Pop Rocket Ep. 199 Hip Hop, Pop, and Mental Health w/ Clarkisha Kent

Published: Nov. 10, 2018, 1:15 a.m.

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Kanye West\\u2019s\\xa0rambling, pro-Trump speech on SNL\\xa0late September may have surprised casual observers, but by that point, his fans had heard both his outrageous statements and his frank talk about mental health for months. Charlagmane tha God lamented his canceled TimesTalk with Kanye on Instagram as a missed opportunity, writing, "Normalizing being mentally healthy is a conversation that I really wanted to have with Kanye because he\'s been so vocal about his own mental health struggles. Unfortunately, I think to have that conversation with him right now would not be productive and a total distraction from the point of the convo which is to eradicate the stigma of mental health especially in the black community."

Well, we\\u2019re going to have that conversation today and we\'re joined by\\xa0Clarkisha Kent, film and pop culture critic- known to some as a "professional hater." The panelists discuss rapper Mac Miller\'s death, Chris Brown\'s history of domestic violence, and Jay-Z\'s openness about lacking the necessary emotional tools for marriage, among other things.

To be clear, we are not medical professionals.

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Margaret is all about\\xa0Lucy McBath. Lucy is the newly elected Representative of Georgia\'s 6th Congressional district. She is a national spokeswoman for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, which she joined after her son, Jordan Davis, was shot and killed in what is believed to be a hate crime.

Karen is all about\\xa0Sharice Davids. She\'s one of the two Native American women elected to Congress in the midterm election and represents Kansas\'s 3rd district.

Clarkisha is all about the\\xa0Twitter beef between herself and other black critics and Rebel Wilson\\xa0over Rebel\'s claim that she is the first plus-sized woman to lead a romantic comedy.

Wynter is all about Season 4:\\xa0The Dream Door\\xa0of the Syfy channel\'s horror anthology TV show "Channel Zero."

That\'s My Jam

Margaret -\\xa0Jamie Isaac - Doing Better

Karen -\\xa0Ariana Grande - thank u, next

Clarkisha -\\xa0The New Respects - Something to Believe In

Wynter -\\xa0Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl

With\\xa0Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh,\\xa0Karen Tongson,\\xa0Margaret Wappler, and\\xa0Clarkisha Kent.

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Produced by\\xa0Laura Swisher\\xa0for\\xa0MaximumFun.org. Edited by\\xa0Shana Daloria. This episode was engineered by\\xa0Christian Due\\xf1as.

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