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Natasha says not enough black people are talking about climate change, so she tapped in the co-writer of the unnecessarily controversial Green New Deal, Yale grad, Rhodes Scholar & Director of Climate Policy at the Roosevelt Institute, Rhiana Gunn Wright, to talk about ALL the things. Climate Change affects systemic racism, our health, our rent, ca…

The Collective PAC is everything we need - a candidate incubator and candidate one-stop-support-shop all in one. When folks say "I don't know any black candidates running for office," they can look no further than The Collective Political Action Committee. Founder Stephanie James Brown chops it up with Natasha about co-founding this necessary org w…

You could have amazing progressive candidates in your State Legislature, but if Democrats don't have the majority, the ish YOU want passed or protected...isn't going to see the light of day. Natasha sits down with Ronetta Francis, the Democratic candidate for the Arkansas State Senate, representing District 1, to explain why it's all a numbers game…

We love a potential history making moment, especially when it's a black woman on the forefront who is about to do so. She's even got President Obama's endorsement! Texas is a notoriously red state, and this election, it's now officially a battleground state with the potential to go blue for the first time in over 40 years in the Presidential electi…

Helena Andrews-Dyer has BEEN slaying this writing game. She's the Senior Pop Culture reporter for The Washington Post and just released her second book (out today!) Reclaiming Her Time: The Power of Maxine Waters that she co-wrote with pop culture writer R. Eric Thomas. Helena - who's also author of Bitch is the New Black - and Natasha chop it up a…

It's been three hundred years - ok, a long several hundred days - of the 2020 Presidential campaign. And the rhetoric hasn't changed amongst some folks. "What will Biden & Harris do for Black people?" "Why are Black men being left out and not catered to like Black women are?" "Trump and Biden are the same." "No one has earned the Black vote." It's …

Natasha chops it up with Emerge President A'shanti Gholar about creating the candidates we NEED, instead of us just accepting the candidates hand picked by party establishments. Just because you want better candidates that better reflect what you stand for doesn't mean you just don't participate in this election. But we're all about preparing for t…

Can VP nominee Kamala Harris move past her controversial record as Attorney General? IS it that controversial, really? Or are we seeing a misinformation and skewed information campaign like 2016 all over again? Which specific policies in Joe Biden's plan ACTUALLY help black America - the black business owners, parents and more? We also talk about h…

Will Breonna Taylor's killers ever be brought to justice? Are all of the protests and uprisings making an impact in Louisville? Will the rampant voter suppression be addressed in time for the November 3rd election? When is the next election for a new Kentucky AG? Should collegiate athletes be paid, especially if they're forced to play during these …

It's no secret that recent politics have provided the backdrop for the ultimate divide - arguably the biggest divide in modern history - amongst U.S. citizens and beyond. But just when we were starting to feel that feeling of hopelessness (because, really, one can only take so much of unfounded and flat out false conspiracy theories becoming ACTUAL…

Love her or hate her (and you'll eventually love her anyway), Sukihana is IT. From "Love & Hip Hop: Miami" to a full blown rapper, artist, entrepreneur, and bad ass chick who gives us everything from controversial Sukihana with the Good P**y to Destiny. Get to know her, the real her, now! The Wolf Pu**y mixtape is out now! ********* CATCH UP on all…

In celebration of tonight's season finale, the baddest B of Chucalissa, Mississippi took a break from the Pynk to ki-ki on The YBF Podcast. Brandee Evans is a STAR, and we knew it from the moment she took over - and by took over we mean did ish we have never seen done on anybody's tv show involving a stripper pole - Starz's newest hit show, "P-Vall…

Imani Hakim is extra grown and extra fabulous. She was all of our favorite tattle-tell but hilarious little sister when she burst on the scene as Tanya in "Everybody Hates Chris." She also portrayed Gabby Douglas in the Olympian's Lifetime biopic. Now, she's still lighting up the Hollywood streets with out-of-the-box roles, bomb natural hair and he…

