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Amber Rose is standing ten toes down on her assertion that she is an African queen, saying that all human beings are African because humans originated in Africa. Folks online are calling her out, but she says she doesn’t care. Does she have a point? In other interesting stories, top professional video game player NoahTheProdigy is speaking on his experience, saying that his dad encouraged him to i...

Everyone has an opinion on marriage these days, and Paul Pierce is no different, lamenting that marriage is only for the poor and the old, and that there is no upside to marriage for men. More marriage talk for us to digest, and we get into it. Elsewhere, A$AP Rocky has admitted to wearing Rihanna’s clothing. Furthermore, he doesn’t see the issue with it and doesn’t necessarily agree with the noti...

Shedeur Sanders being drafted in the 5th round of the NFL Draft was crazy and had all sorts of things going on, including talks of collusion and a prank being played on him by the son of an NFL GM who pretended to be a part of the New Orleans Saints and draft him. We couldn’t pass up speaking on it ourselves. There were also some interesting comments made by Ari Lennox, who gave fans a glimpse int...

Tracee Ellis Ross hopped onto Michelle Obama’s podcast and they got a little into her personal life, including her revelation that she prefers to date younger men because men her age have beliefs on relationships that amount to toxic masculinity. She says younger men aren’t as stoked in the old toxic ways. Do you agree with her? On the music front, Akon is on the verge of dripping out the start of...

Isiah Thomas unmuted during a segment of NBA TV when viewing LeBron James warming up before a game shirtless, saying that professionalism in the NBA has gone down and he wouldn’t have a problem with LeBron being fined for displaying said lack of professionalism. Does he have a point, and does this extend beyond the NBA to everyday life? Also, Ne-Yo is commenting further on the parameters of his po...

Friends and countrymen (and women), we are back with another stream to discuss a sorted array of topics, including the baby momma of Lil’ Baby and Anthony Edwards essentially saying don’t blame her for being beautiful and having a nice body. This in response to folks who claim that she gets pregnant to bag-chase. Does she have a point? We also have Barack Obama illuminating us on rough patches his...

LeBron James has made a lot of noise lately, and in addition to his spat with Stephen A. Smith, he also hinted during his interview with Pat McAfee that he doesn’t know how some of his Cleveland teams made the Finals given who was on the roster with him, echoing what a lot in the media say as well. We give our thoughts on these comments. Also, Waka Flocka was recently given a scenario and asked to...

How many times do you permit cheating in a relationship before the final straw and you leave? According to Yung Miami, a man has about four times to cheat before she considers leaving, suggesting that cheating isn’t the clear-cut thing that it’s sometimes made out to be and that it is hard to leave when you’ve built something with a person, even when cheating occurs. Do you concur with this idea?...

Anthony Mackie has been making the rounds after the release of the new Captain America movie, and he stopped by The Pivot podcast to discuss a myriad of topics. Among them is his belief that we tell kids lies when we explain to them that if they make the grades and work hard, they'll be successful, when in reality, success is not earned, but given. He argues we should set the record straight with...

A video has gone viral in which a parent is shown refusing to buy her son a pair of Anthony Edwards' signature sneaker because he "doesn't take care of his kids." She prefers that he choose either Steph Curry or Kobe Bryant sneakers because they care(d) for their daughters. We give our thoughts on this. Also, Amber Rose recently chatted with Shannon Sharpe on Club Shay Shay and gave her thoughts o...

As Yasiin Bey, AKA Mos Def, nears a musical comeback, he has unmuted to lament the state of the music industry, including streaming services, calling it out for exploitation because of how little artists receive for their work while the power structure reaps so much of the financial benefit. He says you start out passionate and an idealist before becoming disillusioned. Is he right, and is their a...

Rihanna recently shared some interesting thoughts on how she feels about her past music, saying that her last album, Anti, is the only album in her catalog that she can listen to without feeling shame and comparing it to listening to your voice on a voicemail. What do you make of Rihanna’s thoughts? Are you ashamed of some of your previous work? If so, why? Also, Ne-Yo is being called out in a maj...

Quickly rising up the ranks as friend of the channel, GloRilla has recently been speculated to have gotten BBL surgery, and she is here to set the record straight on the kind of “shots” she has indeed received. What do you think of what she had to say? Also, Stephen A. Smith has addressed whether he would ever run for President, and his response is what you’d expect; but is it such a crazy idea? P...

