1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:02,280 Speaker 1: Twist. 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 2: I'm a homegrow that knows a little bit about everything 3 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 2: and everybody. 4 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: You know, if you don't lie about that. Right, Hey, y'all, 5 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: what's up. 6 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 2: It's Laura Rosa and this is the Latest with Laura Rosa. 7 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 2: This is your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment, news, 8 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:21,119 Speaker 2: and all of the conversations that shake the room. 9 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: Baby. 10 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 2: Now we are back again with another episode of the Latest. 11 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 2: In this episode, I really. 12 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: Want you guys to sound off. 13 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 2: I love it when we talk about things here on 14 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 2: the podcast and then I see you tweeting me about it. 15 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 2: I see you, you know, posting the podcast and talking 16 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 2: about it in your Instagram stories, everywhere you can talk. 17 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 2: I need to hear from you, guys, l O R 18 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 2: E N l O R O s A on social 19 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:50,919 Speaker 2: media because I have a question to asks. How do 20 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 2: you guys feel about the legendary Black You know, it 21 00:00:56,360 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 2: is one of the black staple magazines and platforms. Vibe 22 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 2: Magazine becoming a part of Rolling Stone. And when I 23 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 2: say becoming a part of Rolling Stone, what I mean 24 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 2: is Billboard announced this week that Rolling Stone will be 25 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 2: joining forces with Vibe. 26 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: Now. 27 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 2: Vibe will bolster rolling Stones hip hop coverage and allow 28 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 2: the brands to go deeper into the genre. Vibe will 29 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 2: also print special collectors' editions of the magazine and launch 30 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 2: a new interview series as spotlights in depth conversations with 31 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 2: the most important figures, ranging from musicians to superstar athletes 32 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 2: and fashion icons. Now, the CEO of Rolling Stone said, 33 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 2: we are thrilled to announce that Vibe is joining forces 34 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 2: with Rolling Stone. This historical team up will enable Rolling 35 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 2: Stone to level up the publications hip hop and R 36 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 2: and B coverage, allowing Rolling Stone to dive deeper into 37 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 2: the culture. As a part of this move, rolling Stone 38 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 2: will invest in Vibe across video, podcasts, long form journalism, 39 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 2: social media, and exponential opportunities, all areas where Rolling Stone 40 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 2: is a market leader. Vi will continue to power cultural 41 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 2: conversations and re establish itself as a driving force for 42 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 2: commentary and reporting. Our goal, the CEO continues, is to 43 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 2: continue the mission that Vibe was founded on, while leveraging 44 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 2: Rolling Stone to amplify its presence across all platforms. So essentially, 45 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 2: what is happening here is like when, for instance, when 46 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 2: an entrepreneur creates a product, builds that product up up, 47 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 2: up up up, Rihanna INFINTI, well, it's a little different 48 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 2: because you know Rihanna and Rihanna, but builds that product 49 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 2: up up, up up up in a way and then 50 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 2: decides to partner with a bigger you know, kind of 51 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 2: like almost like a distribution deal for a music Artisty 52 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 2: you decide to partner with a h a company, a platform, 53 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 2: a home that has more resources readily available, has more 54 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 2: you know, financial resources readily available, so that you're able 55 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 2: to then take what you build built and not just 56 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 2: make it bigger, but scale it better as far as 57 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 2: you know what you're outputting. 58 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 1: So to me, there's two folds of this. 59 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 2: On one hand, the first thing I thought of when 60 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 2: I saw this was why is Rolling Stone and black 61 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 2: people business? 62 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: And I get it. 63 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 2: Outlets like Rolling Stone, I mean they cover black people, 64 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:27,679 Speaker 2: black talent. You know, that's a thing. But historically we 65 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 2: know that those outlets, the Vibes, the Ebonies, the Jets, 66 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 2: the Essence magazines, those outlets they're ours, right, I mean, 67 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 2: but you do have the fact that like BT, which 68 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 2: is you know, black entertainment television is under paramount and 69 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 2: you know at one point it was Viacom, and those 70 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 2: are not black companies, But I don't know, this felt 71 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 2: a little different, and maybe because it is editorial, maybe 72 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 2: because it is you know, the conversation in our vibe 73 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 2: is just I don't know, it's just different. 74 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: And be really honest with you guys as well. 75 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 2: Prior to this, I don't know much about vibes partnerships 76 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 2: and you know, who they were working with, who they 77 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 2: weren't working with. But this was just loud, it was big. 78 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 2: It was everywhere when it dropped because Rolling Stone is 79 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 2: such a it's such a relevant brand and pop culture. 80 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 2: So that was the first thing I thought, and then 81 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 2: I read a little bit more. Oh and also I 82 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 2: started seeing, you know, there were a few journalists that 83 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 2: I follow that once this announcement came out, they posted 84 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 2: tweets like, hey, you know, today is my last day 85 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 2: with Vibe magazine because of the Rolling Stone Vibe merger. 