Cafe Mocha Radio

This week on Cafe Mocha — two soulful queens, two powerful journeys. Leela James is serving grown-woman soul with her latest album Thought U Knew. And Tamela Mann joins us to talk faith, and family. Two voices. One unforgettable show. Only on Cafe Mocha. #TamelaMann #LeelaJames #GospelMusic #WomenInMusic #LiveBreatheFight #BlackExcellence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This weekend on Café Mocha, Rev. Al Sharpton joins us for a real conversation about justice, purpose, and powering through adversity. Don't miss this inspiring sit-down with one of the nation's most influential voices. Tune in for wisdom, truth, and a little Café Mocha flavor! #CafeMochaRadio #AlSharpton #WomenOfColor #PowerfulVoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next time on Cafe Mocha, comedy legend George Wallace brings the laughs, new cuss words and tips on traveling. Plus, he's got a Mother's Day show coming up at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Loni Love, Yo-Yo and Angelique talk to the future of country music. The BoykinZ sisters went viral on TikTok. They share their road to a record deal. Plus, actor Harold Perrineau stays working. We look back at a career that started as a dancer in the TV series Fame. Best known as Julian Murch in The Best Man movies, his latest is a sci-fi thriller called From.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Loni Love, Yo-Yo and Angelique chat with Terri J. Vaughn about her exciting new Netflix comedy She the People, where she stars as a fierce politician navigating the chaos of public life. Plus, meet Aneesa Strings, the viral singer-songwriter dropping her latest album that's taking the music world by storm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Salt of Salt-N-Pepa joins Café Mocha to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Blacks' Magic! From their meteoric rise to the groundbreaking impact of 'Let's Talk About Sex,' Salt reflects on the group that changed the game. Don't miss this iconic conversation!  #SaltNPepa #BlacksMagic #CafeMocha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This weekend on Café Mocha, we're shining the spotlight on the legendary Vanessa Bell Calloway! Loni Love, Yoyo and Angelique explore her journey from Coming to America to her latest film One of Them Days on Netflix. Tune in for a conversation about empowerment, creativity, and her enduring legacy in Hollywood! #VanessaBellCalloway #CafeMocha #womenperspective #radio #urban #blackwomen #impowerment #legacy   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cafe Mocha closes out Women's History Month with special tributes to music royalty with female soloist from the  ‘Inseparable' Natalie Cole to the Disco Queen Donna Summer and today's ‘ Queen of Inspiration' Ann Nesby who  just released a new single that will inspire us all! Cafe Mocha good for your soul.  #LEGACY #WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cafe Mocha is celebrating its15th Anniversary with a trip to Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. Yo-Yo is broadcasting live and experiencing the MAGIC for herself. She's mingling with the giraffes at Disney's Animal Kingdom, riding Tiana's Bayou Adventure and meeting the people who bring the magic to life. #wdwsummer2025 #family #vacation #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From passionate love stories to political shake ups, Cafe Mocha's got it all. Je'Caryous Johnson talks about his sizzling stage adaptation of "Jason's Lyric." Then, get ready for a different kind of drama, Ashley Christopher breaks down Trump's DEI rollbacks and the impact on our community. #JeCaryousJohnson #AshleyChristopher #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cafe Mocha Celebrates the Life of our soul sister, Angie Stone. Loni Love, Yo-Yo and Angelique look back at the 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and how it reshaped the Civil Rights Movement. Plus, actress Lela Rochon talks about her latest project, The Family Business: New Orleans. #BloodySunday #LelaRochon #TheFamilyBusiness #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ready to eat right for your age? Dr. Ian Smith joins Café Mocha to share tips from his new book "Eat Your Age: Feel Younger, Be Happier, Live Longer." From your 20s to 60s and beyond, learn how to fuel your body for optimal health and energy. #EatYourAge #DrIanSmith #Health #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This weekend, Café Mocha gets soulful! Loni Love, Yo-Yo and Angelique sit down with R&B artists Kevin Ross and J. Brown to talk about their new music, life and what inspires them. #KevinRoss #JBrown #Music #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Valentine's weekend, Café Mocha gets real with the hilarious Bill Bellamy! He's spilling on love, marriage, and balancing it all with a thriving career. Plus, we're gearing up for 56th NAACP Image Awards with their VP, Karen Boykin-Towns, who gives us an insider of what to expect! Don't miss this candid convo with your girls Loni Love, YoYo, and Angelique! Tune in! #CafeMochaRadio #BillBellamy #ValentinesDay #NAACPImageAwards Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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One of the originators, MC Lyte, returns to Cafe Mocha. On February 13, she's kicking off a solo rap tour and sharing how her voice went from hip hop to Hollywood. #MCLyteTour #HipHop #MCLyte #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Café Mocha's own Loni Love was at actress Yvette Nicole Brown's wedding. Yvette joins the ladies to talk about finally finding her ‘soulmate' later in life. She addresses the LA fires. And don't miss her in the BET+ series The Family Business: New Orleans. #greaterlater #soulmate #wedding #LAfires #familybusiness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comedian Kym Whitley gets serious about the fires in LA. Plus the ladies of Cafe Mocha talk to a man who lost almost everything at his home in Altadena, an area of LA that has been a haven for middle class Black families.