The YBF Podcast

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 covered: R.Kelly, the foolery of his capers - looking at you Taraji P. Henson & Erykah Badu and some men - Chris Brown, toxic f**kboiness, community penis, Tamar vs. Kandi is the pettiest of petty, Wendy Williams' mother in law supposedly spilled all kinds of tea, Blue Ivy's fire photo skills, and more. PLUS, we created a new thing - SCAMMER SEASON! We gloss over the dueling Fyre Festival documentaries before doing a deep dive bonus epi (dropping later) into the most white-male-privileged, scammiest, foolywang material we've ever seen in life. Straight from Gotham Podcast Studio....we're (not so) live from New York!

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 since she hit the scene -- from her hair to her style to that skin we just want to rip off and wear. Ok, we'll calm down. We talk Juilliard, sex on camera, and hair & makeup secrets. Teyonah dished about it all....and even fessed up to that time she catfished somebody on a dating site. Ha!

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 black celebs who crave white validation....and why Michael is mad white people in Harlem keep hogging the squat racks at the gym. The twosome also go in on Tangerine Mussolini (one of Michael's many names for #45) and his latest antics. Then, both spill how they really feel about Karrueche Tran's acting chops, Tamar Braxton's tumultuous friendships, TI & Tiny's shady divorce, T.I.'s patriarchal complex nobody asked him to display, the must-see summer shows, the shows that TRIED IT, how much money Flat Tummy Tea & FIT TEA actually have, and more.

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 explains plenty of things we want to know: What REALLY happened with ex-fiance Rob Hill Sr., that extra personal "Back 2 Life" video anthology, making out with Thomas Q. Jones, staying in her lane, acting updates, trying to not be mad she’s single while watching all these couples on Instagram, our sleepover, her status with Miss Tina and Destiny’s Chil’ren, people’s instagram lives getting her in her feelings, MAD nuggets about the ambitious, successful woman’s relationship struggle in 2017, being besties with Ludacris’ wife Eudoxie. Oh, and a hilarious mugshot-filled dating story and she does YBF’s Fast Fab 5 challenge.

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 storytelling of rap relates to the story of fashion, styling hip hop artists according to present really life and the future, she schools us on why Kanye went the boho-homeless grunge route with his clothing line, why her job is to be an artistic storyteller, how she's done over 200 music videos in her career, why high fashion houses didn’t want to lend to Mariah, DMX's shenaningans, styling DMX and Tashera for their wedding (and the hoodness that ensued), witnessing the drunken party antics of the rap stars, getting slighted (to this day) by certain black actresses, why being humbled is a good thing, the gift she bought for Blue Ivy Carter (and what she’s buying the Carter twins), why she celebrates “rock moms,” if she’s making a cook book, raising her kids as business people, leveling up your frumpy wear, her top 5 style icons, having conviction, her dream client, 5 things every woman needs in her closet every season, her worst client ever, her worst style moment ever and more.

LaLa Anthony takes us on a tea-filled inspirational journey from her radio internship, to LA radio queen to MTV VJ to all out business woman! She's an actor/producer, wife to NBA star Carmelo Anthony, mom to pre-teen Kiyan Anthony and every celeb's bestie. We get to how her time management skills are on fleek. She's talking to Natasha about it all. La dishes on why she went to Howard for 1 semester, new "Goaldiggers" show she's producing on vh1 w/ ig chicks becoming business women (we find out who's in the cast!), Tyrese’s wedding, Broadway dreams, why she STILL has to advocate for herself, juggling motherhood, wife and career and why something always suffers, whether they’re prepping to have another kid, Kiyan’s best celeb kid friends, what makes her pop off on her son, is her ass real, the plastic surgery she DOES want, sexing fine ass Sinqua Walls on camera, Power, New Edition, what date night with hubby Carmelo is like, how she knows when Melo wants her to get her ass to his games, how she knew Carmelo was the one, and why she refuses to choose between Remy & Nicki Minaj even though she’s a hard core hip hop head.

