Welcome to another edition of Newz & Trendz with your hosts, Dave and Len. Join them as they dive into the latest news and trends.
The episode begins with a heartfelt tribute to the legendary James Earl Jones, who recently passed away. Dave and Len reflect on his iconic roles and the immense impact he has had on the world of movies and theater. They also share their favorite moments and memories of the late actor.
Next, the hosts discuss the controversy surrounding Megan Good and Jonathan Majors, exploring the rumors that Megan is covering Jonathan's expenses and child support. They delve into the complexities of their relationship and what it might mean for both their futures.
In another segment, Dave and Len address the heated reactions to Kendrick Lamar being chosen as the Super Bowl halftime performer. They analyze why some fans were outraged and discuss the significance of this decision in the context of the music industry.
Finally, the episode covers the recent incident involving NFL star Tyreek Hill, who was pulled over for speeding on his way to a game. The hosts talk about the implications of the incident and Tyreek's subsequent performance on the field.
To wrap things up, Dave's Corner poses an intriguing question: which two classic TV shows would you like to see rebooted in a new, more in-depth format similar to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's reboot, Bel-Air? Tune in to hear Dave and Len’s picks and share your thoughts!
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Music.
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All right, y'all, get ready for another edition of News and Trends with your host, Dave and Lynn.
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Music.
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Welcome,
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welcome, welcome to News and Trends with Dave and Lynn. This is one of your hosts, Mr.
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David Coker, proprietor of Dave Mark, Inc., promoter, event planner,
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all around good guy, hanging out with my partner mr
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leonard young what's going on sir hey dave
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everything's good this is leonard young ceo of
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national black guy delawareblack.com black media specialist and all around good
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guy how's it going dave hey man this is your world like a squirrel just trying
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to find something to eat that's all i'm gonna say okay all right yeah good luck
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yeah good luck with that Yeah, I know.
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It's rough out here in these streets, man. It's rough out here in the streets.
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Well, just like Terrence Howard said, it's hard out here for a pimp.
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Yeah, there you go. Yeah, there you go. Well, hold on. I'm sorry.
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Those are your words, not mine. No, no, no, no. Your words. Those are Terrence.
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Okay, yeah. Terrence is walking around thinking he's still a pimp.
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You know, when you look at the left, every time I see a promo for that fight
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night, I always laugh every time.
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It's because Terrence is still thinking he's a pimp, you know? Yeah, I'm sure.
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Yeah so i don't doubt it but yeah
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everything's good man you know we we
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can see that the season's about to change
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right you know and you know times and you know it's getting dark quicker now
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you know it's just it's like it's it's just funny how we're just going in like
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this circle you know We're like the hamster on the wheel right now, right?
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Yeah, we are. Yeah, things just come around quickly anymore.
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Summer didn't seem like it was that long.
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No. Well, Dave, I mean, I know they say the older you get, you know,
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the seasons get a little shorter.
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Yeah, that's true. That is true. Yeah. I feel like it went from April to June to August.
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Yeah. Yeah. It feels like it definitely feels that way.
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So, but hey, you know, we're here and I guess we're going to figure out how
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to navigate to the next part,
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because, I mean, we'll be setting our clocks back pretty soon in a couple of
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weeks, you know, so I guess we'll find out what happens. Right.
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You know, March is a big day for a lot of people.
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Got the primaries tomorrow here in Delaware.
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And of course, you know, I guess some other states have it going on, too.
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So, you know, everybody needs to get out there.
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This is a very important election for a lot of a lot of people,
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especially the presidential and then your state, your local and state elections.
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So please do your due diligence to get out there and,
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you know, and vote and make sure to try to do your research and try to get the
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best candidates in office that would be best for your state.
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And of course, you know, you know, as far as our country is concerned. So, yeah, definitely.
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So we can't tell you who to vote for. But we can kind of wink-wink at you and say who not to vote for.
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You know? Right. Right.
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But, yeah, just get out there and try to make a difference, folks.
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That's what you need to do. Just get out there and try to make a difference.
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All right. All right. Well, you know, I think we're just going to go ahead and
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get started and start going into tonight's show.
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Yeah. And unfortunately, you know, we want to start off with a little bit of
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bad news, but I don't want to say it's bad news,
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but it is a shame because we we lost the icon today and we want to take a moment
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to just reflect on him a little bit. it.
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But, you know, today we learned of the passing of James Earl Jones.
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And for anybody who knows anything about movies and, you know,
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well, James Earl Jones played or voiced some of the most iconic characters in
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our lifetime, you know. And.
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We want to take a moment to just kind of reflect on what he,
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how he has, you know, been a, a, a, I'm trying to think of what kind of impression
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he's left on us from the work that he's done. Let's put it that way.
