Rickey Smiley Morning Show

In today's "Mind Body Business" report, Maria More reminds us of some key signs that many people tend to ignore when it comes to health that definitely shouldn't be put on the back burner. 

Da Brat is closing out the week with some conversation-worthy topics in today's "Hot Spot" report, from Halle Berry criticizing the lack of Black "Best Actress" winners at the Oscars to the upcoming 'Valentine's VERZUZ' between soul brothers Anthony Hamilton and Musiq Soulchild. 

Rickey is back today with another tale for "StoryTime" to explain a hilarious memory of walking his grandma home after she had a few too many drinks from the local liquor lady.

Today on the "Hot Spot" includes both heartbreaking and heartwarming news, with Issa Rae and Airbnb teaming up to make her L.A. home into a weekend getaway for Valentine's Day plus the mother of late Miss USA winner Cheslie Kryst speaking out on the depression that led to her daughter's unfortunate suicide.

We brought in Dr. Tony Allen, Chairperson of President Biden's HBCU Board of Advisors, to help answer some questions and hopefully make sense out of the recent negativity surrounding Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the country.

We got former Nickelodeon star Kel Mitchell to join us on the show today to talk about what inspired his new 90-day devotional book and what led him to accepting a new path in ministry.

"Gary's Tea" discussed some very interesting topics today, including a pregnancy announcement from two music superstars, a little lesbian flirtation between two R&B queens and a hip-hop king that believes he's making way too much money to be single. 

We're continuing our conversation around safety prevention by focusing in on the popular trend of online dating, and to share some helpful tips we brought on our good friend from the Birmingham Police Department and A&E's hit crime series 'The First 48,' Detective Chris Anderson.

Maria More fills in for today's "Front Page News" to deliver some major recent headlines, and Rock-T gives his sports recap as per usual to talk Rams vs Bengals at the upcoming Super Bowl game.

With the Super Bowl just a few weeks away, today's "Gary's Tea" puts the focus on two recent headlines related to the biggest annual sporting event of the year.

Da Brat and her fiancé Jesseca ‘Judy’ Dupart announced they are expecting a child together!

The NFL sees it as the artists will be "receiving about $24 million to $30 million worth of exposure, assuming the same rate of value as companies paying for commercial time."