Versus Mike History Presents

Welcome back! This week we celebrate our Black Spotlight in Bernard Jackson. We talk about the issues of mass shootings being back in style in America, Usher’s new residency, Jaleel White’s new cannabis brand and more. Enjoy!

Opening Clip

https://twitter.com/pplsrevolution_/status/1321102750739025921?s=21

Black Spotlight

Bernard Jackson 

Sound Selection: Stucc In The Grind - Nipsey Hussle & Bino Rideaux

Podcast Intro by E. Jones

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Welcome back! This week we celebrate our Black Spotlight in Tishaura Jones. We pay our respects to DMX, get into why Paul Pierce was fired from ESPN, and question Diddy’s open letter to corporate America with new music and television to touch on. Enjoy!

Ft. Cecile ( @cesthegawd )

Opening Clip

https://twitter.com/newcuiture/status/1380560600812687365?s=21

Black Spotlight

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/07/politics/tishaura-jones-st-louis-mayor/index.html

Sound Selection: U Turn - Mick Jenkins

Podcast Intro by E. Jones

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This week we cover the winners from the latest Grammy Awards, Anita Baker and her fight for her masters, some casting news from Marvel and more. Ces stops by the show to do a tarot reading and a Ramsey stops by to discuss the Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Check out the episode now! 

Opening Clip

https://twitter.com/pplsrevolution_/status/1368781974186393601?s=21

Black Spotlight

https://variety.com/2021/artisans/news/mia-neal-jamika-wilson-first-black-women-hair-and-makeup-oscar-1234929537/

Sound Selection: 

Podcast Intro by E. Jones

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A conversation with Zay Black.

This week get into Eve’s new tv show, celebrating the Black Golden Globe Winners, Hov selling off Tidal and more.

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Opening Clip

https://www.instagram.com/p/CL3KL4PHxXc/?igshid=1bvrayjhqrh4f

Black Spotlight

https://www.blackenterprise.com/maia-chaka-makes-nfl-history-as-the-first-black-female-referee/

Sound Selection: Leave The Door Open - Anderson .Paak & Bruno Mars

Podcast Intro by E. Jones

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This week get into Bobby Shmurda coming home, Hov selling 50% of his Ace of Spades champagne company to LVMH, BLM raking in $90M in donations, and more.

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Opening clip: https://twitter.com/pplsrevolution_/status/1351248875873579011?s=21

Black Spotlight: https://www.blackenterprise.com/21-year-old-howard-university-student-continues-family-legacy-with-hbcu-clothing-line/

Sound Selection: Fun Fact - Elhae, Rick Ross

Podcast Intro by E. Jones

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This week’s episode comes with new changes! We have a new podcast intro and our song of the week gets pushed to the end of the episode. We start our episode leading the love as usual giving a shout out to the Awkabaa Mansion. Our Black Spotlight was reserved for Baldwin & Co., a Black owned bookstore located in New Orleans. Our Off The Topics include the announcement of Dame Dash’s studio relaunch, Josephine Baker getting a new limited series profiling her life and Naomi Osaka’s dominance at this year’s Australian Open.

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Opening clip: https://twitter.com/pplsrevolution_/status/1321457326566658049?s=21

Black Spotlight: https://twitter.com/phil_lewis_/status/1363198704065380355?s=21

Sound Selection: F.U.C.K. - Victoria Monet

Podcast Intro by E. Jones

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A conversation with the Upperclass International boss TwonDon. We discuss the creation of Upperclass International. Getting started with music vs getting started in apparel, where inspiration is drawn from, personal development, and more. Enjoy!

Cheers to episode 50! Press play to hear what's in store for this week's episode.

We open the episode with words from James Baldwin and music from Larry June. We lead with love with shout outs to educators, first responders, and grocery store workers. Our Black Spotlight is a young woman named Dorothy Jean Tillman. We get into topics such as Cicely Tyson passing, the stock market and TI & Tiny. We cover some new music from Brent Fiyas, Rich The Kid, Lil Durk, and more. We get into television covering One Night In Miami, WandaVision, Killing Eve, and The Sopranos. Enjoy!