Tonight’s Kickback gets unconventional — and unfiltered.
Inspired by a Joe Budden Podcast moment, we jump into a heated real-world debate sparked on Facebook: Is a $400 tomahawk steak appropriate on a first date? What started as jokes turned into a serious conversation about dating culture, entitlement, character, and expectations. Is it about affordability… or principle?
The debate spills into the studio as Randy joins the conversation live, with Jacq adding perspective, and we break down what first dates should look like, how men are being judged by spending instead of substance, and why Uptown DC “talk-your-way-in” culture sees things very differently.
From there, we pivot into the 50 Cent–produced documentary Diddy: The Reckoning — unpacking power, abuse, motivation, bias, and accountability. We acknowledge the layers: Diddy as a victim who became a perpetrator, and how cycles of harm often create more victims. The conversation gets heavy, honest, and necessary.
We close with motivation for the final stretch of the year — how to finish strong, reflect honestly, and set yourself up to win going into next year. Plus, quick hits on new music from 21 Savage, Nas & DJ Premier, Conway the Machine, Max B, and French Montana.
Heated debates. Real talk. Good energy.
This is the Kickback.
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What is A Pod Named Kickback?
I’m No Brakes Nu’, host of A Pod Named Kickback. I spent 20 years as a rapper from DC who has appeared on 106 & Park, MTV’s Direct Effect and became a legend in DC and the DMV for selling my CD’s out of the trunk of my car and making fire music and music videos that watched like short movies. Never forget. I launched my internet radio show in April of 2012. The last few years I switched it to an official podcast and on this podcast I discuss the biggest stories in pop culture, politics, music, sex, and sports. Some weeks I find one idea I’d like to discuss and solely focus on that. 🤷🏾♂️ I invite some of the brightest, most engaging and entertaining minds I can find to have these discussions with me on my virtual kickback. Don’t tell anyone but sometimes I invite listeners on the podcast too. I record live at 7PM on Sunday nights on youtube. As I come up on my 12th year of edutaining you I only ask that you subscribe to the vibe and tell a friend to do so as well. #NoBrakes
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