(Airdate 6/3/25) Dominique and the KBLA delegation look at left coast issues of which reparations are always one given California's leadership role on the issue. We also look at the latest updates on the downgrading of the felony conviction of former Deputy Trevor Kirk, the SZA & Kendrick Lamar show and more. Chop it up with us.

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(Airdate 6/3/25) Raised on salsa, merengue, and cumbia, Blacc fell in love with hip-hop as a kid and started writing rap songs when he was nine. With his lyrics drawing influence from socially conscious artists like KRS-One, he put out his first hip-hop mixtape at age 17. After inking a deal with indie label Stones Throw, Blacc released his solo debut Shine Through in 2006 and sophomore album Good Things in 2010. Boosted by the breakout success of “I Need a Dollar" Blacc has consistently used his voice for social change, making music meant to inspire a positive shift in mindset. His new album "Stand Together" dropped in January 2025.

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(Airdate 6/3/25) Dr. Melina Abdullah is a Professor of Pan-African Studies at Cal State LA, Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, Director of Black Lives Matter Grassroots, and a leader in the California Faculty Association. She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Southern California in Political Science and her B.A. from Howard University in African American Studies. On this podcast we look at the crazy case of former Deputy Trevor Kirk, unpack her podcast with Pastor Jamal Bryant on the real BLM (Grassroots) vs the fake one (the Global Network Foundation), why Black Joy is not a strategy, and why she is President of the Prince Fan Club. https://www.instagram.com/blmgrassroots/ https://www.instagram.com/blmlosangeles/ https://www.instagram.com/docmellymel/ https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

(Airdate 6/3/25) Dominique and the KBLA delegation look at left coast issues of which reparations are always one given California's leadership role on the issue. We also look at the latest updates on the downgrading of the felony conviction of former Deputy Trevor Kirk, the SZA & Kendrick Lamar show and more. Chop it up with us.

(Airdate 5/30/25) R O AKA Ca Ro Ade AKA member of the group GUMBO just dropped a new solo album "Moving Day." His collab project GUMBO released "Stirring the Pot" in 2024. On this pod R O breaks down his journey from Chuck D passing him the baton to his support of Black Lives Matter Grassroots to being independent by choice.

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(Airdate 5/30/25) Ed Sanders is a KBLA contributor and is President of ES Advisors and public policy and electoral consulting group. On this pod Ed & Dominique slice and dice left coast topics from Sheriff Villanueva's lawsuit against the county to the approval of a $30/hr minimum wage for hotel & airport workers in L.A.

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Twitter: @edwardmsanders @diprimaradio

(Airdate 5/30/25) Khaleef "The Reparationist" Alexander was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA. He is one of the organizers who helped make Juneteenth a national holiday. He testified at the California Reparations Task Force and has been a community activist for over ten years. On this edition of Freedmen Friday Mr. Alexander breaks down the connection between Juneteenth and the reparations movement and opines on his drive to create a viable third political party for reparationists.

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(Airdate 5/29/25) Brooke C. Obie, JD, MFA, is a filmmaker, film/TV screenwriter, award-winning author, award-winning entertainment journalist and critic. Brooke is the director of the documentary feature film ABANITU: A FAMILY DOCUMENTARY, which had its world premiere at the 2024 Essence Film Festival, and the narrative short GOD IS A FREQUENCY. She is also a 2024 Women in Film Writer Fellow. Brooke has served as the Editor-in-Chief of Will Packer Media’s lifestyle site xoNecole, Co-Editor of Roxane Gay’s The Audacity and Deputy Director of Refinery29 Unbothered.

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(Airdate 5/29/25) Dominique unpacks national & international headlines including Namibia's Genocide Remembrance Day and Elon's Exit. In the second half of the hour Congresswoman Maxine Waters shares how she is looking to shutdown crypto scams benefitting the President and members of Congress.

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(Airdate 5/29/25) James Farr is the host of KBLA's "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising." Dominque and James agree with Trump (on some of the President's pardons.) James is speechless. And Miles disagrees. On this podcast we take on the Altadena fire recovery, the downgrading of charges against former LASD deputy Trevor Kirkand President Trump's pardons of NBA Youngboy and Larry Hoover.

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