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Bill Duke Speaks On The Importance Of Following Your Dreams (Video)
December 18, 2018
How do you live a life of fulfillment… of passion? That, ladies and gentlemen, is THE question. Understanding that is the keystone of your time here, or it should be.
Bill Duke spoke to VladTV about choosing happiness overstability with his acting career, as he explained that he watched too many people in his family work in jobs they hated and die soon after retiring. He went on to speak about teaching kids in his foundation about the entertainment business and encouraging them to use the internet to put their talents out and not wait to be discovered. Bill also spoke about his upcoming and current projects, including Black Lightning on the CW, Mandy starring Nicolas Cage, and High Flying Bird, which director Steven Soderbergh filmed entirely on an iPhone 8.
– Vlad TV
Here, Bill says, “Go for it.” But you have to have a plan, be prepared to work hard, embrace the ‘suck’ and don’t wait to be ‘discovered’… discover YOURSELF! Feel that. Overstand that!
– @ojones1
Robert Townsend Speaks On ‘Hollywood Shuffle’ & Being One Of The Architects Of Black Hollywood (Video)
December 18, 2018
Somebody was sitting next to me the other day, and she actually said, into her phone, “I didn’t even know that The Five Heartbeats was not a real group until yesterday.”
Turns out Envy & Charlamagne weren’t hip to it either. Um…WHAT????!! Haha!
Robert Townsend On ‘The Five Heartbeats’ Documentary, Whitney Houston + More
– Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM
– @ojones1
Posted in Celebrity, Comedy, Hip-Hop, History, Interview, Radio, Series, Videos | 
Tags: Angela yee, Breakfast Club, Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM, Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy, Power 105, Power 105 FM, Power 105.1, Power 105.1 FM, Robert Townsend | 
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How Criticizing The Israeli Government Got Marc Lamont Hill Fired (Video)
December 17, 2018
Wow. Okay, I am behind on the news scene. I had not seen him in the media recently, but I did not know dude got fired. Marc spills the how-and-why beans on that and more.
Marc Lamont Hill On Getting Fired From CNN, His Remarks On Palestine + More
– Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM
– @ojones1
Posted in Celebrity, Hip-Hop, Interview, News, Politics, Radio, Series, Videos | Tags: Angela yee, Breakfast Club, Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM, Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy, Marc Lamont Hill, Power, Power 105, Power 105 FM, Power 105.1, Power 105.1 FM | No Comments »
Vanessa Hudgens Vs. The World’s Hottest Hot Wings (Video)
December 17, 2018
So, super-cutie Vanessa says she is into spicy food, huh? Well, we will see…
Vanessa Hudgens is a multi-hyphenate megastar known for her High School Musical smashes, roles in cult movies like Spring Breakers, and growing list of Broadway appearances. This holiday season you can catch her starring alongside Jennifer Lopez in Second Act, which is set to hit theaters December 21st. But how is she with spicy food? Find out as Hudgens battles the wings of death and takes on Sean Evans’ barrage of questions. Along the way, she talks about working with James Franco and 50 Cent, breaks down iconic power suits and explains the danger of the tween fan mom.
– First We Feast
– @ojones1
Posted in Celebrity, Comedy, Food, Interview, Podcast, Product, Series, Videos | Tags: First We Feast, Hot Ones, Sean Evans, Vanessa Hudgens, Vanessa Hudgens Does Tongue Twisters While Eating Spicy Wings | No Comments »
Cory Booker On Ebro’s Realness With Him, Legalizing Marijuana, And Former President Bush’s Passing (Video)
December 17, 2018
Of course, Cory Booker is an obvious name for the 2020 Presidential Nomination hat. But will he run though?
Senator Cory Booker steps up to Ebro in the Morning to discuss his possible presidential run, legalizing weed in New Jersey, the Kavanaugh hearings, Donald Trump, the passing of George H.W. Bush and more.
– HOT 97
– @ojones1
Posted in Hip-Hop, Interview, Politics, Progressive, Radio, Series, Videos | Tags: Cory Booker, Ebro, Ebro in the Morning, Hot 97, Hot 97 Morning Show, Laura Stylez, PETER ROSENBERG | No Comments »
Charlie Clips | Freestyles On Flex | Freestyle #119 (Video)
December 14, 2018
The Old Eagle back… McNabb in the building!
Charlie Clips is back with the sh!ts and hella more BARZ!! For rappers that think they want it with Charlie, which Charlie? CLIPS?? Are you sure? Maybe you should watch this Funk Flex freestyle ep before making that the final answer.
– @ojones1
Posted in Hip-Hop, Interview, Performance, Radio, Series, Videos | Tags: CHARLIE CLIPS, Freestyle #119, Freestyle119, Freestyles on Flex, Funk Flex, Funkmaster Flex, Hot 97 | No Comments »
Loski – “Fire In The Booth” (Part 2) [Video]
December 14, 2018
Loski in the building!!!