Y'all! We finally got to chat it up with our fave messy church family. Natasha grabbed two folks from The YBF Team - Jamishia Smith & Tierra Green - to ki-ki with the stars of everyone's fave show, "Greenleaf." The gorgeous Merle Dandridge and Deborah Joy Winans did NOT disappoint. They finally get the tea on why it's ending this season (Lawd!) and…

She's a self proclaimed "mom, bad b*tch and entrepreneur". And we can certainly co-sign every part of that. Angela Peoples is the D.C. based activist who you've seen go viral on your timelines while holding up in-your-face signage at protests like "Don't forget, white women voted for Trump!" Now, she's founded & co-founded multiple organizations th…

He checks all the boxes, and even those boxes not on people's list because most people don't accomplish all that he has. He does the work, without an elected title. He was intentional about becoming an expert at both the law and medicine simply to be able to merge his expertise to create actual change for his community. He is also an assistant prof…

Get your coins and your Twitter fingers ready. We've got a political rising star you need to know who's on the brink of flipping a staunchly conservative Senate seat Blue. Are you losing your ish about the blatant injustices going unchecked and being promoted by certain people in power? Is yes, almost every issue you have - from police injustice to…

Say what you will about Darrin Henson, but he not only KEEPS a check, he's responsible for majority of your favorite boy bands getting their dance clout and cult-like fans . It's been 20 years since he created the now iconic and MTV Award winning choreography for N'Sync's "Bye Bye Bye" video. And he's got plenty of stories to tell about Justin Timb…

Did somebody say legends?! Because we're talking two of everybody's faves - Robert Townsend & Leon for this episode! While the fellas promote the "Making of the Five Heartbeats" documentary on UMC, they stop by The YBF Podcast for what was technically Natasha's first recording in quarantine. After a few frozen moments, they got to everything you've…

Woke AND Fine! Just how we like 'em. "How To Get Away With Murder" star and Daytime Emmy winner Rome Flynn blessed the YBF Podcast with...plenty. He's breaking into the music scene, and his new track "K.M.I.M." is about to be on your Get Ready playlist. And we're not talking about the one before the club. He makes conscious decisions both on screen…

We finally got to catch up with the living legend herself - LisaRaye McCoy. The "A House Divided" (airing Thursdays on UMC!) star is still in this Hollywood game and thriving, and still being one of the realest chicks while doing so. She and Natasha chopped it up - quarantine style via Zoom - about how she prepared her coins for times like this and…

White people doing white people ish. Even Omari Hardwick's wife had to bring her fellow white people in front of the IG TV congregation to speak to her fellow white people about their ongoing foolery and silence. They can start with calling for the arrests of the ARMED white men and women - most proudly claiming their conservative an Trump support …

No studio? No problem. Natasha's back with YBF Correspondent James Terrell to discuss a million and one hot topics because, y'all ain't got ish else to do but work, drink, and/or just survive. We don't make the quarantine rules, k? So let's also add "talk ish and discuss" to our to-do list today, shall we? Natasha and James re-live the sexiest, sag…

When Craig Ross Jr. was asked what he had for breakfast during our mic check, and he responded with "My wife," we knew what type of ish we were about to get into on this here episode! They say it's a first time for everything, and today's episode proved this old adage right! Natasha sat down with not just 1 or 2 talented YBFers, but a total of 4 im…

What's the Holidays without fabness & foolery?! Natasha and YBF's New York Correspondent James Terrell chop it up from Samsung 837's Podcast Studio about "Real Fish" queen Tanqueray, engagement queen Toya Wright, engagement clout queen Deelishis and Central Park 5's Raymond Santana, Jordyn Woods (finally) letting Khloe Kardashian have it ever so po…

