"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor

In a week where: Teriyaki 69 snitches EVERYBODY out! Met Police say fastest-growing UK Terrorist threat originates from the Far Right.  Kanye tops Forbes' Highest-Paid Hip-Hop Acts. Dave wins the 2019 Mercury Prize. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has not one, not two, but three pictures surface of him wearing 'brownface'. Dozens gather for "Raid Area 51" Millions across the world gather to protest the...

In a week where: For the first time in history, the Hubble space telescope has spotted liquid water. It's been found on a planet called K2-18 b, and it's only 110 light-years away. A pensioner claims he spent £30,000 of life savings, including his sons’ inheritance, fighting a £100 speeding fine. After 22 years and seven tries, Ash Ketchum FINALLY wins the Pokemon League.  The 5th Element now has...

In a week where: Nicki Minaj retires from music. Caster Semenya joins a South African football club after refusing to abide by IAAF's rules. Australia wins The Ashes with one Test remaining. A man was shot in broad daylight in London Borough of Lewisham. Parliament has been prorogued AGAIN & Speaker John Bercow intends to step down by Oct 31st or sooner. Apple reveals its iPhone 11, Apple TV+...

In a week where: Officers at Gatwick called in after the Airport found 25 bags of powder. Turned out to be for a Vegan Bakery. Charles LeClerc gets his maiden F1 win at Spa-Francorchamps, a day after his friend & F2 driver Anthoine Hubert succumbed to a fatal crash mid-race. School begins for another year. Tory MP Phillip Lee Defects to the Lib Dems, removing Boris Johnson's working majority....

In a week where:  Glasgow University is going to pay £20 Million in slave trade reparations.  Hasbro now owns Death Row Records. In an eventful G7 summit, Trump "Hereby orders US companies" to no longer do business with China. Ben Stokes unleashes a Braveheart-like performance in The Ashes. The NY Times unveils a massive anthology called "The 1619 Project" in trying to retell the story of Slavery...

In a week where:  Boris Johnson & EU butt heads again. Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" No.1 streak is over. Home Secretary Priti Patel plans to end Freedom of Movement completely on Oct 31st. Keanu Reeves set to return for The Matrix 4. The Amazon Rainforest is *literally* on fire.  In the 1st of two Film/TV segments: (14:26) Spider-Man is out of the MCU after Marvel & Sony couldn't land a dea...

In a week where:  Scotland has planted 22 Million Trees over the past year. Jeffrey Epstein, who was in jail waiting on a trail for sex trafficking, killed himself in jail. The Premier League season is underway for another year. The UK Treasury is minting special 50p coins to commemorate the country leaving.  Red Bull pull the trigger & promote Alex Albon to their team, replacing Pierre Gasly....

In a week where: German authorities say they have seized 4.5 tonnes of cocaine, worth €1bn ($1.11 bn), in the northern port city of Hamburg Ethiopia planted 350 million trees in 12 hours. Man City beat Liverpool on Penalties to win back-to-back Com. Shields. First time since '02 a team has gone back-to-back. 2 mass shootings in the US spark "Gun Control" conversation once again.  Trains from Manch...

In a week where:  A prison ID card once owned by late rapper Tupac Shakur has sold at an auction for $30,000 (£24,041). The sale set a world record for the most expensive piece of Tupac memorabilia ever sold at public auction. Egan Bernal has become the first Colombian to win the Tour de France.  Caster Semenya suffers another setback as the Swiss Supreme Court has U-Turned their recent allowance...

In a week where:  Avengers Endgame has passed Avatar to become the top-grossing film of all-time at the worldwide box office.  Facebook is fined $5B by the US Federal Trade Commission after the year-long investigation on the Cambridge Analytica data breach. Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" ties the record for the number of weeks @ No.1 in the US.  Mahershala Ali is slated to play Marvel's "Blade" Reboo...

In a week where:  More than 30 whistle-blowers give evidence to Equality Watchdog on Labour antisemitism.  One in eight men (12%) say they could win a point in a game of tennis against Serena Williams. In a crazy sporting weekend, Serena loses to Simona Halep, Djokovic beats Federer, England win the Cricket World Cup & Lewis Hamilton the British Grand Prix. The first person to win it six times...

In a week where: A UK Advertising Watchdog determined that having 30K followers on your Social Media makes you a celebrity.  The US Women's National Team wins the Women's World Cup for the fourth time. MP's vote to liberalise abortion in Northern Ireland.  And the Award for "Most Ironic Moment of 2019" goes to Tommy Robinson pleading the US Government to grant him asylum.  In Sports: (5:06) Kawhi...