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Tiffany the Budgenista has tips on getting fiscally fit in 2025. Plus, Lil Rel Howery has plenty of fun stuff to watch during the holiday break. #TheBudgetnista #LilRel #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ruben Studdard joins the ladies of Cafe Mocha to talk about his new Christmas EP and the magic of celebrating the holidays with his two little ones. Plus, American Idol now versus then. #MerryChristmas #MyFavoriteHoliday #RubenStuddard #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The pandemic, a sudden health crisis and friendship brought Marsha Ambrosius and Dr. Dre back together for her new record - Casablanco. And Syleena Johnson returns to Cafe Mocha with a musical tribute to her father's career as a R&B artist. #MarshaAmbrosius #SyleenaJohnson #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Cafe Mocha. Have Black women had enough? Are we really turning against getting politically involved? Loni Love, Yo-Yo and Angelique talk to activist Tamika Mallory discuss whether this is a movement or just the current mood. #TamikaMallory #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tommy Davidson returns to Cafe Mocha with unexpected news. He's got a song out with Earth Wind and Fire. Music was always his first love, but he went into comedy instead. Loni Love bonds with her comedy brother about life on the road and the reboot of The Proud Family.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will Downing drops by Cafe Mocha to talk about his long career and new album "Luscious." Plus, producer NOMAD shares stories of growing up with the Menedez Brothers and remaking the Milli Vanilli hit “Blame it on the Rain" for the Netflix series about the Menendez murders. #WillDowning #BlameItOnTheRain #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shyne was at the top of the charts in the early 2000s, but a night out with Puffy and J.Lo changed his life forever. Now he's a political leader in Belize and is telling his story. The Honorable Shyne premiered at the HBCU First Look Film Festival, and he shared his story with Cafe Mocha. #HBCUFirstLook #Shyne #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tamela Mann joins Cafe Mocha reminding us to Live Breathe Fight. It's the name of her new album. We talk music, family and managing tough times. #TamelaMann #LiveBreatheFight #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Voter suppression is real. Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown shares the many ways voters may be blocked from voting. Voting for the elderly and disabled will be harder in some states. In other states, registered voters may show up and find out they are no longer registered because they were kicked off the voter rolls. Black Voters Matter gets us ready for Tuesday, Nov 5th. #BlackVotersMatter #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The energy around the Harris/Walz presidential campaign is real. Most polls show VP Kamala Harris ahead of Donald Trump nationally and in the battleground states. This week on Cafe Mocha White House press secretary Karine Jean Pierre joins Loni Love, YoYo and Angelique to talk about the Biden/Harris administration and the Black community. #Elections #KarineJeanPierre #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Essence Atkins stars in the new CBS sitcom Poppa's House, joining Damon Wayans Sr. and Jr. in a family comedy premiering Monday on CBS. She joins Loni Love, YoYo and Angelique to discuss the new project and reflect on her extensive career in Hollywood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don Lemon has a new show and a new book exploring his relationship with God and the Bible. He joins the ladies with his perspective on VP Kamala Harris and the 2024 race for president. #IOnceWasLost #DonLemon #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leela James joins the ladies of Cafe Mocha. She talks about taking her kids on tour, years of resilience and the time Stevie Wonder crashed her concert. #LeelaJames #ThoughtUKnew #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Election Day is a little over a month away and our timelines are filled with political information and misinformation. To help us separate fact from fiction, the ladies of Cafe Mocha talk to White House correspondent Ebony McMorris. On her mind is voter suppression and Project 2025. #BlackVotersMatter #Elections #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The supernatural horror movie "The Deliverance" is a huge hit on Netflix. The director Lee Daniels joins the ladies of Cafe Mocha to talk about the film and reuniting with Mo'Nique after all these years. #TheDeliverance #Netflix #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next time on Cafe Mocha, Kevin Hart and Taraj P Henson star in a new crime drama called Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist. Loni Love talked to them both.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

