Culture, celebrity milestones, business fallout, and a heartbreaking demand for accountability drive this powerful episode of The Rickey Smiley Morning Show. The crew reacts to Nas urging artists and executives to honor and fairly compensates the Black pioneers who built modern music instead of chasing temporary trends. Gary also celebrates Jamie Foxx becoming a father for the third time at 58 after the actor recently joked about returning to the school drop-off line, then unpacks the $550,000 auction of Dame Dash’s life-story rights, archival footage, memorabilia, and an unfinished documentary—with the proceeds designated for creditors. 

Rock-T and Krystal Turner bring relationship realness while celebrating The Perfect Pair Podcast joining the Urban One Podcast Network, opening up about therapy, childhood trauma, emotional baggage, boundaries, listening to understand, and learning to become right for each other rather than pretending to be perfect. The show then turns to the devastating death of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley: newly surfaced footage captures the chaotic moments before a Senatobia, Mississippi, officer fired into a vehicle outside Walmart, killing the child. Although the state attorney general ruled the shooting justified, the family continues pressing for transparency, and reporting notes that the released compilation did not include the body-camera view of the officer who fired. 

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