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Speaker 1: In the morning Breakfast Club Morning. Everybody is DJ Envy,

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Speaker 1: Angela Yee, Charlemagne the guy. We are the breakfast Club.

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Speaker 1: We got a special guest in the building. Yes, not

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Speaker 1: just a special guest, she is a legend. Well introduce

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Speaker 1: it the right waiting Nadine Sutherland. Yeah, yeah, I'm pretty excited.

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Speaker 1: Legend Ardane something I don't sound too bad, but think

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Speaker 1: about it. It is legendary. I mean, you've been in

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Speaker 1: this business for over forty years. Most people can't say that. Yes, yes, yes,

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Speaker 1: it's going December. I think it's the last Thursday in December.

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Speaker 1: It's going to be forty three years. Wow. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: want TC Italian contest. When I was eleven in Jamaica,

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Speaker 1: I love to both. I was the first winner. There

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Speaker 1: you go. And then immediately I started working with um

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Speaker 1: Tough Gong and not the Helm at that time was

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Speaker 1: Bob Marley. So I had the wonderful experience of working

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Speaker 1: My first recording session was with Bob. Who can say

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Speaker 1: that my first immediately say that because sometimes I pinch myself, like,

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Speaker 1: you know, we'll tell us how it was getting into

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Speaker 1: the industry back then, and how your grind was and

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Speaker 1: the journey was when you first started off. It was

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Speaker 1: so natural and a little bit easier for me because

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Speaker 1: I was always a little girl singing on stage, singing

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Speaker 1: around a community. So I guess I was considered somewhat

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Speaker 1: a little bit precocious. Grandma to catch me singing on

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Speaker 1: a jukebox and give me to slap in my head.

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Speaker 1: It was, you know, young ladies were not supposed to

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Speaker 1: be able to move their waistline like oh I did

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Speaker 1: as a little child, you know. And then somebody saw me,

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Speaker 1: and it was somebody in my community who entered Tasty

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Speaker 1: Talan contest and he came back and he was lighting Nadine.

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Speaker 1: I think it would be good for you, and I

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Speaker 1: did it. The first round I won, and in the

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Speaker 1: second round, the grand Finals, which was in December, I won,

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Speaker 1: and part of my prize was a recording contract with

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Speaker 1: Tough Gong, but by that time was alive. That was

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Speaker 1: his vision because you know, if you know about Molly's story,

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Speaker 1: I heard from my father that's his name, Zoe Whalers,

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Speaker 1: because they wheeled so much because of the pain that

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Speaker 1: they experienced through you know, some unscrupulous producer. So he

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Speaker 1: wanted life for younger artists to be better. So he

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Speaker 1: facilitated that with his stuff gone. You know, at that time,

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Speaker 1: a big superstar and everything. So I got that opportunity

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Speaker 1: as an eleven year old girl recording my first song,

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Speaker 1: Starvation on the line. He was in the studio because

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Speaker 1: you know, I was a little his little project. I

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Speaker 1: didn't spend a lot of time with him because you know,

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Speaker 1: after that, I think he transitioned the next year, went

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Speaker 1: on to Zion. Yeah, so that was my start and

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Speaker 1: I was just you know, I wanted to tal in

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Speaker 1: contest and I went in so at that time it

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Speaker 1: was really difficult. You know. I got to ask you

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Speaker 1: this because obviously we know you from terif Fabulous the

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Speaker 1: song Action. How old were you when you did that song?

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Speaker 1: I think I did a song that was I call

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Speaker 1: it my second comment. I did that song Action was

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Speaker 1: probably done when I was twenty three as a demo

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Speaker 1: and then yeah, it was a demo for me. But

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Speaker 1: because at that time I went to London, I auditioned

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Speaker 1: for Soul to Soul. Karen Wheeler left the whole story

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Speaker 1: behind that. I was a girl that was chosen to

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Speaker 1: be the front girl. The managers hated each other and

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Speaker 1: I think heat is very mild. They it was like

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Speaker 1: they disliked each other. There's no word to describe that. So,

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Speaker 1: you know, my manager then suggested that I come back

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Speaker 1: to Jamaica and do danceall, which was okay for me,

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Speaker 1: you know, because that was my Cultureney they were trying

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Speaker 1: to steer me into more and more R and B line.

