A black Executive Perspective. Now presents need to know with the award-winning hyphenated Dr. Nsenga Burton. Dr. Burton, what do we need to know? Good afternoon and welcome to Need To Know with Dr. Nsenga Burton. I am she. Today I'd like to talk to you about a washed up rapper named Nelly who, uh, has come under Under fire for, um. Saying negative things about Kamala Harris, namely that, uh, he's more black than she is 'cause he married a black woman and she's married to a white man. So I don't even really know to start where to start 'cause Nelly has just been problematic his entire career. Um, whether you talk about, uh, the misogyny in his music, whether you talk about, you know, the fact that he lost a sister, um. And really needed black women to donate bone marrow to save her. And it just didn't happen. Um, and not because people were like, I'm not gonna give it to him. But if people were gonna do that, they weren't gonna do it for someone who just continues to say negative things about black women. So then he circled the black and he and Ashanti are back together and you know, we kind of love it. Like people like that they got back together and all of that. It's really sweet. Story. Um, so we are not, you know, totally hating on Nelly, but then he does stuff like performs for 47 and his inauguration. Um, you know, and doesn't see why that's a big deal, even though you know it's problematic when you're a black man supporting a white nationalist white supremacist who's in bed with working with other white nationalists and white supremacists and has been, um, doing everything he can to enact policies and laws that dis disenfranchise your people, black people. Um, erase us from history. That means Nelly, you're not gonna be in there for your hot and here single, you're Grammy, you are not gonna be in there. Um, erasing black people history, um, and all the things that is hap that he's doing, including this big beautiful bill, which a lot of those, um, things that happen are gonna impact black people. Whether you are a mom, uh, you're a veteran, um, you're a college student, all of that is going to negatively impact you. So the fact that Nelly just won't fall on the sword and just say. I was wrong or hey, I did it, it probably wasn't the best decision. I needed the money, or I wanted the money. It was too good to walk away. That would be like acceptable to me. Like, 'cause that's keeping it real and being honest. But whenever you, um, pivot or you try to deflect and then blame a black woman like Kamala Harris who hasn't, you know, who allegedly hasn't done anything for black people, but put black people in jail. So what I need you to know is that Kamala Harris actually was prosecuting sex crimes. So all you people who keep going online talking about she put my cousin in jail, stop telling your cousin's business. 'cause that means they probably were a sex offender. She also, uh, prosecuted crimes against, um, uh, uh, the environment, environmental crimes. So those were the two groups of crimes that she prosecuted. So, you know, unless your cousin is a tree or something. You proud, you know, if you, your cousin was out there burning down trees, starting fires and shit in California, and we know what that looks like. They probably went to jail. So this idea that she was just, you know, going around and just, you know, just, uh, corralling black men and throwing 'em in jail is false. Um, and then the black men who did go to jail needed to go to jail. 'cause, you know, sexual crimes should be prosecuted and those are the people we actually want in jail. We want them in prison. Um, and then, you know, she also started the, the nation's first. Um, program to help, um, low level offenders get back into the workplace, the workforce. Uh, so she's done some incredible things. We're not gonna even talk about the billions of dollars of student debt that she canceled. We're not gonna talk about the $170 billion she gave to HBCUs on her way out the door. Um, we're not gonna talk about the legislation. She, uh, helped pass, um, when they were, uh, white nationalists, white supremacists, you know, Donald Trump's people, Nelly, them people, um, were threatening to bomb HBCUs, uh, including the one where my nephew was at the time. Um, so Kamala Harris has done a lot of great things that we can continue to talk about. Um, um, but I don't wanna talk about that. I wanna talk about you jackass. I wanna say this. First of all, people can date and love who they wanna love. That doesn't make them less black, doesn't make them more white. It doesn't make them more white or black or Latinx or whatever. Life is short. You should be with whomever you wanna be with. Secondly, as we see with you, 'cause you are a black man, just because you are black doesn't mean that you are for us. So a lot of people married to black people who are not for them. I don't know your business. I don't know your situation. I'm just gonna pray very hard for Ashanti and your children, because your record was women and I'm not, I'm talking about the arrests. Yeah. Uhhuh and the claim claims of sexual abuse and battery the three times. Yeah. You should not be, you don't have a leg, a kickstand to stand on. You just don't have it. So what you should not do is talk about women ever just shut up. And talk about your life. You talk about your sister. You seem to be a good dad from your previous job. Um, so you have great relationship with your children. It looks like that. Anyway, um, so focus on that and stay outta politics and not, because, you know, I'm not one of those people who, like celebrities shouldn't be in the politics. Celebrities can do whatever they want. They're human beings. Citizens of the United States can do whatever they want. You can participate, but please know what the hell you're talking about. And stop deflecting. And if you really wanna be a good role model to your children, be a man. And say, listen, that probably wasn't the best decision to make. If I had to do it again, maybe I wouldn't, but this is why I did it. And stop trying to throw other people under the bus who haven't done anything to you and have done 2 billion times more for our community than you have done ever. So your little foundation is cute and all, but yeah, until you cancel, uh, $180 billion in student debt debt. Positively impacted black people's lives. Everybody's lives, not just us, a lot of students' lives. And so you put that $180 billion into HBCUs, shut the fuck up. That's all I have to say. So, um, tune in next week to A black Executive Perspective podcast with Tony and Chris. It's award-winning. You should definitely tune in and of course to need to know with Dr. Nsenga Burton. And I'm sorry for the, um, bad language, my mother. It's probably clutching her pearls right now, but, um, I just feel very strongly about it. And I'm really tired of the misogyny, the misogyny and misogynoir coming from our black men. Um, when black women largely uphold them. Um, we marry you. We have your children, uh, we take care of you. Um. And we do the best that we can and we're not always perfect, but at least we're present and we try. So give us our respect, um, because we've earned it. Have a wonderful day. Goodbye. A Black Executive Perspective.