It's the official 2025 State of Blackness Address. Today we look back at a year in Blackness. Diddy, 50 Cent, Nicki Minaj going MAGA, Stephen A. Smith, D'Angelo's tragic passing. All that and more.

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A poetry offering for the holiday season.

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It's time again for the State of the Blackness Address. This week, we rewind to halfway point of 2025 in preparation for next week's full year round up.

Original Air Date: 6.4.25

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I used to feel a complicated feeling around taking a break when I know people across the world cannot, until I actually tapped in with the very people Im trying to be in solidarity with. I'll let them lead the way...

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Dr. Alma and Prop guide y'all on how to survive a Christmas in a black or brown home.

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Did y'all watch the 50 Cent-produced Diddy documentary? There are two important take aways about Black culture I think we can pull from it.

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Today we continue our talk with Bridget Todd about her beloved hellscape Washington DC, and Prop shares his many family memories about his time in DC.

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It never fails, when some BIPOC commits some sort of crime, the entire group is punished. Of course we are referring to the President's response to the killing of the two National Guard members in DC by an Afghan immigrant.

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Since our President has chosen to speak so ill about many of our US cities, specifically calling them hellscapes, I figured I would find people I know that are from there and live there and ask them "Is this in fact a hellscape?" Today we talk to Bridget Todd about her beloved hellscape: Washington, DC.

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I'm still deciding if this is a come to Jesus moment or a 'hit dog gon holla' situation with Marjorie Taylor Greene. But I'mma let her cook for a second.

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