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Speaker 1: So I came back to Jamaica did Action as a

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Speaker 1: demo four Dave Kelly. But what happened is that the

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Speaker 1: rhythm those took off in the dancealls. So if you

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Speaker 1: see the journey of Action, it's very, very very strange.

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Speaker 1: You see. Initially was Knitting Souland and Terri Fabulous because

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Speaker 1: I was old there before the dancall of the nineties

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Speaker 1: came out. I was a child star in the eighties.

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Speaker 1: So it was released into Jamaica, then was released in

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Speaker 1: the ethnic market, and then Terra got signed to East

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Speaker 1: West Ra, so because it was their artists, they had Terrifabulous.

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Speaker 1: But then they asked me to come in the video,

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Speaker 1: and a maturing dancers that I'll come in the video.

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Speaker 1: I'll go in the video, and then I took out

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Speaker 1: the responsibility of getting the dance together the choreography because

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Speaker 1: I didn't modern and Bali and African and dance all dance.

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Speaker 1: So I was like, yeah, so they only had terrif Fabulous,

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Speaker 1: But I think I showed up and showed out. Yes, yeah,

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Speaker 1: and by the time they want they signed me. So

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Speaker 1: initially when it burst in the scene, it was terrifabulous,

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Speaker 1: and then after when they signed may see the terri

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Speaker 1: Fabulous featuring the the in Sutherland. So that's a history

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Speaker 1: of action and it's still being a history because I

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Speaker 1: still can't believe that it's yes. I'm like, you actually

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Speaker 1: did the death plate for Kamala Harris for her campaign.

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Speaker 1: I did with the Action, I was asked and yeah

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Speaker 1: I did. Yeah. Did you get paid the money you're

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Speaker 1: supposed to get paid back then? Because I remember, especially

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Speaker 1: all the artists, like it just felt like record just

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Speaker 1: kept coming and signing them and it was just the

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Speaker 1: place and they were just taking off. Did you actually

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Speaker 1: get paid things like, Um, I didn't write actions, so

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't get the publishing, okay, But then when I

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Speaker 1: phoned out about performance royalties, which as a performer on

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Speaker 1: the song, I think it was a little bit too late. Um,

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Speaker 1: in terms. I do still get royaltists from action, but

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Speaker 1: I believe that if I understood the business a little

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Speaker 1: bit more, I would probably be a little bit richer,

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Speaker 1: which we're in complainment were like money So so now

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Speaker 1: you also were on Wicked Dicky. Yeah, classic song and

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Speaker 1: I remember singing that as a kid, not knowing what

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Speaker 1: I was talking about. Angels. That's a lot of story

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Speaker 1: though with Wikied DICKI though, because Wicked Dickie. It was

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Speaker 1: weekend on weekend on wild a nice wonderful song, Oh

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Speaker 1: what oh? And bo had Dicky Dicky. So I was

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Speaker 1: in London UM one year and I was at my

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Speaker 1: friend's host and I went to a Dreamerican Um recording

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Speaker 1: studio record a selling place, and the man's record sir.

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Speaker 1: A man said congratulation and your number one song with

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Speaker 1: Butcher Banton. And I'm like, what are you talking about, sir?

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Speaker 1: And that I'm meeting summers back in Jamaica. You know

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Speaker 1: you should speak a certain way young ladies. I was like, Sir,

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Speaker 1: I don't have a song with Boujer Branton. I'm say,

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Speaker 1: my girl, you have a song with Ban And I'm like, Sir,

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Speaker 1: I do not have a song with ban, and the

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Speaker 1: man started to get angry and all kind of wheezled

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Speaker 1: me and I'm gonna blu you. So by that time

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Speaker 1: he was heated. But I just never knew. And when

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Speaker 1: I heard my song and I heard, oh what then

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Speaker 1: the unmistakable voice the Banton going Dickie dick. So that's

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Speaker 1: how I went on. I was like, you know, when

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Speaker 1: we're habital with him. So that's how I learned that

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Speaker 1: I had a song called Wicked Dick and he won't

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Speaker 1: perform that song anymore now, right, because I guess ever since, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, he came home, he doesn't do those songs

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Speaker 1: like I have no idea we haven't performed. Really, I

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Speaker 1: never knew that. Um, I mean, I'm not sure if

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Speaker 1: that's still too, but I remember at first they were

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Speaker 1: saying like he's not doing any of those type of songs.

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Speaker 1: When I performed, Um, it's the funnest thing a perform.

