Fresh off the Thanksgiving holiday the world fell upon some not so great news, the passing of visionary Virgil Abloh (September 30, 1980 – November 28, 2021). We discuss his impact on this episode, as well as how he bravely handled his prognosis of cancer silently for 2 years, and kept working until the very end. 

The guys go into what we did for the holiday and dive into our #BrunchBanter question; What's the question you least wish to hear during Thanksgiving? Handsome released a new track on Black Friday titled "Clutch." and thanks his friends and fam for supporting his art. We also get into Young Dolph's (July 27, 1985 – November 17, 2021) untimely passing and if it's wise to still stand by your hood after reaching fame? 

Twitter's CEO, Jack Dorsey, steps down and a new appointed brown man steps in (score one for us!), Parag Agrawal - the youngest man in the S&P 500! Also ATL mayoral candidate foolishly claims she'll be shutting down the strip industry if elected (we think) and much more!

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This is episode has been LONG (pause) overdue. This week we are joined by author, actor, artist, audio engineer, philosopher and most recently app creator and owner Gibran "King Sage" Malik (@KingSageMusic).

His new app, Artist Connect (@ArtistConnectApp) is completely changing the way all creatives can now network, build a reputation, and COMPLETELY conduct their creative business right from within the app itself. Gibran discusses not only the app's beginnings and practical uses, but where the app is heading and how Artist Connect is going to be a household name in the future for more than just the arts.

As you noticed we also mentioned Gibran is an author and philosopher, and in this episode he takes us to places unexpected (pause). We hope you enjoy this one as much as we did.

If you're in any creative field, from singers to DJ's, dancers to painters, all the way to comedians and much more make sure to create your profile now by downloading the app on Apple & Android - www.ArtistConnectApp.com

It's a rarity for us to deep dive into another podcasts' episode, but the latest Drink Champs interview with YE (the visionary formerly known as Kanye West) left us (and pretty much the rest of the internets) no choice.

YE has always been considered a forward thinker, and thanks to Nore and DJ EFN he left little to the imagination this time around. We discuss the gems he dropped, the impact he's making, and also a s few sore spots we didn't fully agree with. We do a quick touch on the horrible happenings of the latest Astroworld event by Travis Scott, and discuss whether he's really deserving of a lot of the backlash he's caught for the unfortunate deaths at his show? Joe Budden decides to test the brains of the masses by clickbaiting everyone into thinking he's bi-sexual... or is he??? Aaron Rodgers gets caught red-handed and it leads us to ask our #BrunchBanter faithful; would you turn in an anti-vaccinated co-worker for $100K??? 

ENJOY!!!

Looks like the world is going nuts yet again and this week E joins in on the fun as we poke fun at these morons.

The Agenda takes it's jab at the Halloween franchise and tries labeling Michael Myers (yes, even fictional characters can catch it these days) a homophobe for killing a gay couple. Umm, call us a crazy but hasn't he killed hundreds of straights in the last 4 decades as well? Seems pretty liberal in our book.

Jada takes another stab at Will's manhood and goes into it with Gwen Paltrow saying he should be a mind reader after a quarter century... huh?? Elon Musk is down to put $6B in the pot to solve world hunger if they can give him an intelligent solution. Hov gets inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame and ends up extending a much needed olive branch to Dame, his long time business partner and compadre, and we can't be any happier! Plus much more on this weeks STELLAR episode!

Our homie Dev from @AmbitionWorldwide returns to the cast this week to preview his new Fall line and shoot the sh** about recent happenings in our world.

We touch on the premise of Squid Games and how some of us are playing  them in our real lives, and what would we do for the bag if the games  took place in real life.

It seems the internetsss are red flags galore as of late so the guys discuss some red flags in relationships, friendships and business. What the rules are regarding your friends doing business with someone you don't fu** with and much, much more...

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So unless you've been under a rock (or in these days and times under a co----, eh, yeah - never mind) then you should have heard of the madness surrounding Dave Chapelle's last Netflix special "The Closer" and the culture that likes to end things because they're soft as baby poop. Well they picked a battle they're not prepared for because you CANNOT CANCEL DAVE - point, blank, period. The guys weigh in on what we thought about his special and how we feel about the reaction from not only the multiple letters community, but also from his very own Black community. We also chime in on DC's strange decision to make Superboy bi-sexual (not sure what this accomplishes on Krypton), Kyrie deciding to (currently) forgo his whole season in the name of his decision to stick to his guns, John Gruden "surprises" people by being discovered to be a bigot and homophobe, Meek's beautiful tour bus art and MUCH more. 

Picking up right where they left off the guys discuss Urban Meyer and the messiness that happens when they question your work dedication due to at home issues. Robert Kelly decides if he's going down (no pun intended) then he's bringing others with him, but who can these others be? Kyrie takes a stand for what he believes in (for now) and tells the NBA he'll forgo playing home games due to not wanting to get vaccinated, so the guys ask is this fair to his team or should he just set his own safety aside and follow the rest of the sheep to make his money? And MUCH more...

Polygamy - could you do it? When news broke of Marques Brown having both his girls at his monster game this weekend, Cheddie asked himself "Could any of us get two women to be on the same page and accept an open relationship?", and we quickly found out that neither him or Handsome would allow it if the shoe were on the other foot LOL. Is it our conditioning or as Josh said - it depends.

#BrunchBanter this week had the guys asking if it's a red flag when someone claims to be a shi**y texter or can it really be excusable? Well, it depends according to Handsome, and the worst texter of the cast, Josh, actually agrees that it's a red flag! This week the internet was ablaze when Joyner Lucas finally decided to break his silence and out the infamous Karen Civil (something Cam said yeeears ago) and a mass amount of celebs and organizations came out the wordwork with Karen heat! Cheddie asks the guys if we'd do business with her and Handsome oddly enough responds - it depends.

JD calls out Puff and the results were UGLY when Diddy just went into full Harlem mode on the ATL legendary writer. The internet polls whether or not Drake is Michael Jackson status and Handsome says... FU** NO it does NOT depend. And much more!

Most of the cast is big on fashion and love to delve into brands on the come up. During 718 Day our production assistant Faidh, ran into a young gentleman wearing a fire shirt with the World's Fair Globe on it. He learned that the gentleman was actually the designer of said shirt. They chopped it up for a bit and here we are today, with our esteemed guest Devin Lee (@thadotman) owner of Ambition Worldwide (@ambitionworldwide).

Dev let's us in on the beginnings of the brand. How he and his late partner Blanco first got into the business, the idea behind the name, the trials it's taken to get here today, and what it means to both their legacies to see this dream through.

We speak on high fashion & NY Fashion week. Cheddie & Josh touch on male athletes and celebrities with their recent affinity for skirts. Dev tells us his take on the million dollar question (or $500K question if we're being literal) that drove the internet nuts - dinner with the greatest rapper to grace the genre, Jay-Z, or $500K? And much, much more.

Go cop some fly sh** from Ambition Worldwide at:

www.ambitionworldwide.com