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Ratchet & Respectable
It's a kiki for the culture!!! Journalist and author Demetria L. Lucas brings the group chat to life on her weekly podcast where she-- and the occasional guest-- muses on pop culture shenanigans, global galavanting, political insanity, everything worth watching on any size screen, her favorite reads...
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BAFTA & the N-Word
Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo are called the N-word while presenting at the BAFTAs; BBC and BAFTA publish the show without redacting the N-word, d...
Reality Check: America’s Next Top Model
In an explosive new documentary, ANTM show creator/supermodel Tyra Banks skirts responsibility and comes across absolutely horrific. Also, Mister Jay...
I Hate You So Much Right Now
#seesomeworld in Marrakech comes to an end; Clifford Harris returns to TIP; Method Man in his drawers in that Christian film with Kelly; Mr. Bunny win...
C-O-N-spiracy: (MF) Don Renaldo Lemon Arrested + How We All Failed the OG R.Kelly Survivor
Grammy success stories: Mr. Bunny, Luther (Vandross), Lauryn Hill honors D’Angelo; Shaboozey supports immigrants and people are mad; Dear Leader and...
Sorry, Not Sorry: The Kanye West Story (& more)
Demi heads to Paris and Marrakech; Big Bezos takes over Vogue (?); Sinners, including Delroy Lindo, racks up on Oscar’s noms; The Teyana Taylor backl...
Rich Aunties, Fake News and Broke (?) Rappers! Oh My!
Demi heads to Houston and New Orleans; Amy DuBois Barnett Rules the World; Don Lemon “on notice” for a protest he didn’t lead; chaos at New Birth; Don...
Sinners
Teyana Taylor goes A-List; NAACP Awards are so necessary; Druskii clowns the Black Church; Venezuelan oil; Fed Chair Jerome Powell under criminal inve...
Two Dollar Wh*r*
Happy New Year!; Penny update; colonizing Venezuela; Richard Smallwood and Isaiah Whitlock Jr. become ancestors; The Critic’s Choice Awards don't do r...
Receipts
Another Sheronne Moore update; In defense (again) of Blu Ivy, who is not your daughter; Russell Simmons tries to tussle with Kimora (again) leading up...
Crash Out: The Sherrone Moore Story
Demi separates fact from fiction in the WTF?! Saga of the former-- as of Wednesday-- head football coach of the University of Michigan, who was fired...
Let God Sort Em Out
The Blacks head to Art Basel; Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett officially aims for the Senate; “Sinners” racks up hella noms for Golden Globes and Criti...
Diddy: The Reckoning
Demi recaps (and recoils at) Netflix’s new 4-part documentary about the fallen and federally-convicted music mogul.
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Men Will Embarrass You
Demi in South Africa; Debbie Allen earns an Oscar; a review of “Being Eddie” and the final season of “Bel Air”; Chadwick Boseman’s perfect widow; cha...
Bubba, BJs, and Not Bill Clinton
The Epstein emails precede the Epstein files; Quiet Piggy!!; Marjorie Taylor Greene pretends to be a normal; Nicki Minaj goes MAGA (; DEI hire Pharrel...
Rightful Indignation
Reasonable Doubt gets another season; All’s Fair is a hate-watch fave; A Different World gets a reboot; Bel-Air is coming back; Michelle Obama’s "The...
He Wasn't Man Enough for Me
Demi… and you(?) in Cape Town; Big local elections across the country; Democrats refuse to support each other; 35 days of a government shutdown; SNAP...
Lover Girl a/k/a/ Meg Thee Stallion
Summary Prayers for Jamaica; Michelle Obama’s “Look”; Zohran Mamdani’s “Auntie” causes controversy; Meg’s new video (and relationship) sparks complete...
The Perfect Neighbor
Thick Ashanti on the beach; Keyshia Ka’oir and Gucci discuss his mental health; Idris/Hijacked returns to stress us out; a comprehensive review of “Th...
FAFO
Demi slides on the Kinsey scale; Marc Lamont Hill crashes out on the JB podcast; Laila Ali has 27 minutes of receipts about Claressa Shields; Brandy g...
Going to See the King
D’Angelo heads to the Upper Room; Update on the Wendy Osefo arrest; a recap of Kirk Franklin’s “Den of Kings”, NLE Choppa forces Demi to the oldies st...
