It Be Ya Own People
It Be Ya Own People
Celi and Tree
A new podcast about what’s going on in pop culture and being a POC in today’s social environment cuz sometimes it be ya own people. Maybe it’s your brother, sister, or a friend – Karen at the job or Karen next door – a leader of the movement you thought you could trust – most of the time it’s somebody you already know (beware of the wolves). And now more than ever people are showing you who they are, and you need to know who you can trust. Each episode starts with both hosts sharing their Cocktail Of The Day (COTD). Throughout the show, the hosts discuss their opinions on different IBYOP™ segments pertaining to worldly issues, politics, music, entertainment, television, literature and special guests.
Babies, Breakups & Billions
Looking for a way to satisfy that sweet tooth? Pick up a treat or two from the Functional Chocolate Company. Go to Funcho.co and use promo code IBYOP22 for 20% off your first purchase. The besties wrap up Season 2 with all the mess going down the last few weeks with everybody breaking up, making up, and sparks flying all over the damn place. #WTFNews gets into government bans, reality exits, and some light celebrity shade. Nick Cannon once again gets B.A.N. of the week as he continues to birth his own biological football team. #WeWinning celebrates that POC magic with Anita Baker and some Black Billions! Our favorite Judge Mathis returns to our TV screens in #GoodWatches, along with Maya Rudolph and Top Gun makes its triumphant comeback. All the shade goes out to the less inclusive parts of the #STARWARS Fandom and alllll the tea gets spilled on your favorite messy celebs and reality TV kings and queens. Grab your drinks and don’t miss out. The besties will return with all the fresh hot goss for Season 3 before you know it!
Jun 16, 2022
1 hr 11 min
Slapsgiving
Special guest Tamar Sarai stops by the show to chop it up with the besties on her journey through journalism. They dive right in on Let’s Discuss with some do’s and don’ts on moving on from relationships. And since errybody and they mama, daddy, grannies and cousins are talking about it, the ladies had to get into the shade of the slap heard round the world. Regula Degula news and B.A.N. of the week bring it right back around with the mess, while We Winning highlights all the POC success. You won’t want to miss the upcoming line-up on Good Watches and Celly goes all the way AWFF on the gov’ments. Before the show wraps up on what these cray celebs have been getting into, the girls dive right in for an all-out BK reunion with Tamar. Grab your drinks and don’t slack on this week’s episode, it be ya own people in the best way!
Apr 10, 2022
1 hr 21 min
Horrible Bosses
Looking for a way to satisfy that sweet tooth? Pick up a treat or two from the Functional Chocolate Company. Go to Funcho.co and use promo code IBYOP22 for 20% off your first purchase. The besties want to know what to do about all these successful women paying out millions in divorce settlements in “Let’s Discuss”. WTF News takes a weird and aggressive turn in the Bronx and Regula Degula News shines a light on ain’t sh*t bosses firing employees over email, a new bedroom supplement and some love letters behind a trap door. Kanye gets B.A.N of the week after he gets BANNED from The Grammy’s. Claps all around go out in We Winning as the gals celebrate Jennifer Hudson’s New Talk Show, Travis Scott is out here giving out Ms to support the culture, and Abbot Elementary makes sure the kiddies get their read on. The fun times keep rolling with Good Watches as BET gets ready to present a Murda Inc. docuseries and gives us all the nostalgia vibes with a College Hill Reboot; OWN helps the ladies take the reigns in their relationships and NBC bring us back to the romance of courtships. Celeb News wraps with Meg Thee Stallion still battling her former horrible boss for her Ms, some hopeful Rihanna engagement news, and former Countess Luann is back to her old shenanigans. Grab your drinks and tune into the mess!
