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Just like that..... we're back!!! Join the 4TR family as we come back from a lil hiatus...…. We jump back in like we never left picking up on some of the latest and greatest. D fills us in on Black Excellence and spotlights Common in out Black is LIT segment. DJ Highstar goes through possible songs of the summer, make sure you listen in to find out how you can participate! This week the cast talks Graduation.... School..... all of the above. We stroll down memory lane and recall several anecdotes to paint a picture of our school daze and celebrate the graduation season! BROKEN RECORDS: @highstarbars: Koffee "Toast" @keithledger_ : ilovemakonnen ft. DRAKE "Tuesday" @orig_production: Meek Mill ft. DRAKE "Going Bad" WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY MUSIC *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS*

NEW ART TO DIGEST. This week on 4TR, we celebrate friends, friendship, and everything friendly! No but really we explore the different layers and complexions of what it means to be a friend. DJ Highstar attempts a rapid fire Q&A with the cast about friendship tune in to see how that goes.... BROKEN RECORDS: @orig_production: 6LACK "Cutting Ties" @highstarbars: YBN Cordae "Have Mercy" @keithledger_ : Gnarls Barkley "Neighbors" WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY MUSIC *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS*

This week the 4TR family starts with paying respect to the life of community leader, musician, and philanthropist Nipsey Hu$$le, whose life was taken from us by senseless gun violence. For black excellence, D shares the spotlight with the CEO of the Dallas Mavericks. DJ Highstar does again another "tweet-a-lee" segment and digs up some old tweets for the cast to answer for. This week the cast answers random questions and the madness ensues. Enjoy! Broken Records @highstarbars : "Blue Laces 2" by Nipsey Hu$$le @_keithledger : "In The Air of the Night" by Phil Collins @orig_production : "Karma" by Lucky Daye WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY MUSIC *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS*

Single. Like a Pringle. Tryn mingle? BROKEN RECORDS: @orig_production : "Honesty" by Pink Sweat$ @_keithledger : "FREE" by Amir Obe @highstarbars : "Money In The Way" by 2Chainz WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY MUSIC *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS*

Happy Black History from the 4TR Podcast team!!! I left out "Month" on purpose. Besides DJ Highstar coining February 2019 a month to forget, we celebrate US everyday in everyway. So this episode we talk about Black Pride and the Being Black Experience. D shares with us FUBU's diplomatic stance on their target demographic, and we talk other things, such as Jussie, Pres. Trump, mugshots, and more in the for the culture segment. Stay tuned and enjoy the blackitty black black blackness of the show!!!!! BROKEN RECORDS: @orig_production : "Challenge" by Lolo Zouai @highstarbars : "I'm Not Crazy, Life Is" by 2 Chainz ft. Chance the Rapper and Kodak Black @_keithledger : "Wild Wild West" by Offset ft. Gunna WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY MUSIC *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS*

BROKEN RECORDS: @_keithledger : "Drop Some New S**t" by The-Dream @highstarbars : "No Clout Chasing" by Wiz Khalifa & Curren$y @orig_production : "imagination" by Eric Bellinger WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY MUSIC *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS*

HAPPY NEW YEAR from the 4TR crew! We hope to get your 2019 kicked off with a bang! First episode of the year and we pick up right where we left off from '18. This week, we pay homage, to that inner nerd that resides in all of us. ENJOY!!!!!!! BROKEN RECORDS: @orig_production : "Dollar Bill" by Avery Wilson @highstarbars : "a lot" by 21 Savage ft. J. Cole @_keithledger : "Bloodshot" by Amir Obe WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY MUSIC *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS*

HAPPY HOLIDAYS This week's topics include: Cardi B & Offset, Jacquees vs. The R&B World, Drake vs. Kanye, and much more. We have arrived at the holiday season and the crew discusses and reminisces on seasons past. Enjoy the episode and Happy Holidays! Broken Records: @orig_production: "I Love The Lord" by Whitney Houston @_keithledger: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Nat King Cole @highstarbars: "Ball Drop" by Fabolous ft. French Montana WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY MUSIC *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS*

This week we on For the Record, we start off by recapping DJ Highstar's recent voyage to Astroworld. This week in LITuation, we highlight the book, "Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires" by Shomari Wills (Ebony True Read Pick 2018) In Black Excellence we highlight Missy Elliott's latest nomination in the songwriter's hall of fame. For The Culture: We contemplate is spraying yourself to seem "ethnic" for modeling and financial gain the new blackface? We discuss rapper Da Baby latest chaos that he has found himself in and detail a little bit of the Charlotte violence scene. DJ Highstar brings the crew to his corner to play a game called "REGRETta Stone" where the team discusses different scenarios and what they would regret more. This is the number one rule for your set, in order to survive gotta learn to live with regrets, on the climb to the top many try don't forget in order to survive gotta learn to live with regrets. This week we explore the world of regrets. Discussing hypothetical situations and real world situations where we recount regrets of our past. Enjoy the episode! Broken Records: @orig_production: "Fairy Tales" by Inayah Lamis @_keithledger: "Superior Emotion" by AlunaGeorge, Cautious Clay @highstarbars: "FYT" by Ty Dolla Sign, Jeremih, ft. French Montana WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY MUSIC *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS*

This week we celebrate the birthday of the legend, Keith Ledger. Our episode celebrates some of the best things we've ever had/done. Enjoy! WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY MUSIC *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS*

This week we visit the Case of the Ex..... Its really time to reopen some old wounds and discuss ex education. So let's talk about Ex baby! (See what I did there?) This week in LITuation, we highlight the book, "What We Lose" by Zinzi Clemmons and "The Patternist Series" by Octavia Butler. Black Excellence celebrates The Harvard Council Diversity Project and the Atlanta high school students that were admitted into the program. Also we put the spotlight on the organization, "Girls Coding", and the Nigerian students that have been developing apps in Lagos. For The Culture: We review the Conor vs Khabib melee, the #Jacqees vs #EllaMai saga (is JaTeef the Tinashe69 of R&B?)and discuss some new music that we've been listening to. DJ Highstar brings back Name that Record and puts a sampled twist on it this week. Play along and see if you can catch the sampled references. Oh no, that my ex calling, This week comes included with the safe-words, name drops, heartbreak stories, and glory stories of glowed up triumph! Enjoy the episode! Video Credits: @dopedigitalz Broken Records: @highstarbars: "How's It Going Down" by DMX @orig_production: "Forever" by Ar'mon & Trey @_keithledger: "I'm Good" by Amir Obe ft. PARTYNEXTDOOR WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY MUSIC *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS*

Another week for the art! This week we dove deep in the DMs, discussing digital dating. This week we introduce the new LITuation segment, discussing and spotlighting great black literature. This week we discuss Michelle Obama's book, "Becoming" that is available of November 13th. Black Excellence this week celebrates young queen, Sole West and Maurice A. Stinnett VP of Diversity Inclusion for the Brooklyn Nets In this week's For The Culture segment: We pay respect to the life of Mac Miller. We also touch on MGK's Breakfast Club interview and attempted intervention. Discuss what we can about the Eminem vs MGK battle. We talk about the recent Katt Williams-Kevin Hart drama and the infamous ATL Radio Show roast session that ensued. DJ Highstar takes time this week to do a summer recap on the songs of the summer and the camps that ran the summer. We discuss the nano-nuances and tech taboos about digital dating. Pet peeves to guilty pleasures are all discussed this week. Meme of the week: Rolf from ed, Edd, and Eddy Broken Records: @orig_production: "Throw A Fit" by Tinashe @highstarbars: "Ocean" by TK Kravitz ft. Jacquees @_keithledger: "Feels Like Summer" by Childish Gambino WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY MUSIC *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS*

We show reverence to the woman this week. Joined by our special guest this week, @curlymadame. The crew dives into the Nicki vs. Travis Scott saga along with all the latest pop culture news. DJ Highstars brings back another round of Who's That Lady. This week we explore and unveil some of the complexities and questions that we've always had for woman. Broken Records: @orig_production: Summer Walker "Session 32" @curlymadame: Evelyn Champagne "Love Come Down" @_keithledger: Drake "Teenage Fever" @highstarbars: Westside Gunn ft. Anderson .Paak "WrestleMania 20" WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY MUSIC *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS*

This week's episode is brought to you by gas station wine and the champagne of beer. Things get started with our For the Culture segment, where we discuss Nicki Minaj antics of the last week, Keith introduces us to a new artist, and much more. During DJ Highstar's segment this week, the crew plays a new game, "Who's That Lady?". The show this week celebrates the HBO show, #Insecure. The crew starts where the show picks up with their 1st episode of the new season. We talk about different concepts and questions that come up with the different scenarios of the award winning TV series. Broken Records: Keith Ledger: Jack Harlow "Sylvia" D'netria: Travis Scott ft. Drake, Swae Lee, "Sicko Mode" DJ Highstars: Lil Baby ft. Starlito, "Exotic" WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY MUSIC *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS*

Men, have you ever felt misunderstood? that you're not being heard? This week is for you brother. Ladies, do you ever feel like you just cannot understand what he is even talking about sometime? LOL nah but we have a full show in store for you. Just for the culture, we analyze R. Kelly's mental state after he admits..... we show reverence to some queens doing their thing in the South Fulton County Justice system and LeBron James legacy building efforts and philanthropy for Black Excellence. DJ Highstar gives a performance of his piece titled, Black Love: The Spirit of Radio Raheem to give a little twist to Highstar Lounge. FELLAS get the spotlight this week while Keith Ledger and DJ Highstar answer questions dispelling some of the biggest stereotypes for all the MEN out there. Broken Records: D'netria: Eric Bellinger "Role Play" Keith Ledger: 88rising "Head in the Clouds" DJ Highstar: Jay Rock "WIN" *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS*