Ratchet & Respectable

Demi’s checks still haven’t cleared; d— dominates the Internet; Jim Jones falsely cries racism; Kim K covers Vogue instead of Andre Leon Talley; Tesla has a gigantic racism problem. Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  demetriallucas . YouTube:  demetriallucas . More about the Show:  Don’t forget to subscribe...

Demi can’t afford wine; A Sip and… Suck?; Threesomes at 50!; Kanye antagonizes his estranged wife; CNN is in shambles; Kierra Sheard trusts no man, and no friends either; Thandi Newton apologizes for being light-skinned. Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  demetriallucas . YouTube:  demetriallucas . More abou...

Demi’s (temporarily) broke AF; A new doc with Spike Lee x Colin Kaepernick; The all-star cast of the new The Color Purple movie; AJLT doesn’t have season 2; Method Man breaks the Internet; Joe Rogan drops N-bombs with no consequence from Spotify. Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  demetriallucas . YouTube:  ...

Working While Black; Rihanna is officially pregnant; Janet Jackson’s “truth”; Both of the current Joe Rogan controversies explained; Happy Black History Month. Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  demetriallucas . YouTube:  demetriallucas . More about the Show:  Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for fre...

Candice Benbow’s “Red Lip Theology” is finally here; The Sex Lives of African Women; Cori Bush needs bubble wrapping; that Janet Jackson documentary;  K. Michelle and botched bodies. Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  demetriallucas . YouTube:  demetriallucas . More about the Show:  Don’t forget to subscribe...

The Gilded Age, Adele postpones her Vegas residency; Ari Lennox is (rightfully) over everybody; Cardi B wins a $4M in damages for libel; a LOT of women have accused Trey Songz of rape/assault; Ye needs a better revenge strategy; Pete Davidson lights up his current’s ex on SNL. Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . F...

Demi returns to LA; André Leon Talley transitions to Ancestor; Kanye West throws public tantrums.. again Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  demetriallucas . YouTube:  demetriallucas . More about the Show:  Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or using this link: http://...

Demi drinks red wine in LA; LeVar Burton is denied his rightful spot on Jeopardy; the math ain't mathing on a high-profile Manhattan divorce; Twitter uncovers receipts on Alfonso Ribeiro; Nick Cannon Nick Cannons, again; Governor Cuomo refuses to resign.  Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  demetriallucas . Y...

Demi is leaving Ghana. (forreal this time); Sloane Stevens and Danielle Brooks give Black Barbie vibes; Jason Momoa and The Lisa part ways; Hot sauce in a condom swag?; The Sun has hot (and sad) tea on Wendy Williams; The Baltimore Sun has a tepid pour on Marilyn Mosby. Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  dem...

Demi visits Elmina Castle; Maya Angelo is good money; the untelivised Golden Globes; the new (Kan)Ye + jeen-yuhs; the Insecure finale; Jill Scott’s sex tape. Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  demetriallucas . YouTube:  demetriallucas . More about the Show:  Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free...

Demetria is still in Ghana; Ari Lennox deletes her positive tweets about Ghana after a public dragging. Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  demetriallucas . YouTube:  demetriallucas . More about the Show:  Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or using this link: http://b...

Demetria is still in Ghana; The Franklins divorce amicably; the New SATC has a Miranda problem; The Orgasm Gap; Ratchet & Respectable’s third anniversary; and more. Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  demetriallucas . YouTube:  demetriallucas . More about the Show:  Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcas...

The Met Gala happened; So did the MTV Awards; America has been a fake Gucci belt, according to a 9/11 doc on GW Bush; and Afghanistan was destined to be a mess; Also, do you know what a Chai Boy is?  Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  demetriallucas . YouTube:  demetriallucas . More about the Show:  Don’t fo...

Demi’s back in LA; Damson Idris wants to be called “Daddy” (I think?); The Marjorie and The Cardi stunt on us from Paris; a review of The Wonder Years; Kierna Mayo has a new podcast; and The Dr. Joan Morgan chats about  pivoting, legacy-building; and living the dream. Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  demet...

The Internet is trying to figure out if RHOA’s Porsha Williams is engaged (yes!) to her friend’s husband (not sure); and Demi continues last week’s conversation on shame, this time with Tanya Denise Fields (Black Feminist Project).  Trigger warning: conversation includes descriptions of intimate partner violence and sexual abuse.   Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow...

Demi has encounters with two exes; RIP Shock G, DMX, and Black Rob; reactions to Ma’Khia Bryant’s murder demonstrate how we’re not protecting Black women or girls; Variety celebrates the 30 year anniversary of Whoopi Goldberg’s Oscar win; that Snowfall finale; Bigger returns to BET+; Black Domme Mistress Marley discusses money, power and respect in the underworld of kink. Check out my website: htt...

Mr. Big is (allegedly) a raping rapist who tapes; Author Bevy Smith discuses her latest adventure as an actress and consultant on “Harlem". Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  demetriallucas . YouTube:  demetriallucas . More about the Show:  Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're l...

Meg Thee Graduate; Simone Biles is Athlete of the Year; Sherri Shepherd pushed thru for Wendy; Kanye West has a live-in GF (while he manipulatively begs for his wife back); Nancy Regan was a throat goat?; Peloton strikes back. Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  demetriallucas . YouTube:  demetriallucas . Mor...

Juicy is foundguilty; Lamar Odom’s open letter; Kanye and Drake host a fundraiser in LA; SATC returns. Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  demetriallucas . YouTube:  demetriallucas . More about the Show:  Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or using this link: http://bi...

Demi’s back in LA; Maxwell and John Legend in concert (but not together); Nick Cannon deals with an unspeakable tragedy; Chris Cuomo is out at CNN… and everywhere else; the bizarre details of the Juicy Smooyay trial; Tristan Thompson cheated… yet again. Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  demetriallucas . You...

Demi returns to New York, there’s Black Girl Magic on Amazon Prime; The murder of Jacque Avant; Jazmine Sullivan and Adele in concert, Travis Scott’s lawsuits over Astroworld are more than $2 billion. Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  demetriallucas . YouTube:  demetriallucas . More about the Show:  Don’t f...

Demi recovers from Thanksgiving; RIP Virgil Agboh; Why Common can’t keep a woman; The Jazmine wins Album of the  Year, Rihanna is a “hero” to Barbados; King Richard’s first kingdom; Little Brother Cuomo is some more sh—. *sigh* Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  demetriallucas . YouTube:  demetriallucas . Mo...

Demi chats with Me Too Founder and New York Times Bestselling Author Tarana Burke about self work, self worth, so-called “strong” Black women and other themes covered in Burke’s debut book, “You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and The Black Experience”. Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:...

Demi is allergic to wine; Iman Shumpert wins DWTS, The AMAs and The Five Horsemen; Janet Jackson doc on Hulu; Did Adele gaffle a Black woman's work on "30"?  Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  demetriallucas . YouTube:  demetriallucas . Thanks to our sponsors: Design like a pro with Canva Pro! Right now, you...

That Damn Adele Album; Stephanie Mills is the friend every person needs; Essence holiday covers; America America’s. Again.  Check out my website: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ . Follow me:  IG:  demetriallucas . Twitter:  demetriallucas . FB:  demetriallucas . YouTube:  demetriallucas . Thanks to my sponsors: Visit  pendulumlife.com  to find out more. And use promo code  RATCHET  for 20% off...