Oh, Magicity Money. Welcome back to the Alley Oop. My sister Trista is flying across the world today. So I called in the best reinforcement I can, my sister, Lala Sheppard. Man, how are you doing, doll?
I am doing awesome. Thank you so much for having me. I'm excited for this.
Come on, man. Tell them folks about what you be having going on in Atlanta, Georgia, man. Tell them folks a little bit about yourself.
Absolutely. Nice to meet everybody. My name is Lala Sheppard. I am actually celebrating my 10-year anniversary of building my own media company right here in Atlanta. Our company is called the Progress Support Media Group. We cater to artists, entrepreneurs, DJs, producers, and pretty much we're just a plug and a connection, just making everything make sense. We provide content, interview spaces, and stuff like that. So, yes, that's what I do.
Come on, man. Come on, man. And I love sports. You got to know if you don't, now you do. Yes, sir. Look at that. Look, she tied right back. I love sports. Not only is she in the scene with the irrit music She actually loves hoops and the football, the pitch, whatever you got. I'm putting in front of me anyway. So I thank you. Look, I thank you, especially, specially crafted to talk about this subject. Luke Cornet had a lot to say about Magic City Monday night, saying that allowing this night to go forward without protest would reflect poorly on us as NBA community, specifically being complicit in the potential objectification and mistreatment of women in our society. Wow. Now, me personally, I think his heart is in the right place. Me too. I don't want to stone the brother, you dig, but I think he's a little bit off for misinformed of what actually Magic City is, though. What do you got to say on this topic, sis?
When I first heard about it, I didn't even blink an eye. I thought it made perfect sense. I said, If anybody can do this, it is the Atlanta Hawks. It makes sense. When I think of Atlanta, it's taboo already, but it is Women's History Month, so this is perfect. But I do want to acknowledge Luke's comments. I do think from a female perspective, I was so just happy and proud to see a guy of his caliber stand up for what he thinks is right in regards to women being disrespected. I do want to acknowledge that. I think that's awesome because women, we do need protection. However, we're talking about Atlanta culture here, and I do want to give some quick background, too. Now, I'm personally from Cincinnati, Ohio. I moved to Atlanta in 2013, and it's nothing like Atlanta. Those Most places like Magic City, Strokers, Kamal's 21, enabled me to build my brand, my legacy, and who I am because it's so much culture that happens within the strip club. From the outside, looking in, it may just seem like one thing, but specifically Atlanta strip clubs such as Magic City. I mean, come on, it's so much community, fellowship, networking, just so many opportunities for music, business.
And it's also a place for women to thrive. A lot of these dancers, they're not just dancers. A lot of them are like unofficial ANRs. They're businesswomen. I've had a few of the ladies on my platform for her. And these women, they're bigger. I mean, they're superstars in their own rights. So for me, I think this is amazing. I think it's a great balance of culture. To me, it's super Atlanta. You know It only makes sense. It really does. I'm here for it. I think it's a great idea. Pablo in the background is my little dog.
Exactly, man. Moving on, man. The Miss got a big win in the Unrival League Championship Miss now, man, over the phantom. 80 to 74, man. Did you catch it, Lala? What are your thoughts?
Oh, man. Yes, I'm on a first acknowledge that Unrival is so genius. I mean, salut to Unrival. Can we give it up for Breonna Stewart and Nafisa Coyer? I think this is amazing just to see the progression in just one year is just insane. But congrats to The Mist for the big win. I mean, at the end of the day, they were the better team at that particular game. What do you got to say?
What do I got to say, man? Look, salute to The Mist. I love Big Al, Alicia Gray. You already know what's going on. Atlanta Dream, we love you. Yes. But, Natasha Cloud is on the other team. My heart and my soul and my chest and my rib cage, which is the jersey I have on right now. Tiffany Hayes, man. I love Tiffane Hayes. I was invested. I love Tiffane Hayes. That's my favorite player of all time. I got... The only thing on my refrigerator is an autographed picture of Tiffane Hayes. Every jersey she ever had, I got it. Nice. I love Tiffane Hayes. You feel me? I'm sorry to you about that loss last night. If you got something to say, we can talk about it. But if not, I want to move on because I'm so disgusted with what transpired in Miami, Florida.
You know what? I'll say this, too. Salute to Tiff Hayes. We've had her on a program support as well. Again, I don't have anything bad to say. I have nothing but good things to say. I think, again, unrivaled league. It's just amazing. Look how excited we are for women's basketball. It's not only us, it's the world. To me, that's the bigger thing. That's the win right there, my opinion. I know you're not trying to hear it.
No, you're not trying to hear it. Since you went that long, look, I'm going to just go ahead and say it. The referees need to get your eyes checked. How about that, referee? It looked like he was going for somebody. The referee It felt like you wanted somebody to win. And it might have been the co-founder.
I can't disagree with that one. I can't disagree with that, too.
I ain't ever seen a Championship one on the free, though. Moving on. Man. Ti versus 50 Cent. The whole family is tearing my boy up. You get a boot in your ass. Little bro, go put your foot on his ass, please, sis. You got to shoot for him. The whole family is jumping them right now, musically. You You hear me? How important is TI for us? What is this doing for the city? Because I'm amazed. And I'm like, because nobody really ever come at 50 like that because you know. Yeah, he's a bully. I already said, bro, 50, you're a bully, right? And I love this. Ti put it... Right. I love it, too. He got the same birthday as me. We cancel, too. Oh, wow.
You did. Yeah, nice.
But, man, what TI did, and then what Lil' King did was very fire. I respect it. But what Domani did...
Okay.
Look, that's the one right there.
