Director Ryan Coogler taps in to talk about his upbringing in Oakland, upcoming projects and how he's dealing with his meteoric rise in Hollywood.

Slaps:

White Dave - Gorilla https://soundcloud.com/whitedave/01-gorilla

Bosslife Big Spence - 10K https://soundcloud.com/bosslifebigspence/10k-bosslife-big-spence-pd-by-drew-banga

Oakland music artist Elujay talks about his latest album 'Adojio,' his musical upbringing in the Bay Area, his creative process and divulges his musical plans in 2019.

Tunes: Elujay - Get U, Elujay - Starchild

Jason stops by to talk about his upbringing in Long Beach, moving to the Bay Area and covering the Oakland Raiders and Sacramento Kings, including personalities like Warriors Sapp, Al Davis and DeMarcus Cousins.

Tunes

Terrace Martin - Mama D/Leimert Park

Terrace Martin - Intentions

The Athletic's Kelly Iko chats about his rise on the Houston Rockets beat, getting into journalism and how a five-year childhood stint in Nigeria shaped him.

Tunes:

Elujay - Locked In https://soundcloud.com/elujayimprl/locked-inproduced-by-mxxwll-and-blake-straus

Elujay - Little Things https://soundcloud.com/elujayimprl/little-thangs

Longtime writer Marc Spears talks about his rise covering the NBA, meeting Biggie Smalls, covering Muhammad Ali, Carmelo Anthony, Allen Iverson and the Boston Celtics.

Tunes:

Eileen Sho Ji - Summer Heat

https://soundcloud.com/eileenshoji/summer-heat

EluJay - Blu

https://soundcloud.com/elujayimprl/blu

Candace talks about the power of a woman in journalism, her rise as an NBA writer and even slides in some karaoke. 👀

Tunes:

Love Rain - wntr https://soundcloud.com/iamwntr/luv-rain

Everything - Rayana Jay https://soundcloud.com/rayanajay/rayana-jay-everything-prod-by-gabriel-lambirth

LA Rams DB Marcus Peters dishes on his relationship with Marshawn Lynch, raising his fist during the anthem, getting traded to the Rams, and most importantly - Oakland.

Oakland rap legend Mistah FAB talk about his new album “2006,” coming up under Mac Dre, Hyphy movement and tapping in with Jay Z

Tunes:

ALLBLACK - ALL WHITE https://soundcloud.com/whoisallblack/allblack-dtb-allwhite-prod-by-dtb

ALLBLACK - Ball Out https://soundcloud.com/whoisallblack/ball-out-feat-guapdad-4000-p-lo

Malika Andrews dishes on being a young Black woman in sports journalism, covering an NBA beat for a local newspaper and the future of print journalism.

Tunes

seventhirty - Yared Kiflai

Sign of the Times - Yared Kiflai

Bleacher Report's Meredith Minkow talks about the WNBA's growth, how she's dealing with the retirement of Minnesota Lynx star Lindsey Whalen and her WNBA awards ballot.