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Speaker 1: And performed my song and then the crowd will nicely

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Speaker 1: just do budge part because it's such it's such an

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Speaker 1: iconic song. Say it is like I'm like, oh, and

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Speaker 1: then the whole crowd, so I have no choice, So

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Speaker 1: no thankful that was that that happened a lot when

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Speaker 1: three months later and then into singy be like, oh,

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Speaker 1: that was the first time that has ever happened. And

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Speaker 1: you know who's complaining? I mean that that guy's become

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Speaker 1: another iconic song of mine, apart from action, I would say,

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Speaker 1: after action is wicker Dickie? Yeah? How were you protected

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Speaker 1: be really tough, especially for our young girl too, so

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Speaker 1: coming up like who was around you to make sure

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Speaker 1: were definitely a predatory let me get it out there.

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Speaker 1: You know, we have some sick people in the world.

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Speaker 1: But what I'm very very thankful for is that I

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Speaker 1: had a father, and that a father who could see

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Speaker 1: what I couldn't see is the eyes were accustomed to

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Speaker 1: I guess whole men would look at women. So I

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Speaker 1: was working around with I'm eleven or a kid, come on,

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Speaker 1: just getting into high school. So I'm very thankful that

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Speaker 1: I had a strong male figure in my life. That

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Speaker 1: you know, I cannot thank him enough because I basically

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Speaker 1: went through a stage of my life being able to

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Speaker 1: be a kid and being unscathed by a lot of

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Speaker 1: stuff that is in the music industry right now. Even

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Speaker 1: where it's my family, I always say my posse, it's

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Speaker 1: and after Big Up, Missus Marley also she had girl children.

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Speaker 1: She had you know, young women, Tidela and Sharan, so

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Speaker 1: very protective. So Forbig the mom, I saw you put

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Speaker 1: her in the video Queen, Yes, that you did. And

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Speaker 1: and Babsy Grange And I chose those women specifically because

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Speaker 1: I felt that they embodied what the lyrics of Queen

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Speaker 1: excited because this queen will be performing at Angela yee day.

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Speaker 1: I just saw you too and Queen's and yeah. I

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Speaker 1: I wasn't sure if they were playing your music or

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Speaker 1: if you were performing it at first, and I was like, oh,

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Speaker 1: she's really here. I had a great time. I'm not sure.

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Speaker 1: Roy Wilkins right, the VP jerk Fest. Yeah, still living

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Speaker 1: it because I got a chance to bubble. I was like,

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Speaker 1: oh my god, an opportunity, so wine on myself as

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Speaker 1: well a dog wall. Do you still enjoy? You still

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Speaker 1: enjoy traveling and performing and whining and dancing? I do,

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Speaker 1: And you know, I'm really thankful, Like every day for

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Speaker 1: me as a performer is a blessing because I basically

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Speaker 1: I am able to do what I could do years ago.

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Speaker 1: I'm a trained answer. I'm into exercise at all, not

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Speaker 1: one way, not wanting, went wanting, but I protected because

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Speaker 1: I know that, you know, I guess getting there, I

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Speaker 1: me even, like I was saying to my friend from

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Speaker 1: VP Neil, I was pinching myself as like three years

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Speaker 1: ago I did my masters, I was the director for

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Speaker 1: the performing arts at a school and here, man, I'm

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Speaker 1: on the birthfastlovel Oh my god, oh my god. I'm

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Speaker 1: like I never even thought in my life that at

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Speaker 1: So I always say music chose me is like my

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Speaker 1: It's like, okay, um, honey and mummmmmmmmm. So no, and

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Speaker 1: like they're next? I would love to work with them. Well,

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Speaker 1: this is what Colin. I can't take terrifabulous, terrifabulous. One more. Um,

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Speaker 1: voice signed. The whole posture was, you know, the menacing thing.

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Speaker 1: I think that you know, so you love the verses

424
00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,720
Speaker 1: with Bounty Killer and being a man? Oh my god,

425
00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:21,040
Speaker 1: one more being a man. I have to put that

426
00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:24,280
Speaker 1: versus was my Oh my goodness, it was we in

427
00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:26,840
Speaker 1: the pandemic. Was in the pandemic? I win that versus game.

428
00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:29,399
Speaker 1: I was the happiest woman because you know, I was

429
00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:31,600
Speaker 1: on my veranda and I was skinning notes and I

430
00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:35,240
Speaker 1: was broken notes and it lifted my energy so much.