Queen & Slim is an instant cult classic. Yeah, we said it. Natasha and her good friend Amin give the breakdown of breakdowns about the most talked about film of the year. Scene by scene. Symbol by symbol. Theme by theme. There is MUCH to discuss. Some folks are mad at screenwriter and director Lena Waithe & Melina Matsoukas for not giving a "fairyt…

It's almost Thanksgiving, folks! And Natasha brought back her good friend Darius to discuss the hot topics that might turn your Thanksgiving dinner into a full on sh*tstorm, especially if drinks are involved. But we ain't never scared, and Natasha's got something to say. A necessary discussion is had about toxic men and their role in tragedies that…

The tea in the celeb streets is getting scary. From Kanye West basically creating a cult to HBCUs getting infiltrated by 'Ye to Rihanna possibly getting back with Drake to Queen Lizzo catching hell from body shamers and clout chasers to the "Basketball Wives" colorism drama. Plus, Natasha dishes on what went down inside the DOLEMITE NYC premiere (T…

R&B singer (and legend in the making) Tank pulled up at The YBF Podcast recently to chat about everything - and we mean EVERYTHING. He dished about doing a song with his new wife (but longtime love) Zena called "Our Song" for his new album Elevation, and about Omari Hardwick making an appearance on the project too. Natasha and Tank debate about the…

She's not just a star of the show, she's the creator. Get.It.Right. We had to have a ki-ki with one of our favorite "Married 2 Medicine" stars Mariah Huq because honey, chick always has POINTS to make.Mariah (and her fabulous mom) pulled up to visit Natasha at The YBF Podcast last week, just after the second episode of the season aired. She came to…

NYC Correspondent James Terrell joins Natasha to chop it up about hot topics. Kenya Moore & Marc Daly's express marriage implodes, Antonio Brown does the most Antonio Brown ish and loses $30M in a week, Tamar Braxton is fighting her ex-co workers from her old job again, Diddy and Lori Harvey's relationship grows more gag worthy by the day, and plen…

Natasha brings on YBF's NY Correspondent James Terrell to discuss the latest foolery happening in the celeb streets. From checks getting garnished for child support to Wendy Williams' hot girl summer causing her to be thirsty to the latest rappers/singers/actors who refuse to wear condoms and plenty more. There's MUCH to discuss.WE'RE NOW ON INSTAG…

Not only does Christina Milian star in the cutest romantic comedies, but her real life is a whole rom-com too. The actress, singer, songwriter, mom and entrepreneur pulled up at The YBF Podcast to chop it up with Natasha about ALL of those things, especially her new Netflix movie "Falling In Love". She dishes on how she and boyfriend Matt Pokora me…

Tamica Lee is the standout star of Bravo's "Southern Charm New Orleans" for a reason! She says whatever TF she pleases - with love - and is realer than real about the most personal of issues. Relatable. And that's why we love her. The former professional cheerleader turned lifestyle tv host trekked it from the Big Easy to NYC to kiki with Natasha. …

Natasha's back with the Hot Topics. She brought in YBF's NYC correspondent James Terrell to shoot the sh-t with her about the foolywangery and ridiculousness of Blac Chyna & Tokyo Toni's most toxic mother-daughter drama ever showed on tv, Jermaine Dupri fixing his mouth to criticize the female rap game for having too many women who "talk about sex,…

Natasha FINALLY got to meet one of her entrepreneurial idols - New Orleans legend Master P! After she fan-girled out, they got to the ish y'all want to know.They chop it up about why P and Tyler Perry have a super awkward acquaintanceship and why P thinks the way he acts is problematic, New Orleans gentrification, why blacks in Hollywood are scared…

Liris is giving us life, gems, BAWDY, and every reason to go sign up for her Model Bootcamp EXPEDITIOUSLY. Chick has been doing the work for years, and it’s paid off. Natasha chats it up with “The Naomi Campbell of Plus” Liris Crosse about killing it in this model industry beyond social media, doing the work, the actual definition of plus size, the…

