_We're back this week with an episode of What's Poppin' - this week we dive into the latest, right before we wrap up 2025. Tune in, and let's get into it! _

1. Brandy & Monica “The Boy is Mine Tour”
2. The Chocolate Nutcracker review Our picture featured on ABC news
3. Happy Holidays!! Snoop hosts a star studded half time show in AZ
4. New Shows: High Horse - Compton Cowboys featured (Peacock) Bel-Air (Final Season on Peacock) Anjela Johnson Comedy special - Say I Won’t Dave Chapelle Comedy special “The Unstoppable Nigger” 50 Cent’s Diddy documentary on Netflix Music Box series on HBO
5. New Movies: Marty Supreme w/ Timothy Chalamet and Tyler Okonma, Gweneth Paltrow Avatar Fire and Ash - Nubia the Creator Favorite Christmas Movie -
6. Jake Paul & Anthony Joshua fight (Jake finally got his ass KO’d)
7. Jamie Foxx comes to Compton!! Invited by ChefBoy
8. Beyonce, Venus Williams & Nicole Kidman will co-chair the next Met Gala in May 2026 Venus Williams gets married Andrea Preti Beyonce and Jay-Z expand their home - next album is rock & roll - we suspect In September, Nicole Kidman filed for divorce from Keith Urban. Ya’ll know she Australian?

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_We're back this week with an episode of What's Poppin' - on this episode we catch up on what's been happening since our hiatus. We already know Diddy did it, but who's responsible? and did you hear about Lil Nas X? Let's dig in!
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• Lil Nas X situation
• Cardi B trial
• Diddy/Cassie case - Sentencing date early October
  
• Straight boys wearing skirts fashion trend
• Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce engaged
• Northwest vs. Blue Ivy - dressing too fast
• Cowboy Carter tour
• Chris Brown concert - 20 year anniversary
• Love Island - recent season * *** New Shows * ** * Hunting Wives - Netflix * Katrina documentary - Netflix * B boy blues * Forever - Netflix * WWE on Netflix - changing to ESPN+ and switching from peacock, going back to Paperview * Black Doves - Netflix * Nobody Wants This w/ Kristen Bell * Platonic - Apple TV * Wheel of Time - Amazon Prime

_We're back this week to review What's Poppin - where we dive into Music, Pop Culture, Sports and TV/Film
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• Intro
• DaisyO is out! ~We love u Mary Jane~
• Music * More on Diddy do it? * More evidence about Diddy * 1,000 bottles of lubricant laced with a date rape drug. * Many people have signed up for lawsuit * Adolescents alleged to be at the parties * He always would refer to this, alleged that * Weezyana - Lil Wayne earned the key to the city. * Controversy about Kendrick being the headliner for Superbowl.
• Recent Deaths * Rich Homie Quan * Liam Page * Fat Man Scoop * DJ Clarke Kent * James Earl Jones * Kris Kristofferson * Shannon Doherty
• SPORTS * Dodgers win! * Basketball * Bronny James and LeBron * New team with JJ redick as head coach. Team is playing different * Clippers arena - Intuit Dome recently opened, yall getting tickets? * Paris Olympics - * Simon Biles * Jordan Chiles * Noah Lyles * Sha'carri Richardson
  * Women’s Track & Field * Women’s / Men’s Basketball * Breakdancing
• TV SHOWS / MOVIES * The Penguin / HBO * Love is Blind / Netflix * Beauty in the Black / Netflix * Bel Air / Peacock

_Catch this episode of what's poppin' as we catch up with the recent salacious scandal with Puffy. Diddy do it?
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Music
Beyonce- Act ii Cowboy Carter (Jolene, Spaghetti, Ya Ya, Levi’s Jeans, Riverdance)
Sir - Heavy (Ignorant, Karma, Poetry in Motion)
Kendrick Lamar w/ Future & Metro Boomin - Like That
J.Cole - Might Delete Later (rap diss to Kendrick Lamar)

Pop Culture
Diddy Scandal - Accused of sex trafficking, has not been arrested
21 yr old Aoki Lee Simmons spotted with 65yr old boyfriend, Vittorio Assaf

Movies/TV/Theater:
The Whiz - now on Broadway in New York
Fat Ham - broadway show now at the Geffen Playhouse
Alvin Ailey Dance performance
FreakNic Documentary - Originated in 1983
A24’s Civil War movie

We're back for Episode 143! Tune in as we hit What's Poppin' - discussing the recent lawsuit by Cassie Ventura against Sean "Diddy/Puff Daddy" Combs.

New Music
Kirk Franklin - Long Live Love - Single; Trina - The One; PJ - One Missed Call; Big - Young M.A.; Big K.R.I.T. feat J.Cole - Prove It;
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What’s Poppin
TROPICAL STORM BARRY will hit New Orleans.
Jermaine Dupri / Cardi B;
Day26 to work with Diddy on MTB reboot?
R. Kelly arrested in Chicago on new federal sex crimes charges, someone on R. Kelly’s team gives up tapes.
Next James Bond film, 007 will be a black woman, Lashana Lynch.
Real World Atlanta
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Politricks
Sadie Roberts - Josephs, founder of Odell Williams Now and Then African American Museum in downtown Baton Rouge, was found dead in the trunk of her car.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accuses Pelosi of being disrespectful to Congresswomen of color.
Sec of Labor Rene Acosta resigns
Trump’s Immigration raid set to start today.

New Music

Anderson Paak - Oxnard
City Girl -Girl Code
Creed II Soundtrack - (produced by Mike Will Made-It)
Jaden Smith - The Sunset Tapes: A Cool Tape Story
The Big Unknown - Sade

News

California Fires - 73 dead, 1300 missing
Kim Porter passes away - walking pneumonia - Diddy and children devastated
Stan Lee passes away - Marvel Universe comic book creator and genius had hundreds more characters created he never released

Whats Poppin

Snoop Dogg’s stage play: Redemption of a Dogg held in LA tonight
Gabrielle Unions new baby- she’s doing too much!! Should we let her live?
Michelle Obama book: “Becoming” Tracie Ellis Ross interviewed her at the Forum this weekend
SoulTrain Awards recorded this weekend- Hosted by Tichina Arnold and Tisha Campbell, coming next Sunday 11/25.

Politricks

Bill Neslon, Andrew Gillum, Stacey Abrams conceded in races.
Nancy Pelosi will be new leader, waning opposition. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is endorsing plans to beat Democratic incumbents.
Jemel Roberson case 26 year old security guard gunned down by police while subduing a suspect.

_The QUESTION _

The lack of black millennials in organized Christian religion.

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