Dominique DiPrima (she/her)
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The official X page for Dominique DiPrima, morning drive host @kbla1580 weekdays 6A-9A Producer, writer, professional smart ass. On TV & stage+activist+emcee.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined April 2009
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Chuck from L.A. called today and suggested those of us who have lost our moms hang a smiling picture of them on the wall. That way we’d be uplifted by our mums whenever we feel down. Thanks Chuck✨🙌🏽✨🌻🌻
#mom
#dianediprima
#motherdaughterlove
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@ghost_wales
Couldn't they just be anti-monarchist? Anti-colonialist? Or maybe they are concerned with his ties to the Nazis? I haven't seen anything on
#BlackTwitter
saying anything about his whiteness except from YOU🤔
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Today a guy from the Middle East told me I should pass for Latino or Indian and pretend not to be Black.
I had to remind him, twelve generations of my family built this country without pay.
#Black
#Negro
#AfricanAmerican
#Freedmen
#BlacketyBlack
#ReparationsNow
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Watching this
@DearMamaFX
documentary is like time traveling. Great job
@Hughes2Society
#riptupac
#ripafenishakur
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You know it’s bad when you get more press coverage for dropping out of the race than being in it
#LarryElder
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Visiting my mom (Diane DiPrima) was a huge inspiration to start off 2020! She’s very sick and in a nursing home but she is busy writing and editing books plus reading and studying...No excuses! It’s go time!!
#NewYearChallenge
#momdaughter
#Dianediprima
#Poet
#author
#activist
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It just hit me - I’ve been talking to Black L.A. five days a week for 15 years on a black-owned radio station
#BlackOwned
#BlackOutTuesday
#BlackNews
#BlackBusiness
#talkradio
#blessed
@StevieWonder
@RadioFreeKJLH
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Either Marianne Williamson or Dr. Cornel West would be the most progressive U.S. President ever, by far.
@CornelWest
@marwilliamson
@tavissmiley
@kbla1580
#unapologetically
#progressive
#talkradio
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We’ve got a super fun show on tap for Friday! Policy analyst
@edwardmsanders
joins me in the 6A hour (PST)
@RaisingDion
star
@WainwrightAE
is our guest in the 8A hour on
@kbla1580
#politics
#Entertainment
#BlackExcellence
#talkradio
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🖤Thank you
@StevieWonder
Thank you
@RadioFreeKJLH
Thank you radio free family!
It has been a joy and an honor for the past 16 years!
#Loveyou
#alwaysandforever
#hastacuando
#jambo
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Black Lives Matter Turns Ten was a great day in Leimert Park. The People’s Justice Festival was a blessing to the community.
#saytheirnames
#andrewjosephIII
#JacobBlake
#BlackLivesMatter
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Today: Pete White, founder and co-executive director of the Los Angeles Community Action Network
@lacanetwork
is my partner in politics and we're reading between the headlines.
#FirstThingsFirst
6A to 9A
Listen online
Call us (800) 920-1580
@kbla1580
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Looking for me?
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Los Angeles turned out for Karen Bass…On a chilly school night, the City of Angels packed the playa!
@SenSanders
@MariaEDurazo
@EunissesH
@mhdcd8
@SantiagoAD53
@trojandemocrats
@LADemocrats
@CaDemocrats1
#karenbasswins
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Mr. Gregory always told me
“The leading causes of death in the U.S. are dehydration, lack exercise and lack of sleep.”
Let’s get some rest, take a walk and drink some H2O this weekend in honor of
#dickgregory
#Wellbeing
#pioneer
#FBF
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Hey Sheriff Villanueva! Remember that time when you came on
@RadioFreeKJLH
asking for our votes & promised to reopen the investigation into the murder of Mitrice Richardson & not stop until you solved it? We need answers
@LACoSheriff
!