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So why don't you start off Leonard? Why don't you give your reflection of your
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favorite James Earl Jones roles that, you know, kind of affected you the most
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and your thoughts on him?
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Yeah. So, you know, I think and of course, you know, it's definitely sad to
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hear, even though, you know, Dave was a little weird.
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But when I heard it, I thought about all the times we had heard that he had
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passed away before and it wasn't true. Oh, yeah.
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Yeah. So, you know, of course, I had to go to all the blogs, you know, the news.
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And it looked like it was pretty worldwide that I was firm.
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But, you know, I think for me, James Earl Jones, two things.
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One is the voice of Darth Vader. Like I just feel like that's that was always iconic.
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Right. And then two.
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And maybe just because, you know, one of one of what you know,
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one of my favorite movies. But I remember him as being, you know,
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the king of Zumanda and coming to America.
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And when I think about James Earl Jones, some things that, you know,
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I think are funny or scenes that are funny, a lot of them will have to do with
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coming to America, you know, just different parts of that movie. So.
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You know, I mean, it's sad, but, you know, I saw a couple of things saying comments
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on people's posts that says, you know, job well done.
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And, you know, kind of like we talked about before, you know,
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I definitely think he lived a great life.
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Very well respected. I'm not sure exactly how long ago, but I do remember they
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and I should have been Googling as I was talking.
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But they named a theater after him in New York, I believe, either on Broadway or off Broadway.
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Let me just say. So it looks like that was the chance to see what year that was.
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I can't see it quick enough, but there is a James Earl Jones Theater,
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which is on Broadway. away.
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Of course, in New York City, 138 West 48th Street between 7th Avenue and 6th Avenue.
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So, you know, he definitely was well-respected, and a lot of people gave him
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his flowers while he was here, which is always a good thing.
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So, you know, of course, I'm sure his family and friends will,
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you know, probably grieve the biggest. Okay. Yeah.
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Well, you know, of course, you know, you named,
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two of his you know well-known roles
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and of course he played the voice of darth
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darth vader and that was like you know
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even though he had quite a acting resume prior to that darth vader thing but
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that was the one that put him in pop culture you know what i mean because that
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voice was just perfect for that character, you know?
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Of course, you know, he did those, he did the, you know, Star Wars,
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all of those movies playing Darth Vader, voicing Darth Vader.
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And it just made for, you know, the, the care,
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you know, it just made the character just so much bigger than life because of
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his, you know, even though, you know, there was a guy, the guy who was playing
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dark Vader was an actor who was a former bodybuilder.
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Nobody even knew the guy's name because everybody just said,
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you know, and coming to America, the King of Samoanda.
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That was, you know, they played they were playing coming to America all weekend.
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And I wonder if it had maybe that was the reason why, because they knew he was sick.
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And, you know, but like I know with me.
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The very first thing I remember seeing him in was something called The Great White Hope.
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I think it was the name of the movie, where he played, there was a boxing champion,
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a very well-known boxing champion named Jack Johnson.
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And this movie was loosely based on Jack Johnson's life. And James Earl Jones played Jack Johnson.
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I just remember how taken I was by watching this.
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And this movie came out during the late 60s, early 70s. and I just remember
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watching him and how good he was in this role and I just kind of followed his career from there.
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Of course, the dark, you know, of course, the Star Wars movies came out and
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excuse me then, of course.
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Two of my other favorite movies i mean can't
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forget him as the voice of mufasa and the lion king yeah i mean you know even
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though he wasn't in the whole movie his you know the moment that he was in there
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he just kind of commanded hit your attention you know so so and then the other role,
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we had the lion king and filled the
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dream he was good
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in filled the dreams too you know as the
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writer in filled the dreams and and i thought that was good but there's a very
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famous did you watch the big bang theory uh yes i i have watched it did you
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ever see the one with james earl jones No. Oh, my God.
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That one is so funny. If you ever get a chance, look up James Earl Jones.
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He's Sheldon. He's one of Sheldon's favorite writers or something.
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I forget what the scenario.
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But Sheldon gets to hang out with this guy.
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And James Earl Jones is pulling all these stunts.
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He's just so opposite of what you're used to seeing him
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and it is hysterical it has
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you laughing the whole time you're watching this show and between
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him and sheldon being together and he's playing sheldon ends up playing the
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straight guy in this thing because james earl jones has him doing all kinds
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of stuff you know but if you get a chance look up look up the the episode with
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james earl Jones. It was funny. It really was.
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Alright, well done. But yeah, he was a great actor.
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Surprisingly, never won an Academy Award. Won Tony's, won Emmy's.
