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Show # 182 - Good News vs. Fake News


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We had lots of good news this week, with a sprinkle of 'fakeness' in the mix. For instance, Ariana Grande is now Instagram's most-followed woman, surpassing Selena Gomez who formerly held the crown. Gomez held the title with 146,267,801 followers Grande surpassed her yesterday afternoon, racking up 146,286,173 followers. Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo still holds the title as the most followed person on the Gram. Congrats to all of them! The city of Houston, TX names February 24th, "Meek Mill Day."  The Championships album creator was in the city for his "Motivation Tour." Meek Milly is really doin his thing and representing for the culture and the people. NOW...some fake news. Cops say they have more evidence proving Jussie Smollett faked attack. The police claim he orchestrated the hate crime, which reportedly took place outside his Chicago apartment on January 29. The "Empire" star is facing a felony charge of disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false police report. Smollett maintains his innocence. He is currently free on $100,000 bail. If convicted, he faces up to three years behind bars. Good luck to that brotha!!  FINALLY, real tv may be making a return. Malik Yoba will be reprising his role in ‘New York Undercover’ reboot. 90’s heartthrob Malik Yoba will indeed be reprising his role as Detective J.C. Williams but this time around he’ll be overseeing the next generation of Hip-Hop cops instead of playing the streets as an undercover himself. No word yet on whether or not his partner in crime Detective Eddie Torres (Michael DeLorenzo) will be asked to join the reboot but we feel like he can use that mainstream exposure these days. You here for this? This definitely isn't fake news; or is it??? Merely minutes after posting bail after pleading not guilty to 10 felony counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, 52-year-old R&B singer R. Kelly returned to the Rock n’ Roll McDonalds, a flagship location that was once hailed as the busiest McDonald’s on the planet, WOW!  We all have kept up with these allegations. Do you believe he can 'fly' again?  The Oscars are not so white anymore!  There were plenty of Black joy moments thanks to Spike Lee, Black Panther, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Regina King and Mahershala Ali all taking home Oscars. BIG congratulations to them all! The "Illastr8 HOT Take" this week was, 'is it possible to rebuild trust after cheating?' Let us know your thoughts/comments and we'll follow back up with ya'll next Wednesday!

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