#SayHerName
#MitriceRichardson
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Really simple Cops in schools are not the best option for public safety with kids...Especially children of color
#carenotcops
in
#LAUSD
@BLMLA
@nickmelvoin
@Jackie4LAkids
@DrGeorgeMcKenna
@Kelly4LASchools
@ScottAtLAUSD
@richardvladovic
@AustinLASchools
@TonyThurmond
@GavinNewsom
Tuesday
@LASchools
can be courageous.
Every School Board member should VOTE YES ON THE
@monica4la
motion to
#DefundThePolice
in LAUSD by 90% over 3 years.
Need you to get on board
@nickmelvoin
@Jackie4LAkids
@DrGeorgeMcKenna
@Kelly4LASchools
@ScottAtLAUSD
@richardvladovic
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That time I facilitated a discussion on systemic racism & violence in law enforcement with Eazy E & Urban League President John Mack The “F*** the Police” artist & the future L.A. Police Commission President This ish ain’t new
#stopkillingblackpeople
#TBT
@BLMLA
@Mvmnt4BlkLives
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If you’re missing me, I’m missing you too! But you can find my podcasts on the KBLA app or Spotify or Apple Music etc…See you soon
@kbla1580
#talkradio
✨🙏🏽✨💛
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Here I am once again crying
For a child I’ve never met.
It’s the same article with new names plugged in. The same questions and the same shamefully inadequate answers.
STOP KILLING OUR KIDS!
#SayHisName
#RyanGainer
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It was quite a night!
The African Goodwill Awards is back live and in person…
#African
#AfricanAmerican
#unity
#Fellowship
#fun
@africanfocus1
@kbla1580
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Following the
@tavissmiley
bombshell interview with
@IWashington
(it went viral on worldwide media) you won’t want to miss my show Weds. (11/10/21) We will unpack the f***kery behind the hit show
@GreysABC
w/ former
@ABCNetwork
employee Kim Clayton Hershman
@kbla1580
#Receipts
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People don’t want to wear masks because it is an attack on their individual freedom? Do they know wearing clothes is also mandated by law?
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters will be on The Front Page Monday at 5AM
@RepMaxineWaters
@RadioFreeKJLH
#FamilesBelongTogether
#MaxineWaters
#2A
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It’s a blazing edition of Freedmen Fridays with Attorney Kamilah Moore - by popular demand.
Join the comprehensive reparations conversation
#talkradio
#Restitution
#Reparations
@KamilahVMoore
@kbla1580
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Have you voted with your dollars today? (The billionaires will.)
#Elections2022
@KarenBassLA
@tavissmiley
@kbla1580
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Your Assemblymember be keepin’ it real on the radio. And lord knows we’ve got a lot to talk about!
@ib2_real
@kbla1580
#TalkRadio
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Iconic actor Isaiah Washington is making his directorial debut and doing something few filmmakers have done…Putting a truly Indy film in a major theater chain. He joins me Thursday
#corsicanamovie
@IWashington
@kbla1580
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That time I broadcast on
@RadioFreeKJLH
from the beach in Ghana...
#talkwithdominique
#saturdaynight
#talkradio
#FrontPage
for
#earlyrisers
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I believe a lot of people didn’t realize how many impactful things Kobe Bryant quietly did for the community. He was great off the court too!
#RIPKobe
#KobeBryant
#LakerNation
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For every $1 a man makes in CA:
White women make 77¢
AAPI women make 73¢
Black women make 62¢
Latinas make 54¢
If you want to take action for women's equality VOTE:
#YesOnProp16
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6A Monday 11/6
We are talking Tupac with hip hop historian Davey D.
Were you at the street naming in Oakland?
#TupacShakurWay
#HipHop50
@2PAC
@kbla1580
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Mayor Karen Bass joins me live in studio for ‘Mornings w/ the Mayor’ a new segment on First Things First where we have a candid convo about all things LA. Never miss a moment, watch live on YouTube
#MorningsWithTheMayor
#FirstThingsFirst
@MayorOfLA
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Comedian, Actress, Producer and Activist .
@amandaseales
joins us Wednesday 12/8 at 8AM PST ON
@kbla1580
#InsecureHBO
#IBeKnowin
#TheReal
#unapologetic
#BlackWomen
#TalkRadio
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SEVENTEEN Black women host or cohost shows on KBLA Talk 1580 AM! It’s a talk radio revolution
@NajahRoberts
@lynnrichardson
@Kiara_Imani
#crysta
@RobinAyers
@NicoleFrankln
@DocMellyMel
@ArevaMartin
@angelareddock
@cynbrooks_LA
@mischainspires
@YoYoWhitaker
@LoniLove
@kbla1580
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I read one of my moms poems today on the air as a tribute. I’ve never done so in public but listeners kept asking. I’m glad I did. I miss you mommy.
#Rip
#Mom
#poet
#dianediprima
#MothersDay2021
“The ultimate famine is the starvation of the imagination”
~Diane di Prima
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Everyone's asking if my boss
#StevieWonder
is really moving to
#Ghana
Yes he is tho I'm not sure when. Amazing that it's trending now - he made the announcement Oct 13th - I was honored to moderate that presser when he announced he was leaving Motown
@StevieWonder
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I wore my hair naturally nappy and comfortably curly all thru the long, hot, dry summer. Why on earth did I decide to go bone straight the day before the biggest storm in 100 years?
#IYKYK
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Happy New Year 2022!
Have you shared with a friend that I am now on
@kbla1580
6 AM - 9 AM Weekdays?
Find the podcasts on the KBLA app
You might win $500
#HappyNewYear
#happynewyear2022
#weekendvibes
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Home Turf: 200+ Episodes
Street Science: 400+ Episodes
Steve Harvey Show: 3 Years
Front Page: 16 Years
Next: ???
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Everything is in divine order! Check out Democratic Presidential Candidate, Author, Self- Help icon Marianne Williamson Weds morning (12/11/19) on The Front Page with Dominique DiPrima on 102.3 KJLH-FM
#2020Election
#WellnessWednesday
@marwilliamson
@RadioFreeKJLH
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So many men in broadcasting have multiple jobs...They have a TV show and a radio show and write books and no one trips. Don't worry! I got this!! I can do two radio shows, be a mom, an emcee, I might even write a book
#Jamaican
#sidehustle
#radiolife
#momlife
#BlackGirlMagic
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I hate when I can’t sleep knowing I have a show at 4:30AM the next day…Been doing early mornings for 16 years now…But somehow I’m always wide awake by the time we go live on
@RadioFreeKJLH
#TalkRadio
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“Freeway” Ricky Ross has a new entrepreneurial enterprise. He joins me Tuesday in the
@kbla1580
studios.
@freewayricky1
#talkradio
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Its a sit-your-ass-down-at-home-and-stream-it kind of inauguration...A safer-at-home-from-white-supremacists-and-new-strains moment
I’m celebrating a new administration & rejoicing that
@KamalaHarris
is making history
But in the words of
@SamuelLJackson
Keep your ass at home🌍
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Today: Activist scholar Dr. David C Turner III is my partner in politics and we are reading between the headlines
#FirstThingsFirst
6A to 9A
Listen online
Call us (800) 920-1580
#MondayMorning
#activism
@kbla1580
#talkradio
#UnapologeticallyProgressive
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When you’ve known each other since waaaayyyy back in the day and everybody is still thriving…
@ogpoetess
@moneyb69
#thebay
#LA
#realones
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Looking forward to the conversation. This film is Isaiah Washington’s directorial debut and it’s coming to Baldwin Hills this weekend
#corsicanamovie
#talkradio
@kbla1580
Catch me on First Things First with Dominique DiPrima
@diprimaradio
on
@KBLA1580
November 3 at 7:20AM PT
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City of Los Angeles Reparations Commissioner Khansa Muhammad-Jones joins us Tuesday
@IAMFridayJones
@LACity
@lacivilrights
@kbla1580
#ReparationsNow
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Cowboy DiPrima doesn’t have the same ring to it…And I definitely ain’t from Texas😂
But my ancestors built this place and I am undoubtedly a
#progressive
#patriot
🇺🇸✊🏿🇺🇸🖤✨
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Today we pay homage to my mom poet Diane di Prima. If you are in SF please came through for an hour or all day.
