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This week on Cafe Mocha. Have Black women had enough? Are we really turning against getting politically involved? Loni Love, Yo-Yo and Angelique talk to activist Tamika Mallory discuss whether this is a movement or just the current mood. #TamikaMallory #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tommy Davidson returns to Cafe Mocha with unexpected news. He's got a song out with Earth Wind and Fire. Music was always his first love, but he went into comedy instead. Loni Love bonds with her comedy brother about life on the road and the reboot of The Proud Family.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will Downing drops by Cafe Mocha to talk about his long career and new album "Luscious." Plus, producer NOMAD shares stories of growing up with the Menedez Brothers and remaking the Milli Vanilli hit “Blame it on the Rain" for the Netflix series about the Menendez murders. #WillDowning #BlameItOnTheRain #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shyne was at the top of the charts in the early 2000s, but a night out with Puffy and J.Lo changed his life forever. Now he's a political leader in Belize and is telling his story. The Honorable Shyne premiered at the HBCU First Look Film Festival, and he shared his story with Cafe Mocha. #HBCUFirstLook #Shyne #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tamela Mann joins Cafe Mocha reminding us to Live Breathe Fight. It’s the name of her new album. We talk music, family and managing tough times. #TamelaMann #LiveBreatheFight #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Voter suppression is real. Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown shares the many ways voters may be blocked from voting. Voting for the elderly and disabled will be harder in some states. In other states, registered voters may show up and find out they are no longer registered because they were kicked off the voter rolls. Black Voters Matter gets us ready for Tuesday, Nov 5th. #BlackVotersM...

The energy around the Harris/Walz presidential campaign is real. Most polls show VP Kamala Harris ahead of Donald Trump nationally and in the battleground states. This week on Cafe Mocha White House press secretary Karine Jean Pierre joins Loni Love, YoYo and Angelique to talk about the Biden/Harris administration and the Black community. #Elections #KarineJeanPierre #CafeMochaRadio Learn more abo...

Essence Atkins stars in the new CBS sitcom Poppa's House, joining Damon Wayans Sr. and Jr. in a family comedy premiering Monday on CBS. She joins Loni Love, YoYo and Angelique to discuss the new project and reflect on her extensive career in Hollywood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don Lemon has a new show and a new book exploring his relationship with God and the Bible. He joins the ladies with his perspective on VP Kamala Harris and the 2024 race for president. #IOnceWasLost #DonLemon #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leela James joins the ladies of Cafe Mocha. She talks about taking her kids on tour, years of resilience and the time Stevie Wonder crashed her concert. #LeelaJames #ThoughtUKnew #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Election Day is a little over a month away and our timelines are filled with political information and misinformation. To help us separate fact from fiction, the ladies of Cafe Mocha talk to White House correspondent Ebony McMorris. On her mind is voter suppression and Project 2025. #BlackVotersMatter #Elections #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The supernatural horror movie "The Deliverance" is a huge hit on Netflix. The director Lee Daniels joins the ladies of Cafe Mocha to talk about the film and reuniting with Mo'Nique after all these years. #TheDeliverance #Netflix #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next time on Cafe Mocha, Kevin Hart and Taraj P Henson star in a new crime drama called Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist. Loni Love talked to them both.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

October London turned out back to back hits this year. He joins Loni Love, Yo Yo and Angelique to talk about signing with Death Row Records, life in the studio with Snoop and how his alter ego is making country music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump is feeling the heat from artists who don't want him playing their music on the campaign trail. The children of Isaac Hayes told Trump and the Republicans to stop using their father's music. Trump continued. So now the family is suing. Isaac Hayes III and his lawyer James Walker Jr next time on Cafe Mocha. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Voter suppression is real. Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown shares the many ways voters may be blocked from voting. Voting for the elderly and disabled will be harder in some states. In other states, registered voters may show up and find out they are no longer registered because they were kicked off the voter rolls. Black Voters Matter gets us ready for Tuesday, Nov 5th. #BlackVotersM...

The energy around the Harris/Walz presidential campaign is real. Most polls show VP Kamala Harris ahead of Donald Trump nationally and in the battleground states. This week on Cafe Mocha White House press secretary Karine Jean Pierre joins Loni Love, YoYo and Angelique to talk about the Biden/Harris administration and the Black community. #Elections #KarineJeanPierre #CafeMochaRadio Learn more abo...

Nicco Annan from P-Valley joins us to talk about his character Uncle Clifford and his new show giving us a tour of the Deep South. Plus, journalist and podcaster Gia Peppers talks politics and empowerment. #GiaPeppers #NiccoAnnan #DownInTheValley #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Earthquake and Loni Love talk VP Kamala Harris’ run for president, his upcoming Netflix comedy special and eating at Golden Corral. Plus, he's got a new movie on Netflix called Unfrosted. #ComedianEarthquake #KamalaHarris #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cafe Mocha celebrates the life and legacy of Shirley Murdock as she gets inducted into the Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame. They look back at her days with Roger and Zapp and get the backstory on her hit single "As We Lay". #CincyBlackMusicWalkofFame #ShirleyMurdock #CafeMochaRadio  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Garcelle Beauvais has a new movie debuting on The Lifetime Channel. Abducted at an HBCU tackles the on-going issue of how the system treats Black people who go missing. Garcelle joins the ladies of Cafe Mocha to discuss the new movie and give us the tea on the upcoming season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. #AbductedHBCUMovie #HBCUFirstLOOKBLEXwatchparty #HBCUBlackGirlMissing #RoadtoHBCUF...

We've never seen Cedric the Entertainer like this before. He's now a novelist. His book "Flipping Boxcars" is mostly fact, but part fiction. In it, he takes us back 75 years to tell the story of his grandfather. #CedrictheEntertainer #FlippingBoxcars #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While America celebrates its Independence Day, Cafe Mocha sits down with White House Correspondent April D. Ryan to talk about the political state of Black America, upcoming election, and ongoing racial issues in this country. #BlackVotersMatter #Elections #AprilDRayn #CafeMochaRadio  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The hit Starz series Power Book II: Ghost is in its final season. We'll get some tea on the final season from LaToya Tonodeo. Fans both love and hate her as the character Diana Tejada. Hollywood knows her as a Rising Star. #PowerGhost #DianaTejada #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The pandemic, an unexpected health crisis, and friendship brought Marsha Ambrosius and Dr. Dre back together for her new record - Casablanco. Marsha returns to Cafe Mocha to talk about the whirlwind that inspired her new music. #MarshaAmbrosius #Casablanco #CafeMochaRadio #BlackMusicMonth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices