Kanye West Will Return, Druski and the Megachurch, and the Iranian Conflict

from Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay · host The Ringer

Van and Rachel discuss Teyana Taylor’s comments on Ye, Kai Cenat’s career shift, and Druski’s megachurch skit. Then an update on the conflicts with ICE agents before associate professor Hussein Banai joins to help shed light on the conflict in Iran. (0:00) Intro (15:44) Teyana Taylor and Kanye West (31:17) Kai Cenat’s new path (42:39) Druski’s megachurch skit (1:00:14) J. Cole’s upcoming album (1:02:17) The war with ICE (1:19:00) Hussein “Huss” Banai on the Iranian conflict Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guest: Hussein “Huss” Banai Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Jade Whaley Social Producer: Bernard Moore Video Supervision: Chris Thomas Vote here for the NAACP Image Awards: www.naacpimageawards.net Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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