Hot topics are more fun when Natasha has the homies on! Her friend/former EBONY magazine Editor In Chief/Rainforest Entertainment's Head of Development/Co-Exec. Producer on "The Quad/all-around boss chick Mitzi Miller stops by to chop it up about EVERYTHING. The ladies dish on inside-industry tea about how tv shows actually get on the air, how the industry works, what to expect this season on The Quad, dealing with sexism and “outsider-ism” as a bad ass black woman, PWI’s vs. HBCU’s, Mitzi makes the best case we’ve ever heard for HBCU’s, and, of course, tons of FAMU love. Natasha and Mitzi go IN about Trump’s first two weeks of foolywangery and why her immigrant parents’ world has been turned upside down. Natasha explains why pregnant-with-twins Beyoncé gives 30-something super ambitious women hope in “having it all”, WHY DOES EVERYONE still have an issue with Ciara moving on from a f**kboi?, why men stay mad, what it takes to have a successful equally yolked relationship, black love, Lauryn Hill, why Natasha & Mitzi are over Steve Harvey, and the real reason white women voted for Trump. Mitzi drops inspirational gems about advocating for yourself to reach your dreams. Mitzi reveals how she went from being unemployed for 6 years, making only $13K in one year to Editor in Chief at Ebony and an Executive, Advice on how to win when people don’t appreciate your OBVIOUS talent, pushing your boundaries, life balance, pivoting in your life, and why people who live in fear don’t like people who are fearless. Mitzi also spilled some GREAT dating advice!

Y'all! Natasha FINALLY chopped it up with one of her rap idols. You may be shocked, but it is what it is. The Baddest B*tch is STILL a baddie, but she'd much rather be called TRINA these days. Natasha and the queen of the 305 sip Hennessy (shout out to our fabulous podcast sponsor!) and some bubbly and have some REAL talk about growth, these MEN, and womanhood. Trina dishes on why she never got her boobs done and Natasha & Trina fan out over their mutual love for Cardi B. Trina tells all about who she wants to do a female rap collabo (and a male collabo) with next, getting into the acting world, wanting to play Beyonce in a biopic, sex fantasies, the insane features on her new upcoming album, men being attracted to the baddest b*tch but can’t handle domestic Trina, her worst job ever before making it, her feelings on being 38 without husband/kids, why she doesn’t acknowledge Khloe Kardashian, Twitter negativity — but she sometimes GOT TIME to clap back, and of course, cheating exes! Oh yeah, and which track she would perform for Trump for a huge check. We also play smash marry kill w/ Iggy Azalea, Lil Wayne & French Montana. And she gives us her Fast Fab 5! Trina's newest single "Damn" ft. Torey Lanez is available now on iTunes!

CGU! Curvy Girls United, it's time to talk about some ish. Natasha invites her neighbor/longtime YBF fan/BET's "F'in Fabulous" star/former Miss Teen USA Kamie Crawford over for tea. And by tea, we mean tequila. The ladies are going IN about everything about sex with curves, bedroom confidence tips, relationships, men, internet dating, zodiac signs that suck the most, and of course, hot topics! The ladies talk about men's best and worst zodiac signs (Cancers are gonna want to listen to this), relationship issues, sex for curvy girls, how to get confidence, why "Being Mary Jane" is COMPLETELY unrealistic this season, getting turned off from the idea of marriage and all the pressures, does Kamie really have a sugar daddy, why she’d never date an athlete, Natasha says men and women can’t just be friends as adults, why Natasha is terrified to date again, how do you leave an unproductive relationship when you’re scared you’ll never find love again, why certain women only get hit on by married or taken men, why men cheat, are we still in the year of the ho?, and how overly sexed up instagram models have ruined everything. The ladies have a MUCH NEEDED talk about curvy girl issues: Kamie spills tea about the plus sized modeling industry, gives must-hear dating and sex confidence tips for when you don't feel you look A1, Why some men hate bonnet sex and others don’t, the disgusting (but kinda sweet) lengths Kamie's man went through to prove his love, body image issues in bed. Also, Kamie drops tea about being in a wedding with The Weekend last summer, knowing Alexis personally (the chick Fetty Wap is in a sex tape with), why NY are horrible for dating, men that ghost you, is it ok to talk to a man ONLY thru DM and he never gives you his number?, why there needs to be an app to tell us a man’s penis size before we entertain him, and Kamie drops knowledge about the we vibe tango sex toy. Whew! Don't forget to share to enter to win a LaLa Land prize pack! @ us on IG/Twitter/FB.

Natasha's back with the first podcast of the new year. Just when we thought folks would get some sense in 2017, not so much. Host Natasha is going in about "the church" & Kim Burrell vs. Everybody, Chris Brown & Soulja Boy, Mariah Carey is turning out to be the tragedy we thought she would be due to this reality show, why Natasha is still anti-death penalty...even if Dylann Roof deserves it, and so much more. Catch up! LA & NY! Share this podcast & tag us @theybf_daily on IG and @theybf on Twitter for chance to win tix to see the record-breaking award nominated movie La La Land.

