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Hang with us as we discuss comedian Deon Cole receiving hateful DMs from apparent Nicki Minaj fans online after he roasted her during his hosting gig at the NAACP Image Awards, Amanda Seales calling Ryan Coogler a hypocrite for attending the Oscars despite his movies attesting to cultural appropriation and race, and NBA player Luke Kornet appealing to the NBA to step in and put a stop to the Atlanta Hawks’ planned Magic City Night. Plus, we talk about Cam Newton saying that he wants volunteers and not hostages when it comes to marriage, Ray Lewis appealing to lawmakers at the Florida Capitol about the dangers of social media on kids and parenting, and a clip from last year’s TED25 that has gone viral, in which economist Roland Fryer debunks the idea that hip-hop negatively impacts communities. Rather, he suggests that data supports the idea that systemic inequality creates hip-hop, thus the problem isn’t the music, but inequality itself. Let’s dive in!