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*Recent deaths: Priscilla Presley, Barbara Walters, Kristie Alley, Frank O’Harris, Twitch
*Megan the Stallion and Torey Lanes case - dad said “this is the worst injustice in history” - play tapes, show receipts
*Blue Face & Krishan Rock - Crazy in Love - therapist calls her out

Movies/ TV
*The Documentary of BMF
*Sr. - Movie - Robert Downey Jr. interviews Robert Downey Sr. dad

• You People Movie - no spoilers *1619 Project *Beyonce was paid 35 million dollar to perform in Dubai

Other
*Most Recent popular news

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 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.

We're back this week via audio from our Zoom, you see (/hear) we're keeping up with social distancing, how about you? Pull up and listen in as we catch up with New Music, What's Poppin' and Politricks.

NEW MUSIC

Ricky Dillard - More Abundantly (Medley); Kierra Sheard - Kierra (album); Meg the Stallion feat Beyonce - Savage (Remix); Drake - Dark Lane Demi Tape; Victoria Monét - Dive (single); Gaidaa - Falling Higher (single); Mahalia - BRB (single); Jael - Usually I don't (do this) - Single

WHAT'S POPPIN'

• BET COVID-19 special w/ performance with big artists (John Legend, Kirk Franklin, Tyrese, Fantasia, Usher, D Smoke, Tiffany Gouche, Jhene Aiko + H.E.R.)
• Oprah to give commencement speech on FB Live
• Celebrities paying salaries of furloughed workers: James Corden + Trevor Noah; founder of TDE Anthony (Top Dawg) Tiffith pays rent for over 300 Nickerson Gardens/Watts projects
• Anderson Cooper is a father - welcomes baby boy Wyatt to the world via surrogate
• R. Kelly asking for this time for early release due to diabetes?? Says he is :high risk”
• TikTok sensation Tabitha Brown signs with CAA, after carrot bacon videos goes viral

TV SHOWS

• AMC declares war on Universal Pictures…

• Netflix’s Hollywood, BLACK AF, Gentefied; FXX’s Dave (starring Lil’ Dicky); HBO’s Becky; TBS’s The Last OG (some episodes written by Keenan Ivory Wayans); ESPNS’s The Last Dance ; BET’s Boomerang

• Asian “Murder Hornet” aka “Giant Sparrow Bee” - known to eat the heads of bees, and can kill humans in Japan recently found in Washington.

POLITRICKS

• Trump makes order for Meat processing plants to remain open, despite many closing due to high infection of COVID-19 amongst workers.
• Georgia opens back up from stay at home mandate
• Protests in Orange County and on Gov Newsom Sacramento steps because of safer at home order and closure of beaches - white privilege much?
• Trump suggests people use/inject disinfectant cleansers, then denies it + spreading lies through new speaker of the house.
• CIM group purchases Balwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza (for $100 million)