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Nominated but never won an academy award he
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got a special he got an honorary academy award
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i think they said in 2011 somewhere around there
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but he was never won one but 93
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years old led a full life yes
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he did a lot of great memories and he
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surely will be missed i mean you and i since we
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started this podcast we've had some very iconic people to pass over the years
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that we've been doing this podcast so they're all you know the check marks are
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checking next to each one of these icons.
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And you know ironically with them though most of them have lived a long life
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and gave us a lot You know, so they have nothing to be.
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We don't have anything to be too sad about because they did what they were supposed
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to do, you know, and they and they left nuggets.
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They left information, they left great,
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great performances and definitely gave us the impressions that could last our
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lifetime, our own lifetime.
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And those are the people that our kids and grandkids that we come in contact
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with when we say, hey, you need to sit down and watch this movie.
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When you sit down with your kids and say, this is the greatest movie of all
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time coming to America this is the greatest movie of all time you just gotta
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sit there and watch it once you know and that's what it is that's what you do.
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Kudos to James Earl Jones and thank you thank you for everything that you did for us,
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people of color and for those who love movies,
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love plays and everything that
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you did so so we
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didn't we wanted to take a moment folks just to acknowledge mr james earl jones
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so thank you for indulging us for that and i'm sure if you have any james earl
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jones movies or or thoughts that you want to share feel free to you know send
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Send them to us and let us know.
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Okay. Moving along.
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Our first story here is.
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I was listening to the radio this morning, and they kind of mentioned it,
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and then it kind of popped up on my newsfeeds.
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I wanted to get your impression of this, but I'm going to read a little bit
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of it first. It says, Captain Save the Kang.
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Rumors alleges Megan Good covers Jonathan Major's bills and child support insiders
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and social media raise concerns.
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And the story goes on and says, put the pay PR relationship rumors to rest because
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Megan Good's circle reportedly worries that she's the only one who pays for
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everything in their relationship with Jonathan Majors.
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The beloved Betty is in her bag, but is her man in it too?
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Well, we knew Goode held down her Kang in court during his domestic assault trial,
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but an anonymous source told Life and Style that she's also holding down his
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expenses and child support payments, and even if she may not be able to pay...
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To pay, I'm sorry folks, her own mortgage.
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Girl, what? Somebody said.
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It's been a grand opening, grand closing for the Creed three-star who was poised
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to dominate Hollywood like he had already conquered the box office in early 2023.
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After he was charged from a domestic violence dispute
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with ex-girlfriend major rising star
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went into a free fall and it seems so did his
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finances his impressive slate of
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brand deals oscar buzzworthy movies
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and representation quickly went down the drain
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even marvel which had the part already set up for him to play kang the conqueror
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played a key playing a key villain through the franchise for reported 20 million
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You imagine losing that on $20 million, man.
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Dropped majors immediately following the assault and harassment conviction in December.
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You know, when you think about this, you know, because you and I,
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we've talked about this relationship in the past.
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You know, remember, I don't know if you remember, I said, I don't think it to be real.
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I think I think she was helping out a friend and trying to get trying to get
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him back to a point that people would take chances on him again and then I think
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the whole truth would probably come out after that you know,
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I just don't understand but then,
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I don't know people do things for strange reasons I just don't understand what
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she thought would come out of this.
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But then people do things for, like I said, strange reasons.
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I mean, what do you think about this? If this is true, that he's paying all
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his bills because he's financially strapped right now, is this what he really,
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is this really love or is he still trying to help out a friend?
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So I think, I would think that their relationship is more real than not real.
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And I only say it because it seemed like Megan Good really had nothing to gain.
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You know, they got together while he was in the midst of all them allegations.
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Everyone dropped him. People probably looked at her funny because,
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OK, he's alleged to beating his girlfriend and then you're with them.
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You know, they're probably thinking that same going to happen to you.
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And then he started losing movie roles. troubles that
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and they y'all know when that child support started
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to hit you know so to be honest i don't
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really see a benefit of her staying with him fake
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you know faking a relationship so that that's the
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only reason why i think it's real um as far as her paying his bills i mean they
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i mean not in a bad way but you know that there's there's ladies now who are
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meeting men and And they're moving into their places within the next month and eating up all the kids'
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Pop-Tarts and Little Debbies and drinking up all their juice boxes during the
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day, playing their video games and kicking up their Nike Air Force Ones on the couch.
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So while kind of like baby boy, when Jody was driving Taraji's instant car around,
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he dropped her off at work and then profile around 10.
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Yeah, there you go. So, her paying her bills, you know, I don't think that's a bad thing.
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Now, I will say, you know, Jonathan Majors is talented.
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I doubt he would even even have made it where he was in Hollywood if he wasn't a hustler prior.
