The JBP begins the latest episode with quick recaps from Lil Wayne’s concert at Madison Square Garden last Friday (16:00 ) along with Marc’s attendance at ‘Othello’ and meeting Denzel Washington (21:40 ). The room then dives into a full recap of the 2025 BET Awards including performances and award winners (45:15 ), Tyler Perry’s speech warning the erasure of black history (1:16:14 ), as well as Wale’s run in with Kai Cenat (1:31:30 ). Also, Ciara tells Jim Jones that it’s time to get married leading the crew to discussing the unintentional disrespect behind the comments (1:46:55 ), QueenzFlip shares his experience at the Puerto Rican Day Parade (1:59:40 ), Sexyy Red checks Ray J (2:47:37 ), Coco Gauff’s French Open win leads to post-match comments from her opponent Aryna Sabalenka (3:01:26 ),  and much more!

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Sleeper Picks: 

Joe | Leon Thomas & Kehlani - “DIRT ON MY SHOES”

Ice | EST Gee - “Take my time Geeski SH Feb 23”

Parks | Coyote - “Product Of Immigration”

Ish | DAMEDAME* - “PROMISE”

Melyssa | Leven (feat. Grace Weber) - “Meet Up”

Marc | The Roots - “Star/Pointro”