Ratchet & Respectable
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Ratchet & Respectable
It's a kiki for the culture!!! Journalist and author Demetria L. Lucas brings the group chat to life on her weekly podcast where she-- and the occasional guest-- muses on pop culture shenanigans, global galavanting, political insanity, and whatever else has captivated the zeitgeist AND her inner cir...
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Pretty Privilege: The Cheyenne Bryant Saga Never Ever Ends
Middle-aged Usher is treated like a dirty old man by a young Chris Brown fan; The saga of Cheyenne Bryant lying about her doctorate degree gets crazie...
Family Feud:Lawsuits against the Estates of Chadwick Boseman, Malcolm Jamal Warner, and TakeOff
Three celebrity estate disputes (Malcolm Jamal Warner, Chadwick Boseman, and Takeoff) made Demetria confront the conversation she has avoided for year...
QUICKIE: Ryan Clark Deserved Better from ESPN
I'm not mad that ESPN let Ryan Clark go after a decade. That's business. HOW they let him go is personal (and bad business.) In this bite-size episode...
The Court of Public Opinion: Male Baddies, Igbo Demons, and Broken Pickers
Method Man and his wife celebrate 25 years of marriage; Andrew Gillum denies drug use; 90s fine footballer Maduka Okoye is (allegedly) a fuccboi; UPDA...
BONUS EPISODE: When It All Falls Down: The Fawn Weaver/Uncle Nearest Story
The latest Uncle Nearest filing has damning details about a company in crisis: 200M in debt, evictions, hidden funds, unpaid taxes, a looming SEC inve...
Jaÿ Z Weekend in NYC (+ That Target Freestyle)
Jay Z's NYC residency I The Bronx; A PSA about defending derelict men; Mitch McConnell’s Alleged AI photos; Lindsey Graham goes to see the (Night) Kin...
BONUS EPISODE: Meth, A Mistress, and Mitch McMconnell. Oh, and Andrew Gillum *sigh*
Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum caught with meth… again; Senator Mitch McConnell may or may not be brain dead; Texas AG Ken Paxton spends July...
This Doesn't End Well: The Black People in YT Spaces Story
America turns 250; a random woman on theDC Metro becomes a national news story; ESSENCE has a successful fest; the author of Children of Blood and Bo...
Scammers, Boosters & Goyard Bags: The Caresha Brownlee Comeback Story
Demi returns to Penny; Good Black News: BET Awards breaks records + Lil Nas X is back (and he’s doing good); Survival of the Thickest returns: an Upda...
The BET Awards, That Tyra Banks Lawsuit and LeVar BURTON is Happily Married
Demi is STILL in Maryland; a recap of the 2026 BET Awards, a review of “Strung”, Mara Brock Akil drops a novel, additional thoughts on Oprah Cannes’s...
When It All Falls Down: The Oprah vs Whitney Story
Penny under construction (again) + The Obamas remind us to hope (again) + An 8-part Jay Z Documentary + Oprah’s BTS about Whitney causes an uproar + B...
“I Don’t Want Your Situation”: The Jordyn Woods Story
Demi’s 600th episode + Mayor Mamdani delivers a sermon at the Knicks Parade + The Glow Up of Jordyn Woods + The Opening of the Obama Library + Musing...
Defamation! Essence Sued By Former CEO, Jay Z's Target Exclusive
PART II
Remarks, musings and an interpretative reading of the lawsuit filed by the former CEO of ESSENCE against *checks notes* ESSENCE.
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A Lot of Slavery, A Little Bit of Subservience: The David Oyelowo Story
Changes to the pod + A hiatus update + See Some World 2027 + The Trailer Park in DC + Michelle Obama insulted and misgendered + Charles Blow is sick o...
A Grown Lady
A Demi update; The Met Gala fashion; Stefon Diggs is not guilty, (and has more hours in a day than most people); Dr. Cheyenne Bryant is in yet another...
Ran Thru
Demi vs United Airlines; YT People Bidness (Steven McBee goes batsh— on his (now ex) girlfriend; Megan Pete and Cheating *ss Klay Thompson are over; m...
Protect Black Women
Ashlee Jenae, Dr. Cerina Fairfax, Christina Snow (and more Black women) all deserved better.
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An Unnatural Alliance to Losers
Nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; You, Me & Tuscany debuts; Nia Long does Playboy; The Testaments on HULU; Tia & Tamera have separate dram...
