Rickey Smiley Morning Show

Headkrack has been saying for ages that Drake is “the panda,” because pandas look cute and harmless but are still bears, and bears can be vicious. Case in point: when Lil Wayne was in prison in 2011, his girlfriend, Tammy Torres cheated on him- with Drake. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Despite this awkward betrayal, […]

Tory Lanez, chats with the morning show cast about his love for Tim Horton’s, and what makes it so special compared to American breakfast spots. As the son of a missionary preacher, he talks about why going into rap as a profession (as opposed to gospel) wasn’t an issue. And he reveals his goals in […]

Now that season 3 of 50-cent‘s popular TV show, “Power,” came to a close that has fans hyped up for season four, Omari Hardwick shared some thoughts about season 3, and what we might be able to expect going into the next season. He talked about the way the show was written for viewers in […]

Right on the heels of the murder of Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man in Tulsa, Oklahoma, another man named Keith Lamont Scott was shot and killed by police in Charlotte, North Carolina. While law enforcement in Tulsa, Oklahoma quickly released footage of the incident and charged the officer who shot Crutcher with manslaughter, law […]

While it’s hard to stay seated during any Beyonce song, most people would say that “Love On Top” is pretty high up there on the list of her songs that make you rise to your feet. Rickey Smiley is no exception. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! When Headkrack spun the track on the morning show, […]

Remember back in the day, when Ciara and Kim Kardashian were besties? The two used to be spotted shopping together, and could even be seen having lunch dates on early episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. That friendship, however, was short lived, as we don’t really see them hanging out any more. Sign Up […]

For a rapper, Ty Dolla $ign keeps a pretty low profile, and while his most well-known song might be “Paranoid,” which features B.O.B., Ty is out here making much bigger moves than that. He dropped a brand new project called, “Campaign.”  And if you didn’t notice because he’s just not quite on your radar, you […]

Actor Omari Hardwick, who plays “Ghost” 50-cent‘s popular TV show, “Power,” chatted with the morning show cast about how he feels about his 4-year-old daughter watching the show and the poetry he wrote earlier in the show’s life in order to get into character. He also reveals that he’s been in the studio putting his […]

It’s no secret that Black Tony‘s all-time favorite artist is Gucci Mane. He has called Rickey Smiley numerous times completely distraught and in tears over something having to do with Gucci, whether it’s because he thought some harm had come to his beloved favorite rapper, or because he had just missed seeing him live and […]

Omari Hardwick from 50-cent‘s popular TV show, “Power,” chatted with the morning show cast about being called Ghost when he’s out and about in the street, and how the team behind the show crafted it to be a slow-burner, with meticulous planning all the way back from season one. He talks about the goals that […]

It’s been about a year since Tory Lanez, rapper behind the number one hit “Say It,” first came to the studio to visit “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show!” He talks about the cinematic quality of his album, and talks about his city of Toronto in comparison to life in the United States. He remarks on the […]

Rickey Smiley Foundation is carrying out this month’s simple act of kindness! Rickey explains that it is your donations that make amazing things like this happen. They got a letter from Theresa Smith,  a financial aid counselor at Jackson State University. One of her students, Gail Martin, a freshman at JSU, was homeless in high school […]