We're back for a mid-week Happy Hour! Please be sure to check out 'New Music' in an attached episode.

WHAT'S POPPIN'

Tina biopic on HBO
DMX passed away at 50yrs old from an alleged overdose
Derek Chauvin Trial for the murder of George Floyd- HE’S GUILTY!!! on all 3 counts
Head of NYC’s BLM chapter calls for investigation of organizations’ co-founder after she spent over 3M on 4 homes
Nick Cannon out here being a rolling stone!! With 2 women pregnant (1 prego with twins-DJ Abby DelaRosa) and has a girlfriend 🥴
Chet Hanks wanted a white boy summer, got hit in the head with a pot by his black ex gf - yet he’s still out promoting WBS/BQS
Black Rob passes away @ 51yrs old in hospital from unknown circumstances
ShockG passes away at 57yrs old, he was found in a hotel room in Tampa, Fl., investigation is still under way
Makayia Bryant 15yrs old gets shot and killed by police..she called police for help but gets shot because she had a knife; trying to protect herself
Amazon Prime: Close Encounters of 5th kind

POLITRICKS

City of Compton primary nominating Election
House GOP attempts to censure Rep. Maxine Waters

We're back after a 5 month hiatus on the final day of Black History month 2021! Listen in as we catch up with what we've been up to, What's Poppin' and tune into the latest in Politricks.

THE QUESTION

Who is a current or past African American person who inspires and keeps you motivated during difficult changes happening now?

WHAT'S POPPIN'

• 78th Annual Golden Globes Awards TONIGHT
• NEW on Netflix (Behind Her Eyes, I Care a Lot, The Wrong Missy)
• NEW on HBO (Judas & The Black Messiah, Black Art: in the absence of light)
• NEW on Amazon Prime (American Skin)
• PBS (The Black Church)

POLITRICKS

• Gavin Newsome - scared to be recalled?
  • Why are people leaving CA?
• TX - recent devastation due to power grid
• We need to advocate for a new "green"-centric way of living

We're back this week with Happy Hour, listen in as we catch up on New Music, What's Poppin' and Politricks where we catch up with the wild Presidential Debate, trump catching the rona and the LA District Attorney race (because it's LOCAL too)

NEW MUSIC

Rev. Shirley Caesar - Take your knee off my kneck; YG - Out on Bail; Bryson Tiller - Out of Time feat Drake - Single; Ari Lennox - Chocolate Pomegranate; Sango - Quanto Tempo

WHAT'S POPPIN'

MUSIC
Tory Lanez come out with new ‘tell all’ album.
Mariah Carey comes out with new rarities mix + new book.
Nikki Minaj welcomes 1st child with her husband.
Chrissy Teigan and John Legen suffer miscarriage.

TV
Kiss the Ground (Netflix); The OC on (HBO Max)
Rihanna’s Savage Fenty Vol 2 (Amazon Prime)
SNL Season 46 opener w/ Meg the Stallion & Chris Rock

POLITRICKS

Trump officially nominates Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court to replace RBG. At this ceremony, many were not wearing masks.
Trumps Taxes reveal that he paid only $750 in 2016.
1st Presidential Debate
Upcoming VP debate with Kamala & Mike Pence this week
Trump catches the RONA.
is it real? or a conspiracy.

LOCAL: Los Angeles County District Attorney Debate last night with DA Jackie Lacey and George Gascón

PROVERB

We're back this week with Happy Hour (like we used to do), recording live together (socially distanced) instead of via Zoom. Listen in as we catch up on New Music, What's Poppin' and Politricks.

NEW MUSIC

Toni Braxton feat. HER - Gotta Move On (Single)
Tweet - Neva Felt This Way (Single)
Jazmin Sullivan - Lost One (Single)
Verzuz: Brandy v. Monica
Monica & Lil Baby - TRENCHES (Single)
Cardi B. & Meg Thee Stallion - WAP (Single) - song hits #1 on Billboard

