Confucius and Fresh follow up their Rap Beef series with discussions on hip-hop and violence, Jaguar Wright’s allegations against Jay-Z and Beyoncé, and Logic’s intrinsic objective merits as a lyricist.
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Russell Hornsby (Ep. 17, 2023)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with award-winning film and television actor Russell Hornsby, who discusses his role as controversial boxing promoter Don King on the Hulu miniseries Mike, as well as roles in the Stars series BMF and in films like The Hate You Give, Creed II and Fences.
5 Years of The Breaks
This week on The Breaks:
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- The Breaks celebrate the 5th Anniversary of their radio show on KUTX 98.9
- Confucius and Fresh discuss the greatest beef of all time — the one between Elmo and Zoe’s pet rock, Rocco
- Both hosts look back on the last five years of The Breaks radio show.
- In this week’s installment of Hip-Hop Facts, you’ll learn about the deal that almost happened between Def Jam and BMF, how Cam’ron almost signed Rick Ross, how J Cole hipped Dr. Dre to Kendrick Lamar, how T.I.’s wife Tiny helped him early in his career and more.
- Fresh states his Unpopular Opinion that JID will make the best album of 2022.
- In his Confucius Reads the News segment, Confucius talks about the anniversary of the insurrection of January 6th, the rise of the Omicron variant, and why Antonio Brown walked off the field.
You can hear the latest full broadcast of The Breaks Saturday night show.
Top 5 Hip-Hop Songs
This week on The Breaks:
- Confucius and Fresh list their Top 5 Hip-Hop songs of all time.
- the hosts discuss the TV show BMF and talk about the positive influence 50 Cent is having as a television producer at Starz.
- In this week’s installment of Hip-Hop Facts you’ll learn interesting things about Method Man and ODB, 50 Cent and Young Buck, Kendrick Lamar, Biggie’s song “Sky’s the Limit,” and Pimp C.
- Fresh states the Unpopular Opinion that there is no best Hip-Hop record of 2021.
- Confucius encourages listeners to let go of the idea that they can save the world in his Confucius Says segment.
You can hear the latest full broadcast of The Breaks Saturday night show.