Say this, though. Just being honest, being in the Atlanta culture, this is nothing new. We knew Demanee Harris was like that. We knew Demani had the bars. We knew Demani was a dope lyricsist. I think everything happens for a reason. But I will say, I think this is a blessing in disguise for the Harris family. But I think this is a great thing for Demani and King. I think sometimes being a childhood, I would say star, and your dad is who he is, it's hard to get that recognition as a dope artist yourself. I think this was the moment that changed the whole perspective for the world. Because Atlanta, we knew Demani was hard. I like King as well. Come on, man. But that's Atlanta. We can refer that back to the Magic City thing. You think TI is going to bring out the sons?
Right. Come on, man. I thought he better bring them out at this point. He should. Because now it's a family affair. It's a family affair. We need the sons expeditiously. Right. I love that. They can go on tour. How many families you know could actually tour themselves? That's actually pretty dope.
For real, for real. Then we got Tiny, Zonique, Ong Girls, Ares Harris. That might be something, right? Come on. Messiah?
Bro. That might be crazy. It might be all of a sudden. Look, cut us in. Cut us in, Tiny. We'll talk. Have our people hit your people, and we're going to talk later about that. But moving on, man, battle of sports. Because I feel like this is going to be the first of many visits for you. Who is your most hated team in all the sports? Just so we get to know you more. Who can't you stand? Team or player, who can't you stand?
Draymond Green.
I'll tell you who I feel like we got something coming.
You put me on the spot. That was the first person I had. Draymond Green. Who was it going to be for you?
That was a great It's going to be Draymond. I was going to say, I'm going to start it out, bro. Draymond been doing a little too much lately, bro. Come on, bro. You've been playing a little too much in our face. Yeah. They're acting like... Draymond. They're acting like... Pissed on the sand is raining, bro. Come on, Draymond. Wake up, bro. You know it's interesting. But, hey, that's good to know moving forward.
Yeah.
In the chat, who is your most hated person in all the sports in the chat if you're listening to this, or text your homeboy and get that started, man. Lastly, We got some breaking news out of college, man. I can't believe this is a real story. I'm talking about right now breaking news. Police say a coach on the Cal State, Bakersfield Men's program was moonlighting as a pimp across four states.
What?
Multiple dismissals have occurred at Cal State, Bakersfield as an investigation probes who knew what and when. Lord Jesus, And that's how I break the news out of the college. Yeah, it just broke. That is insane. I can't speak intelligently on it yet, so we're going to wait for more details to come out before we jump in that, man.
Yeah, I think that's probably the best.
Exactly. Hey, Luke Cornet, write a letter. You did? Write your letter now, Luke. You did. But hey, moving on, man. We got a segment here at the show called Boy Stop, man. We play a couple of videos and we react pretty much and see who is the culprit of the boy stop within the video. Ms. Rebecca, what we got today.
Okay, first one up. We've got a college basketball. I mean, I believe it's a coach.
He goes a little bananas here, right? Yes. Okay. Perfect. Dj Lala, what would you do if this happened to you? Let's see it. Bro, let me miss Rebecca. For the listening audience, the coach has been a jet that he cussing out everybody and wow, DJ speaker over with. And the DJ look.
You saw him take into the locker room.
Coach done lost his rabid ass mind pushing over the damn speaker. They ain't got nothing to do with the game.
You know what's funny? I was actually watching that live when it happened, and I'm like, What is wrong with this guy? Honestly, okay, if I'm the DJ, I would be so pissed. And I'm soing. I'm soing. I'm soing. Why would you knock over my speaker? If anything, I mean, get a towel and throw it. I mean, seriously, a speaker, you could have hurt somebody.
You could have hurt somebody. Look, since she's still on, bro.
Seriously, he literally could have hurt somebody.
Is I know them DJs that you be running with. They ain't going for a damn piece of that. Absolutely not.
That's disrespectful.
That's crazy. You better keep it in the NCAA bit, bro. Because Miami, Ohio, Coach, boy, stop, man.
Salute to Miami, Ohio. I'm happy for them. They're still undefeated.
Good for them. Yeah, they are. You know what I mean? Respect where it's due. I hope you keep that attitude in the tournament because now folks are going to be gunning for you.
Oh, yeah. They're going to be special DJs. Special DJs.
That's going to wrap it up for us today, man. Lala, tell them, folks, where can they find you? Where can they support you? Where can they keep up with you, man?
Definitely. Well, on all social media platforms. My handle is Lala Chef. I'll spell it L-A-L-A-A-S-H-E-P. You can visit my website, tprmediagroup. Com, the progress support. Juju, I appreciate you for having me. I can't wait to do this again.
Come Come on, man. Thank you so much for joining me, sis. As always, thank you to Ms. Rebecca and my doll, the Distinguished Dylan. Come on, man. As always, thank you for listening, because without you all, who the hell are we? You dig? Catch us on Tuesday. Same bad time, same bad channel. Peace out.
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Juju is joined by special guest Lalaa Shepard for a wild episode of the Alley Oop Basketball Show — and the conversation goes WAY beyond the court.First up: the unbelievable story of a coach connected to California State University, Bakersfield allegedly being caught up in a pimping scandal. The internet can’t believe it, and Juju and Lalaa break down how a story like this even happens in the sports world.Then the conversation shifts to the legendary culture of Magic City — one of the most iconic nightlife spots tied to hip-hop and basketball culture. Why do athletes and rappers treat it like a second home?Next up: the long-running tension between T.I. and 50 Cent. The hosts break down the history of the beef, the personalities involved, and why these rivalries never really die.Finally, they celebrate the MIST winning UNRIVALED, and what it means for the league and the future of women’s basketball.From scandals to strip club culture to hip-hop beefs and hoops — this episode covers everything.
If you love basketball culture, viral sports stories, and hilarious commentary, this episode is for you.
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