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183 - Hold it DOWN


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The word, 'Hold Down' can mean a variety of different things. This holds true within some of the trending topics the crew talked about. As always, Apple never fails with holding the world down with their innovation!  The tech giant on Monday announced a press event on March 25 where it is widely expected to unveil its TV streaming services that will offer iPhone and iPad owners access to free original shows along with other streaming services, estimating 100 million users in just three years. Likewise...just from a humanistic standpoint, Kim Kardashian holds down 5 years rent for freed man who was denied housing. Matthew Charles was granted early release by mistake in 2016, after serving 21 years of a 35-year sentence for non-violent drug and weapons charges and was forced to return to prison last May to finish his sentence. However, on January 3, Charles became one of the first people to benefit from the First Step Act, a bill supported by Van Jones’ REFORM Alliance that aims to reduce non-violent prison sentences. BIG props to Kim K.! You want to talk about holding it down!  Deborah Brown, a Richmond, Va. resident won the state’s lottery 30 times in one day in February—ensuring that this year’s Black History Month was really great for at least one person. She bought 30 “Pick 4" tickets with the same winning combination: 1-0-3-1. Brown initially bought 20 tickets with that combination at a gas station in Chesterfield County. So later that day, she bought 10 more tickets at the same location with the same numbers. Good luck to her...like she really needs it at this point. This was not the way to hold things down! A white fifth-grade social studies teacher at Chapel School in Bronxville, N.Y., reportedly organized a mock slave auction where the teacher took the black students into the hall, put “imaginary chains” on their necks and wrists and shackled their ankles before parading them in front of their white classmates who posed as wealthy slave owners playing the original version of The Price Is Right’s showcase showdown. DAMN! We also had in studio upcoming, local DMV rap sensation, Young Sir. Check him our everywhere @youngsirdmv and or www.youngsirdmv.com. Back at you next Wednesday with more of what you want!

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