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Rae and Nai get real about the algorithm pushing unqualified dating coaches, and why beauty is a practice. Then they take on the great iced coffee debate after a recruiter on TikTok said bringing one to a job interview looks too casual, and ask when etiquette turns into respectability politics. Next, they break down Nikole Hannah-Jones' New York Times Magazine essay, "In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?", on sending her daughter to under-resourced Brooklyn public schools, and ask how much a parent's values should shape a child's education. Then it's back to Hillman with a spoiler-free review and a full spoiler breakdown of Netflix's A Different World, from Deborah and Shaquille to Rashida, Hazel, Kojo, and Amir. They close the week cuffed to Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip as a study of wealth, and Gail Bean in The Drop: A Snowfall Saga. ⚠️ Spoiler warning: A Different World spoilers start at 39:53. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro / Let's Get Real, Sis 4:21 Comin' in Hot: The Iced Coffee Job Interview Debate 12:00 Comin' in Hot: Nikole Hannah-Jones' NYT Essay 32:12 Comin' in Hot: A Different World (Spoiler-Free Review) 39:53 Comin' in Hot: A Different World (Spoiler Review) 53:54 Cuffed 2 the Culture: Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip 56:37 Cuffed 2 the Culture: The Drop: A Snowfall Saga Where to Listen: YouTube | Apple Podcasts | Spotify Socials: Instagram | TikTok | Twitter/X

Joseline Hernandez sat down with Shannon Sharpe and got real about her addiction, sobriety, and why she’s thanking Faith Evans for taking Stevie J off her hands. Jasmine Crockett honored Chris Brown during his tour stop in Texas, sparking backlash and a debate about whether his talent and impact should outweigh his history. Bloodhound Q50’s murder leads Rae and Nai into a much heavier conversation about Chicago drill culture, protecting Black boys, and who’s responsible for stepping up for young Black men. Then Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker’s divorce gets even messier when Todd links up with the ex-men of RHOA and starts telling details from their marriage. Rae and Nai kick it off getting real about locking in before 30, from debt, retirement and buying a home to mobility, stamina and keeping their knees intact. Then they come in HOT: can rejection really be protection, can someone like Chris Brown ever be redeemed, what are we doing to save our Black boys, and when does telling your side of a divorce become tacky? They close it out Cuffed 2 Nia Long getting her Hollywood Walk of Fame star, Mary Cosby’s return to RHOSLC, and Howard women making amazing strides in entrepreneurship and entertainment. 00:00 — Let’s Get Real, Sis: Finances, Debt & Getting Serious About 30 03:13 — Let’s Get Real, Sis: Health, Mobility & Getting Our Knees Back 06:03 — Coming In Hot: Joseline Hernandez, Addiction, Faith Evans & Stevie J 20:02 — Coming In Hot: Jasmine Crockett + Chris Brown’s Controversial Honor 33:07 — Coming In Hot: Bloodhound Q50 & Protecting Black Boys 44:48 — Coming In Hot: Kandi + Todd’s Divorce Drama 53:08 — Cuffed 2 the Culture: Nia Long, RHOSLC, Black Women-Owned Brands & More Follow us @Cuffed2theCulture on Instagram and TikTok, and @Cuffed2Culture on Twitter/X. If this felt like a conversation you’d have with your girls, send it to them and add them to the Cuffed Clique.

Fat Joe says growing up in hip-hop gives him a pass to use the N-word, but Marc Lamont Hill says proximity to Black culture doesn’t make you Black. Papoose dropped a diss track aimed at Remy Ma, leaving Rae and Nai yapping about if telling your side of the break-up story can start looking a lot like not moving on. And between Deiondra Sanders and Jacquees, Cardi B and Offset, and Chingy’s son speaking out, the co-parenting conversations are getting complicated. Rae and Nai kick it off with getting real about turning 30 and the weird space between being grateful for the life you have while still longing for more, then come in HOT: who gets access to Black culture, is financial support is enough to make someone an active parent, and what Europe does better than America vs. America definitely does better than Europe. 00:00 — Let’s Get Real, Sis: Turning 30 04:25 — Let’s Get Real, Sis: Gratitude, Longing & Wanting More 09:32 — Coming In Hot: Fat Joe & the N-Word Debate 19:11 — Coming In Hot: Papoose Diss Track, Remy Ma & Claressa Shields 30:11 — Coming In Hot: Co-Parenting Challenges - Deiondra & Jacquees, Cardi & Offset, Chingy & son Isaiah 51:36 — Cuffed 2 the Culture: Europe vs. America Follow us @Cuffed2theCulture on Instagram and TikTok, and @Cuffed2Culture on Twitter/X. If this felt like a conversation you’d have with your girls, send it to one of them and add her to the Cuffed Click.