GloRilla is dealing with financial fallout from the Super Bowl, saying that she lost a lot of money betting on the game. Her plan to recoup? Selling ass! Surely she is joking, but the comment is interesting nonetheless. Elsewhere, Usher is providing some illumination on his tour and how he feeds cherries to women in the crowd. He explains that his intent is never to break up homes, which is intere...

Kanye West was the subject of plenty of Grammy Awards chatter when he showed up at the red carpet with his wife, Bianca Censori, who put the shear dress trend to shame by wearing an outfit that makes it look like she’s wearing nothing at all. What’s more, they left the event after the red carpet, clearly a flex move. A lot of folks are voicing their displeasure with Censori’s outfit. Is the outrag...

We’re back with a fresh stream, and this week we kick it and discuss Snoop Dogg taking a similar path to Nelly, seemingly doubling down on his decision to perform at Trump’s Crypto Ball and letting everyone know that the backlash isn’t bothering him. Should we heed Snoop’s words? We also discuss Brittany Renner, who has made the transition from being an industry woman to being a devout woman of Go...

After accepting an invitation to perform at the Crypto Ball, an event honoring Donald Trump’s inauguration, Nelly is getting dragged all over the place. From getting called an idiot by Amanda Seales to even Ashanti fans shutting fan pages on Instagram down, Nelly opting to perform at this event is being met with a lot of anger. Nelly is doubling down, saying it’s about respecting the office for hi...

The world of culture, sports and society has a lot on the books for the show this week. We will get into interesting comments made by acclaimed actor Djimon Hounsou, who is lamenting struggling financially as an actor despite being nominated for Academy Awards and a Golden Globe. He blames it on systemic racism, but is there more to what he is going through? We will also discuss Meta rolling back...

This week, we're getting right into our thoughts on the sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Fox Corporation by former Fox Sports hairstylist Noushin Faraji, alleging that Joy Taylor leveraged sexual relationships with a high-ranking executive as well as on-air personality Emmanuel Acho to advance her career. Furthermore, she is alleged to have told Faraji to get over it after Faraji confided i...

As the fate of Tik Tok looms in the balance, Donald Trump’s second administration could be the app’s saving grace as he has requested that the Supreme Court’s ban be delayed in an effort to seek a political solution. Are these points in Trump’s favor before he even takes office? There has also been a little noise in the aftermath of Beyonce’s performance during half time of the Ravens vs. Texans g...

Merry Christmas Eve to everyone out there! This week, we discuss our thoughts on Fat Joe slamming the organization of Foundational Black Americans as “Black racists” for trying to assert that Blacks and Puerto Ricans did not share a hand in creating hip-hop, something Fat Joe believes to be true. Is he right to label FBAs as Black racists, or do FBAs have a point that hip-hop was solely created by...

Usher has opened a content studio to help foster creativity and artistic talents and endeavors for youth at a Boys & Girls Club in Atlanta. This falls right in line with our belief of what is the right way to help close the wealth gap for the underprivileged, so we get into our thoughts on this development. We also discuss Chris Brown crushing his performance in South Africa despite a petition...

In a perspective that is rather anti-hip-hop, Waka Flocka has lamented his thoughts on wealth, stating that being wealthy is selfish and he prefers to give much of his money away because he doesn’t know what he’d do with $20 million in his bank account when he doesn’t need that much to eat whatever he wants, live how he wants to live, and drive what he wants. Are his thoughts on wealth being selfi...

Hip-hop veteran Freddie Gibbs lamented his wishes to not be a gangsta rapper and rap about the streets or selling drugs during an appearance on The Berkeley Forum to students at the University of California, Berkeley, saying that he wishes he had never committed to being a street rapper in light of being a family man. We get into his interesting comments. We also discuss popular streamer IShowSpee...

Kendrick Lamar set the music world on fire with the surprise release of his GNX album. He also took shots at white comedians who joke about black women, which caught the attention of Andrew Shulz who responded to the line. He asks whether Kendrick is too woke to understand a joke. Is this a valid question? We also talk about Katt Williams, who has purchased land in Alabama to create his own movie...