In today's Barbershop Talk show, we discuss the passing of Louis Vuitton's artistic director Virgil Abloh and his impact on pop culture, Simu Liu beating out Daniel Craig (No Time to Die), Chris Pratt (The Tomorrow War) & Vin Diesel (F9: The Fast Saga) to win the People's Choice Award for Best Action Movie Star, & what the hell is the metaverse and how do we think it will impact us in the future. 

In this episode, we discuss:

Timestamps:

2:40 - Introduction of Virgil Abloh 

3:35 - How Virgil came from an engineer and architecture background prior to jumping into the fashion space

5:00 - Virgil becoming the first Black designer at Louis Vuitton 

7:55 - Losing three prominent African American figures in a small time frame (Chadwick Boswick, Kobe & Virgil)

8:20 - How do you feel about people fighting cancers privately?

9:30 - In Asian culture, illness is kept private 

12:35 - Learning to enjoy our time here on earth while we have it

14:00 - Simu Liu topic intro 

14:30 - Simu hosts SNL

16:45 - Shang-Chi getting a sequel even when people said it would flop

17:30 - Leo hooped with Simu Liu 

22 - Metaverse intro

24 - How video games give you a glimpse of what the metaverse can become

27 - Nike joining the metaverse

30 - Metaverse will potentially change many industries

37 - Tom Cruise deep fake 

38 - Overall, is the metaverse good or bad?

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