In a week where:  Wimbledon begins with plenty of amazing results including World No.2 Naomi Osaka crashing out of R1 & 15 Year Old Cori Gauff beating her idol Venus Williams.  Hong Kong protests get violent as some protesters storm, vandalise & tag the walls of the Parliament Building.  Max Verstappen charges through the field to win the Austrian GP, a far cry from the French GP which led...

In a week where:  Tory leadership ballot is down to four, Boris Johnson still (somehow) the front-runner.  The legendary Paul Crowther who milkshaked Farage has pleaded guilty for common assault and has to pay Farage's suit cleaning bill.  Arctic permafrost in the Canadian Arctic is thawing 70 years sooner than predicted.  Donald Trump still thinks the CP5 did it.  3 Russians & 1 Ukrainian are...

New Music, same intro, better quality show! In a week where:  Seb Coe unveils the IAAF's new name and logo - 'World Athletics'.  Justin Bieber challenges Tom Cruise to an MMA fight. We begin with Film/TV (6:50) where after the premiere of Ava DuVernay's "When They See Us", a Limited Series about the Central Park Five, people are starting to hold the real-life prosecutors to account. One of which,...

Happy Pride Month everyone!  In a week where:  EE rolls out 5G Networks in the UK. Trump & the family visit the UK. Caster Semenya wins her Swiss Court appeal to temporarily suspend the new "Semenya Rule".  A Stanford study shows that Islamaphobia has dropped 19% in Liverpool & 50% in anti-muslim tweets since Mo Salah joined.  And a study shows that 25 cups of coffee a day is safe for hear...

In a week where:  Theresa May finally accepted the inevitable and made an announcement to resign, prompting a leadership campaign that came so fast, you'd almost think that MP's are trying to make career moves... We move that aside for the week and talk about Film/TV (2:35) where Spike Lee has decided to talk about the apparently large debate about Black British actors going to the US to further t...

In a week where:  Kanye & Kim named their new kid PSALM.  The European Elections loom over a UK that doesn't know whether to take it seriously or not.  MILKSHAKES have become the symbol of being against the far-right.  And RIP to Niki Lauda, who died aged 70.  In the first of two Life segments, (4:45) George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four is considered one of the most well-known texts in recen...

Last Friday, I headed to London with one of my "Day 1's" Tyler to go to the "Gods Of Rap" Tour at The SSE Arena, Wembley. De La Soul, Public Enemy, Wu-Tang Clan & DJ Premier. First night. So I thought to myself, why not do some on-site recording and have this once in a lifetime event on digital wax! And that's exactly what happened! Before the show, Tyler & I talked about our excitement fo...

In a week where: A report by The Observer reports that Black people ‘40 times more likely’ to be stopped and searched in the UK. (In other news, the sky is blue.)  "What's Good?" is now a quarter-century in! Gimme three Hip-Hop Hoorays! We begin with the Life segment (2:49) where Facebook has recently cut off several right-wing nutjobs from FB & Instagram, including the spiritual leader of the...

In a stacked show with only three topics, I dive right into the first segment.  For the Sports segment, (2:16) The IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) has won a landmark case against 800m specialist Caster Semenya. This means that if Semenya wants to race professionally over distances between 400m & Mile, (the distances she specialises in...) she will be forced to take (v...

In a week where:  A redacted version of the Mueller Report is released.  Hundreds are arrested in London as part of the "Extinction Rebellion" protests.  Quavo invades my social media ad space with his BooHoo Man collab. (So many questions)  And A 74-year-old Welshman is shot with a crossbow outside of his home! We begin with Life (4:44) and taking a look back at the Amritsar massacre. If you don'...

In a Week Where:  Sudan's Army removes leader Omar Al-Bashir after 30 years in power.  Julian Assange is arrested and taken out of the UK/Ecuadorian Embassy, facing extradition to the US.  The Notre Dame Cathedral burns down. Hopefully, the UK Government doesn't lash money. ( Cough cough Grenfell)  And it's reported that Amazon staff listen to customers' Alexa recordings (TOLD YOU SO) We begin wit...

In a week where:  Families at the Empire Cinema in Ipswich said their children were left in tears after seeing adverts for psychological horror Ma and scary superhero flick Brightburn. And a Blackhole picture is captured for the first time ever, labelled a "Breakthrough". For the Film/TV segment, (2:05) Helen Mirren says "Fuck Netflix", pandering to Hollywood big wigs & US Theatre owners. The...

In a week where:  Top Boy Season 3 IS FINALLY coming!!!  Over 6 Million people signed a UK Government petition to revoke Article 50, only for it to be rejected. In the Music segment, (3:53) the legendary MC Shan snaps on Instagram, saying "Fuck Hip-Hop". Praising the fans and firing all the shots at the business side of Hip-Hop. Something that is mentioned later in the show. In the Film/TV segment...