Mar 25, 2022
53 min
Well, Sh*t
Looking for a way to satisfy that sweet tooth? Pick up a treat or two from the Functional Chocolate Company. Go to Funcho.co and use promo code IBYOP22 for 20% off your first purchase.As always the besties jump right in with some messy scenarios on Let’s Discuss and a messier Florida edition of WTF News. Things get really messy and smelly on Regula Degula News when the Subway Poop Bandit gets froggy around some unsuspecting riders. B.A.N. of the week goes out to whoever dared call out our Barbados Queen Riri, but we stay winning with marriages, documentaries, and all the charitable donations. Claps all around for all the great content, both new and returning on Good Watches, with some much needed representation for Good Reads. Sad Blackity Black Ass Truth reminds us racism stops for no one, and Celeb News wraps up with potential divorce, a possible marriage, and a real tight restraining order. Grab your drink and don’t miss out!
Mar 14, 2022
42 min
Housewife Highlights - February 2022 - Week 4
Jersey is back and better than ever, with new friends, new relationships, new noses and new messy messy mess mess. Miami makes a triumphant return to Peacock, but chiiiilleee all that drama and tea could have been served on the main network. Kandi and Todd are on their business moguls of ATL ish with the premiere of their spin-off for the OLG restaurants and staff. SLC has wrapped but the besties think Andy has a whole lot of splaining to do regarding one-and-done housewife Jennie. And OC is here with the return of Fancy Pants Heather and some very interesting stackable body-parts. Grab your drink and don’t miss out on the Housewife Party y’all!
Mar 1, 2022
15 min
All the Myrtles Are Fertile
Looking for a way to satisfy that sweet tooth? Pick up a treat or two from the Functional Chocolate Company. Go to Funcho.co and use promo code IBYOP22 for 20% off your first purchase.Let’s Discuss gets right into it with an extra messy Kardashian edition as the besties try to wrap their heads around the effects of the Kim-Ye divorce. #WTF news can’t make heads or tails of all the crazy in Florida, an #AirAsia flight winds up with an interesting stow-away, a fortune cookie stands up to its name for one lucky veteran, and woman goes from blind-date to roommate after a swift lockdown. #RegulaDegula news highlights #AndyCohen and his new walk of fame star, #DaBrat is having a having but not all her family is in the know, and #Nelly “accidentally” shows his social media followers his underwhelming thunder down under. #BANofTheWeek goes out to the #TinderSwindler and his dive into the dating game show industry. The #BlackGirlMagic is strong in #WeWinning as #ReginaHall and #WandaSykes get ready to host the #Oscars, #SimoneBiles celebrates her engagement, #ErinJackson brings home the gold, and #SherriShepard will be wrapping up the rest of the season for the #WendyWiliamsShow. Don’t miss out on the #GoodWatches coming up; #AmazonPrime takes us down memory lane with #PhatTuesdays, #BobbyBrown debuts his new docuseries, #Madea makes her miraculous return from the grave, #ZoeKravtiz slays as the new #CatWoman and Queen #MaryJBlige blesses us with a brand new album! It’s not all sunshine and roses when #MeghanMccain decides to rain her negative ass down on diversity. It’s a baby boom on #CelebNews as we clap it up for #Romeo #Eve and #Kylie and their new bundles of joy, #Kanye conducts the Hot Mess Express with his latest antics, and #NickCannon may want that old thang back. Don’t miss the mess and tune in!
Feb 26, 2022
1 hr 19 min
Rooting for Errybody Black
Looking for a way to satisfy that sweet tooth? Pick up a treat or two from the Functional Chocolate Company. Go to Funcho.co and use promo code IBYOP22 for 20% off your first purchase.The besties are on a roll in the new year getting into all the mess. The Let’s Discuss Game delves into some dating and relationship wonders. #WTFNews demands justice for our Black Women, nurses are out running wild with the side hustles, #TishaCampbell wants y’all to know she ain’t Gina, and the #HBCUs get all kinds of disrespect. #RegulaDegulaNews got the rich and famous toking on that Toad Venom and we are living in the age of the Jetsons and flying cars. #BAN of the week goes out to two snakes in the grass when the besties drag some of these #MarriedAtFirstSight pairings. It’s #BlackHistoryMonth and you know we had to get extra celebratory. #Kobe and #Gianna Bryant get a beautiful tribute, #BlackDominicanPride shines through when #BigPapi gets inducted into the #HallofFame, #Jamaica returns to the #WinterOlympics, and we celebrate the Beautiful Black Queen #Oprah. #GoodWatches highlights the mess in #SingleDrunkFemale, some widely anticipated shows return, and Peacock is pulling out all the stops with a dramatic reboot of #FreshPrince. Celly sounds all the way off on #TedCruz and #JohnLeguizamo admits to how colorism impacted how he approached his career in #SadBlackityBlackAssTruth. The besties round out with episode with some good hot tea on #CelebNews with baby and dating rumors. Grab your drinks and your fave #FunCho chocolate, you won’t want to miss out.
