👑🔥 KINGS & QUEENS—WE’VE GOT A LOT TO DISH ON THIS WEEK! ☕👀

We’re back for another Friday Jr. Happy Hour, recapping an exciting weekend—from Art All Night and Creator Carnival to Blueprints & Brushstrokes—but we’ve got an EVEN BIGGER weekend ahead! 👀🔥 PLUS, some major Prince of Pop Culture Podcast announcements. The momentum is MOMENTUM-ING! 👑🎙️

📍 DOWN IN THE DMV

🎨 We recap Art All Night, Creator Carnival at National Harbor, Blueprints & Brushstrokes + more!

🎤 Mýa is back in the DMV for two intimate shows at Bethesda Theater—and we’ll be there Friday for the show + meet & greet!

📻 IT’S OFFICIAL: The Prince of Pop Culture Podcast joins Nina Brown & Joe Clair on WHUR next Wednesday! The DMV’s evening radio show meets the hottest rising podcast for an epic mashup! 🔥

☕ CUP O’ JO

🎹 Stevie Wonder celebrates 50 years of Songs in the Key of Life with a tour—including DC!

🎶 John Legend x Pharrell! John enters a new era with Muse, produced entirely by Pharrell.

⚖️ Lil Durk scores a major victory in his federal murder-for-hire case—but why is he still behind bars?

📻 Big Tigger is BACK on V-103 following the decision not to prosecute the case stemming from his June arrest.

🎭 Gail Bean says Hollywood is already calling her “too old” at 33—and says age cost her opportunities to play Storm and Shante Broadus.

📺 WHAT WE WATCHING!?

🔥 THE PYNK IS REOPENING! After four years, P-Valley returns for its third—and FINAL—season. We’re talking trailer, premiere date + that long break!

💍 Why Did I Get Married Again? has everyone TALKING! Taraji joins the crew, Janet is missing, and reactions to the writing, pacing and nostalgia are MIXED.

🍑 NeNe Leakes doesn’t want her peach back! She talks making peace with Andy Cohen & Bravo—and reveals how she WOULD return to RHOA.

🎤 MOESHA REBOOT?! Brandy is playing coy, but she’s got us wondering if Moesha Mitchell could be coming back! 👀

⚖️ Judge Judy is hanging up the robe after 30 years on camera.

🎬 PLUS: JAY-Z’s new docuseries is on the way!

🗣️ THE PONDEROSA: WHO GETS TO USE THE N-WORD?

Fat Joe reignited a HUGE conversation after defending his longtime use of the N-word while discussing his Black and Afro-Cuban identity.

So…WHO gets to use the word? 👀 Does growing up immersed in Black culture matter? How do Afro-Latino identity, race vs. ethnicity, colorism, hip-hop culture, geography and generation factor in?

We go THERE—and we want YOUR take!

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