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So I'm sure he's still hustling and maybe she can see that hustle in him.
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And, you know, she just kind of believes him because I just Googled real quick
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because I thought I thought, but I wasn't sure.
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So in in June, it was announced that he finally got a major role.
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Yeah, I did see that. Yeah. Yeah, so I'm looking here, and I can't see what
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the movie is, and I don't feel like reading through it, but I don't know how soon actors get paid.
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Like, yeah, like, you know, if you're getting $20 million for a movie,
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like, is that the contract signed before you start? Do they break it up? Do you get a money?
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Well, that movie, he ain't getting $20 million. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Yeah, I know. He's not getting $20 million, but, you know, I'm sure he'll get something.
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Yeah, he'll get something. Now, Dave, what would be dirty would be is when he gets his money.
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Yeah, that he don't get no money.
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Well, no, obviously when he gets his money, he kicks it to the curb,
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like they break up. Now, that may be a little messed up.
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Yeah, that would be. I mean, you know, if he sticks around with him long enough, he could get back.
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You know there's a possibility that one
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role could be a breakout role for him but
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i remember the guy who was in
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what's his nate nate what's nate's last name
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yeah he was in airman yeah something days a slave i know yeah yeah right the
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same thing was happening with him he was his star was rising and everything
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he was getting all these parts and he had a similar thing that happened to him
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You know, allegations. You ain't seen him.
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Harley says that. Well, Dave, he ain't have no making good by his size.
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That's right. There you go.
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You know, and that's the difference because, you know, he had,
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and that's what, that's what always meant. Why?
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I just, I just didn't understand why, but then, you know, I listened to her
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talk about it and then she said they've been friends for years and they've,
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you know, they've always had a great relationship with each other and whatever.
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And he she said that
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you know they got closer because she spent they spent more time talking during
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that period of time and she realized that everybody you know had basically disappeared
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from his life you know so you know and when you're on top you know remember
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what mike jones said back Back in the day,
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you know, you know, he was like, you know, back then they didn't know me and
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now they all up on me, you know, you know, so there you go.
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So, but you know, when, when people don't want to know you, they don't want
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to know you. No, not at all.
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So we'll, but we'll have to keep an eye on what happens with this because,
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you know, the, you know, that, that whole thing with Marvel, you know, not only.
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Did he lose out on that role which
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was going to be big for him but it also kind of derailed a lot of what marvel
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was doing because they had big plans for that character well i wonder why they
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just didn't switch it to somebody else well they are they are doing that now.
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Even to the point that they were talking about, who was that that they were saying?
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I forget who it was. There was another popular actor that they were thinking
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about having them play that role.
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I can't remember who it was. But anyway, they are thinking about switching it.
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But because they had thrown everything, all the eggs in his basket, now you got it.
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That sounds like when Chadwick died, you know, that put them in a little state
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of flux because then they had to figure out what they want to do with Black Panther, you know.
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So, you know, so that can make a difference when things, when life-changing
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events happen with a lot of these stars.
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But we'll keep an eye and see what happens. And hopefully Megan,
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hopefully Megan is not putting herself in a situation where she,
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it is true that she's paying all of these things.
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And, you know, maybe, maybe eventually he'll get back on his feet and he's able
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to, you know, alleviate or repay some of this stuff, you know, if it's true.
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But I guess we'll find out how true everything is. Well, and the last thing,
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I don't even want to expand on it, but maybe this is not even true.
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Maybe she's not paying for his stuff.
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You know, it's just a rumor. Yeah. And I'm sure she's going to come out and
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say something about it. You know, I'm sure. So we'll see.
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I guess we'll follow. We'll follow along. See what happens. So.
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All right. OK, Megan, be good. All right.
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I couldn't read this. Alright, moving on to our next story,
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Well, apparently, Lil Wayne's fans were outraged when it was announced who the
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Super Bowl halftime performer was going to be for the upcoming Super Bowl.
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And it was announced that Kendrick Lamar was going to be the halftime show.
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Now, it shouldn't be too surprising because Kendrick Lamar had an awesome year.
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You know, basically off of one song. but it was a big song because that song
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was showing up everywhere you know and so forth even though it didn't win song of the year.
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It won they said it came in third place behind Post Malone and Shabuzy and I was like nobody,
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I can't think of a song that was on that got as much airplay as Not Like Us I know,
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but you gotta, you gotta know we, and I know white people listen to black music,
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but there's a whole gang of white people who are listening to other stuff too.
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Yeah, that's true. That's true. That's true.
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But, you know, and, and Lil Wayne, you know, he had a decent year.
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I mean, I don't know why they would get as upset, but I was reading,
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I was reading a little bit.
