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Speaker 1: I never told your production of iHeart Radio and Happy

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Speaker 1: Valentine's Day. Annie, Yes to you as well. I'm sad

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Speaker 1: Allow those Valentines if you so, celebrate. If you don't,

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Speaker 1: we get that too. But we are going to celebrate

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Speaker 1: by talking about the amazing black women who continue to

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Speaker 1: though the list could go on and on and on

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Speaker 1: Queen herself, Queen b Beyonce Yance Am I right, um.

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Speaker 1: And Beyonce is, of course one of the biggest legends today.

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Speaker 1: We even say on Beyonce's Internet, how dare you you know?

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Speaker 1: Because she owns all the things, I'm sure it'll be

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Speaker 1: she would be a world record breaker. Beyonce became the

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Speaker 1: most awarded Grammy winner as of three with an amazing

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Speaker 1: a web three point oh company, which are social media

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Speaker 1: platforms that quote are an idea for a new iteration

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Speaker 1: sounds like a lot of stuff that's going on. Um

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Speaker 1: and many have talked about the interconnectedness of tech and entertainment,

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Speaker 1: that started early January twenty by Keynoe and Dustine, so

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