On today's episode Donny sits down with Emmy Award-winning journalist, attorney, and host of MSNBC's “The Beat," Ari Melber. Ari and Donny get right into it, starting with how Ari presents the news fairly, credibly, and through a legal and cultural lens and why it's important that he not not to engineer the outcome of what his viewers think. Additionally, they discuss Ari's connection to hip hop, how music has inspired and been incorporated into his broadcasting, and why he still values to the relationships he’s built in the music industry. But first, Donny gives his big brands up and disappointed brand downs to names like Karen McDonald, Lara Logan, West Side Story, Machine Gun Kelly, and Whoppers, plus many more, in this week's Brands of the Week.

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