October London turned out back to back hits this year. He joins Loni Love, Yo Yo and Angelique to talk about signing with Death Row Records, life in the studio with Snoop and how his alter ego is making country music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump is feeling the heat from artists who don't want him playing their music on the campaign trail. The children of Isaac Hayes told Trump and the Republicans to stop using their father's music. Trump continued. So now the family is suing. Isaac Hayes III and his lawyer James Walker Jr next time on Cafe Mocha. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Voter suppression is real. Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown shares the many ways voters may be blocked from voting. Voting for the elderly and disabled will be harder in some states. In other states, registered voters may show up and find out they are no longer registered because they were kicked off the voter rolls. Black Voters Matter gets us ready for Tuesday, Nov 5th. #BlackVotersMatter #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The energy around the Harris/Walz presidential campaign is real. Most polls show VP Kamala Harris ahead of Donald Trump nationally and in the battleground states. This week on Cafe Mocha White House press secretary Karine Jean Pierre joins Loni Love, YoYo and Angelique to talk about the Biden/Harris administration and the Black community. #Elections #KarineJeanPierre #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nicco Annan from P-Valley joins us to talk about his character Uncle Clifford and his new show giving us a tour of the Deep South. Plus, journalist and podcaster Gia Peppers talks politics and empowerment. #GiaPeppers #NiccoAnnan #DownInTheValley #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Earthquake and Loni Love talk VP Kamala Harris' run for president, his upcoming Netflix comedy special and eating at Golden Corral. Plus, he's got a new movie on Netflix called Unfrosted. #ComedianEarthquake #KamalaHarris #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cafe Mocha celebrates the life and legacy of Shirley Murdock as she gets inducted into the Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame. They look back at her days with Roger and Zapp and get the backstory on her hit single "As We Lay". #CincyBlackMusicWalkofFame #ShirleyMurdock #CafeMochaRadio  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Garcelle Beauvais has a new movie debuting on The Lifetime Channel. Abducted at an HBCU tackles the on-going issue of how the system treats Black people who go missing. Garcelle joins the ladies of Cafe Mocha to discuss the new movie and give us the tea on the upcoming season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. #AbductedHBCUMovie #HBCUFirstLOOKBLEXwatchparty #HBCUBlackGirlMissing #RoadtoHBCUFirstLOOK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've never seen Cedric the Entertainer like this before. He's now a novelist. His book "Flipping Boxcars" is mostly fact, but part fiction. In it, he takes us back 75 years to tell the story of his grandfather. #CedrictheEntertainer #FlippingBoxcars #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The hit Starz series Power Book II: Ghost is in its final season. We'll get some tea on the final season from LaToya Tonodeo. Fans both love and hate her as the character Diana Tejada. Hollywood knows her as a Rising Star. #PowerGhost #DianaTejada #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While America celebrates its Independence Day, Cafe Mocha sits down with White House Correspondent April D. Ryan to talk about the political state of Black America, upcoming election, and ongoing racial issues in this country. #BlackVotersMatter #Elections #AprilDRayn #CafeMochaRadio  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The pandemic, an unexpected health crisis, and friendship brought Marsha Ambrosius and Dr. Dre back together for her new record - Casablanco. Marsha returns to Cafe Mocha to talk about the whirlwind that inspired her new music. #MarshaAmbrosius #Casablanco #CafeMochaRadio #BlackMusicMonth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Loni Love and Yo-Yo are spending Father's Day with the Derricos. Karen and Deon share stories of their 14 kids including raising five boys going through puberty, disagreement with their college daughter all while moving into a new house. Cafe Mocha looks at Season 5 of Doubling Down With the Derricos. #FathersDay #Family # Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The meme, skit and rap song of the Spring is probably about a bleach blonde bad built butch body. But, there's more to Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett. She joins the ladies of Cafe Mocha to discuss the comments that went viral, why Republicans won't reprimand their own, and how she never wanted to be in politics. #JasmineCrockett #CafeMochaRadio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During the pandemic Taraji P. Henson and her best friend Tracie Jade Jenkins began publicly pushing for better mental health. Taraji watched her father struggle for years, so she created a foundation in his honor. Tracie joins us with an update on the Boris Lawrence Henson foundation and the need for Black people to get serious about mental health. #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #BlackMentalHealth #CafeMochaRadio #BLHF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices