
• 50 cent new song “no one told us what we’re here for”
• Domani (TI son) clap back ‘ms jackson’
• Rihanna supposedly back in the studio - Insta posts reveal she’s writing again! - last studio album ANTI
• Josh Levi - Hydraulic debut studio album
• Aiyana Lee - House Broken, Highest to Lowest
• Jamie Foxx - Somebody (single)
• Sexy Redd, Key Glock - Hang wit a bad bitch (single)
• Brent Fiyazz - Icon (album)
• Jorja Smith - Blue lights (HAVOC remix)
  
• Olivia Dean, Man I Need - 2nd top song on billboard, 2 songs in top 20
• Terrace Martin and Marcus Gilmore - Album Purpose -
• Anderson Paak and Amber Mark - remix
• Bad Bunny - Super Bowl performance recap

_We're back this week with an episode of What's Poppin' - you know there's been so much goin on lately, especially with losing some great entertainers. Did you hear about Debbie Allen's new barbie? Or about Bad Bunny being the halftime show for 2026 Super Bowl? Let's talk about it!
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• Celebrity Deaths:

  • D’Angelo
  • Diane Keaton
  • Ace Fehley
  • Sam Rivers, Bassist from Limp Bizkit

• Brandy & Monica Tour -

  • Nikki Minaj & Cardi B - * Is Nikki on drugs? * Cardi B feud

• New Barbie

  • Debbie Allen is the inspiration for a new Barbie Doll!

• Sports
  * Dodgers are going to the World Series!
  * They've been to the World series 5x in the past 9 years.

• New Movies / TV

  • Him (movie) - Marlon Wayans & Tyric Withers -
  • Monster - Netflix (based on true events)
  • Loot - Apple TV
  • Golden Bachelor - getting divorced!
  • Love is Blind (netflix)
  • Super Bowl:
  • Halftime show- Bad Bunny will be the performer! * Controversy related to him being selected.

• 2025 Taste of Soul - on Crenshaw on 10/18