WHAT'S POPPIN

VMA’s on basically every cable channel and CW

Keke Palmer first black female host since 1987 - where are all the masks?!
Chadwick Boseman RIP dies from colon cancer at 43, terrible loss
Conversation on Sex Trafficking: U.S. Marshall found 39 missing children in Georgia, that were possibly sex trafficked.
Taking calculated measures.
Broadway Federal bought another bank in D.C. to make second largest black owned bank in country - 1billion in assets
Netflix: Lovecraft Country; Hulu: Love in the time of Corona
Anthony McClain shot in Pasadena in mid-Aug, released body cam of police shooting him in the back

POLITRICKS

DNC and RNC Conventions
Affirmative Action
Jacob Blake

Kyle Writtenhouse
U.S. Post Office - updates on Trumps trickery
SB 731 CA Legislation - Kenneth Ross Jr. Police de-certification bill does NOT pass
Article in The Guardian about white militia infiltrating police departments

We're back this week to bring you New Music, What's Poppin' and Politricks!

NEW MUSIC

• Brandy - New Album “B7”
• Jessie Ware - What’s your pleasure
• Gaidaa - Stranger (feat. Saba)

WHAT'S POPPIN

• Beyoncé's BLACK IS KING on Disney+
• Netflix adds classic Black television from UPN/CW/WB: Girlfriends, Moeisha, One on One
• Meg the Stallion makes comeback on IG. Not appreciating ppl commenting on situation when they know nothing about what happened.
  • Draya got fired from SAVAGExFENTY
• Abuse at the Ellen Show
  • details of patterns of abuse by lead producers of the Ellen show that impacted many who called the show their first job experience.
• Malik B of the legendary Roots crew passes away at age 47.
• 18yr old brother of Frank Ocean passes away in car crash
• Logic shares that Joe Budden’s statements (“he should’ve retired along time ago;” “he’s the worst rapper”) saying that such statements make people want to commit suicide.
  • the rapper is retiring after releasing his 9th studio album.
• G HEARBO launches “SWERVIN’” initiative to team up to fund therapy for 8-12 weeks for black youth 18-25.
  • he shared candidly about his own diagnosis of PTSD.
• Black & White photo challenge: what is is about? Women Empowerment??

POLITRICKS

• Bill Clinton was with two young girls on an island with Jeffrey Epstein.
• Officer who shot Michael Brown will not face any charges. St Luis prosectors decline to file charges against Darren Wilson.
• Expiration of the $600 additional fund for unemployed.
• due to Republicans wanting liability waivers for employers to send employees back to work.
• Trump wants to postpone election.

We're back this week with Happy Hour as catch up with New Music, talk about DMX v. Snoop in What's Poppin and what about that dumbo Ted Yoho calling AOC a "B?"

NEW MUSIC

• Verbs (feat Steve Lacey) - Peyton
• Counterfeit - PJ
• Ego Death Feat - Ty Dolla Sign feat Kanye West
• MOVIN’ DIFFERENT - Wale

WHAT'S POPPIN

• DMX + Snoop’s vs Battle on IG Live.
• Update on Meg the Stallion and Torey Lanes shooting fiasco - Kylie may be involved
  • Drea Michelle commented but received backlash for her inappropriately placed “comical” response
• LeBron James joins PUSH with other NBA players to help people with felony convictions vote in Florida
  
• NBA Disney bubble in Disneyworld. Courts setup in banquet rooms
• John Lewis casket was carried across Edmund Pettus bridge today
• Serena Williams, daughter, and other prominent women in LA now part owners of a sports team- women’s NWSL soccer team in LA - Ange’s City group, name TBD
• COVID-19 cases reach 4mil in USA, CA #1 state with diagnosis
  • 9 yr old girl from Putnam County, FL youngest to die of virus + 11yr old, 16yr old and 17 yr old
• Tamar Braxton boyfriend, David speaks out about her recent alleged attempts of suicide
• Regis Philbin passes away at 88
• Ciara and Russell Wilson welcome baby boy Win Harrison Wilson

POLITRICKS

• Bipartisan move to pass new bill that would extend $600 payments through Jan.
  • GOP wants to include sweeping loss of liability protections for businesses to the bill
• Joe Biden is up in swing states, in some cases by double digits
• Republican national convention and Trump campaign told to stop using Ronald Reagan’s name
• Rep Ted Yoho called AOC a “fucking bitch”. She responded to him eloquently when he tried to apologize during a meeting