431
00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:37,119
Speaker 1: You know, I feel like that was the best versus

432
00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,879
Speaker 1: that they had because that's what I think was just

433
00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,760
Speaker 1: coming from dance hall like versus is. Yeah, basically like

434
00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:48,080
Speaker 1: a gosh, yes, I'm glad you you know used to

435
00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:50,600
Speaker 1: see that link. Yeah, it was so incredible for me.

436
00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,560
Speaker 1: I just remember and the police kept coming and knocking.

437
00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:59,639
Speaker 1: You want to I want to be that guy. It

438
00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:04,919
Speaker 1: was a kid. Yeah. I saw Snow did an interview

439
00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,239
Speaker 1: with Vlad and he was talking about how anything for you,

440
00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,879
Speaker 1: how that song is really and at first it was

441
00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:11,879
Speaker 1: just you featured on that song. Yeah, and that's why

442
00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:15,520
Speaker 1: it really got him to cross over where they respected

443
00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:18,119
Speaker 1: him in Jamaica after doing that song because he was

444
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:21,119
Speaker 1: going really hard. He's I think Canada. Yes, he's from Canada.

445
00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:22,760
Speaker 1: So how did you end up getting on that song?

446
00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:26,560
Speaker 1: I was signed to UM East West Electra and UM

447
00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,560
Speaker 1: they were about to put up my project. That's where

448
00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,560
Speaker 1: I don't know what politically happened at that time in

449
00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:33,840
Speaker 1: my life. So they thought that, you know, after action,

450
00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:35,760
Speaker 1: to feature me on Snow, which you know, had a

451
00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,320
Speaker 1: big hit, would informa it would be nice you know,

452
00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:41,680
Speaker 1: to expand my market. So I ended up on that

453
00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:46,320
Speaker 1: song they in Southernland, Snow Forget, and then they had

454
00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:50,359
Speaker 1: the remix Oh my God, and I have to put up.

455
00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,080
Speaker 1: They showed up, but they showed out all the lyrics

456
00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,600
Speaker 1: that you heard, and the performance was done right there.

457
00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:00,560
Speaker 1: They taped, they wrote, they dj they did everything and

458
00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,200
Speaker 1: filmed at the same time. So that's why sometimes when

459
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,600
Speaker 1: it comes on to the ninetiest artist, I tend to

460
00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:10,439
Speaker 1: be like, I'm you know, just like giving them the

461
00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:12,840
Speaker 1: honor and the prison because I see them in their

462
00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:16,520
Speaker 1: mastery and especially at that moment you could I give

463
00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:20,600
Speaker 1: you as mine and so right on the spot that

464
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,480
Speaker 1: was done. So they just wanted me to show up

465
00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:27,399
Speaker 1: being cute. So that's why. And you're good friends with

466
00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,119
Speaker 1: like we're tan you Stevens too, right? Is that I

467
00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:33,120
Speaker 1: can't say she's my good friend. We respect each other

468
00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,560
Speaker 1: artistically and we respect each other as women. I love

469
00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,560
Speaker 1: what she has done and being very honest and candid

470
00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:42,679
Speaker 1: about her journey in terms of you know, being an

471
00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:46,479
Speaker 1: abuser and taking control and you know, taking control of

472
00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:50,080
Speaker 1: it artistically. I mean as a writer, she's just there

473
00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:52,200
Speaker 1: and she read me too, so we read each other

474
00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:54,480
Speaker 1: as women. Can't say she's my friend. I'm not gonna

475
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,040
Speaker 1: go to her house. She don't come to mind. But

476
00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:58,520
Speaker 1: when we see each other is mutual respect and love

477
00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:00,800
Speaker 1: because she's one of our best Were there other women

478
00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,840
Speaker 1: in the business that you actually would consider like that's

479
00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:11,120
Speaker 1: my Homieum to tell you one woman that I would

480
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,360
Speaker 1: consider that just my homies. Lady G. We don't see

481
00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:16,800
Speaker 1: each other a lot, but she's a very very nice person.

