A woman on TikTok says a man who won't pay $300 for dinner should move aside — another man will. King B. takes on the modern dating marketplace, where love has a cover charge and almost nobody admits out loud that it's transactional. Unfiltered relationship talk on dating, money, and the honesty both sides are avoiding.

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Career checked, money checked, independence checked — and still single. King B. breaks down the “success paradox” and goes after the viral dating advice he says coaches women into solitude while calling it empowerment. For anyone tired of the same talking points and ready for the uncomfortable version.

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Two famous men, two headline scandals, two careers suddenly on ice. King B. digs into the legal drama and relationship wreckage around Marcellus Wiley and Big Tigger — messy divorces, custody fights, and the facades people wear. Not gossip: a hard look at accountability, red flags, and what fame plus a toxic partner really costs.

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King B. TV joins the Tonic TV Network on Roku, timed with the premiere of King B.'s ROOST: The Sequel. Tonic TV CEO A'aisha Fowler joins King B. to announce the partnership and trade war stories from the independent film trenches. A backstage pass for indie filmmakers and cord-cutters watching streaming get built from the ground up.

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Months after giving birth, she hit #1 in America. Billboard-charting singer-songwriter Sophia May joins from England to talk songwriting for legends, Chicago's house music scene, and Mendable — the mental health community and app she helped build. For fans of house music and honest mental-health talk, with a Listening Party of her tracks.

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Recording artist Pap-Star pulls up from Mobile, Alabama for The Listening Party and two world-premiere unreleased songs. Then author Kimberly Nelson-Zeigler opens up about “Figure 8,” her autobiography of tragedy to triumph — caregiving as a child, surviving abuse, and faith that kept her moving. Southern hip-hop heat and a survivor's testimony in one episode.

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Women who relaxed their hair for years are now fighting cancer — and suing the companies that sold the chemicals. Attorney April Preyar, Dr. Goldie, and hairstylist Tanya of Luxe Lab Pigmentation explain the national lawsuit linking chemical straighteners to endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, and fibroids. Who qualifies, how the cases work, and the safer alternatives — essential listening if you or someone you love used relaxers for five years or more.

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Nine hundred music videos, two feature films on Tubi, one family-run production company out of Wichita, Kansas. Filmmaker Devon Bray talks PPP Loan Gone and Joint Custody, building the business with his wife, father, and mother, and the 200,000-member community he runs to help other indie filmmakers get seen. Pure fuel for independent filmmakers working out the real business of streaming.

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Child actor on Chicago stages, Columbia College film sets, then a series on WeTV and All Black. Filmmaker Kenny Young traces the whole journey — the early-'90s Chicago indie scene, his creative partnership with Carl Seaton, and Cold and Windy, his raw series about a female rap duo in Chicago's drill scene. A masterclass for aspiring filmmakers, told without the Hollywood filter.

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Radio personality That Girl Olivia talks her rise on Chicago radio, the magazine she rebranded, and money tips her listeners swear by. Then cannabis entrepreneur April Flowers breaks down the infused-brunch business and the grow-house tour, seed to sale. Chicago radio, the cannabis business, and King B. on the health battle that paused his filmmaking — it's The Bizness.

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Comedian Brian “Da Wildcat” Smith — star of King B.'s Hate…Love, streaming free on Tubi — joins King B. for a conversation eight years in the making: the name change, the Chicago comedy grind, and the Judge Mathis moment that started it all. Then model-turned-actress J. Marie talks her leap from the runway into film and TV. Behind-the-scenes stories from a Tubi hit.

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King B. called Vulture City the Chicago version of Belly — and he doesn't throw comparisons like that around. Star and director Marcus Carothers gets brutally honest about shooting his own features, losing collaborators too soon, and the respect the game demands. For anyone grinding in independent film or dreaming of a first feature.

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Nobody told him what to say — King B. made sure of that. Jason Schultz of the Nut Gallery Podcast gives an honest, no-setup review of ROOST, the indie gangster film streaming free on Tubi, then the two open the books on what one-man filmmaking really costs. Includes the wild origin story: a five-minute contest short that fans demanded become a feature.

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A flashback taste of the season finale: Pearl “Cookie” Reid and Ron Cooper — stars of “Dede and Odell: Senior Moments” — crack up with King B. over a fish dinner and a combined four films together. Unscripted chemistry from years of working together. Hear the full finale at #525, “Cookie and Coop Senior Moments.”

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They shot at him. They burned his house down. He told the truth anyway. In this flashback, Professor Griff of Public Enemy recounts the year the pressure came — and why he refused to stay quiet about mental illness and the music industry's open secrets. The full conversation, including Nick Cannon and DL Hughley, is at #524.

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A legend looked him in the eye and told him his music wasn't real R&B. In this flashback, singer-songwriter Ben One — signed to Frank Thomas's Un-D-Nyable Entertainment with his brothers in Strong — relives that night and the industry trials he smiles through. The full episode, with three new songs in The Listening Party, is at #523.

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Five kids. One shot of Jameson. Zero apologies. This flashback delivers comedian Tiny Thickemz's signature punchline in miniature — the bit that leaves the room howling. The full episode turns up the heat on sex, stand-up, and owning her sexiness as the whole act, at #522. Not safe for work.

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Forty-two years old with the skin of a teenager — the secret is in the butter. This flashback is a glowing taste of Cre'Aye Williams on love, relationships, and the Love Butters behind that radiant skin. The full conversation — bad boys, boundaries, and all — is at #521.

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The hood was never broken — it was designed. In this flashback, mental health professional and author Dr. Obari Cartman rejects the “wild kids” narrative: people need healing, not cages. A taste of the full conversation on mental health, our boys, and the documentary Mental, at #519.

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