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Episode 109 | "PROTESTING WORKS!"

True North Views Podcast
True North Views Podcast
Episode • Jun 8, 2020 • 1h 49m

• PRE POTPOURRI. How do we feel this week compared to last (7:55)? Covid-19’s impact on Black People (10:58). Our respective job companies’ response to Black Lives Matter (13:39). Confusion amongst the most recent protests in Toronto (19:16). Update on the George Floyd case (25:49). Minneapolis police update (30:05). Should the police be defunded (31:01)?

• MUSIC POTPOURRI. Tory Lanez’s tweets leads to a general conversation on looking towards celebrities to speak out (38:55). Virgil Abloh’s $50 donation (42:25). Drake & Weeknd make sizable donations (45:13). We speak on ‘Blackout Tuesday’ and ‘The Show Must Be Paused’ (46:44). Freddie Gibbs vs LL Cool J (54:05). Trina makes some regrettable comments (56:11). Jay Z buys newspaper ad space to remember George Floyd (1:00:17). Kanye West puts his money where his mouth is (1:01:31). We got Shoutouts; Gunna for going #1, Stream To Donate by BLM, K-Pop, and Republic Records for removing the word ‘urban’ from their vocabulary (1:03:19). New Music Report (1:09:57): Run The Jewels (1:10:08), Flatbush Zombies (1:17:25), Lil Wayne (1:19:09) and more. Finally we ask, What’s In Your Rotation (1:22:04)?

• POST POTPOURRI. J.R. Smith, R.I.P. Chantel Moore, Wendy’s, Mitch Gaynes (Those People Podcast), Rogers Centre, John Boyega, Keke Palmer, LeBron James, Jumanji, Washington D.C., Roger Goddell, Drew Brees, Jordan Brand, Nike, NBA (1:30:01). And a VERY SPECIAL shoutout to Chika Oriuwa (1:43:58).

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