482
00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:19,280
Speaker 1: As I said before, I'm not a person who you

483
00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:21,880
Speaker 1: see a lot. I don't. I tend to be with

484
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,879
Speaker 1: my family. That's my comfort zone. So even like some

485
00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,280
Speaker 1: of the industrial stuff, sometimes I really don't even go,

486
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,760
Speaker 1: you know, I just show up. Yeah, but on stage, no,

487
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:34,240
Speaker 1: You'll think I'm a party girl. I'm good at watching videos,

488
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,320
Speaker 1: so that's it. So I'm not really a Lady G

489
00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:41,160
Speaker 1: in terms of she's a very sincere and beautiful heart.

490
00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,320
Speaker 1: That's she's really really a beautiful person. Now, before you

491
00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:46,640
Speaker 1: came back to Jamaica, like you said to do dance hall.

492
00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:48,840
Speaker 1: After you had left, what type of music where you

493
00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,560
Speaker 1: supposed to do? He thought I was supposed to do

494
00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:53,720
Speaker 1: some R and B, some Whitney Sun's stuff, you know,

495
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:55,840
Speaker 1: because they thought that someone had a voice for that,

496
00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:59,880
Speaker 1: which is songs didn't sound that bad. I revisited one

497
00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,200
Speaker 1: Um Simon who worked with Soul to Soul. I read visit.

498
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:05,360
Speaker 1: He did an album and I got to do the song.

499
00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,000
Speaker 1: I actually audition for Solta sol I got the part.

500
00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,280
Speaker 1: I did it on the album. I remember the name

501
00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:12,400
Speaker 1: of the song. It's so many things happened in my life.

502
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:14,960
Speaker 1: You were going to be part of Soul to Soul.

503
00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:16,879
Speaker 1: I was always going to be the next guy. And

504
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,640
Speaker 1: that's right, Oh yeah, you did say kid, Yeah, okay.

505
00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,000
Speaker 1: So what should people expect from you this weekend? Of

506
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,880
Speaker 1: course it's Angelie Day. She does this each and every year.

507
00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:28,400
Speaker 1: And what should the people expect from you? Well, they

508
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:33,040
Speaker 1: should expect me be bringing who I am. I love performing,

509
00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,640
Speaker 1: I love my stage. I love everything that I do

510
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:40,719
Speaker 1: um whining and dancing and singing. The last year Angelie

511
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:45,120
Speaker 1: had was a grandmother out there whining. She needed some help.

512
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:48,760
Speaker 1: She was with Noah Poa and she definitely got on

513
00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:53,280
Speaker 1: the ground and was going crazy. Usually class before, like

514
00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,040
Speaker 1: right before you teach people how to whine, yeah, and

515
00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,640
Speaker 1: then you go in all right, I probably have our

516
00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:04,160
Speaker 1: whining competition. I'm I might do that. Yes, they can't.

517
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,840
Speaker 1: I always see guys winning, especially No, it's okay. Back

518
00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:09,680
Speaker 1: in the days, mine my never did want to whining.

519
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:11,720
Speaker 1: And it's just like, you know, it's like, yeah, I

520
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 1: was just like, no, only women want. They strained so

521
00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:18,680
Speaker 1: much drastically because I'm seeing men whining and they're doing

522
00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,840
Speaker 1: a very very good job of whining. So yeah, mine can.

523
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,560
Speaker 1: When you ask me, da wan wine, no drag you

524
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,240
Speaker 1: up in on Saturday, I said, come to a bad

525
00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:28,840
Speaker 1: wine and we and they could do it. And where's

526
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:34,200
Speaker 1: a waste trainer? We actually have video. It was a joke,

527
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:39,320
Speaker 1: Oh my god, joke. We appreciate. I appreciate you so much.

528
00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:42,520
Speaker 1: I can't even thank you enough for just being, you know,

529
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,000
Speaker 1: available to do this for me. It means a lot

530
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:47,160
Speaker 1: to the community. I know everybody's going to be super

531
00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:48,960
Speaker 1: hype to see I know I have to be there.

532
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:52,679
Speaker 1: And congratulations, you're such a queen. I really hope you

533
00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,200
Speaker 1: listened to that song. I did. I watched the video

534
00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:59,239
Speaker 1: to the song you got Yourself. I'm proud of you too.

535
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,240
Speaker 1: Big u v PE Records pick up Neil, Big Up, Richard,

536
00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:05,200
Speaker 1: Big Up, Chris big up, Miss Bad. If I started going,

537
00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:10,120
Speaker 1: you know they here. Dan Sutherland is the Breakfast Club.

538
00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:10,600
Speaker 1: Good morning,