CAR TEST: RICH THE KID

The Queens born/Atlanta transplant Rich The Kid rides thru the Los Angeles streets sharing his The World Is Yours album. Of course, the Rich Forever CEO chose his Bentley to check out his Beverly Center billboard.

The Queens born/Atlanta transplant Rich The Kid rides thru the Los Angeles streets sharing his The World Is Yours album. Of course, the Rich Forever CEO chose his Bentley to check out his Beverly Center billboard.

BedStuy BK rapper Cortez Bodega joins the Verified Podcast w/ JopauL to discuss his journey, struggles, accolades and achievements in his emerging career. One of the innovators & pioneers of the battle rap culture, Cortez has earned his spot at the top list of elite rappers who compete in the battle rap circuit. Cortez presents his new album resolutions and what it took to get to this point. He is definitely a force to be reckoned with & continues to pursue his career which we will def be hearing a lot about in the upcoming months.

In a special edition of I Am Athlete, We are celebrating Black History Month with our I Am Black Series, highlighting the everyday success of black men and women. In this episode, the guys sit down with former NFL All Pro Adewale Ogunleye who transitioned from football into becoming UBS’s Head of Global Sports and Entertainment, the #1 Wealth Management Entity in the world.
Brandon, Fred and Channing come ready to take notes and ask questions about mistakes they have made and finding a different way to look at finances and long term investments. Wale said during his playing days, he realized that the failure of financial advisors to speak athletes’ language was leaving many athletes and young people vulnerable to bad advice. After his playing days were finished, he invested in a future to help athletes and entertainers find a better way.
Wale tells Brandon and Fred that, “Money in families show flow from the top down, but when athletes make it, the problem is, it goes from them upward, which is where things get out of sorts,” while Channing agrees it starts with how people are raised and the communities they are from.
In celebration of other black Chefs and entrepreneurs, Chef Nancie invites Shawn Williams, the owner of strictly wings and Magic Soul Food, who shares his story on how he started from the ground up spurring his love for cooking into owning 13 different restaurants. Shawn is very candid about his mission to prove people wrong when so many doubted that he wouldn’t be able to succeed.

The Los Angeles Lakers’ seven-game win streak was snapped last night in Denver. But a scary moment came late in the first half when Anthony Davis aggravated an Achilles injury and did not return. The initial diagnosis was a right Achilles strain, but the team says he’ll get an M-R-I this morning. AD sounded optimistic after the game, but added, ‘I don’t want to mess around with this type of injury.’ Hear what Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe have to say about AD’s injury.