Or you could watch the livestream on Facebook
2PM PST - 6PM
on the page called Diane diPrima Park
#celebration
#poetry
#jazz
#dianediprima
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Even though her mom is Indian American and her dad is Jamaican American I’m still waiting for
@realDonaldTrump
to start claiming she was born in Kenya 😂😂
#KamalaHarris
#American
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Love my Mama too!!!
#DianediPrima
#mommy
#beat
#poet
#activist
#anarchist
#feminist
#author
#poetlaureate
#motheroffive
#brave
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A sixth Memphis officer has been relieved of duty. It wasn’t a rumor. Officer Preston Hemphill is white.
#TyreNichols
#SayHisName
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Happy Birthday to my beautiful great aunt Elise (she’s 108 today😍)
Happy
#StateOfTheUnionAddress
Mr. Biden
@POTUS
#TuesdayMotivaton
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To answer your question…I’ll be on weekdays 6A-9A 😀
Read more in this in-depth article about our very own Queen Dominique DiPrima and the launch of KBLA Talk 1580!
@diprimaradio
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If you missed the conversation with
@facts215_
find it wherever you get your podcasts.
#ReparationsNow
#Freedmen
#Fridays
@kbla1580
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Today: Senator Alex Padilla
@SenAlexPadilla
joins me
#FirstThingsFirst
6A to 9A
Listen online
Call us (800) 920-1580
@kbla1580
#TalkRadio
#MorningShow
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The reparations panel was on at The Empowerment Congress!
@SteveBradford
&
@ArevaMartin
🔥🔥🔥
Yet another testament to the outsized community impact of one man:
@MRTempower
without Dr. Ridley Thomas there would be no neighborhood councils
@EmpowerCongress
@EmpowerLA
@kbla1580
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I'll be discussing the importance of Black-owned media and the telling of Black stories with
@DocMellyMel
and
@tavistalks
in preparation for
@KBLA1580
the first Black talk radio station in the West. This Is Not a Drill! Thursday 7pm
#makinghistory
@BLMLA
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This was a great convo!
If you missed it find it on YouTube
@kbla1580
or wherever you get your podcasts
#TalkRadio
@KarenBassLA
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Today: Pete White, Executive Director, Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN)
@LACANetwork
joins me to read between the headlines.
#FirstThingsFirst
6A to 9A
Listen online
Call us (800) 920-1580
#tuesdaymorning
#hottopic
#Homelessness
@kbla1580
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I’m hoping to be back in action on the microphone on Monday. See you soon!
@kbla1580
#talkradio
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Happy 2019 Family!!! May this new beginning bring you all of what you need and most of what you want🙏 I'll see you on the air Wednesday to kick off the New Year!!!🎉🎉🎉
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Our cover story in
@suitelifesocal
drops online today and on newsstands next week. Thank you to publisher Sarah Harris writer
@mischainspires
photographer
@MichaelMoore616
@MRMSTUDIOS
@MetaphorClub
And our
@kbla1580
crew
@DonAmiche
@dannymoshow
@DocMellyMel
@tavissmiley
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It breaks my heart that Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ grandchildren are begging her not to go to inauguration cuz they fear for her life Unacceptable that our lawmakers aren’t safe
#RemoveTrumpTODAY
#CoupAttempt
#Fascism
#WhiteSupremacistTerrorists
@RepMaxineWaters
@SpeakerPelosi
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Happy Birthday to my dad Amiri Baraka (AKA LeRoi Jones) Rest in Power Baba! You were & always will be a force for good in the world (no matter how pundits & simpletons try to spin & label your legacy!)
#HappyBirthday
#Dad
#Libra
#Poet
#BlackArtsMovement
#AmiriBaraka
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