Feb 12, 2022
1 hr 23 min
2022, We Made It Y’all
It’s a new year and the laughs continue with the besties. They start off with a somber goodbye to the celebs we’ve lost thus far and continue on with a more upbeat WTF News because Florida will never change lol. Regula Degula News is hilarious with some roaches, a spit sermon, hot sauce but definitely no more babies for Drake. The Bronx is on the map when Cardi B shares her riches in the best kind of way in We Winning. All the new shows, movies and even a good read are talked about in Good Watches but we really can’t wait for more Bridgerton from Netflix. Someone ends up in the Sad Blackity Blackass Truth with assault charges and celeb news starts off with all the shocking breakups and splits. Tune in to hear the ladies reality tea on MTV’s The Challenge, The Challenge All Stars, Bravo’s Below Deck, ABC’s Queens and Lifetime’s Married At First Sight.
Jan 29, 2022
1 hr 5 min
It Be Ya Own People… In The Best Way
It’s the last episode of the year and the besties are not holding back. The gals welcome Video Director, entrepreneur and friend of the show Erix Mercedes for an extra special Bronxified guest interview. They dive right in with their cocktails and game questions on what to do with some crazy dates and drunk employees. #WTFNews celebrates Barbados ditching the monarchy, tis the season for stealing and scamming, and Mother Nature is not having it with y’all. #RegulaDegulaNews explores some interesting Christmas ornaments, we bid farewell to Brian Williams and The 11th Hour, Uncle Joe tells us mo’ loans not his problems, and there might be a new #BlackPanther on the horizon. #WeWinning highlights some amazing #BlackBoyJoy, #MichaelStrahan goes to infinity and beyond, and #MeganTheeStallion gallops across the graduation stage. We try to figure out what Michelle was thinking with her #Bachelorette choices, and this month has truly blessed us with ALL the black content. The year is coming to a close, but #JussieSmollet is making us confront the #SadBlackityBlackAssTruth. #CelebNews goes on a trail of sadness, celebrities shooting their shot with their spouses, and not everyone can do their job as written. As always, they rundown the reality mess before jumping back in to the guest interview as Erix gives the IBYOP audience insight into being a POC as videographer and to never stop working towards your dreams. Grab your drinks and tune in - you don’t want to miss this one!
Dec 18, 2021
1 hr 28 min
Getting That Thang Back
The holidays are fast approaching, but that is not slowing down the mess and the besties are back serving tea. They get right into it with a Part 4 of “What You Doing If” for the game; there’s just too much crazy ish going on these days. #WTFNews dishes on what happens when you don’t want a man’s attention, juries come back with important verdicts, #NorthKorea takes things way too far, and we say RIP to a fashion icon. In #RegulaDegula news, #Apple hints at a self-driving car, #TamiRoman “offers” her husband a break baby, and all these new COVID variants are killing the vibes. #WeWinning celebrates Janet Jackson, #ImanShumpert takes home the #MirrorBall and #YvonneOrji guest hosts the #EllenShow. #BlackBacheloretteMagic gets into all the drama of who went home and who still gets to fight it out for Michelle’s heart. #GoodWatches highlights #SnoopDogg and #Adele’s new albums, #Own gives us a new drama with #KingsofNapa, and #Netflix keeps cranking out the hits with #TrueStory. #Ye is out here still wanting that thang back, the innanets have had it with #Will & Jada, #Porsha gets a little messy with the premiere of her new show, and much more #CelebNews. Grab your drink and tune in.
Dec 4, 2021
1 hr 11 min
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