Rickey Smiley Morning Show

When a shooting occurred at T.I.‘s concert at Irving Plaza last weekend, people were injured and one person died. That person, we now know, was Troy Ave‘s body guard. We also know that Troy Ave was the one who fired some of those bullets. 3 people were injured that evening, and Troy Ave has been arrested and charged […]

When Heavy D passed away at the young age of 44, he was in the midst of writing the concept for a police thriller entitled “Crossed.” The drama was supposed to center around the struggle of a police officer who crosses moral and legal lines to try and arrest a drug kingpin. But due to the […]

T.I. chats with The Rickey Smiley Morning Show about all of the aspects of his multi-fasceted career as a performer. Headkrack mentions the1933 movie “Six Degrees of Separation,” to T.I.,  and he asks him if he would ever accept a role playing a gay man in a film or television series (just as Will Smith played a man in […]

T.I. chats with The Rickey Smiley Morning Show about why he thinks the remake of the 1977 miniseries, “Roots,” is a necessary thing for today’s generation to see. He explains how sometimes we can become spoiled by our privileges, or “lost in luxuries” and completely forget the struggle and survival stories from which we come. Sign […]

According to Headkrack, rappers Fat Joe and Jay-Z have been silently beefing for almost a decade now, since an alleged incident one wild night at a party in the late 90s to early 2000s. But now, in 2016, Fat Joe and Remy Ma debuted the remix to their popular song, “All The Way Up,” at a Yankees game, featuring a […]

Comedian Corey Holcomb calls up to talk about the new relationship help book he’s writing for women entitled “How To Not Get Dropped Off.” He covers a few topics, including how to make it to breakfast with a man the morning after, and how to end up staying the night instead of getting dropped off hastily at the […]

A cartoon by a man named Ben Garrison depicts a harshly exaggerated muscular and unfeminine version of Michelle Obama next to a dainty and femininely illustrated Melania Trump, with the caption “make the first lady great again.” The cartoon plays into ancient racist stereotypes about black women, that they are man-ish and brute and just inherently […]

For the first time ever, Diddy is reuniting just about the entire Bad Boy family- and thus, a big chunk of hip-hop history -to take them on a national tour this coming fall. Despite it being chock-full of big names like Lil Kim, Mario Winans, Mase, Faith Evans, and more. Even a holographic Biggie will be included in the night’s […]