We're back this week with Happy Hour as we catch up with New Music, see What's Poppin' with Jada and Will at the Red Table and talk the Politricks of Trump and Ghislaine

NEW MUSIC

• Jhene Aiko - Summer 2020
• Saweetie - Tap In
• August Alsina - Entanglement
• DJ Khalid - Popstar

WHAT'S POPPIN

• Red Table Talk -Jada Pinkett brings herself to the table w/ Will
• The history of Manhattan Beach (Bruce’s Beach back in 1920)
• KANYE WEST - started his presidential campaign in N. Carolina over the weekend.
  • Kanye is in Cody, WY because he doesn’t want any help.
• Meagan the Stallion is shot by Tory Lanez outsie of a hollywood hills party.
• Nicki Minaj is pregnant.
• Naya Rivera - found dead in lake Piru.
• Rep. John Lewis \ Rev. CT Vivian recently passed away.
• Nick Cannon is fired from Viacomm.

POLITRICKS

• PORTLAND - unmarked police picking people up.
• Trump wishes Ghislaine Maxwell well while she is in jail for sex trafficking.
  • Judge assigned to Epstein case, Esther Salas loses son and husband is shot.
  • Lifetime secures series, Surviving Jeffrey Epstein.
  • Trump finally admits that COVID will be getting worse - attempting to resurrect his daily briefings. GOP now willing to discuss second round of stimulus.

Update: !!Daisy Engaged!!

NEW MUSIC

• Remi Wolf - Hello Hello Hello
• H.E.R. - I Can’t Breathe - Single
• Megan Thee Stallion - Girls in the Hood
• City Girls - Enough / Better
• Kanye West - Wash Us in the Blood (feat. Travis Scott) - Single
• Pete Rock & Camp Lo - Meagan Good (feat. Mac Miller)

WHAT'S POPPIN

• BET Awards 2020 goes virtual
  • Amanda Seales was the host who was conscious and addressed the state of black culture to black empowerment.
  • Performers each did their own performances as pre-recorded “mini videos”
  • Favorite Performer?: Megan Thee Stallion, Anderson.Paak, Summer Walker + Usher; Jennifer Hudson, Kearra + Karen Sheard closing.
• Jada/Will + August? (You. Me. & He?)
• Officers in Breonna Taylor’s case have not been arrested.
• Cops in George Floyd case were released
• Kanye West - Running for President in 2020?

POLITRICKS

• Is Independence Day for all of us to celebrate?
• Statues of toppled in several American cities and across the world.
  • christopher columbus statue in Baltimore toppled by protestors.
• Bounty that Russia paid to Taliban to kill American soldiers.
• Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump for the drone strike that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.
• #sayhername VANESSA GUILLEN - was murdered at Fort Hood and taken several miles off base and buried in a shallow grave.
  • Suspect allegedly shot himself in the head when military police attempted to apprehend him.
• Krisis of KARENS - Woman pulls her gun out on Black woman who she hit with her car in a parking lot. Husband looses job
• No Fucking Around Coalition appears in Stone Mountain, GA (birthplace of the KKK) armed to confront KKK.

We're back this week with Happy Hour as we celebrate Father's Day with our Father, "C, the OG" joining us as a guest. Listen as we dive into new music, What's Poppin', review the history of Juneteenth and catch up with Politricks.

NEW MUSIC

• Teyana Taylor - The Album
• Buddy - Black 2
• Kamiyah - Black Excellence
• John Legend - Bigger Love (album)

WHAT'S POPPIN

• Verzuz - John Legend & Alicia Keys
• Hurricane Chris (Aye bay bay) arrested in Louisiana for murder.
• Aunt Jemima changing, maybe Uncle Ben, Rastus from Cream of Wheat.
  • who’s gonna replace them?
  • Uncle P’s rice and pancake mix offered by Master P.
• 19 year old commits suicide after reading wrong report on Robinhood, thinking he was in debt for over $700k.
  • if he would’ve looked the next day, transactions would’ve settled.
• Businesses reopening, although COVID + numbers still rising.
• DL Hugley passes out onstage, to find out he has COVID-19.