86 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 2: And I mean, I didn't see anything bad from them, 87 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 2: but I did see that as well. 88 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: So that was my first thought. 89 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 2: And then I'm on my timeline on X and all 90 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 2: I see are journalists because some of these people I 91 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 2: don't know, I just follow because they tweet out the 92 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 2: stories that they cover or you know, they're tweeting different 93 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 2: news and I follow news everywhere, That's just what I do. 94 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 2: But I'm seeing, like, I mean, like an influx of 95 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 2: because of the Vibe and Rolling Stone merger. Because of 96 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 2: the Vibe and Rolling Stone merger, over and over and 97 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 2: over again, I now no longer have my job. Thank 98 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 2: you for the three years of this. And you could 99 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 2: tell that, you know, people were keeping it super like 100 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 2: there's nothing we could do. We was laid off, you 101 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 2: know what I'm saying. But I'm like, oh, ouch, wow, okay, 102 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,799 Speaker 2: So that made me to be like, am I supposed 103 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 2: to be apprehensive about this? Am I supposed to be 104 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 2: happy for Vibe Magazine about this? People are losing their job. 105 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 2: It feels like Vibe is about to be gentrified, Like 106 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 2: what is going on here? And I come from, you know, 107 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 2: working with major outlets before TMZ. I worked in a 108 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 2: fashion closet at Cosmopolitan magazine. Like I've only ever known 109 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:56,919 Speaker 2: outlets that were not black centered. 110 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: But had to be inclusive because they just had to be. 111 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 2: And it's just different like now, you know, working with 112 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 2: the Breakfast Club and being here on the Black Effect 113 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 2: Podcast network is different when you're at something that is 114 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 2: for us by us and even if not like fully 115 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 2: owned right because Breakfast Club is an iHeart, you know show. 116 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 2: It's black focused and black centric and I work with 117 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 2: black people. 118 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: It's very different than. 119 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 2: Anything I've ever experienced in my work career, my work life. 120 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 2: So it made me think about what the new tone 121 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 2: and the work energy vibe will be. And I started 122 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 2: thinking about that because that tone and that energy and 123 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 2: that culture will pour out and will reflect and the 124 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 2: content that they put out. And I think with the 125 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 2: way that the landscape is changing in media and what's 126 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 2: important and how people are digesting news and opinion and 127 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 2: what they care about, people got to really believe it 128 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 2: to even want to support. And I think those legacy magazines, 129 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 2: I've always wondered what was the what's the fix for them? 130 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:00,040 Speaker 2: I think Essence Magazine has definitely figured out how to 131 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 2: reinvent their voice a bit, like I love it when 132 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 2: they do the thread breakdowns whenever something happens, like you 133 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 2: can always count on that, whether it's on Twitter or 134 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 2: it's a swipe through on Instagram. Their social media team 135 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 2: really stepped it up. Their covers really stepped it up. 136 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 2: And I don't mean stepped it up in a way 137 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 2: of like they weren't ever good. I mean as a 138 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 2: legacy media outlet when in times where things are changing, 139 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 2: you gotta reinvent, you gotta connect and reach people differently, 140 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 2: especially today, because there's somebody right now, at this very moment, 141 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 2: turning on their camera on their phone, about to post 142 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 2: a video with an opinion or reporting of something that 143 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,679 Speaker 2: can potentially go viral and become the number one outlet 144 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 2: of whatever genre that is, and all they did was. 145 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: Turn on their phone. 146 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 2: Meanwhile, you have full you know, editorial teams at places 147 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 2: like Vibe, Jet, Ebony, all of these essence, all these places, 148 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 2: and they now have to compete with that person. 149 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: Things are just different now. 150 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 2: So I've always thought, like, you know, what is the 151 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 2: answer for our legacy magazines because with me, I want 152 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 2: to be in that middle space. I always want to 153 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 2: understand that middle space of like, Okay, here's all the 154 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 2: fly stuff that our legacy magazines were known for, here's 155 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 2: where everything is now, here's you know, with the focus 156 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 2: of news should be, and here's how you bring it 157 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 2: all together. I've always like that's always been like my 158 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 2: vision for content of like what was being done before us. 159 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 2: That's stuck and made these really big careers, whether it's actors, journalists, reporters, 160 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 2: personality with what is where are things now? And how 161 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 2: do we mess that together? So on the other side, 162 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 2: I say all that to say on the other side, 163 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 2: when I saw this, I was like, Okay, Vibe Magazine 164 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 2: can now. 165 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: I don't know, maybe it's. 166 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 2: Be I don't know what the issues were internally that 167 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 2: made them feel like they needed this merger. But and 168 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 2: I'm sure you know there'll be more coming out on that. 169 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 2: But now they