Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast

It is Thursday on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast. We are having a problem with our students. The math skills of American eighth graders have dropped the largest amount in fifty years according to the National Report Card. Test scores have been dropping since 2012 and the pandemic did not help any at all when it comes to the test scores for American children. Ike Turner Jr., the son of Tina...

It is Hump Day with The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast. So studies show that all young and middle aged adults should be screened for anxiety and depression regularly. This is the first time that the US Preventative Task Force has come out with this suggestion. R. Kelly is in fear for his life in prison. He feels that there was negligence with his surgery in prison due to blood clots. Kelly bel...

It is Tuesday on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast. We have some sad news to get into today first.  A Tornado swept across Mississippi due to a heatwave across the Southern part of the US. This has left one person dead and at least two dozen people injured. Over 400,000 people in southern states have lost power due to the weather. In sports news, Chris Paul is being traded to the Washington W...

It is Friday on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast. Several government agencies have been hacked. The hackers gained access through a software program called Move-It Software. The US Energy Department, one of the agencies hacked, has notified Congress about the breach. Bill Cosby is being sued by nine more women in the state of Nevada. One of the women included former supermodel Janice Dickins...

It is the day before Friday, or Thursday on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast. If you are a sports fan, you heard about Michael Jordan’s “flu game.” Michael Jordan’s “flu game” sneakers of game five in the 1997 NBA Finals just sold for $1.38 Million in auction. The “Home Depot Girl” or Ariana Josephine life has been a mess since her viral pic of herself. People have doxed her and now she has...

It is Hump Day on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast. There is some sad news coming out of Denver. Ten people have been injured, including the shooter, after the Denver Nuggets won the NBA Championship Monday night. Thousands of fans were celebrating the first Denver NBA championship when shots were fired. Five people remain in the hospital. Shannon Sharpe said goodbye to the fans and the peop...

It is Tuesday on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast. For the first time in forty-seven years, the Denver Nuggets won the NBA Championship. The Nuggets beat the Miami Heat 94 - 89 in five games. Studies show that a little bit of alcohol can help with heart disease. It leads to long term reduction in stress signaling in the brain. Doctors also say that you should not ignore the other medical iss...

It is Monday on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast. After a tanker truck caught fire underneath a highway on I-95 in Philadelphia. This left a part of I-95 to collapse in Philadelphia and it could take months to repair. R. Kelly told a former cellmate that Jay Z once tried to kill him during the Best of Both Worlds Tour. Kelly said that people were pointing guns at him and he was pepper spraye...

It is Friday on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast. Before we get into the weekend, we have to get in the news. Former US President, Donald Trump, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on seven counts related to mishandling classified documents that were at his Mar-a-Largo home. Trump has claimed his innocence and that the Biden Administration is to blame for election interference. Trump i...

It is Thursday on the Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast and we have some news for you. Mike Pence at his Town Hall meeting last night, has made a line in the sand with his former boss, Donald Trump. He said anyone who puts themself over the Constitution, does not deserve to be president. In other news, Susan Lorincz, was arrested in Florida for killing a black mother, Ajike Owens through her fron...

It is Hump Day with The Rickey Smiley Morning Show. Cuba Gooding Jr. has settled a civil rape case from a decade ago. The trial was scheduled to start yesterday but the trial was off the docket. Richard Lawson, the husband of Tina Knowles, is stating that he and his wife are fine. People have been questioning why he was not at Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour with his wife, Tina. Richard is filming a mo...

It is Tuesday on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show. And we have some news in politics. Dr. Cornel West will be running for US President in 2024. He is running as a third party candidate with the People’s Party. He says that neither candidate is being honest and he feels that it is time for a change. Young Buck has to sell off his music catalog to pay back his creditors and 50 Cent. Young Buck is stil...

It is Monday on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast. We hope you all had a great weekend but it is time for the beginning of the week. Kristine Welker will be the new host of Meet the Press, taking over for Chuck Todd. She has been a White House correspondent and has been a guest host on Meet the Press previously. Also, Trey Songz seems to constantly getting caught up with women. Well this time...