BONUS EPISODE: RHOP Star Arrested, KevOnStage on Failing Forward
Wendy Osefo and her husband are arrested for insurance fraud; Comedian Kevin Fredericks talks about making mistakes, finding blessings, and the roller...
The Mic is On: The Ayesha Curry Story
Demi x Penny, the saga continues; The second autopsy of the “suicide” in Mississippi; Chicago under siege; The new Mariah (Carey, not the Scientist) a...
Take That, Take That: Diddy’s Day of Reckoning
Demi does CBC Weekend; Cardi does GlobalCitizen; The Rapper Gworls are Fighting; Jasmine Crockett called “ghetto” (again); Bad Bunny scores the Super...
Am I the Drama?
The weapons formed against NY AG Letitia James will not prosper; Cardi’s sophomore album goes platinum day one; Forever VPOTUS DGAF in her juicy new m...
This is America: Bend the Knee, Kiss the Ring + STFU
Trammel Tillman is a Black first at the Emmys; Malcolm Jamal Warner’s Mama sits with The Robin; Cardi B confirms she is pregnant; Still-married Papoos...
God & Gaslighting: The Charlie Kirk Fallout
More journalists are fired; The harmful impact of Kirk’s Professor Watchlist; Sunday sermons in Black churches; Harlem Fashion Row honors our faves; L...
Get It How You Live It: The Charlie Kirk Story
A mouthpiece for racism, sexism, homophobia, and xenophobia met a violent death in Utah. A divided nation reacts. Also, the first excerpts from Kamala...
Hello Kitty: The Channing Crowder Story
A lame (and musty?) man projects onto Russell Wilson (again); Ananda Lewis (and Busta and Mariah) deserved better from The VMAs; Young Thug joins the...
Act Your Wage
Demi’s new contractors to the rescue; Cardi B is not liable for assault (and flips out outside the courthouse); Karen Huger (RHOP) is released from p...
Culture Battlegrounds: Coffee Dates, Cracker Barrel and the Body owned by Serena Williams
Finding your dating alignment; Lil Nas X’s arrest; Cracker Barrel crumbles under MAGA pressure; Serena Williams taking “the shot” sends folks over the...
Sprung: The LaToya Cantrell Indictment —PART 2
A contextual interpretation of the 45-page federal indictment of the sitting Mayor of New Orleans.
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70k Worth of. D***: The LaToya Cantrell Indictment —PART 1
See Some World sells out; the Black Lady trapped in the Texas State Capitol; a review of "Highest 2 Lowest"; a review of the series finale of "And Jus...
Ample Means: The Gilded Age, Martha’s Vineyard and Black Excellence
Demi on the island; the Martha’s Vineyard controversy; Lawsuits: Uncle Nearest + Candace Owens; a comprehensive review of The Gilded Age finale.
In Those Jeans/Genes
Demi in Martha’s Vineyard (on Appleton Estate); Shannon Shape is more than just a dirty old man; Mad Black people just got re-married; And Just Like T...
Divorced Sistas (feat. LeToya Luckett)
Demi x LeToya Luckett chat about divorce TV as therapy, deciding to divorce in real life, dating after divorce, “keeping” a man... and more.
The Best Man: Unfinished Business (ie, The Book) **NO SPOILERS**
Demi chats with Best Man creator Malcolm D Lee and book co-author Jayne Allen about the latest drama with our beloved (fictional) besties, including w...
Carrie is a Cat Lady, Essence vs “Africans” and Poor, Poor Gladys
Glynn Turman gets his flowers; Clispe (finally) drops a new album; spiraling-raging Recaps of “The Gilded Age” and “And Just Like That”; Essence (yes...
ESSENCE Fest: Sorting thru the Rumors, Allegations and Straight Up Lies! (Oh, and taking accountability too.)
ESSENCE’s Chief Events Officer, Michael Barclay, addresses the *ahem* online feedback re: this year’s festival, including that open letter from Stepha...
Diddy Trial: The Aftermath (feat. former Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx)
The Diddy Verdict is in, but what happened and what comes next? Attorney Kim Foxx answers our pressing questions: What does this outcome mean for the...
Diddy Trial: The Verdict is In (+ Other Topics)
Demi “moves” to Nork; Drake’s new abs; Halle Bailey’s new beau; Ursher plays The Black Friend at that Bezos wedding; Nelly throws Private Citizen Kama...