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On Tuesday, several Black leaders from nine HIV organizations across the United States announced they held a private virtual meeting with DaBaby. The goal of the meeting was to educate the rapper on the virus which creates the condition known widely as AIDS. DaBaby made a series of controversial remarks during his summer performance at…
Rory & Mal sit down to discuss Mal’s recent trip, where he gives us some insight on Summer Walker’s upcoming album (2:40), which gets the guys talking about all of the newly released music, such as Ty Dolla $ x DVSN’s new mixtape (14:20). Anticipation for Hip-Hop’s Big 3 to drop has increased even more…
The Black AIDS Institute issued a statement below in response to the hurtful homophobic and stigmatizing HIV comments made by rap artist DaBaby during his performance at the Rolling Loud festival. We recently witnessed inaccurate and hurtful comments directed towards our community. As the nation’s only HIV organization focused exclusively on ending the epidemic in Black America,…
When it comes to digging a hole for himself, one might say DaBaby is an overachiever. After his homophobic comments during his performance at Rolling Loud, he’s been sidelined by several festivals including Lollapalooza and the Governors Ball. Founders Entertainment, producers of the Governors Ball, issued the following statement: “Founders Entertainment does not and will…
Rolling Loud stole the headlines this past weekend as the top artists gave memorable performances and a ton of newsworthy moments to discuss (6:45). But before diving into the headliners, Joe gives encouragement to artists who may not have been invited to the festival to perform, which inspires Ish to give Joe his flowers for…
After making a series of controversial statements during his recent Rolling Loud performance, hip-hop star DaBaby has issued a new apology after his first attempt further offended members of the LBGTQ+ community. “I tell fans to put a cellphone light in the air y’all start a million man March.✊🏾 I told you y’all digested that…
Last night, BET honored an incredible and inspiring lineup of artists, entertainers and cultural icons across more than 20 categories at The “BET AWARDS” 2021. The iconic show, hosted by Academy Award®-nominated and Golden Globe®-winning actor, filmmaker, and philanthropist Taraji P. Henson, aired live at 8 pm ET/PT on BET on Sunday, June 27, 2021…
On this episode: Joe, Parks, and a few Friends of the Show pay their respects to the Marvelous Marvin Hagler (11:00) and Shawn Bradley who recently suffered after a paralyzing bike accident (13:00). The guys discuss music and recap the 63rd Grammy Awards (16:10) with a debate over DaBaby’s pop star status (19:10), a review…