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It says uh let's see because
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it's in new orleans they filled that
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little wayne because that's his place to be
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the person performing now little
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wayne you know he you know of course i call him the king of the collabos because
00:26:37
you know little wayne's always quick to get put a verse on here or verse on
00:26:42
right you know he when's the last time he really put out a whole album of of
00:26:48
his stuff it's been a minute, right?
00:26:50
It's been a minute. Yeah. So, so.
00:26:54
And, you know, and a lot of people were giving him, a lot of people felt that
00:27:00
he should have been the guy performing there.
00:27:02
Even Master P was even saying that. And, you know, he's a New Orleans person too.
00:27:08
And that it shouldn't be Kendrick Lamar.
00:27:12
But then, I mean, I don't have a problem with Kendrick Lamar.
00:27:17
I mean, considering the year that he had now, the only controversy that I can
00:27:24
see with it is because his actual number one song was really a diss record. Right.
00:27:31
You know, he is kind of saying some when you listen to the actual uncut version
00:27:38
of it, he says some pretty slick stuff in there, you know, and about one of
00:27:44
a lot of people's favorite rappers.
00:27:46
Rappers, Mr. Drake himself.
00:27:49
So, but is this a ploy to possibly maybe had them to perform together?
00:27:56
No, I doubt it. So, Dave, no. So, you know, I want to know this,
00:28:01
and I'm going to play a little bit of Devil's Advocate and throw a monkey wrench.
00:28:05
When did we start using Super Bowl performers based on the city that the Super Bowl was in?
00:28:12
Man that's a good question because the only time the
00:28:16
only time they did it before was when they'd had dr
00:28:18
gray snoop and all them people in la like as
00:28:22
far as rap yeah but you know before i mean so so that's basically means that
00:28:27
nobody from the north or east coast can ever perform at the super bowl because
00:28:33
the super bowl is never never in our there's been one there's been one super bowl,
00:28:40
on the East Coast,
00:28:43
since I know of.
00:28:47
And I think that was played in the Dome Stadium. Yeah.
00:28:52
So I just say that to say, you know, I don't know why we feel like the Super
00:28:57
Bowl performer has to match the city that they're in.
00:29:01
So, I mean, that's only why, I mean, Kendrick, I don't think it's a bad choice,
00:29:06
but, you know, I think it's ironic.
00:29:07
When was the last time there was a non-black or a
00:29:11
non-rap non-rmb performer at the super bowl like i mean not not to play devil's
00:29:17
advocate but i mean we you know the super bowl halftime show has been very black
00:29:23
for a good minute yep and that's the reason why is because the lack of appeal
00:29:30
to the audiences and especially the minority audiences and and you know and
00:29:38
a lot of these artists that have been performing later are all there they cross all different types of.
00:29:47
Ethnicities when it comes to the people that listen to their music you know
00:29:51
i mean look Look, quiet as it's kept,
00:29:54
some of the biggest purchasers of rap and hip-hop are whites.
00:30:03
I mean, you know, let's look at it. Let's keep it real. We got so many white performers out here.
00:30:10
Jack Harlow and, you know, of course, the guy Eminem, one of my favorite rappers, is a guy.
00:30:16
A lot of people probably don't know who he is, but there's a guy on the internet, Harry Mack.
00:30:21
I love that dude man that dude is a beast
00:30:24
white guy you know they you know so so when you think about it that's why they've
00:30:32
been having these shows and the shows have been very successful i mean they
00:30:36
brought jay-z on jay-z has been keeping things interesting ever since you know,
00:30:44
Now, the only person that they can put out there right now that we know them
00:30:48
people would lose their mind about.
00:30:51
But apparently she doesn't want to do it. Taylor Swift.
00:30:56
The only person you can put out there that would go people would just go berserk over.
00:31:02
Right. But that's not going to happen because she really doesn't want to do it.
00:31:06
You know, and keep in mind, these guys don't get paid.
00:31:09
They get you know they you know of
00:31:12
course the nfl takes care of a lot of the stuff that
00:31:15
they need for their performances but they don't get paid to
00:31:18
perform but of course you know they of course what comes after performing is
00:31:25
how they make their money you know so so it's going to be interesting i mean
00:31:31
we got a long time before that period time comes up but i'm sure there's There's
00:31:36
going to be a lot to be said.
00:31:38
It's going to be interesting to see who else he has on his show,
00:31:42
whether it's going to be another West Coast-type show or whether he's going
00:31:47
to have some surprise guests here with him or whatever,
00:31:49
because he has done a lot with other artists as well, so we'll see what happens.
00:31:56
But I just thought it was interesting because, you know, New Orleans is all
00:31:59
up, you know, they all love that.
