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Let’s Get to the BOTTOM of Cardi B’s Woman of the Year Award

December 27, 2020 by Javis Ogden Leave a Comment

Photo: Xavier Collin, Image Press Agency, Splash News

Don’t get mad at Cardi B for becoming Billboard’s 2020 Woman of the Year. Instead, take issue with the people because it is the people who glorify the behavior and make her so influential.

Cardi B was bestowed Billboard’s 2020 Woman of the Year honor, and people had issues with it. While questions over the validity of the appointment are fine, if you have a problem with Cardi B winning this award, then you probably have a problem with a deeper issue in our culture. Let’s talk about that deeper issue.

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Filed Under: Society Tagged With: Art, authenticity, BET, Billboard, Cardi B, Culture, dance, Goals, Hip-Hop, hiphop culture, hiphop music, honesty, Instagram, MTV, Music, podcast, pop culture, popular, role model, Social Media, society, twerk, VH1, wap, youtube

Nick Cannon and Why Cancel Culture Has to Go

July 24, 2020 by Javis Ogden Leave a Comment

Photo: Bryan Bedder, Getty Images for MTV

Why can’t we be mindful of one’s body of work and use mistakes as a teachable moment, rather than resorting to ‘Cancel Culture’?

We discuss the fallout from Nick Cannon’s antisemitic remarks during his podcast and his subsequent firing by CBS/Viacom. We also get into the value of teachable moments, why “cancel culture” is a problem that needs to go away, and why we should be reasonable enough to consider a person’s body of work before becoming cyber bullies who want to cancel someone who has done positive things throughout their career.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Art, Black Lives Matter, cancel, cancel culture, canceled, cbs, creativity, Culture, education, forgiveness, Growth, hard work, leadership, Logic, MTV, Nick Cannon, ownership, philanthropic, philanthropy, reasonable, Social Media, society, support, twitter, Understanding, viacom, wildnout, work ethic

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