The Holidays bring out the best (and worst) ish. So y'all know Natasha has a lot of ish to talk about what you MUST see on tv and at the movies this winter, and what you need to skip over with the quickness. She brought entertainment journalist Karu F. Daniels on to ki-ki and cut up. He’s been in this business for the better part of 20 years, so he’s seen it ALL. But he’s all the way confused by and NOT here for the Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian drama. Natasha is pissed BlacRob are doing THE MOST as a unit on weekends, Karu yelled at Mariah to get her legendary grown ass off the floor and off reality tv and he goes on record to tell the world he DOES NOT f*** with Taylor Swift. Both Karu and Natasha explain why "Mariah’s World" wore them out and they just can’t, why Leah Remini’s tea spilling in her new Scientology documentary is everything, they argue over what makes a girl “loose” — like the chicks on “Star” —, that cray "Empire" finale, why Hidden Figures is EPIC, why Xzibit reminds Natasha of one of her exes, Taye Diggs’ "Empire" character being totally smashable, why Karu wanted to slit his wrist while watching Jackie, why Taraji P. Henson’s about to get snubbed all awards season, Oscar predictions and more. NEW YORK & LA AREA LISTENERS!!!! SHARE THIS PODCAST & tag us on Twitter (@theybf) and Instagram (@theybf_daily) to ENTER TO WIN a "LaLa Land" movie prize pack! You'll get 2 tix to ANY showing of LaLa Land at any Regal Cinema in your area, poster signed by John Legend, and more!

KeKe Palmer has been everybody's little sister-in-their-heads for like, ever. Now, the 23-year-old is on her grown woman ish. She sits down with Natasha on the newest episode of The YBF Podcast, hosted and recorded at Samsung 837, the flagship experience and cultural hub in NYC. KeKe, excuse us, Lauren Palmer, is stirring up all the internets these days. So we HAD to catch up with the "Scream Queens" star about her tons of projects, her sexy & fun 90's inspired image, her new crush, why she used Kylie Jenner to talk about beauty standards and not a black woman, the tea on the movie industry and everything in between. While chatting about her new EP Lauren, she exclusively revealed to us what she's working on with Chris Brown. (Listen above!) KeKe dishes on her image & musical inspirations, why she doesn't care if people don't love how she dresses, the MAJOR divas she wants to play in a biopic, that tragic Aaliyah biopic, why her mother only allowed her to choose certain movie roles, "fake happy" people on social media, playing in a new lesbian love story movie called "Pimp", the craziest celeb contacts in her phone, and who she would smash-marry-kill (both men AND women). P.S.: She doesn't give a $*#@ if you have a problem with any of it. KeKe's new book "I Don't Belong To You" is out January 31st and available now for pre-order, her EP "Lauren" is available on all platforms, and she's currently starring in season 2 of "Scream Queens."

Natasha had the brown crack that is coffee right before this podcast after being off that for MONTHS. So that means she's on one! From The Kardashians TRYING IT with Blac Chyna (again) before they claimed "it wasn't them," to Charlamagne Tha God & Trevor Noah caping for Bigot Barbie Tomi Lahren after she caught the L she deserved to why there may be no hope for a normal life for Joseline & Stevie J's baby Bonnie Bell. (This name....) Natasha also spills some tea about the upcoming shows "The Quad" on BET & Fox's "Star."

Charlamagne Tha God tweeted that "It would be dope if a "woke" black or hispanic woman would create a platform like Bigot Barbie aka Tomi Lahren, and then all hell broke loose. Rightfully so. Despite trying to explain his comments away, folks are still pissed. Again, rightfully so. Did Charlamagne flat out ignore the PLETHORA of woke black women who HAVE created platforms? Did he mean those platforms weren't good enough? Did he mean those social media stars and journalists and opinion havers (you know, like Tomi Lahren herself), weren't technically using "platforms?" He claims he didn't mean black women should DO exactly what Tomi does. He stated that what he meant was that black women's voices aren't amplified enough. So, he asked how he could help. Well, Natasha, TheYBF.com's founder, has provided 3 ways he should consider in order to help. Since TheYBF.com has been one of the most credible and most well known independent black-woman owned digital entertainment platform, and has been successful for 11 years, Natasha may have a little insight....

We took a break last week for the Thanksgiving Holiday, but we're back just in time to recap all the foolishness that went down since then. There's more ish to talk about the biggest stories of the week: Kanye's nervous breakdown, Natasha's aviation "expert" guest James giving his take on the crazy racist Trump supporter flying Delta airlines and why he should have been DRAGGED -- not just removed -- off that flight, RGIII and his extra petty ex-wife who we're here for, why we don't believe RGIII when he says it was a fake story, Mariah doing the ABSOLUTE MOST with a brand new boy toy she's parading in front these cameras, why the crew is PISSED at Mariah's swimsuit, Natasha and co. go IN about that Insecure finale and whether or not black women take the MOST issue with black men dabbling in sex with other men.