00:32:02
But New Orleans is always, you know, they always seem to be different when it
00:32:07
comes to, you know, they always, you know, they're very sensitive when it comes to their traditions,
00:32:16
you know, whether, you know, it has to do with the sound as far as the hip hop,
00:32:24
their part in history as far as hip hop goes.
00:32:27
When it comes to New Orleans period because they just do everything in a different way, you know?
00:32:33
So I'm sure that they're probably going to,
00:32:38
you know, Kendrick seems like the type of guy that would go to Lil Wayne or
00:32:42
somebody like that and say, hey, look, man, I don't have a problem with you
00:32:46
coming and hanging out with me and performing, but then, I don't know. Baby.
00:32:52
We'll see.
00:32:55
We'll see. We'll see. All right. It would be smart of him to have somebody from
00:32:59
New Orleans on the show with him. Yeah.
00:33:01
And I agree. Bring somebody up. Bring a couple of people up. You know, we'll see.
00:33:05
All right. I just wanted to bring that up because, man, they were making a lot of noise about that.
00:33:10
I heard that on the radio a few times earlier today. So.
00:33:17
Okay, moving on to our next story. Now, were you aware of this next story?
00:33:23
Did you know about this from yesterday?
00:33:24
Yeah, I saw the video. Okay.
00:33:28
All right. So, for you football fans out there, football season started this weekend.
00:33:36
Hats off to our Eagles. Won on Friday night.
00:33:40
Boo to the Cowboys, who also won yesterday. That's all I'm going to say about them.
00:33:45
So but apparently there was a football player who had a bad day you know well
00:33:52
the first part of his day was bad the second part of his day was great you know
00:33:57
so i'm gonna put it that way,
00:33:59
so for you for those of you that are big football fans know who tyree kill is
00:34:05
he's a wide receiver who plays for the Miami Dolphins.
00:34:11
One of the fastest players in the league, if not the fastest.
00:34:17
They call him the Teeter for a reason. The guy's fast.
00:34:22
He used to play for Kansas City and won a Super Bowl with Kansas City and then
00:34:27
got traded to the Dolphins a couple years ago.
00:34:30
Well, he ended up with the Dolphins a couple years ago. Well,
00:34:34
yesterday on his way to the game, And he was in, let's see, let me make sure I got the right car here.
00:34:45
He was on his way to the game and he decided that he wanted,
00:34:51
I guess he was in a little bit of a hurry because he was doing something.
00:34:56
He was doing over 100 and close to 140 miles an hour in his,
00:35:02
I think it was a Lamborghini or Ferrari.
00:35:07
I forget which one it was. It doesn't say.
00:35:10
I'm not in front of me. But anyway, but it was in a 40 mile an hour zone. Let's put it that way.
00:35:17
That's crazy. That's crazy, right? And he's flying apparently on his way to the stadium. him.
00:35:23
Gets pulled over. Should not be a surprise.
00:35:26
He gets pulled over and apparently gets into a heated exchange with the officer
00:35:34
that pulls him over and ends up being put on the ground,
00:35:42
wrestled to the ground, I'm going to put it that way, and placed in handcuffs.
00:35:46
And they show video of him on the ground
00:35:49
with a with by this time other
00:35:52
officers had gotten there and you see
00:35:54
all these officers standing around him aggressively talking to
00:35:58
him and you see eventually they pull
00:36:01
him up to his feet and whatever but i don't
00:36:04
know if you noticed during the video there was cars that were pulling up
00:36:07
and stopping they were teammates oh were
00:36:10
they that's who those people were oh and
00:36:13
they're asking what's going on and so forth and they're trying to talk to them
00:36:16
the cops are telling them you know none of your business and you know you know
00:36:20
this is you know we got this handled and so forth you guys go ahead because
00:36:25
if you see a couple cards that stop you see them kind of move off after a while
00:36:29
because they were told to leave the scene hold on so
00:36:33
his teammates were late to the game too well they weren't yeah everybody was
00:36:39
on their way to the game you know because they had to be there by a certain time and.
00:36:46
And another one of the players was also, they didn't talk much about this,
00:36:51
but there was a second Dolphins player who said that he was handcuffed while
00:36:56
trying to discuss what was going on with Tyreek.
00:37:00
And they didn't like his attitude, and they cuffed him too.
00:37:06
So now there's a big maternal affairs investigation on the matter.
00:37:11
And of course the officers involved have
00:37:15
been placed on administrative leave already here we go you know so we already
00:37:19
know when that happens there's something that's going on you know so because
00:37:24
otherwise they they wouldn't have done that let's see and then of course there's
00:37:31
a investigation going on.