9... 4... 8... 1... B'DAY! Happy birthday to the Queen! Beyoncé we love you! This week, Rae and Nai celebrate Beyoncé's birthday with a full special: their most personal Beyoncé moments, a spicy round of One Gotta Go (Yvette or Julius, DC3 or DC4, Mama Tina or Matthew Knowles, and the messiest Beyoncé moments of all time), and their official Beyoncé Mount Rushmore — song, performance, movie, and album, argued out one category at a time. Real talk, real nostalgia, and a whole lot of hive business, the way only Cuffed 2 the Culture does it. We are DEF in that lady's Beyhive and we love it! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro / Let's Get Real, Sis 6:28 One Gotta Go: Beyoncé Edition 28:41 Beyoncé Mount Rushmore 43:44 Cuffed 2: Things We're Cuffed To (Beyoncé Edition)

Dolly Parton got her flowers this week. A girl on TikTok got caught faking two years at Duke's PA program, fake graduation photos and all. Serayah found out her fiancé Joey Bada$$ was cheating, and she found out the hard way. And somewhere in the middle of all that, Rae admits she once catfished some people too. Rae and Nai start with Nai's move out of DTLA and a scary run-in Rae had on the train, then get into all of it: the PA school lie nobody saw coming, the friendship debate Sabrina Brier's TikTok kicked off, and why "I changed him" is not where a woman's worth should come from. 00:00 — Intro 00:16 — Let's Get Real, Sis: new addresses and old comfort zones 06:58 — Coming In Hot: RIP Dolly Parton 10:56 — Coming In Hot: the Duke PA school lie 20:04 — Coming In Hot: Sabrina Brier's friendship debate 32:17 — Coming In Hot: Saraya leaves Joey Badass 45:24 — Cuffed 2 the Culture: Keke Palmer's catfish confession 48:22 — Cuffed 2 the Culture: Jocelyn Hernandez & Bonnie Bella 53:53 — Outro Follow us @Cuffed2theCulture on Instagram and TikTok, and @Cuffed2Culture on Twitter/X. If this felt like a conversation you'd have with your girls, send it to one of them and add her to the Cuffed Clique.

Comin' in Hot with the A Different World reboot; Jacquees crowning himself the King of R&B on Pour Minds; Black hairstylist horror stories and the state of the Black hair industry; back to school frontals, acrylics, and Ricky Smiley's take on kids getting them; and remembering Hayden Panettiere, Solange Knowles' tribute to her, and the conversation on child stars including KeKe Palmer, Raven-Symoné, Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears, Amanda Bynes, and Jeanette McCurdy. Cuffed 2 the Culture drops new episodes every Monday — wherever you get your podcasts! Follow us at @Cuffed2theCulture on TikTok & Instagram and @Cuffed2Culture on X. Consider yourself cuffed. 🧡🩷

Comin' in Hot with… Tarte's controversial "Snatch Stick" marketing backlash; Shannon Sharpe and Tacarra the Comedian's bathroom boundaries on the Club Shay Shay Podcast; Jools Lebron's $45,000 GoFundMe for dental work; and Law Roach going toe to toe with Joseph McRae on the Project Runway reboot. Cuffed 2 the Culture drops new episodes every Monday — wherever you get your podcasts! Follow us at @Cuffed2theCulture on TikTok & Instagram and @Cuffed2Culture on X. Consider yourself cuffed. 🧡🩷

Comin' in Hot with… Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens calling out Earn Your Leisure hosts Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings; Kandi Burruss finally clapping back at Tamar Braxton; CoCo Jones and Donovan Mitchell's wedding, and the Destiny's Child song her bridesmaids walked in to; and ASAP Rocky opening up to Jason Lee about what really won him over with Rihanna. Cuffed 2 the Culture drops new episodes every Monday — wherever you get your podcasts! Follow us at @Cuffed2theCulture on TikTok & Instagram and @Cuffed2Culture on X. Consider yourself cuffed. 🧡🩷

