For months, BIG3 co-founder and legendary rapper Ice Cube has accused the NBA of working against his basketball league to stunt their growth, stop advertising opportunities, and eliminate them entirely. TMZ Sports is reporting that the United States Department of Justice has launched an official investigation to determine if the National Basketball Association committed antitrust violations. Ice Cube spoke to Panama Jackson about his concerns during the summer months as BIG3's sixth season was underway. We've gone into the vault and are giving you a Dear Culture Rewind as news of the DOJ's inquiry makes headlines.

<p>For months, BIG3 co-founder and legendary rapper Ice Cube has accused the NBA of working against his basketball league to stunt their growth, stop advertising opportunities, and eliminate them entirely. TMZ Sports is reporting that the United States Department of Justice has launched an official investigation to determine if the National Basketball Association committed antitrust violations. Ice Cube spoke to Panama Jackson about his concerns during the summer months as BIG3's sixth season was underway. We've gone into the vault and are giving you a Dear Culture Rewind as news of the DOJ's inquiry makes headlines.</p>

Welcome to Dear Culture, the podcast version of the conversations you’re already having with the people you don’t even realize you know.  Every week, cultural commentator and editorialist Panama Jackson will be a tour guide through some intersection of Blackness and culture. Bringing his years of experience writing and commentating on the culture from an educational and entertaining viewpoint, Dear Culture will engender everything Don King meant when he uttered the words, “...and that’s the Blackness.” We might not know where we’re going when we start, but what we do know is that by the time you get to the end, you will undoubtedly say, that was Black and that was the culture. Dear Culture is the podcast for all of the people who know the appropriate call-and-response for when somebody enters the room and says, “God is good…” because that is the culture.

<p>Welcome to Dear Culture, the podcast version of the conversations you&rsquo;re already having with the people you don&rsquo;t even realize you know.&nbsp; Every week, cultural commentator and editorialist Panama Jackson will be a tour guide through some intersection of Blackness and culture. Bringing his years of experience writing and commentating on the culture from an educational and entertaining viewpoint, Dear Culture will engender everything Don King meant when he uttered the words, &ldquo;...and that&rsquo;s the Blackness.&rdquo; We might not know where we&rsquo;re going when we start, but what we do know is that by the time you get to the end, you will undoubtedly say, that was Black and that was the culture. Dear Culture is the podcast for all of the people who know the appropriate call-and-response for when somebody enters the room and says, &ldquo;God is good&hellip;&rdquo; because that is the culture.</p>

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