Author: Jared Ball

May 22, 2020

#MOBP Back on with Renegade Culture Podcast!

No matter how often I talk about whatever I am talking about elsewhere when I am on with these brothers here the…
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May 19, 2020

In Celebration of Malcolm X: Can Revolutionary Politics Serve Us

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May 19, 2020

An Afrikan Air-Cleanse: The #MOBP and Garveyism

Is the overall argument that Black buying power is a myth antithetical to race-first ideologies? Are all those who adhered at one…
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May 19, 2020

The Real Malcolm X and His Impact on American Politics

On today’s episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker is joined by Eddie Conway, Executive Producer with The Real News Network who…
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May 17, 2020

Remembering Justo Faison and Hip-Hop’s Debt to the Mixtape

This was an incredible discussion with Regan Sommer McCoy curator of the Mixtape Museum! We talked about the history of mixtapes and…
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May 13, 2020

The Karen Hunter Show Roundtable on Black Buying Power (Plus Outtakes!)

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May 8, 2020

The Myth and Propaganda of Buying Power (#MOBP), Black Sovereignty, Self-Determining Economics and Politics – Dr. Jared Ball and Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle American Studies Association Freedom Course

Watch this video on YouTube With Dayvon Love (@DayvonLove), Director of Public Policy for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle and Lawrence Grandpre (@Ne0Nubian), Directory of Research…
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May 5, 2020

Buying Power and Black Banking Revisited!

Thanks again to Netfa Freeman and Voices With Vision for this discussion and classic re-airing of a previous exchange with the head…
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May 4, 2020

The Myth of Buying Power and The Benjamin Dixon Show

Thanks to Benjamin Dixon for this discussion of The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power. Enjoy the discussion and then join…
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April 27, 2020

The Nation / Edge of Sports and Black Consumer Power

Edge of Sports and The Nation with Dave Zirin This week we talk to Jared Ball, professor of Communication Studies at Morgan…
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April 22, 2020

The #MOBP and Roland Martin Unfiltered: The Crisis of the Black Press in Microcosm

I spent a few more minutes dealing with some of the specific comments made recently on Roland Martin Unfiltered as they pertain…
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April 17, 2020

Black Celebrity and the Myth of Buying Power

Again, many thanks to DaveyD and Hard Knock Radio for this PART TWO of our extended discussion of hip-hop, celebrity, Black politics…
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April 16, 2020

Jay-Z, Hip-Hop and the Propulsion of Buying Power Mythology

It was indeed a pleasure to be back with DaveyD and Hard Knock Radio! Here is PART ONE of our discussion which…
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April 14, 2020

Those Who Create Wealth (Us All) Should Have More Of It

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April 12, 2020

Fire In Little Africa: Hip-Hop Activism, Tulsa, and Black Wall Street

Dr. Stevie “Dr. View” Johnson joined us to discuss his project (In)Visible Man, a combination of hip-hop, Black activism and the history…
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April 9, 2020

The Meaning of Consumption

This is the response to the question I was not given time to answer at the end of this segment with Fault…
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April 9, 2020

MOBP Virtual Book Launch and Talk! MAY 25!

Watch this video on YouTube 8pm – 10pm (EST) This will be a PATRONS-ONLY exclusive event so please: SIGN UP NOW and…
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April 8, 2020

The After Party for Electoral Politics

Those hampered electorally by the two dominant political parties are in desperate need of an enhanced experience! Let’s build one; The After…
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April 7, 2020

Fire Chat with Dr. Jared Ball

Sat down with Dr. Jared Ball to discuss his new book “Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power.” You can check Jared,…
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April 2, 2020

Whose Wealth Debated

The initial discussion of the impact of Covid-19 on the marginalized turned into an incomplete debate over the nature of wealth and…
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