Russ Parr Morning Show
https://youtu.be/topLqbmk4Uc Wendy Williams said that “being rich” didn’t protect her, NeNe Leakes or Marlo Hampton from the experience of “shopping while Black.” Williams explained that they were followed around by security on a recent shopping trip in New York City. She said that it’s true that no matter how well you do for yourself you’re […]
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Chris Paul’s CP Family Foundation is dedicated to leveling the playing for students of color in the sports and entertainment industries. In a just-announced partnership, Paul, Live Nation Urban and the foundation will begin a summer internship program at North Carolina A&T’s College of Business and Economics (COBE) tied to a business […]
A 29-year-old New Orleans man has reportedly been arrested in the non-fatal shooting of his 1-year-old step-grandson, according to Nola.com. Damien Randolph, 29, was arrested on Feb. 28 for illegal possession of a firearm by a felon, domestic abuse battery, aggravated assault with a firearm and aggravated battery, according to Orleans Parish Jail records. He […]
https://youtu.be/lqwVX13BNyk If you’ve heard anything about Russ you know that he’s a big supporter of Gay rights. He recently got into a heated discussion with someone because he said that Mayor Pete didn’t get the Black vote because he is a gay man, and there is a lot of homophobia in the Black community. Then […]
https://youtu.be/L8YzN3Q0P0I Following reports that Flavor Flav was kicked out of the group Public Enemy he decided to get some things off of his chest. Flav responded on Twitter on Monday, addressing band leader Chuck D directly: “You wanna destroy something we’ve built over 35 years OVER POLITICS?,” he wrote. “I’m very disappointed in you and your […]
A former Temple University football player was shot and killed early Monday morning in North Philadelphia. ABC 6 reports that 25-year-old Zaire Williams was shot in the head just after 4 a.m. on the 1800 block of W. Montgomery Avenue, just blocks from Temple University’s main campus. Williams was reportedly taken by car to Temple University […]
https://youtu.be/duw4QVz0BZM Public Enemy broke up with Flavor Flav after a Bernie Sanders rally in L.A. Public Enemy performed at the event without Flav and Flav said that he doesn’t have any hard feelings toward the group. Chuck D over the weekend wrote on Twitter that his dispute with Flavor Flav stretched deep into the past […]
https://youtu.be/NtSWVYvoRmM The Coronavirus is no joke. Russ is super annoyed by the amount of people he sees walking around coughing and sneezing in their hands. As a grown adult you should know to sneeze in your elbow! And on top of people’s fears and lack of hygiene, he can’t stand the way the Trump administration […]
Louise “Mother” Hunter, founder of Love and Charity Homeless Shelter and Mission in Racine, Wisconsin; and mother of 21 children and dozens of grand and great-grandchildren, died Saturday at the age of 85. Hunter, who migrated to Racine from Mississippi, opened the Louise Hunter Love and Charity Club in the 1970s. She continued to operate […]
https://youtu.be/k9sW16aCwGM February is national heart health month, and heart disease is an issue in the Black community. Russ talks to Senior Policy Adviser for Nursing Practice and Work Environment with the American Nurses Association (ANA), Kendra McMillan, who is also a Registered Nurse with a master’s degree in Public Health, about this topic. McMillan says […]