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Welcome to The Message, an interview series about music, culture, mental health, and politics, brought to you by Apple Music. The summer of 2020 was marked by an unprecedented awareness for--and anger about--the continued injustices Black people and people of color in America and worldwide face. The ensuing protests, activations, and social media fury inspired musicians around the world to speak out about their own experiences, with some going on to record music that speaks directly to the moment. Hosted by Apple Music's Ebro Darden, The Message is a series that aims to further the dialogue about the unrest and inequalities in the United States and abroad via intimate conversations with some of the most prominent voices in the culture today, who also create exclusive playlists of the songs inspiring them to keep pushing forward. Guests include Jon Batiste, Erykah Badu, Jon Stewart, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Common, Vince Staples, and many more. Follow to get the uncut and unc
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to The Message, an interview series about music, culture, mental health, and politics, brought to you by Apple Music. The summer of 2020 was marked by an unprecedented awareness for--and anger about--the continued injustices Black people and people of color in America and worldwide face.
The Message with Ebro Darden is hosted by Apple Music. The show has published 40 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Eve" (1 September 2025, 40 minutes), "David Oyelowo" (12 May 2025, 56 minutes), and "Mannie Fresh and Trombone Shorty" (3 March 2025, 29 minutes).
The Message with Ebro Darden publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 41 minutes across 40 episodes.
Booking probability for The Message with Ebro Darden is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Message with Ebro Darden requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Message with Ebro Darden's contact route on record: public web form.
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Apple Music hosts The Message with Ebro Darden, a music show with 40 episodes published.
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Episode #39
<p>Rapper, actress, and author Eve joins Ebro for a new installment of the Message to share her current mantra: breathe, and believe. Their wide-ranging conversation touches on faith, motherhood, domestic violence, and...
Episode #38
<p>On this brand new conversation for The Message, Ebro sits down with two-time NAACP Image Award-winner David Oyelowo from the new Apple TV+ series Government Cheese. David shares his message of love, what he's learned...
Episode #37
<p>This year Apple Music celebrated Black History Month across the service by spotlighting the rhythms of New Orleans, home of Super Bowl LIX. After the big game festivities wrapped, two local legends found time to call...
Episode #36
<p>In this brand new Message conversation, Ebro sits down with audio engineer, producer, and songwriter Ebonie Smith to talk about her new spoken word poetry album On Imagination and her Message that music is a...
Episode #35
<p>Her name is Thandiswa, but if you're from her native country of South Africa, you might know her better as King Tha. She's a singer and songwriter with a new album called Sankofa, a Ghanaian word that means "to go...
Episode #34
<p>While most hip-hop fans know will.i.am from his chart-topping work with The Black Eyed Peas, he's got another major passion: philanthropy. In this conversation from 2021, he stops by the Message to talk about his...
Episode #33
<p>Conway the Machine has been through a lot. The rapper, best known for his work with his Griselda brothers Westside Gunn and Benny the Butcher, helped build the Buffalo music scene from the ground up, and all in the...
Episode #32
<p>There are many artists who could stake a claim for the title of Queen of Black Music, but it'd be hard to argue against a legend like Angelique Kidjo. Ebro spoke to her back in 2021 for Black Music Month about...
Episode #31
<p>2021 marked a dark anniversary for America: It was the centennial of the Tulsa race massacre, a two-day long white supremacist reign of terror that destroyed Tulsa, Oklahoma's thriving Black Wall Street. To honor the...
Episode #30
<p>May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States, and few rappers have been as open about their mental health throughout their career as Big Sean. Ebro called him up in 2021 to talk about his IGTV series he...
Episode #29
<p>In honor of Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Ebro plays back his conversation with Korean-American artist Audrey Nuna. They discuss her childhood growing up as the lone Asian-American in a...
Episode #28
<p>Puerto Rican artist Residente has never been one to mince words in his songs, which may make the title of his latest album, LAS LETRAS YA NO IMPORTAN ("The lyrics don't matter"), surprising to fans. But despite the...
Episode #27
<p>Back in 2021, the Black Lives Matter movement scored a definitive victory: Derek Chauvin, the police officer who murdered George Floyd, was found guilty on all three counts. In this conversation, originally taped in...
Episode #26
<p>In this special Wrestlemania episode of The Message, Ebro talks to WWE superstar Bianca Belair about her work with her husband, fellow wrestler Montez Ford, to connect Black people with their culture. They also...
Episode #25
<p>In celebration of The Vince Staples Show premiering on Netflix, Ebro throws it back to his 2021 conversation with the Long Beach rapper about mental health, his path to being a full-time rapper, and hip-hop's sudden...
Episode #24
<p>In this interview recorded in 2022, country/hip-hop artist Willie Jones joins Ebro to talk about his Message of taking care of your mental health, and how he put that message into his song “Get Low Get High” with Jon...
Episode #23
<p>Ebro throws it back to Black History Month 2021, when he called up rapper Common and his friend Chef Lauren Von Der Pool for a conversation about nourishment and resilience through good eating, hydration, and getting...
Episode #22
<p>The Message returns just in time for Black History Month! This week, Ebro talks to filmmaker-writer-producer-musician-composer Jeymes Samuel about his Message to "obey your crazy." They also dive into his new film...
Episode #21
<p>On this brand new episode of The Message, Ebro sits down with Grammy, Emmy, and Tony-award winning singer and actor Billy Porter to talk about his message to always believe in yourself, and how he amplifies that...
Episode #20
<p>For the first time in 25 years, all three founding members of Tony! Toni! Toné! are back onstage together. Brothers Raphael Saadiq and D'wayne Wiggins, along with their cousin Timothy Christian Riley, changed the...
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