S2E28:Brandy & Usher’s R&B Reunion Weekend, Remy Ma DRAGS Papoose, Ray J SaysChris Brown > Usher, VMAs Recap, TRL Returns! + A Different World Hits #1 toRave Reviews & Jasmine Guy Responds to Ageism & More!

👑🔥 KINGS & QUEENS—TIME TO GET IT POPPING! We’re back foranother Friday Jr. Happy Hour, fresh off another BIG week! From celebratingBlack culture at NMAAHC’s 10th anniversary festivities and another FOX 5 visitto an R&B reunion weekend, Remy Ma’s new music, A Different Worldtaking over Netflix and a Ponderosa conversation we NEED to have—we’ve got ALOT to dish on!

And themomentum keeps MOMENTUM-ING: after our WHUR crossover, Joe Clair says hewants to pull up on the pod! 👀🎙️ Pasted text

📍 DOWN IN THE DMV
💜 We recap the National Museumof African American History & Culture’s 10th anniversary weekend,including Violet Vibes at The Anthem with Sway, Heather B, Rapsody, Noochie’sFront Porch, Ari Lennox, Sugar Bear, Ms. Kim + more!
🎬 The night also featured anincredible Waiting to Exhale 30th Anniversary tribute with TamarBraxton, Deborah Cox, Melanie Fiona, Alex Vaughn, The Amours + more before TheRoots closed it out!
📺 PLUS: Another trip to FOX 5DC, where the building was PACKED with talent including Rapsody, ToneStith, Yasmine Elhady + more! Pasted text

☕ CUP O’ JO
🔥 Brandy + Usher reunite TWICEin one weekend! Kehlani brings them both out in L.A., then Brandy pops upagain during the Usher x Chris Brown Tour—with Kanye West joining thesurprises!
👀 Ray J says Chris Brown is“50x better” than Usher while also opening up about his serious healthissues—and Brandy shows her little brother some love.
💔 Remy Ma drops her firstproject in nine years, Alimony, and those Papoose jabs are NOTsubtle! We get into the music, visuals, their back-and-forth and where theirdivorce stands.
🕊️ We remember beloved DMV radioand television legend Angela Stribling, who passed away at 58 afterprivately battling brain cancer.
📺 PLUS: Is TRL making acomeback?! A reunion special is reportedly in the works. Pasted text

📺 WHAT WE WATCHING!?
🏆 We get into the 2026 MTVVMAs and some of the biggest moments from the night.
👹 Gremlins 3 is officiallyhappening!
👑 Casting is underway for theupcoming Queen Latifah biopic.
🎓 And A Different Worldhas taken over Netflix! The continuation hit No. 1, the response hasbeen overwhelmingly positive, and Cornell Young IV is emerging as abreakout star—with another Netflix opportunity already lined up. We also getinto Maleah Joi Moon’s growing résumé and all that chemistry fans are talkingabout! 👀 Pasted text

🗣️ THE PONDEROSA: WHY ARE WE SO OBSESSED WITH WOMEN AGING?
After Jasmine Guy addressed criticism about her appearance in ADifferent World, we’re talking AGEISM and the impossible expectationsplaced on women to somehow look the same forever.

Have filters,fillers, Botox, surgery and celebrity culture completely distorted our idea ofwhat natural aging looks like? And why are men often celebrated for gettingolder while women are picked apart for doing the exact same thing?

We’re takingit to The Ponderosa—and we want YOUR thoughts! Pasted text

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