Rickey Smiley Morning Show

For today's "HBCU U-KNOW" tribute, Rock-T sends a shoutout to Nashville's Fisk University by way of honoring celebrated poet and Tennessee native Nikki Giovanni.

A Texas mother was fatally shot while visiting her son's grave on the first birthday since his passing. 

Cardi B. is showing up as Sharki B. and bringing her family along to Nickelodeon's animated series Baby Shark’s Big Show! 

One of the most interesting stories we came across recently is the development of a new birth control pill for men. We decided to bring the conversation to "Trending Topics" today to see what the callers had to say about this potential game-changer for both the fellas and ladies.

Today's "Hot Spot" sees Da Brat delivering a major update in Wendy Williams' ongoing beef with Wells Fargo, in addition to news on the next VERZUZ battle happening between gospel icons Mary, Mary and BeBe & CeCe Winans. 

It time for another serving of "Gary's Tea," with today's segment including yet another update in the ongoing custody battle between Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. Also, Megan The Stallion is still at war with her former label head, Carl Crawford.

While Eva covers the major headline reports for today's "Front Page News," Rock-T follows up with his usual sports recap which includes some exciting news involving Colin Kaepernick's potential return to the NFL.

Despite the outbursts, fatherhood is important to Kanye West and he wants to secure his place in his children's lives.

Ari Groover is going viral after her wig kept on rolling and rolled right off her head during her Tina Turner performance on Broadway.

Kanye West's social media shenanigans are now causing issues in his business.

Da Brat rounds out what's heating up in the headlines with today's "Hot Spot" report, including yet another chapter in Kanye West vs. D.L. Hughley, Beyoncé's reported plans for an epic Oscar performance this coming weekend and the unfortunate passing of gospel veteran LaShun Pace.