2 REALLY DOPE DUDES

Jul 06 2020

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Raise Your Voice is a non-profit organization that seeks to create opportunities for individuals to speak up and out about issues of social justice and inequality. We are content producers and hope to teach you how to find your passion, and to use it for the common good of humanity. At Raise Your Voice we believe that there are two types of people in the world. One group makes the world better for themselves, and the other group makes the world better for others. Thank you for subscribing!!! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raiseyourvoice/support

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Snow on the Bluff

Jul 06 2020 63 mins

"Ni**as be thinkin' I'm deep, intelligent, fooled by my college degree My IQ is average, there's a young lady out there, she way smarter than me I scrolled through her timeline in these wild times, and I started to read"... These are the words of J Cole in response to another rapper who said that your favorite rappers have catalogs about the plight of black people, but they not o

Juneteenth, Kyrie Irving, and Defund the Police

Jun 22 2020 55 mins

There's been a lot of talk last week about whether or not black people should celebrate Juneteenth. Some people think we should do away with it, and then there are those who think we should honor it. Mcdonald and I speak about both sides of the issue. You gotta listen to where we land on the topic. Also we spend time talking about Kyrie Irving and his plea for NBA

What's the Blueprint?

Jun 18 2020 60 mins

We got a lot more to talk about! With everything that's going on what's the blueprint for black people in these yet to be United States of America? Once again McDonald Jean and I chop it up. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raiseyourvoice/support

We Gotta Talk

Jun 08 2020 63 mins

Last week has been nuts! I mean with the aftermath of George Floyd's murder and the protests that are have been going on because of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, people are just fed up and they having it no more. Amazingly, with the advent of social media everybody has an opinion and feels like they have the best advice for Black America. Mcdonald and I talk a

The New Black Wall Street

May 25 2020 62 mins

'The New Black Wall Street'. This will be a conversation about economic empowerment on the ground, with local concentration within our communities. We will focus on a real world example here in Dallas, how a few clergymen/women teamed up with our guest to take the fight to the street level in order to make this happen and empower the people! Our Guest: @edwin4thehumans - Community

Pay Us What You Owe Us

May 23 2020 69 mins

Back at it again with that dope content. A lot is happening in this world but nothing has changed. Black people are still disproportionately cut off from access to jobs, healthcare, loans, and education. The social experiment of blacks in America is not working. Not only were blacks enslaved, but we simultaneously built this country as well. Malice from the Clipse said, "Like tryin

Talk that Talk

May 21 2020 70 mins

This is not going to be your ordinary conversation! 2 Dope Dudes are gonna be talking about everything from Covid-19 to that new Jay Electronica album. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raiseyourvoice/support

I Know I Can

May 21 2020 80 mins

The African American scholar Carter G. Woodson said “At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do. He also said, “Real education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better. This week @istackdaboss and myself are glad to invite the found

My Mind is Playing Tricks On Me

May 21 2020 59 mins

2 Really Dope Dudes are back! This time we want to deal with the topic of black males and mental health. The fact is that depression can manifest itself in many ways. In the African American community, mental health and therapy are taboo. As men, we are taught not to talk about our problems. Instead, we find other ways to medicate our misery. We have to deal with the stressors that

How High?!?

May 21 2020 59 mins

The hypocrisy of it all! According to Complex.com "Even though the cannabis industry is inching toward an explosive economic boon where even former detractors (John Boehner) are becoming huge investors, the real travesty in all of this future Fortune 500 talk are those still locked down for marijuana-related charges.The US Dept of Health currently holds the patent on medical use of