The Black Umbrella

WOTD: ded·i·ca·tion

Frenchie always gets us right on with what is viral and trending on Twitter. This week we discussed the Alizé freak, Morman's practice of soaking, & people lying for clout on the timeline.

Wes updates us on some great new music in this week's Gust of Wind segment.

Music Mentioned:

"Over"- Lucky Daye

"Can We Be Friends"- Kirby

A Live Sensation Luke James

So much happened this past week in pop culture and Wes made sure to keep you up to date with the hottest. We talk R.Kelly's guilty verdict or racketeering and sex trafficking, Jennifer Hough's pending lawsuit against Nicki Minaj & Kenneth Petty, Rihanna's Vol. 3 SavageXFenty fashion show, and the curious case of Kelly Price.

In this week's Under Our Umbrella segment, we discuss parents' "my way or the highway" style of feeding their children.

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WOTD: lu·cid

Frenchie always gets us right on with what is viral and trending on Twitter.

Wes updates us on some great new music in this week's Gust of Wind segment.

Music Mentioned: 

Lil Nas X- Montero

Sevyn- Drunken Wordz Sober Thoughtz 

Tems- If Orange Was A Place 

Wes discusses the disappointment of this past weekend Emmys and gives all the love and praise to Michaela Coel for her big win!

In this week's Under Our Umbrella segment, we discuss the COVID-19 vaccine being mandated by select school districts in the country. 

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WOTD: re·spon·sive

Frenchie celebrates Big Brother history being made in her For The Birds segment as well as the protocol on bringing a crying baby to a wedding and Nicki Minaj's CDC COVID-19 Vaccine guidelines.

Wes updates us on some great new music in this week's Gust of Wind segment.

Music Mentioned: 

Ari Lennox "Pressure

Chlöe "Have Mercy" 

Yebba Dawn

Two big events happened this week in music and pop culture, the VMAs and The MET Gala. We go over all the looks and performances from both festivities and discuss our favorite parts.

In true fashion, we all acted as Chair of The MET Gala and gave what our themes would be for the Under Our Umbrella segment.

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After last week's much-needed break we are back with a new episode.

Happy Birthday Nika! Go wish Nika a very happy birthday @tbupodcast on Instagram & Twitter. 

WOTD: jeop·ard·ize

Frenchie catches us up on what's been buzzing these past two weeks on Twitter in our For The Birds Segment. We talk about the awful crate challenge taking social media by storm, Baby Montero, the new Netflix show Clickbate, and end on some Sacred Love Songs brought to us by Bishop T.D. Jakes. 

Wes updates us on some great new music in this week's Gust of Wind segment.

Music Mentioned: 

Certified Lover Boy - Drake 

Mother- Cleo Sol 

Water & Garri- Tiwa Savage

"Soultie" - Kyle Emanuel 

"Coconut Oil"- Kirby

"Make U Go" Duckwrth

In the Under Our Umbrella segment, we do some goal setting on some things we want to accomplish by the end of this year as individuals. 

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This week we continue our summer interview series with authors Frederick Smith & Chaz L. Cruz. We talk all about their new novel Busy Ain't The Half Of It and discuss our thoughts on the book.

Frederick Smith (he/him:) is a university administrator by day, specializing in diversity and inclusion, at San Francisco State. And by night, he is an author with five published novels set in LA, focused on queer people of color characters. Twitter & IG: @FSmith827

Chaz Lamar Cruz: Chaz is a writer | poet | and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion educator, from Los Angeles, Ca with Texan-Louisianan roots. In 2019 Chaz had his author debut in the co-authored novel, In Case You Forgot. Chaz is also the co-author of Busy Ain’t The Half Of It! In addition to being a novelist, he is an actor and a lead writer of Handsome the series. He is a graduate of Cal State LA and the University of San Francisco. Chaz's creative work is informed by his interest in truth telling and sharing the complexities of everyday life. Chaz is Sagittarius with big creative dreams, and hopes his words and art will inspire people to live whole, loud, and free. Chaz can be reached at ChazLCruz.com or social media @ChzCruz

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WOTD: gar·nish

Frenchie dedicated her whole For The Birds segment to the foolishness of men. Trust, you want to hear all of what we have to say on this matter.

Wes highlights new music from Victoria Monet, Tinashe, Sidibe, and Duckworth in this week's Gust of Wind Segment.

He also discusses Beyoncé's iconic Harpers Bazar cover & interview in celebration of her upcoming 40th birthday. Lastly, he mentions Dr.Dre's Estranged daughter is now living out of her car and door dashing to make ends meet. 

Frenchie takes the lead in this weeks Under Our Umbrella segment asking the question; What do you bring to the table? We explore what we bring to the table in a relationship and what we expect our partner to bring to the table? 

Music mentioned in this weeks episode:

Victoria Monet "Coastin" 

Tinashe -333 (Album)

 Sidibe- Saturn Return  (Album) 

Duckworth "4K"

 

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WOTD: ex·em·pla·ry

Frenchie starts off the For The Birds segment with "DaClownery" and the mess he spewed at Miami's Rolling Loud Festival last week. She also discusses the rise in airport harassment & Twitter's freaky FLEETNIK!

 

Wes highlights new music from this week in the Gust of Wind Segment. 

Ré Lxuise- Sweetest Revenge 

Tink- Heat Of The Moment

Isaiah Rashad- The House Is Burning

Adekunle Gold ft. Lucky Daye "Sinner" 

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Today's show is geared toward incoming and current college students trying to figure out their career paths. We are dispelling the common narrative colleges push regarding your major defining where you will land in your life/career.

Briana is here today to discuss her journey through college and how she didn't let the degree she graduated with define her career. She is now an accomplished publicist in the entertainment industry and is here to offer advice to those who are on that same journey :).

Connect with her on all social media @atastefulcook!

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WOTD: re·lent·less

We have got a great show for yall this week as a buffer during our Summer Interview Series. We hope you all are enjoying it! 

In the For The Birds segment, Frenchie discusses the element of privacy within interpersonal relationships and explores the history of black interior design in 90s sitcom television. 

Wes hits on all the new music for this week from Normani, Tinashe, Snoh Aalegra, and IDK (rapper). He also discusses Jeff Bezos's controversial 5-minute journey to space, the highly inclusive Sport's illustrated magazine cover reveal including the likes of Megan Thee Stallion, Naomi Osaka, & Leyna Bloom. 

Frenchie leads this week's Under Our Umbrella segment and asks the question "Why do I always have to leave?" listen to find out exactly why she is asking that question. 

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We are back at it again with another installment of our summer interview series starring Darren Graham!

Darren is a model, influencer, business owner, fashion guru, Vlogger, and fellow podcast host with his show Spicy Mango Talk. Between working, curating & editing content daily for social media, and launching his now thriving jewelry SHEEKSS mid pandemic; this man is definitely a force who won’t let anything or anyone get in his way of success.

We hope you enjoy this interview as much as we did and please follow Darren on IG @therealdarrengraham and visit SHEEKSS.com to check out all the gorgeous jewelry from his line.

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