Justice for Trick Daddy
The UK bans Ye; Trick Daddy performs for the AKAs; Niece Angela Reese heads to Atlanta; Stop calling minors who are being manipulated by adults “fast”...
This is Some Bullsh--
Kristi Noem’s husband’s giant breasts; Brandy gets a Hollywood Star and drops bombshells in her new memoir; the return of Verzuz: Tank vs. Tyrese; Ush...
Jay-Z Ruined My Summer Plans (Plus, that GQ Interview)
Jay-Z ruins summer plans, and talks to GQ; Teyana Taylor takes over Essence Fest; Cam’ron, Ray J, Mase and Shyne engage in an elaborate scheme (set up...
The Oscars, Jamal Bryant & Beyonce’s Bitter Daddy
Michael B Jordan wins an Oscar; Lori Harvey is where she wants to be; Ava DuVernay debuts her “honey”; The Male Loneliness Movement co-opts MBJ; Teyan...
Where is Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama of the South Side?
Sex Expert Ashley Cobb joins Demi to talk about her new book about pleasure; Michelle Obama is out of s**** to give; ESSENCE Fest announces its lineup...
Righteous Indignation & Black Women’s Bidness
American bombs fall on Iran; Michael B Jordan wins at SAG AFTRA and NAACP; Delroy Lindo addresses the BAFTAs; 50 Cent vs TI; Ryan Coogler’s college da...
BAFTA & the N-Word
Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo are called the N-word while presenting at the BAFTAs; BBC and BAFTA publish the show without redacting the N-word, d...
Reality Check: America’s Next Top Model
In an explosive new documentary, ANTM show creator/supermodel Tyra Banks skirts responsibility and comes across absolutely horrific. Also, Mister Jay...
I Hate You So Much Right Now
#seesomeworld in Marrakech comes to an end; Clifford Harris returns to TIP; Method Man in his drawers in that Christian film with Kelly; Mr. Bunny win...
C-O-N-spiracy: (MF) Don Renaldo Lemon Arrested + How We All Failed the OG R.Kelly Survivor
Grammy success stories: Mr. Bunny, Luther (Vandross), Lauryn Hill honors D’Angelo; Shaboozey supports immigrants and people are mad; Dear Leader and...
Sorry, Not Sorry: The Kanye West Story (& more)
Demi heads to Paris and Marrakech; Big Bezos takes over Vogue (?); Sinners, including Delroy Lindo, racks up on Oscar’s noms; The Teyana Taylor backl...
Rich Aunties, Fake News and Broke (?) Rappers! Oh My!
Demi heads to Houston and New Orleans; Amy DuBois Barnett Rules the World; Don Lemon “on notice” for a protest he didn’t lead; chaos at New Birth; Don...
Sinners
Teyana Taylor goes A-List; NAACP Awards are so necessary; Druskii clowns the Black Church; Venezuelan oil; Fed Chair Jerome Powell under criminal inve...
Two Dollar Wh*r*
Happy New Year!; Penny update; colonizing Venezuela; Richard Smallwood and Isaiah Whitlock Jr. become ancestors; The Critic’s Choice Awards don't do r...
Receipts
Another Sheronne Moore update; In defense (again) of Blu Ivy, who is not your daughter; Russell Simmons tries to tussle with Kimora (again) leading up...
Crash Out: The Sherrone Moore Story
Demi separates fact from fiction in the WTF?! Saga of the former-- as of Wednesday-- head football coach of the University of Michigan, who was fired...
Let God Sort Em Out
The Blacks head to Art Basel; Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett officially aims for the Senate; “Sinners” racks up hella noms for Golden Globes and Criti...
Diddy: The Reckoning
Demi recaps (and recoils at) Netflix’s new 4-part documentary about the fallen and federally-convicted music mogul.
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Men Will Embarrass You
Demi in South Africa; Debbie Allen earns an Oscar; a review of “Being Eddie” and the final season of “Bel Air”; Chadwick Boseman’s perfect widow; cha...
Bubba, BJs, and Not Bill Clinton
The Epstein emails precede the Epstein files; Quiet Piggy!!; Marjorie Taylor Greene pretends to be a normal; Nicki Minaj goes MAGA (; DEI hire Pharrel...
Rightful Indignation
Reasonable Doubt gets another season; All’s Fair is a hate-watch fave; A Different World gets a reboot; Bel-Air is coming back; Michelle Obama’s "The...
He Wasn't Man Enough for Me
Demi… and you(?) in Cape Town; Big local elections across the country; Democrats refuse to support each other; 35 days of a government shutdown; SNAP...