6: S4E6 -Hussle and Motivate

The gang is all together Nika, Cidnee, Hali and DJ Candy Raine meet at Hip Hop Daily for the latest ga ga. Candy Raine recently got a root canal and spoke about her fear of dentist. Cidnee got the chance to work the Atlanta film festival which was the start of festival season for her. Nika recaps the Black Radiance MUA Talks Atlanta pop up where our founder Quanna got to host. S/o to Black Radiance for becoming our newest sponsor. Hali spoke about college election season and how HBCU students are breaking the mold.

Our CareFreeBlackGirl of the week was Marsai Martin from the movie Little , who became the youngest director.

Now we see why Issa’s so busy and can’t release Insecure until 2020…

The group encourages people to pick up more magazines like Essence. Nika highlights Issa Rae’s makeup on the cover of Essence compared to that in other magazines. Which lead to the conversation about the importance of black MUAs.

Cidnee discusses her experience as a makeup artist and the lack of representation being the reason so few black artist have good make-up. The group challenges SAG (Entertainment and Media Union) to certify more black make-up artist. This is why things like MUA Talks is so important.

Beyoncé Knowles left the girls in awe with her Homecoming documentary on Netflix. The representation was on point. As HBCU graduates the host felt connected to her performance. Hali (CAU) & Nika (Spelman) debate who has the best HBCU in the AUC.

The groups details the life and legacy of Nipsey Hussle. He created many things for the black community including Vector90 the co working space for creatives in LA . Nipsey employed over 100 convicted felons and supported hundreds of creatives on their endeavors.

Candy Raine encourages our listeners to read some of the books on his list – https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/135056.NipseyHussleReading_List

On a serious note – the group talks Governor Kemp ( yes the one who stole the election) and his new abortion laws. Now in Georgia women cannot have an abortion after 6 weeks. The most unfortunate thing about this is many do not know they are pregnant until around that time. Cidnee details the reasons why the government would want this to happen the problems that will arise from it.

Also in government the Mueller report was recently released on 45, now were waiting to see if Congress will move towards impeachment

Our girl to watch for the month is the powerful Lizzo – Grab her new project https://lizzo.lnk.to/CuzILoveYou

Music curated by Ddotayy and Wize Grazette.

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Cidnee – @cidneerich
Nika – @carpenika
Hali – @halismith
DJ CandyRaine – @DJCandyraine

Produced by Quanna
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