can, they can hire more people. But 170 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 2: dang people ooh lost their jobs. Now Vibe can be 171 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 2: a part of the conversation, you know, potentially, because it 172 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 2: still matters what you put out, but you know, now 173 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:13,319 Speaker 2: Vibe has a large platform partner who can position their 174 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 2: content in a way where it reaches more eyes. And 175 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:18,839 Speaker 2: then I started to think, like, but do we wanted 176 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 2: to reach all those eyes? Like why can't we gate 177 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 2: keep what's ours and it still be just as big 178 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 2: and as effective as. 179 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: As Golden Like why not? 180 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 2: Like like the gentrification conversation, like why does why do 181 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 2: why do our neighborhoods have to be gentrified for the 182 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 2: price to go up? 183 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 1: That's how I thought about this. 184 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 2: It's like a catch twenty two of like, I want, 185 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 2: you know, us to be able to get the resources 186 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 2: we need, move on do better in business. And you 187 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 2: got a partner with where the business, the money and 188 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 2: the doing better is happening. Black, white, green, yellow, doesn't matter, 189 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:57,559 Speaker 2: you know, the color of the of the person or 190 00:09:57,559 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 2: the people. 191 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: Or the company doing it. Businesses business. 192 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 2: But I don't know it just I'm kind of stuck 193 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 2: in the middle here because as a business woman, I 194 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 2: understand and I'm like, oh, that was kind of smart 195 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 2: for them, and not even just for them, it was 196 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 2: smart for Rolling Stone because I think one of the 197 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 2: best things that a company can do right who doesn't 198 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:24,559 Speaker 2: understand something is. 199 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: God and hire somebody who do. 200 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 2: And hiring a black writer or two or three or 201 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:34,079 Speaker 2: five doesn't make you like, yes, rolling Stone Magazine has 202 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 2: a prestige to it. But with black culture leads media 203 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 2: a trend all of the things period. You need a 204 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 2: real strong force in trust. You need brand identity and 205 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 2: trust in that area to be able to be a 206 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 2: part of that conversation in a real way. And obviously 207 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 2: rolling Stone is like, okay, we cover you know, black music, 208 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 2: black things, but they wanted more validity and more trust 209 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 2: for whatever their reasoning was, too so, And I mean, 210 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 2: now it's Vibe. We trust Vibe, We've seen Vibe, we've 211 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 2: grew up on Vibe, we've grew up reading Vibe. So 212 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 2: it's going to be there or is it. I don't 213 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 2: need y'all to answer these questions for me. Was this 214 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 2: a great business. 215 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: Move by Vibe magazine? Yes? Or no? And again? 216 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 2: And I'm not even I mean, I guess you do 217 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 2: got to talk about like business as far as like 218 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 2: numbers and things, right, like, you know, where does this 219 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 2: put them budget wise, you know, per quarter per year 220 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,719 Speaker 2: to be able to put out products and projects and 221 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 2: all these things. But I would even ask the question 222 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 2: just simply as a consumer of media, because it was 223 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 2: a shock for me to see Vibe partnering with Rolling Stone. 224 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 2: And I think it's because our legacy see magazines have 225 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 2: always stood on were gonna. 226 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: Figure this out. We got it, We're cool, We're gonna 227 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: figure this out. 228 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 2: But hey, maybe that's why, you know, it's been so 229 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 2: hard for a lot of our legacy magazines to take 230 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 2: the forefront of conversation the way that they. 231 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: Did some years ago. Let me know how y'all feeling. 232 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: I want to know was. 233 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 2: It a good idea? Was it not a good idea? 234 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 2: Were you shocked when you saw the news? Will you 235 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 2: continue to support Vibe and what they do? I honestly 236 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 2: don't see a reason for us not to. I think 237 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 2: it was a shock and I was trying to figure out, like, 238 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:36,959 Speaker 2: am I supposed to like this? 239 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 1: Like what is happening? 240 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 2: Is it's alright, collab, it's hey business or girl, you 241 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 2: losing your black cart because you support it? But at 242 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 2: the same time, I mean, I think people's feelings are 243 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 2: valid because, like I told y'all, I was watching it 244 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 2: was like a mass exodus of people talking about they 245 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 2: lost their jobs. And I'm like, well, why y'all getting 246 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 2: rid of the people? The black people say it ain't 247 00:12:58,120 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 2: got no jobs, just supposed to help the people get 248 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 2: the job. Let me know what y'all think. It's the 249 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 2: latest with Laurna Rose. Are getting the streets, get in 250 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 2: the tweets, talk to me outside, were outside, were outside 251 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 2: outside At the end of the day, you guys could 252 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 2: be anywhere with anybody talking about all of these things, 253 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 2: which you choose to be right here with me. Every 254 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:21,080 Speaker 2: single time my Lowriders. I appreciate you guys for that. 255 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 2: I'll see y'all in my next episode.