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Right, first st up, all the way from Washington,

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d C. Complements of the

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Associated Press. President Joe

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Biden, who took office aiming to steady a

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nation convulsed by the coronavirus

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pandemic and the January sixth insurrection,

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clinched a second straight Democratic nomination

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Tuesday and set up an all but certain

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rematch with the predecessor he blames

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for destabilizing the country. Biden

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became his party's presumptive nominee

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when he won enough delegates in Georgia

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that pushed Biden's count past one nine

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hundred and sixty eight for a majority of delegates

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to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago

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this August, where his nomination will

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be made official. Former President

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Donald Trump is expected to clinch the

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Republican nomination shortly Biden,

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who mounted his first bid for president

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thirty seven years ago, did not face any serious

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Democratic challengers to his run for

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reelection at age eighty one. That's

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despite facing low approval ratings

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and a lack of voter enthusiasm

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for his presidency, driven in part by

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his age. Just thirty eight percent of

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US adults approve of how Biden is

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handling his job as president, while

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sixty one percent disapprove, according

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to a recent survey by the Associated

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Press in r Center

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for Public Affairs Research. So

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no surprise is here. This is just kind

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of the next step in the process.

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He has secured the delegates

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necessary to clinch the Democratic

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nomination formally, and so

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we will expect nothing

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less, not the we would have. And

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of course this is interesting

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and it has us continuing

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to ask the questions. You

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know, how do we get here? If

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you're like me, you recall Joe

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Biden running as

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a single term president. He was the man

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at the time that we needed to

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get Trump out of office. He was

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not as far left as Bernie Sanders.

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He had enough experience to went

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away a lot of independents

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who may have voted for Trump

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but were less

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than enthusiastic about a second Trump term,

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and a lot of the bonafide Republicans

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that, you know, we're

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never Trumpers, the bonafide

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Republicans that espoused

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the philosophy

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of the Lincoln Project. In other words,

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people that would not vote for Donald Trump but felt

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like they needed to preserve democracy.

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Joe Biden represented a

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solid choice that wouldn't take

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the country too far left in

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their opinion and in their estimation, and so

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again him being the man for the job at the time,

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you know, we understand that entirely. And

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now, of course, the thinking is

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that if Joe Biden be Donald Trump once,

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he can do it again. But we

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all have to bear in mind that this is a different

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Joe Biden. This is a Joe Biden that has

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had the reigns of the country. This is a Joe Biden

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that was able to make promises to

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a lot of the folks that voted to get him in office

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and has

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yet to deliver on a good number of those

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promises. This is the same Joe Biden that has,

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in a lot of people's opinions, mishandled

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our relationship with Israel

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and Palestine, and a

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lot of people feel very strongly about

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these and other things, his

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immigration policies, his

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age of course, and other

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things. And so this Joe Biden may

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not be the same Joe Biden that the

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Democratic establishment felt was appropriate

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for the job. However, again

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we're asking the question, how did we get here? Because

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a lot of articles,

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a lot of polling, a lot of people

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are suggesting that this

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is one of the least enthusiastic

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presidential races that

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we will have to participate in. But this

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is where we are, and it appears as

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though Joe Biden is

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our guy. So onward, moving

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on. This comes from KTLA. One

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of hip hop's biggest icons

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will be honored in Los Angeles next week.

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The legendary Doctor Dre will receive

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his own star on the world famous

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Hollywood Walk of Fame on March

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nineteenth. The Compton born superstar

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has sold more than fifty million albums worldwide,

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plus another seven million when he was a

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part of NWA. Doctor Dre's

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starr will be placed at sixty eight forty

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Hollywood Boulevard, where it will sit next

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to longtime friend and fellow hip

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hop legend Snoop Dogg. Snoop will

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also be part of the ceremony to unveil Doctor Dre's

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starr. He will be giving a speech along

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with record executive Jimmy Ivan.

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Drey has won eight Grammys for various roles

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throughout his music career. The fifty nine year old

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is also the co founder of Beats Headphones

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with Ivan. In two thousand and

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six, Doctor Dre's Starr will be

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the two seven hundred and seventy fifth

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to be placed on the Walk of Fame. So,

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you know, Doctor Dre's list of accomplishments

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is so far that

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many of us might have already thought that he had a

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star on the Walk of Fame. This

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was news to me. I just assumed

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that it was there. But he's

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finally getting his star. And

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I think it was inevitable that he

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would have received a star there, but I guess it's

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just a matter of timing for him.

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And you know, this is

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this is black excellence, this is California

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excellence. You know it as a Californian. You

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know, I'm from Compton, so I'm

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always proud to see people

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from Compton, people that represent Compton

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being recognized for their

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contributions to you know,

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the world. There's a lot

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of hopelessness, a

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lot of fear, a lot of

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negativity associated with Compton,

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California. So anytime that there's a

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light that can be shined

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on on Compton, it

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certainly makes me happy. And of course here on the

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Black Information Network, we applaud

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excellence as this.