Natasha and YBF Correspondent Unique shoot the sh-- about the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal. It's a whole mess and it needs to be discussed. Thankfully, now (several days after this was recorded), many people & fellow co-workers of the super rich and famous defendants are speaking out against them. But before they did, we -- the black co…

Singer Justine Skye kicked off this new year chopping it up with YBF Founder Natasha as the first celebrity guest of The YBF Podcast for 2019. And she didn't disappoint. The ladies talked DM slides, Justine's lessons on how to shoot your shot (and last time it worked for her), the real ish behind domestic violence, why you DEFINITELY can't build a …

Natasha's friend Darius is back in the hot topics seat to chop it up about the foolery of the week. R.Kelly failed miserably at his Oscar performance audition that was his interview with the most unbothered queen in America - Gayle King, white reality tv has us stressed out, Soulja Boy & Nia Riley have us mad disturbed on "Marriage Bootcamp", so do…

Natasha's back with her good (and shady) friend Darius to discuss all the reality tv clownery - Black Ink Crew brawling over the N-Word, why Lily deserved that ish, fine ass Ryan Henry, silicone oozing Cartel Crew, how Jordyn Woods saved black history month by out Kardashian'ing the Kardashians, community d__k and more. Oh, and Jussie Smollett's cl…

Natasha and her equally tv-obsessed friend Darius break down the Jussie Smollett alleged attack scandal. We're calling it already: This is either going be the biggest celeb based scam of 2019, or the weirdest framing in the history of celebritidom. Whyyyyyyyyyy Jussie. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?! #StillHoldingOutHopeThePeopleAreOutToGetHim #NoWeDontKnowWhoT…

Natasha brings her longtime friend and veteran entertainment journalist Karu F. Daniels into the studio to ki-ki about Grammy shenanigans, what's REALLY behind the Oscar nominations (he's an expert of experts so you're gonna want this tea), J-Lo's un-black Motown foolery, Bill Cosby legit on some other ish, our fave show that may shock you, and ple…

[NSFW] It's always SCAMMER SZN here at YBF! We love a good scammer story. So Natasha and YBF Correspondents James & Unique NEEDED to do a deep dive into the twin Fyre Festival documentaries in a mini bonus episode. What a hot, privileged, pyramid scheme, oral mess.TheYBF.com

Heeeeeeeeey fabulous people! Natasha's back with the first YBF podcast epi of 2019, and it's about damn time. She bribed Correspondents Unique & James with copious amounts of liquor to trek it to Tribeca in freezing a$$ NYC to chop it up. There's so much to discuss, we.can't.even. The hot topics this week came fast and furiously, but we've got you …

Since it's FBF, we're giving you the Teyonah Parris episode in case you missed it on our first live stream recently.As YBF celebrated its huge 12th anniversary with a party at Samsung 837 in NYC, Natasha did a live podcast in store with "Survivor's Remorse" and "Dear White People" star Teyonah Parris. She's been our black girl magic inspiration sin…

Summer TV is officially here, and there's much to discuss. YBF's creator and Editor-in-Chief Natasha brought on Twitter shade king and soon-to-be published author Michael Arceneaux to chop it up with her about all the gossip, rumors and TV greatness (and by greatness, we mean foolywang material) occurring as we speak. And then there's talk about bl…

We poured up some Ciroc Summer Colada and started spilling all our feelings.Days before her brand new album Back 2 Life dropped (AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE TODAY!), LeToya Luckett stopped by YBF HQ to chill with Founder/EIC Natasha. We even got her to spill tea about her NEW bae.LeToya dished up some great advice for her good friend La La Anthony, and ex…

June Ambrose talks to Natasha about style, storytelling, her A-list clientele, and the tea that goes with it. The run down: June dishes on doing things that scare the sh*t out of you, designing doll dresses and costumes in elementary school and as a theater major, how she got into showrooms, hip hop styling impacting the culture, how the storytelli…