It is Friday on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show. President Joe Biden took a fall at the graduation of the US AIr Force Academy. After giving the commencement speech and shaking hands with graduates, he fell going back to his seat. The partner and mother of DC Young Fly’s children, Ms. Jackie Oh, has passed away suddenly in Miami. She posted that she was in Miami getting a “mommy make-over” but we d...

It’s Friday’s Eve or Thursday on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show. The state of Minnesota is the twenty-third state in the US to legalize marijuana for recreational usage. That is almost 50% of the states in the Union. Might we well make it legal nationwide. There has been an increase in jobs this month. Economists have said that this is the inverse of what they thought was going to happen. Now more...

It is Hump Day on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show. We have to start the show off with some sad news. On Monday, there was a mass shooting in Hollywood, FL on Hollywood Beach where at least nine people were wounded. There has been an arrest made on Tuesday. More information to come. Also, more Memorial Day bad news, DaniLeigh has been arrested for a hit and run and drunk driving in Miami. It was sai...

It is Tuesday on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show. President Biden and Sen. McCarthy has reached an agreement on the debt ceiling and will not be raised to the limit. The debt will be suspended until after 2025. The Boston Celtics tried to make history but came up short after forcing a game seven against the Miami Heat. The Celtics came back from an 0 -3 series to tie it up at 3 - 3 but lost to the...

It is Friday before Memorial Day Weekend on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show. You know what that means, Drums Please. But anyway, Raz B, from B2K, broke a window at a Kansas City Hospital trying to escape because he did not feel safe at the hospital he was staying in. He was spotted on the roof of the hospital and a negotiator was brought in to bring him inside the hospital. Halle Bailey said it was...

It is Thursday on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show. To start the show off, we have to start with some bad news. Tina Turner passed away yesterday at the age of eighty-three. Her passing comes after a prolonged illness. The rock & roll legend was acknowledged by many celebrities and every day people on social media for being the incredible icon that she was. Beyoncé and Angela Bassett are among s...

It is Hump Day on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast. The former Micosoft  Steve Balmer and his wife Connie are providing $45 Million in grant money to Black up and coming and mid-level non-profit programs focused on the economic mobility of African Americans. Kanye West and the Gap are at odds still for their partnership. The Gap is suing Kanye for $2 Million due to damages Kanye caused to a...

It is Tuesday on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show and we have some news for you today. The Diversity Chief of Uber, Bo Young Lee, is stepping down because Uber hosted an event called “Don’t Call Me Karen.” According to the black and hispanic workers of Uber said that the event was more about the term than how white people cause harm to black and hispanic people. A$AP Rocky did not hesitate to get on...

It is Monday on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show and there is so much we have to get into. Senator Tim Scott from South Carolina is officially running for President in 2024. The black Republican does not think race is a major issue in the United States and wants to change the narrative about Republicans of color. Raz B from the early 2000s boy band B2K, talked about his sexual abuse from Chris Stoke...

It is Friday on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show. Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis is expected to announce his bid for the 2024 Presidency. DeSantis is still behind Trump as the Republican nominee for the Presidency but it is looking like it could be a tight race. Rapper, actor and entrepreneur Ludacris finally got his star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame. TikTok has been banned from the state of Mon...

It is Friday’s Eve on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show and there is so much going on this Thursday. Tiger Woods ex-girlfriend filed a $30million lawsuit for alleged sexual assault. Woods and his attorney have said that the ex-girlfriend signed a non-disclosure agreement and she must abide by it. So, no Hey $30Ms for her. So apparently Special K is not the most hood person in The RSMS Crew. Find out...

It is Hump Day on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show. There are people in LA that are still upset with Lil Wayne. Fans say they are upset that Wayne was three hours late and then he left the stage and did not return. Lil Wayne said that the audience being non-responsive is the reason he left the stage. Rickey Smiley said he sure did leave the stage before and sometimes the audience is the blame. Three...