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This is your midweek memo on the Black

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Information Network Daily Podcast with Me

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your host ramses Ja.

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All right, a little bit more with music

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news, This coming from CNN. On Tuesday,

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Beyonce announced by her site and

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social media that her forthcoming album

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is Act two, Cowboy Carter,

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and set to arrive March twenty ninth.

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In a recent interview with Knox News, Dolly

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Parton was asked about speculation

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Beyonce had recorded one of Parton's hits

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for her new album. Quote, well, I think

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she has. I think she's recorded Joe

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Lene, and I think it's probably going to be on

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her country album, which I'm very excited about

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that. Unquote Parton's said,

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the queen of country music has great

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admiration for Queen b quote

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I love her, pardon said about Beyonce.

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She goes on to say she's a beautiful

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girl and a great singer. We've kind

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of sent messages back and forth through the years,

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She added, and she and her mother

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were like fans, and I was always touched that they

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were fans, and I always thought she was great.

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Unquote. This is not the first time

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she spoken about Beyonce. After Beyonce's

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new single Texas Hold Him hit the top of the country

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chart, Parton posted a statement on social media.

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Quote, I'm a big fan of Beyonce and very excited

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that she's done a country album, Parton

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wrote. In her statement, she goes on to say, so, congratulations

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on your Billboard Hot Country number one

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single. So a

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shout out to Beyonce, and you

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know, shout out to Dolly Parton. I

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remember us reporting on kind of the backlash

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when Beyonce decided

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to go country, and

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there were a lot of folks that were upset about that.

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A lot of folks had a lot to say about Beyonce

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recording a country album, And

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of course around here we exposed

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the very black roots

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of country music and

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rock music and pretty

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much all the Western music that we enjoy. You

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can trace it to a slave field somehow.

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And so Beyonce

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is well within her rights. He's

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well in her lane if she chooses to make a country

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album. But of course, as I mentioned, a lot of people

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had a lot to say about that. Well. I think

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if the Queen of Country herself says

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that she's a big fan of Beyonce and excited about

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this country album, then really

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we don't have to listen to too many other folks, and

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obviously Beyonce with that number one,

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I think that speaks for itself. So shout out to Beyonce one

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more time, and

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I hope the album is a

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big hit. All right. Finally, this

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is coming from the Black Information Network.

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Only one black person made Forbes list

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of the highest Paid Actors of twenty twenty three.

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Forbes released its annual highest Paid Actors list

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last week, with Denzel Washington being

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the only black person to make the rank.

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Out of the ten highest paid actors, Washington

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came in the last on the list, reportedly

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earning twenty four million dollars for his roles

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in twenty twenty three. According to Forbes,

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Washington made the highest paid actors list alongside

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Adam Sandler, who topped the rankings with its reported

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seventy three million Margo Robie followed

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Sandler with fifty nine million in earnings.

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Tom Cruise, Ryan Gosling, Matt Damon, Jennifer

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Aniston, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jason

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Statham, and Ben Affleck also

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made the list. The rankings come amid

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criticisms from Taraji p Henson

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that other black actors and

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other black actors sorry about pay disparities

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in Hollywood. So, you

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know, when you think of the

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black actors in Hollywood,

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when you think of the famous names,

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when you think of the Will

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Smiths and the Kevin Harts and the

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Idris Elbas and the you know,

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that's a very long list, and

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you recognize that there's

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only one that made the list

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in last place, Denzel Washington,

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who you would imagine would be maybe

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a little higher up on that list.

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Maybe there's some credibility to

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well, there's certainly some credibility what rogip

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engine is saying. Of course, we've known that for years. But

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maybe this runs deeper than

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she's than she even knows, than

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we even know. Now

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that, of course is speculation. Maybe

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this is just how twenty

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twenty three shaped out. Maybe twenty

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twenty two and twenty twenty four were

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and will be different. But

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it's just interesting to note

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that this

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is where Denzel lands and

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he is one name

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among a plethora of

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black actors that we would consider royalty

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in that field. And so I

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certainly know that I'll be watching a little

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bit more closely, because you know, I don't really give too much

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attention to entertainment,

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news, that sort of stuff. But

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when I see patterns, as I do, admittedly,

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you know, it starts to make me scratch

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my head and wonder if there's a little bit something deeper there.

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So you know, again tragipans and maybe onto

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something, because you

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know, what she's saying about black women is

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again something that we've known for some time, but

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again maybe it runs deeper, and now

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we're watching, so we'll keep paying attention.

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I employ you to do the same, and if

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you find out something, please you can always

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reach out and let us know. And of

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course my job is to reach out and let you know what I find out.

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So don't forget These and other stories can be founded

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