Comin' in Hot with… Howard University's mass unenrollment days before move-in; Tuskegee's bonnet/durag ban and the black card debate it set off; Jim Jones' bottle-service comments on his podcast with Dave East, Maino, and Fabolous "Let's Rap About It," and the section etiquette fallout; and this month's black media roundup, from Love After Lockup's breakout star, Masego's new album, Raising Kanan's Patina Miller praises, and the David Jonsson Black Panther casting news. Cuffed 2 the Culture drops new episodes every Monday— wherever you get your podcasts! Follow us at @Cuffed2theCulture on TikTok & Instagram and @Cuffed2Culture on X. Consider yourself cuffed. 🧡🩷

Comin' in Hot with… Amanda Seales calling out Issa Rae again; the tea on Lex P and Propaine's baby mama Toya Kent; Chadwick Boseman and Malcolm-Jamal Warner's estate battles; and what Oprah recently taught Keke Palmer about love. Cuffed 2 the Culture drops new episodes every Monday — wherever you get your podcasts! Follow us at @Cuffed2theCulture on TikTok & Instagram and @Cuffed2Culture on X. Consider yourself cuffed. 🧡🩷

This week, Rae and Nai are Cuffed 2... the comments, pulling from the group chat, the timeline, and everything in between. They kick things off with the viral "worth it" trend, naming the purchases, memberships, and even a $40K Howard University education they'd pay for again without blinking. From there, they get into the internet's biggest debates: Jay-Z's 25th Blueprint anniversary and whether $10K beats a once-in-a-lifetime show, the online back and forth between the girls who used to clown makeup and the ones asking for tutorials now, Durand Bernarr's threads on fame and boundaries, and where the line sits between helping family and being taken advantage of. Cuffed 2 the Culture drops new episodes every Monday — wherever you get your podcasts! Follow us at @Cuffed2theCulture on TikTok & Instagram and @Cuffed2Culture on X. Consider yourself cuffed. 🧡🩷

Rae and Nai are coming in hot this week! The timeline was working overtime okayyyy, and the group chat had ALOT to say. First up is Love Island USA. A debate over "exclusive dating" versus a situationship has Rae and Nai going down a rabbit hole of modern dating "labels". They break down courting, talking, tricking, exclusivity, and why today's dating vocab has everybody doing too much and confused. Then they get into the Atlanta social circles, where Tamar Braxton found her beef with Kandi and Monica on display after a tense Essence Fest moment went viral. Rae and Nai unpack the LONG history behind the drama, whether Tamar's feelings about people auditioning for The Real were justified, and they ask the bigger question: if your friend's job opens up, is it wrong to go after it? Next, Disney announced the cast for the next generation of The Cheetah Girls, and Rae and Nai have.... thoughts. They discuss why the original films meant SO much to Black and Brown girls, why diveristy in appearance is important, and share the moments from the OG Cheetah Girls that shaped their childhoods. The episode wraps with this year's Emmy nominations as Rae and Nai celebrate the Black creatives who are making history, from Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Sally Richardson-Whitfield to Quinta Brunson, Janelle James, Sterling K. Brown, and more. Because as always... Cuffed Clique we're rooting for everybody Black!!! Cuffed 2 the Culture drops new episodes every Monday wherever you get your podcasts! Follow us at @Cuffed2theCulture on TikTok & Instagram and @Cuffed2Culture on X. Consider yourself cuffed. 🧡🩷