As Charlie Sloth is screaming and hyping, Loski is staying focused. Looks like the show is in new digs, but the mission is the same… put FIRE in that mic. Pretty good. I want to see/hear more from Loski.
– @ojones1
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Series, Videos | Tags: 1Xtra, BBC, BBC 1Xtra, BBC Radio, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 1Xtra, Charlie Sloth, Fire In The Booth, Loski, Radio 1 | No Comments »
Rhythm Roulette With Sango (Video)
December 13, 2018
You know how this goes: Sango puts on the blindfold, picks three disks and ‘tries’ to make some musical magic happen. So…okay, he ain’t really ‘trying’ because Sango is a Jedi at this. There is no try… only do!
After selecting three albums at random from Seattle’s Holy Cow Records, the versatile producer enters the lab and crafted two beats just for us. Chopping up the soundtrack to Richard Pryor’s ‘Blue Collar,’ and even creating hi-hats from vocals on Countess Cathleen, Sango makes it look easy.
– Mass Appeal
Got a couple of ‘cheat codes’ for this round of the game, but we’ll let it pass because the finished product bangs!
Posted in Hip-Hop, Producers, Series, Videos | Tags: Mass Appeal, Rhythm Roulette, Sango | No Comments »
Netflix & Killer Mike Are Giving Us A “Trigger Warning” With No Due Respect (Trailer)
December 13, 2018
And wowww… How about Killer Kill From Adamsville is getting his Netflix and no-chill on, too! Killer Mike will have a six-part mini-series that is like… well… Hasan Minhaj meeting Sacha Baron Cohen at a WTF rally with Dr. Umar Johnson as the featured speaker.
“In six episodes, we explore the human condition using nontraditional approaches. Not everyone will agree with my methods (and some of what we’re putting out is f**king crazy), but this show is about embracing your freedom to challenge societal expectations and conformity. This show is as if an anarchist determined the status quo.â€
– Michael Render pka Killer Mike
“Trigger Warning With Killer Mike” debuts January 18, 2019, on Netflix.
Posted in Activism, Comedy, Politics, Progressive, Series, Videos | Tags: Killer Mike, Netflix, Trigger Warning, Trigger Warning With Killer Mike | No Comments »
Politics: Hasan Minhaj On ‘Amazon’ (Video)
December 12, 2018
Be ready to chuckle and be challenged, again, by a funny and thought-provoking comedy lecture by ‘Professor’ Hasan Minhaj.
On the latest Patriot Act, Hasan Minhaj dissects Amazon.com and the arguably questionable business practices it has used to grow from an e-bookstore into a powerful, multi-faceted corporation that controls a huge chunk of the online cloud. Hasan also examines whether our current antitrust laws might need an overhaul for the digital age.
– Patriot Act
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Business, Comedy, Politics, Progressive, Series, Videos | Tags: Amazon, Hasan Minhaj, Netflix, Patriot Act, Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | No Comments »
The Dips Rate Proper Skin Care, Fatherhood, And Plant-Based Diets ‘Overrated’ Or ‘Underrated’ (Video)
December 7, 2018
Okay, so we are letting crews triple-team the Over/Under thing now. Matters not. We still learn about the interviewees through their answers.
Posted in Celebrity, Hip-Hop, Interview, Series, Videos | Tags: Dipset, Freekey Zekey, Jim Jones, juelz Santana, Over Under, Pitchfork, Pitchfork.TV | No Comments »
Anderson .Paak Speaks On Growing Up, Coming Up In Music, And His Hometown ‘Oxnard’ (Video)
December 7, 2018
Yes Lord! .Paak has been making the rounds to get the word out on “Oxnard”… going hard for the promo while smiling the whole time. Find joy in your grind. That’s one of many takeaways from this. Watch.
Anderson .Paak Talks Oxnard, Fatherhood, Being Saved By The Church + More
– Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM
Posted in Album, Celebrity, Hip-Hop, Interview, R&B, Series, Videos | Tags: Anderson .Paak, Angela yee, Breakfast Club, Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM, Oxnard, Power, Power 105, Power 105 FM, Power 105.1, Power 105.1 FM | No Comments »
Unsung: Brand Nubian (Full Episode)
December 6, 2018
Man. Don’t let it go to your head… noooo.
Now, this is heady episode of ‘Unsung’ so expect a couple of damn-I-had-no-idea moments (pretty much standard for ‘Unsung’). Might bring back Golden Era sweet memories, but it wasn’t all sweet. Check out the Brand Nubian story above.