00:37:36
He gets to, you know, it comes out on, comes out as breaking news yesterday,
00:37:41
just before the game started.
00:37:43
And, you know, you know, you hear all this talk and they said,
00:37:46
well, they said that he is going to play in the game though.
00:37:49
And that they, you know, they finally released them and whatever.
00:37:53
He gets to the football stadium, you know, he's talking to everybody.
00:37:58
He goes, you know, he goes here about the game. The game starts,
00:38:01
and this guy goes out and gets 130 yards of reception.
00:38:07
An 80-yard to him. He scores a touchdown out and runs off.
00:38:13
And then gets up, gets there, puts his hand behind his back,
00:38:17
and they do a simulation of him being handcuffed.
00:38:21
Oh, okay. I did not see that part. No, I did not see that part.
00:38:25
I think there's that link that you might have that I said. I think there's a video of it.
00:38:34
But it's so funny. Yeah, he immediately gets in the end zone.
00:38:38
He puts his hand behind his back, and one of the other players comes up and
00:38:41
acts like he's locking him up. Yeah.
00:38:46
You know, he's putting a handcuff on him. Yeah. So it was pretty interesting,
00:38:51
you know. But a lot of people, of course, some people didn't think it was funny.
00:38:56
But you got to laugh sometimes. You got to laugh.
00:39:01
But he ended up, he did end up scoring.
00:39:04
And he definitely had a big day. And they won the game.
00:39:08
So thank God that he was able to make it to the football stadium that day. So, yeah. Right.
00:39:13
But it's interesting. In his press conference after the game He did say something
00:39:21
that was pretty interesting Which was What if I wasn't Tyreek Hill.
00:39:30
Yeah, I mean, it probably would have been messed up for him.
00:39:32
Well, you know, I was just thinking, if I'm Noah Lyles, I'm probably going to
00:39:36
say something like, oh, you aren't fast enough to escape the police.
00:39:41
Because, you know, him and Noah Lyles have been talking a lot of junk about
00:39:45
who's fast. I know, I know. And Lyles won't raise him.
00:39:49
He wants to do a 60-yard dash with Lyles, but Lyles won't raise him unless it's
00:39:58
a 100-yard dash. Yeah, no, I agree.
00:40:00
Yeah, because Tyreek knows that he can beat him in a 60-yard.
00:40:04
He probably could beat him in a 60-yard dash. Right.
00:40:07
You know, but he won't do it unless it's a 100-yard dash. So, okay. All right.
00:40:14
But that was, you know, I thought that was interesting. And that was the,
00:40:18
you know, of course, that was the story of yesterday with the whole thing.
00:40:22
And I guess we'll find out how, what really transpired. Because I'm sure there's
00:40:28
more to the story that they talked about.
00:40:30
So we'll see what happens. Okay.
00:40:33
All right. All right.
00:40:37
And you have anything to add there? No, I mean, I mean, I think,
00:40:43
I think it's pretty sad. If you, if you see the video, it's pretty self-explanatory.
00:40:47
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's right. Black man in handcuffs. Yep.
00:40:51
That's self-explanatory.
00:40:52
There you go. All right.
00:40:55
Well, actually, man, we're at the end of the show already.
00:41:00
Okay. All right. So here we are. Let us favorite part of the show, Dave's Corner.
00:41:06
So I got philosophical or question for him, so forth. And let me ask you this real quick.
00:41:14
Do you watch Bel-Air? Not really.
00:41:17
Oh, yeah. Here we go. Okay. I don't have the, you know, I don't have that account. Okay.
00:41:30
There's so much I can say, but I won't. Well, okay. So anyway, it's a great show.
00:41:37
I've talked about this before, but I kind of watched the finale,
00:41:42
the season finale a couple of days ago.
00:41:45
And it was pretty interesting. thing
00:41:48
and for anybody that's in that that watches that
00:41:51
watch the first prince of bel-air i really love
00:41:54
what they've done with this show and how they
00:41:57
flipped it to this new show bel-air and they've taken a serious look at everybody
00:42:03
and changed the not necessarily change the characters but kind of give you a
00:42:09
different perspective of the characters that we all came to love watching the
00:42:14
first prince So with that being said,
00:42:17
the question for Dave's Corner today,
00:42:19
in light of the first Prince of Bel-Air and its reboot called Bel-Air,
00:42:24
which two of your favorite TV shows from the past would you want to have rebooted
00:42:31
in this type of format like they did with Bel-Air?
00:42:36
All right so i'm going to go off the cuff with these
00:42:39
one one of the shows i really
00:42:42
like growing up 21 jump street so
00:42:46
like that was all right so what would you want to make it a comedy because no
00:42:51
no no no but but i mean you talked about a reboot where maybe they went deeper
00:42:55
into the characters yeah so thank you but 21 jump street okay all right yeah
00:43:02
so that's one all right and And then,
00:43:05
and you just made me forget what the other one was.