HISTORY OF JUNETEENTH

• Juneteenth celebrations across the country.
• Resurgence of KKK, White Supremacists and other hate groups

POLITRICKS

• Police officer in Rayshard Brooks case in ATL has been charged with murder.
• One of the detectives, Brett Hankison involved in Breonna Taylor’s shooting has been fired.
• 2 of the cops involved in G. Floyd’s death are out on bail.
  • Quick facts of
• Trump’s rally in Tulsa is a massive failure.
  • HOW COME?

TRIBUTE to FATHERS

when did you know that you wanted to be a father?
whats your favorite memory of raising us?
what’s one of the most important lessons he’s taught?
what the most most important lessons that his father taught him?

We're back this week returning to New Music, What's Poppin and Politricks, where we discuss more of the interactions with Police and the defund the police movement.

We are joined by a special guest Dr. Beasley, to discuss black women in higher education.

NEW MUSIC

• En Vogue - Free Your Mind (INTRO)
• Kaash Paige - Jaded (Single)
• Run the Jewels - RTJ4
• Jorja Smith - Rose Rouge (Single)
• Chloe x Halle - Do It
• Kari Faux - Chattin' Shit

WHAT'S POPPIN

• “Fed Up” Protests

Recent acts of Police brutality/aggression
War on Drugs is out of control
Modern Day lynching : 2 black men found hanging from tree. Malcolm Harsch found in front of public library in Victorville (May 31), and one this past week - Robert Fuller in Palmdale across from city hall. Sheriff says both were suicide, but investigations are underway
Rayshard Brooks killed by ATL PD outside of Wendy’s. Police Officer fired and Chief resigned.
Should “police conduct even traffic stops?”
Breonna Taylor and “No Knock Warrants”
- Children are traumatized when police do harm and cause mental/emotional harm

BLM + Pride March today off Hollywood
Dave Chappelle Special - 8:46 - Netflix on Youtube
Jay Pharoah - from SNL - recently had a police knee on neck during arrest

SPECIAL: Conversation with Dr. Maisha Beasley

UCLA's Sister to Sister course
- Reaches over 300 women of color attending UCLA

- Impacting how they come to terms black identity
- What are hard conversations young girls who identify in the African Diaspora are having with families?
- Black women and lack of attention in media regarding police brutality - black women are invisible, unseen - had to mention to job to add Breonna Taylor to the list
- #blackintheivory - black academics are still dismissed in academia.

POLITRICKS

What is #DeFund the Police?

• why do we expect patrol officers to be crisis counselors?
• Prison abolition movement rooted in Black feminist thought.

Trump
- Changed Tulsa rally to June 20th. Was originally scheduled for June 19th.

Sayhername project

SAY THEIR NAMES! Today we speak on the eruption of emotion as demonstrations began this week due to police brutality after the recent events of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. Tonight we focus the whole conversation on this as we try to process what happened and how to move forward.

• George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis, MN sparks protests/riots/looting nationwide
  - Anniversary of his mother passing away. He was murdered on 5/25 by Minneapolis cop holding a knee to his neck for over 8 minutes.

  • Liquor store called cops on Floyd due to suspected counterfeit $20
  • Cop worked with George at a nightclub for long period of time as bouncers.
    
  • Discharge at hospital stated he had “underlying health issues”
    • family will conduct independent autopsy
  • A few years ago a Somalia-American cop from Minneapolis kills unarmed woman while on patrol and sentenced to 12.5 years (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/07/us/minneapolis-police-sentencing-mohamed-noor.html)

• Protests

  • LA County on curfew since 5/30
  • numerous videos of anarchist tagging and vandalizing buildings to incite violence.
  • KKK - history, how was it started and why does white supremacy groups still exist.
  • using black bodies for public spectacle
  • social media takes down Plandemic video, but keeps videos of public lynchings of black people

• Amy Cooper calls cops on black man (Christian Cooper) in Central Park.

THE QUESTION

• Are you for protesting? Looting/vandalism?
• Allyship: White privilege. What can white people do to support people of color fight for justice and equal treatment?
• How can police do their jobs and when is aggressive behavior warranted vs. not warranted?
• What can we do as a collective to initiate and implement real change to our radicalized justice system and police training?

POLITRICKS

• Anonymous returns.
• Trump vetos bill that would forgive student loans of those who enrolled in fraudulent universities.