Posted in Celebrity, Hip-Hop, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: Brand Nubian, Derek Murphy, Derek X, Grand Puba, Lord Jamar, Lorenzo DeChalus, Maxwell Dixon, Sadat X, TV ONE, TVOne, Unsung | No Comments »
NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert Series Presents: Wu-Tang Clan (Video)
December 6, 2018
You know that thing you didn’t even realize you were waiting for? Well, here it is. Wu-Tang! WU-TAAAANG!! And their Tiny Desk Concert ain’t nothing to f**k wit’! Enjoy.
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Radio, Series, Videos | Tags: 25 Years of Enter The Wu-Tang, Cappadonna, Gza, Inspectah Deck, Masta Killa, Masta Killah, National Public Radio, NPR, NPR Music, NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert, Raekwon, Rza, Tiny Desk, Tiny Desk Concert, Tiny Desk Concert Series, U-God, Wu-Tang, Wu-Tang Clan, Young Dirty Bastard | No Comments »
Unsung: The O’Jays (Full Episode)
December 5, 2018
You know it didn’t start or stop with Eddie Levert or his sons, right? Of course, you did. But get the whole entire ‘Unsung’ scoop on the soul clapping we should be doing for pioneer R&B act The O’Jays.
(And hurry up… before haters on the Tube can get it pulled down.)
Posted in Celebrity, R&B, Series, Soul, Television, Videos | Tags: OJays, The O'Jays, TV ONE, TVOne, Unsung | No Comments »
What Happened To J-Kwon? (Video)
December 5, 2018
Dude! I was just thinking: What happened to J-Kwon? Young’un used to SNAP on tracks! One of the few back then that gave me true hope that Hip-Hop could still produce the party rappers who could turn grime on a dime… and take us to the hood with ’em!
Well, here we go.
What happens to a 17-year-old rapper who makes a monster hit like 2004’s “Tipsy?†From sleeping in a car at 12, to mooning L.A. Reid, to child support conspiracies, to random shoutouts from Kanye West, J-Kwon’s life has been a wild ride.
– BETNetworks
– @ojones1
Posted in Hip-Hop, History, Series, Videos | Tags: Finding BET, Finding J Kwon, Finding JKwon, FindingBET, FindingJKwon, J-Kwon, JKwon | No Comments »
Meek Mill | Freestyles On Flex | Freestyle #118 (Video)
December 5, 2018
Meek Mill back on Funk Flex’s mic AGAIN… for another freestyle?? OF COURSE!!!! And the beef with Drake (and others) is truly SQUASHED? Hey, that’s what the man said.
(Plus, check the first beat he’s SNAPPING on ’em to. RAW!!!)
– @ojones1
Posted in Hip-Hop, Interview, Performance, Radio, Series, Videos | Tags: Freestyle #118, Freestyle118, Freestyles on Flex, Funk Flex, Funkmaster Flex, Hot 97, Meek Mill | No Comments »
Unsung: Special Ed (Full Episode)
December 4, 2018
Wow. Triple dopeness (hmm, wonder if there’s an ‘Unsung’ on 3XDope… aaaaanywaaay)! This ‘Unsung’ on Special Ed is the business. Well worth the watching if you missed it, and worth the watching AGAIN if you saw it before.
Posted in Celebrity, Hip-Hop, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: Edward Archer, Special Ed, TV ONE, TVOne, Unsung | No Comments »
Does Will Smith Enjoy Being Famous? What Do You Think? (Video)
December 3, 2018
Nothing was off limits, and he promised to tell the truth. So she asked. And Will gave here the WHOLE truth. Interesting.
In our first episode of Ask Uncle Will, we explore the positive and negative effects of fame.
– Will Smith
Posted in Celebrity, Hip-Hop, Interview, Series, Videos, Youth | Tags: Ask Uncle Will, The Truth About Being Famous, Will Smith | No Comments »
Bill Duke Used To Hate White People (Video)
December 3, 2018
Bill Duke’s Great Grandparents were slaves, his parents escaped from the racist, oppressive, and DANGEROUS South to the North… with their lives. Bill was subjected to extreme racism himself as a child. Is it a wonder that Bill feels how he feels? Imagine how you feel watching a movie with some racism in it. That part… times 1000!
In this clip, Bill Duke spoke about growing up in Poughkeepsie, NY, during the 1940s and 1950s. His parents moved North to escape the oppression of the Jim Crow South equipped with just a 2nd- and 3rd-grade education, respectively. Bill Duke opened up about some his early experiences dealing with racism and how some Whites defied the racist logic of the time as well. He recalled what it was like being a pre-teen when the Emmitt Till story made national headlines.
– Vlad TV
But beyond the agony of his youth, there was wisdom, imparted to Bill, and he shares some with us in the clip above. Watch.
Posted in Celebrity, History, Interview, Series, Videos | Tags: 'Jim Crow' Era, Bill Duke, DJ Vlad, djvlad, I Hated White People as a Child, Jim Crow, My Great Grandparents were Slaves, Part 1, Racism, Slavery, Vlad, Vlad TV, VladTV | No Comments »