Rae and Nai are coming in hot this week! The timeline was giving them everything from India.Arie discussing the influence of music on our well-being to Taylor Swift's extravagant wedding discourse, and they're breaking it all down. First up: India.Arie vs. Yung Miami. After India called out Yung Miami's "Spend Dat" lyrics, Rae and Nai unpack whether artists should be held responsible for the messages in their music, where the line between entertainment and influence really is, and why this debate never seems to end. Then they get into Chloe Bailey's appearance on Call Her Daddy. From constant comparisons to Halle and finding her own identity in the spotlight, she discusses the pressure of being both solo and half of a beloved duo. Nai and Rae tap into what they want to see from the Bailey sisters as both individuals and them as a group. Next, it's Druski and Keke Palmer at the BET Awards. Keke jokingly said the hosting job should've been hers, sparking a bigger conversation: in the age of TikTok and viral fame, when does internet success translate into traditional entertainment opportunities? Are content creators earning these roles, or are industry veterans getting overlooked? Finally, they wrap things up with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's rumored wedding details. From dream venues to wedding budgets, Rae and Nai debate just how extravagant is too extravagant on your big day. Cuffed 2 the Culture drops new episodes every Monday, wherever you get your podcasts! Follow us at @Cuffed2theCulture on TikTok & Instagram and @Cuffed2Culture on X/Twitter. Consider yourself cuffed. 🧡🩷

Rae and Nai are coming in hot this week! The week had TOO much going on, chile. They break down Beyoncé's Cécred vlog "The Blueprint," the intimate moment that had everyone talking: Jay-Z combing out his locs, the backstory behind why he grew them, and what it means to see a Black father affirm his daughter's beauty through action, not words. They also discuss what Beyoncé's brand play says about the product and whether the Cécred era might be stealing her from the stage. Then things get personal. Tia Mowry's new man sparked a whole conversation about first loves, marrying young, and what it looks like to actually manifest a partner. Rae and Nai both share their own first love confessions and what they would and wouldn't do differently. And the Twitter debate: a viral tweet about growing up in an "N-word household" had the internet split. Rae and Nai share where they stand and what it actually says about how Black families have been shaped over generations. The episode wraps with the June Black Media Roundup. Nai spotlights Elmiene and Alicia Keys' Hell's Kitchen musical. Rae gives her flowers to the Black women honored this month, including Chaka Khan and Kelly Rowland at the Black Women in Music Dinner. Cuffed 2 the Culture drops new episodes every Monday — wherever you get your podcasts! Follow us at @Cuffed2theCulture on TikTok & Instagram and @Cuffed2Culture on X. Consider yourself cuffed. 🧡🩷 00:00 Introduction to Cuffed to the Culture 00:39 Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Cecred Vlog 10:00 Tia Mowry's New Boo 14:01 Confessions of First Love 20:32 Parents Calling Their Children N-Word 28:56 June's Black Media Round-Up

Cuffed 2… Tay Keith, Michelle Obama, BET Show Revivals & Award Show Performances as Zodiacs. It’s BET Awards month and we are fully leaning into it. This week for Comin' in Hot, we’re sending love to the late Tay Keith and his loved ones, gushing over Michelle Obama’s speech at the opening of Barack’s presidential library, and breaking down BET’s Comic View revival. Then we get into the main event. We’re pitching the BET shows we would bring back if we ran the network for a day. Baldwin Hills needs a franchise era. Hell Date needs Druski as a host and commentator. We have hella opinions per usual! We close it out ranking some of the most iconic BET Awards performances of all time, but make it zodiac signs! From Ciara’s jump split (Aries) to Kanye taking us to church (Pisces), we matched every sign to the performance that fits them best. The BET Awards air June 28th. Make it an event. Cuffed 2 the Culture drops new episodes every Monday - wherever you get your podcasts! Follow us at @Cuffed2theCulture on TikTok & Instagram and @Cuffed2Culture on X. Consider yourself cuffed. 🧡🩷 00:00 Condolences and Remembrance of Tay Keith 01:50 Celebrating Michelle Obama's Legacy 06:33 Reviving Comic View on BET 08:38 Revamping BET Shows 23:55 Zodiac Signs and BET Performances 24:02 Aries: High Energy Performances 25:45 Taurus: Loyalty and Luxury in Music 26:36 Gemini: Chaotic and Fun 28:32 Cancers: Nurturing and Iconic 30:50 Leos: Bold and Captivating 32:44 Virgos: Perfectionism and Critique 34:30 Libras: Collaborative and Beautiful Performances 36:18 Scorpio Sexy and Hardworking Energy in Performances 38:03 Sagittarius Storytelling 40:15 Capricorn Work Ethic and Ldgacy 41:35 Aquarius Uniqueness in Performances 43:22 Pisces Dreaminess Spiritual Performance 45:14 Celebrating BET's Cultural Impact and Upcoming Awards