We're back again week via audio from our Zoom for this Memorial Day Weekend, we felt like adding some guests (Salina (EsDot) and JuanitaGrrl) to the mix. Chill out and listen in as we catch up with New Music, What's Poppin' and Politricks.

NEW MUSIC

• Are You Feeling Sad? - Lil Dragon (feat. Kali Uchis)
• Turbo, Gunna & Young Thug - QUARANTINE CLEAN
• Teyana Taylor - Bare with me
• Jacob Lattimore - C3 (album)
• Tory Lanez - Temperature Rising
• Salina Soto - Es dot (EP)
  • Milli - SINGLE
  • Big Chillin’ - SINGLE

WHAT'S POPPIN'

• Music
  • Beanie MAN vs. Bounty Killer on Verzuz on IG. - Who’s next on Versuz??
  • Babyface - IG Waiting to Exhale
    • Forest Whitaker’s son is directing Milli w/ Salina!
  • Lana Del Rey - slammed over criticism of major female artists…complaining about billboard success of other female artists.
  • Doja Cat - apparently was on tiny chat site where she was talking strange...isn't she tho?
• TV - COOKED W/ CANIBUS W/ KELIS (Netflix); Good Girls (NBC); Baker & the Beauty (ABC); Insecure (HBO); Tribute to Andre Harrell (BET/Youtube)
  • Khloe Kardashian’s new face.

• Sports

  • Naomi Osaka is now the highest paid female athlete. Earned $37.4 million (1.4 million+ than Serena)

• P R I D E

  • GOING VIRTUAL THIS YEAR.

COVID-19 UPDATE

• Are cases rising or declining? in Los Angeles
• Will LA County be able to house the homeless? Given orders to house 7k+ until Sept.
• Over 98k dead. Over 5 million confirmed cases so far.
• Dieting to boost our immune systems

POLITRICKS

• Prosecutors drop charges on Breonna Taylor’s partner Kenneth Walker.
• China passes new law that may reign in democracy. Protests are intensifying
• JOE BIDEN SAYS “IF YOU CAN’T DECIDE WHETHER TO VOTE FOR HIM OR NOT, YOU AREN’T BLACK”
• VOTE OR DIE?

Special Guest: Salina Soto.

We're back again week via audio from our Zoom, you see (/hear) we can't wait to be out again, how about you? Pull up and listen in as we catch up with New Music, What's Poppin' and Politricks.

NEW MUSIC

• Chris Brown & Yung Thug - Slime & B (New Album)
• Kehlani - It was Good Until it Wasn’t (Album)
• Future - High Off Life - (Album)
• Joyner Lucas feat Will Smith - Will (Remix)
• Mya - You Got Me Pt II
• Buddy & Kent James - Junk Tape Vol. 1
• Salina Soto - Milli (Single)

WHAT'S POPPIN'

• Music
  • RIP Little Richard, Betty Wright, Andre Harrell, Fred Willard
  • Tekashi 6x9 - tries to say Snoop Dogg is a rat just like him.
  • Mo Fayne (from L&HH ATL) arrested for using 1/5 million of stimulus SBA loans for personal benefit.
• Commencement 2020 - Gave a message to the class of 2020
• TV
  • NETFLIX
    • Circus of Books, LA Originals, Michelle Obama’s Becoming, Dead to Me,
    • The Last OG, Keenan Ivory Wayans is the showrunner
    • THE LAST DANCE finale tonight.

COVID-19 UPDATE

• PLANDEMIC removed from the internet.
• LA Beaches are opening
• GOV. Newsom proposing new cuts in CA state spending
• Who’s still working? | What businesses are reopening?
  • In TX and GA, COVID-19 cases are increasing.

POLITRICKS

• Trump’s valet tests +, White House now has rapid tests.
• Ahmaud Arbery - killed in Brunswick, GA
• Breonna Taylor murdered by Louisville police dept with a botched warrant
• Sean Reed shot and killed by police while running away on FB Live in Indianapolis
  
• New Second round of stimulus passed in the house, offering 1200 per individual + $1200 for each eligible household.
• CA offering extra $600 in stimulus, extended to self-employed,
  • would getting extra fund promote those on unemployment to not pursue work?