Dometi Pongo

What you #NeedToKnow about the origins of House Music (🗣created in Chicago) And what the Drake and Beyonce releases may...or may not🧐 …be telling us about the sound of the summer. #BlackMusicMonth  @mtvnews

Watch to the end for full context. The complete @mtvnews #NeedToKnow segment on the school shooting in #Uvalde , how money in politics impedes progress on multiple issues (h/t @ninaturnerohio ), and how #stevekerr articulated what so many of us were thinking. ✍️📋 @kelseynotgrammer @sunnivalentine @tylermmercer @average_friend #mtvnews

Liberating. Art is the manifestation of true expression. Free from the bounds of rules. 💯 #rp • @smithsonian_channel What does art mean to you? At this weekend's @Hirshhorn Ball dedicated to Pop Art, we asked the costumed-attendees to speak about the significance of art in their lives. This is what they told us. #hirshhornball #hirshhornball2022

@bbreaux at @blancgallerychicago

We know the news cycle moved on from what they dubbed the Racial Reckoning of 2020… But what happened to Breonna Taylor, and the absence of justice for it, was not an anomaly. Here’s what you #NeedToKnow about the latest in the #AmirLocke case. It’s ironic the latest broke as we’re celebrating the appointment of the first Black woman to the Supreme Court.. • #KetanjiBrownJackson #mtvnews #dometipongo

#BabyKeem took home a Grammy for Best Rap Performance for Family Ties f/ Kendrick. Caught up with him just before he caught the W. #mtvnews #dometipongo

“You heard it here first! 😏😉” - *@tinashenow voice * #rp • @mtvnews An album from #Rihanna ? New #FrankOcean ? What about #Beyoncé ?! #ChloeBailey , #JackHarlow , #Tinashe , #ParisHilton , #TheKidLAROI , and more told us who they want to hear new music from in 2022 on the #GRAMMYs red carpet with @dometi_ .

Full segment from yday’s #needtoknow on #brittneygriner’s detention abroad. #mtvnews

What began as a story about #Rihanna and maternal fashion…ended with a dialogue on women’s healthcare. Almost 2/3 of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable according to the CDC. And the stats are abysmal for Black moms. Here’s what you #NeedToKnow about how fashion, messages in media concerning body image, and women’s healthcare are all interconnected. #mtvnews #mtv #womenshistorymonth #fashion #popculture #fashionicon #fenty #savagexfenty #healthcare #blackwomen #healthcaredisparities #entertainmentnews

Even more relevant given what has happened since we published this piece. 😓 A distracting sideshow just hours before bombs were dropped... Heart goes out to those directly affected. ••• #RP • @mtvnews #CardiB shared her thoughts about the Russia-Ukraine crisis, and as they were picked up in the news, the blowback was swift. Artists often raise awareness, but for complex issues like this, @Dometi_ has what you #NeedToKnow about why it's important to seek further context #MTV #MTVNews #CardiB #EntertainmentJournalism #AntiWar #humanrights #sanctions #Russia #Ukraine

Farming would have been a source of generational wealth for Black people post slavery. But theft & systemic racism made that virtually impossible. Now, entrepreneurs are looking to the hemp and weed markets to reclaim space and profit. - @mtvnews #needtoknow • • • #BlackHistoryMonth #DometiPongo #MTVNews #BlackJournalists #Cannibus #RecreationalWeed #BlackHistory 📋🎥cc: @sunnivalentine @kelseynotgrammer @tylermmercer @average_friend

#LHHLegacy continues with Part 2 on #vh1 . Building bonds, breaking chains. This is what it’s about. ✊🏿 #vh1loveandhiphop #bhm #blackjournalists #africanancestors #africanancestry #dometipongo