00:43:08
Oh, don't blame it on me. Now, I would love to, and I mean, this is a kind of
00:43:13
a spin-off, a black version of Three's Company.
00:43:19
Okay. Using the same names and everything? Yes. Oh, man. You know.
00:43:26
You're in no trouble with Jack and, man, what was it, Chrissy and Janet and Mr.
00:43:34
Furley and Lana.
00:43:37
Yeah, that would probably be off the hook.
00:43:44
Okay, all right. Well, all right. Now, what about you, Dave?
00:43:49
In light of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reboot, Bel-Air, of course,
00:43:54
which two of your favorite shows from the past would you want to reboot?
00:44:02
I think what's happening would be one of what the kids, especially focusing
00:44:07
on, you know, Rod and D and, and, and the, and the other character rerun and so forth.
00:44:15
I think that would be an interesting show to reboot and just to see how they
00:44:22
get more in depth with those particular kids and so forth.
00:44:28
And then the other one, And only because they kind of did it with one of the
00:44:35
characters on the show already.
00:44:38
And that was Family Matters.
00:44:42
Family Matters was very interesting when they took the character Stephen Urkel
00:44:51
and made him into Stephen Arkell.
00:44:54
And when they did that, it sort of gave you a flip of the Urkel character into
00:45:02
somebody smooth and debonair.
00:45:05
I think that would have been interesting if they did the whole cast that way,
00:45:10
just to see how it was with the mother and the father, the Winslows.
00:45:18
And then Laura and Eddie, you know, and the aunt, just to see how those people
00:45:27
would have reacted being flipped into a more serious character and so forth.
00:45:33
So that would be my, those would probably be my two.
00:45:37
I think those two, and they both were on TV for a long period of time,
00:45:41
especially on Family Matters. They were on for 10 years.
00:45:45
So, so if we had a chance to flip those characters, those would be the ones
00:45:51
that I would probably flip.
00:45:54
What makes Bel-Air work so well is the fact that we were treated to glances
00:46:04
of different idiosyncrasies of each character on that show,
00:46:11
on the original show, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, including Will and Carlton and so forth.
00:46:18
And they all had these certain idiosyncrasies that made them unique.
00:46:24
Well, what I like about this new show that they've done is that they've taken
00:46:29
those idiosyncrasies and they made them more pronounced and gave us an opportunity
00:46:36
to be able to see just how deep these idiosyncrasies are.
00:46:42
And had and
00:46:46
the trauma that probably was around it
00:46:49
or the depression there
00:46:52
was a lot of stuff that kind of came out about each character based on the small
00:46:58
glimpse of the idiosyncrasies they gave us right yeah so and I think the two
00:47:06
shows that I just mentioned you probably would see that with those shows especially
00:47:09
what they did like I said earlier
00:47:11
with Family Matters when they took Urkel and made him into Urkel.
00:47:16
Right. Which was pretty cool. Yeah.
00:47:22
But those would be mine too. So, folks, if you have your own thoughts on who you would,
00:47:30
what shows you would like to flip or what shows you would have liked to see rebooted.
00:47:34
Give us your thoughts on that and, and, you know, share them with us.
00:47:39
You can put it on our news and trends with Dave and lens page and.com.
00:47:45
You know, or you can reach out to us on our, our Facebook page and,
00:47:49
you know, or you can reach out to us independently and we'll definitely share
00:47:54
what you had to say. All right. All right.
00:47:58
That's it folks. folks then you got anything you want to
00:48:01
add no you know i just want to encourage people who
00:48:04
in their cities have the option to vote tomorrow
00:48:07
please make sure you take that option just yeah what they say souls to the polls
00:48:13
there you go there you go it is your right and you know and if anything that
00:48:18
we've learned since 2016 is that we can make a difference if we choose to make a difference. Right.
00:48:27
Okay. Just keep that, just keep that in mind. We can make a difference if we
00:48:32
choose to make a difference.
00:48:35
And this is one of those years. We definitely need to make a difference.
00:48:39
So, all right, folks, we will talk to you next week.
00:48:45
And of course, Lord willing. And let me see. It's like, I'm forgetting something.
00:48:53
I guess I'm not.
00:48:56
You know, that's that season. That's that season.
00:49:00
Okay. But anyway. All right, folks. Well, thank you for taking the time to listen to us.
00:49:05
And we will talk to you next week. All right. Have a good night.
00:49:17
Join us next week for another edition of News and Trends with your hosts, Dave and Lynn.
00:49:25
Thank you.
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