early this morning, we heard explosions here in the capital, kyiv, and in other major cities. on february 2a, vladimir putin s invasion shattered peace in europe and shook the rest of the world. within hours, he called a meeting in the kremlin. and summoned 37 of his most powerful oligarchs ultra wealthy businessmen who control key sectors of the russian economy. he knows that their businesses are critical to the functioning of his government. he s got steelmakers in there that are going to keep making steel for his tanks. he s got bankers in there. putin calls the meeting, really, for two reasons. the first is to make them, if you like, complicit in the action. he is saying that, these are my people, they support me. the second was to say, if you wanted to keep your wealth and your power in russia, you ve got to be
it s topical now. i guess i reject that inherently, because it s always topical in black america, it s just that there are cameras now and you can be in on the conversation. but there s also the fact, i don t think you could have made this movie, i don t think hollywood would have made this movie 20 years ago or even 10 years ago. part of that is about the evolution of the age cohort. the fact that this music is now kind of dad music and mom music, right? people in their 30s are like, i remember when i was listening to, you know, f the police. and these are mainstream, multi-million dollar american icons. sure. you know, dre is an entrepreneur now, one of you know, he s one of the richest men in the music industry. cube is producing, you know, family comedies. and so it s interesting to sort of see that juxtaposition of, you know, the angry, anti-authoritarian young men in the film with the, you know, businessmen who, by the way, produced this film and were very