Necessary Blackness Podcast

Necessary Blackness Podcast


Latest Episodes

Necessary Blackness Podcast Ep. 54 – Community Building & Boycotting Starbucks
April 23, 2018

In this episode of Necessary Blackness Podcast we talk with community activist Kalonji Changa to discuss the community building and the recent fiasco with Starbucks and whether boycotting is the only alternative.

Necessary Blackness Ep: 53 Candice D. McKinley Talks Upcoming Race For School Board
April 04, 2018

  On this episode of Necessary Blackness Podcast we are talking with Civil Litigation and Personal Injury Lawyer Candice D. Mckinley and her race for the Dekalb School Board # 2. We talk about facilitating the growth of our children’s mind and how it m...

Necessary Blackness Ep: 52 – Killer Mike Says The NRA Misused His Interview
March 28, 2018

  In this episode of Necessary Blackness Podcast, we discuss hip-hop’s iconic rapper Roxanne Shante’s new movie documenting her career, life struggle and how she overcame adversity. We also look into the case of NFL player Michael Bennett’s indictment ...

Necessary Blackness Ep. 51 – Black Voice In Black News
March 21, 2018

In this episode of Necessary Blackness Podcast, we offer valuable insight on everything from race relationship, pop culture to politics, and issues that matter to Black people. This episode is hosted by Rahiem Shabazz and the special guest is Shannon Y...

Necessary Blackness Podcast Ep: 50 – Land or Death
March 14, 2018

  In this episode of Necessary Blackness Podcast, we talk about White South Africans relinquishing the land to its rightful owners without any compensation and why an important move such as this signifies the dawn of a new day in terms of freedom for B...

Necessary Blackness Ep. 49 – Monetizing Gentrification w/ TJ Loftin
February 07, 2018

In this episode of Necessary Blackness Podcast host Rahiem Shabazz interviews Thomas “TJ” Loftin (Wealth Coach and Speaker) during his stop in Atlanta for the “Monetizing Gentrification” tour.  TJ discusses creative financing and interest-based negotia...

Necessary Blackness Ep. 48 Marcus Garvey vs A. Philip Randolph
February 05, 2018

  In this episode of Necessary Blackness Podcast, we celebrate the work and legacy of Marcus Garvey. We explore the longstanding disagreement in ideologies of Marcus Garvey the Pan-Afrikanist vs A. Phillip Randolph the Socialist. W. E. B. Du Bois,

Necessary Blackness Ep: 47 King Was AmeriKKKa’s Nightmare
January 17, 2018

In this episode of Necessary Blackness Podcast, Rahiem Shabazz analyzes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s life and how mainstream media tries to change the narrative of his message. The message of MLK is being changed to revise his history for the state sanc...

Necessary Blackness Ep: 46 Racism In Advertisement, Oprah’s Golden Globe Award Speech & The Controversy Surrounding R&B Singer Ginuwine
January 10, 2018

​ In this episode of Necessary Blackness Podcast, Rahiem Shabazz discusses “Racism In Advertisement” and how this is not a new phenomenon and how it existed for many years. The problem with Oprah’s speech at the Golden Globe Awards,

Necessary Blackness Ep. 45: Black Society (Facebook Live Discussion) w/ Prof. Ed Garnes
January 07, 2018

Necessary Blackness Podcast returns with the first broadcast for 2018. Rahiem Shabazz is joined by Professor Ed Garnes (Elementary Genocide 1-3) for a Facebook Live discussion where they talked about everything from Black Society to what its like for a...