Black Wealth Watch: Katt Williams Enters AI, Student Loan Relief Gets Taxed, And Isaac Hayes’ Estate Settlement

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By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated February 26, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

Welcome to Black Wealth Watch, where we round up the biggest stories in Black business and economic news each week — the wins, the setbacks, the deals getting done, and the conversations we should be having about money, power, and who actually gets a seat at the table.

This week we saw one of our favorite comedians quietly tap

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