1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: I don't want to ask your question real good. 2 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 2: Let's just keep it real straight shot with no chaser. 3 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 2: I'm gonna get a little bit rougher. I'm here for it. 4 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 2: Those who really believe in the American process, all of 5 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 2: us Street shot, no chase, whats your girl? Tesslim figure 6 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 2: out on the Black Effect Podcast Network. At work, what's 7 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 2: having everybody's testlim Fire go straight shot, no chaser on 8 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 2: the Black Effect Podcast Network. iHeartRadio, always reminding you to 9 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 2: subscribe and ask a friend to join us. Help me 10 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 2: get my numbers up, help us continue to stay in 11 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 2: the podcast business. Shout out to Black Effect for starting 12 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,840 Speaker 2: the podcast charlemagneag God, my brother that started it four 13 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 2: years ago. Going on our fourth year ending this year 14 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 2: is the fourth year, hopefully going into season five next year, 15 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 2: So make sure you stay tapped in UH so that 16 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 2: we can continue this good thing going. 17 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: I'm always gonna remind. 18 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 2: You the seventy percent of podcast listeners are white, so 19 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 2: we want to make sure that we have black people 20 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 2: in this space, that we have black voice in this space. 21 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 2: A great visionary vision that Charlemagne had with starting the 22 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 2: Black Effect, partnering with our heart. A lot of people 23 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 2: questioned his partnership. Should he partner? Should he not partner? 24 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,320 Speaker 2: And some of those people that ask questions are no 25 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 2: longer in the podcast game. So this is not an 26 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 2: easy business to survive in. It is not for the 27 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 2: feint at heart. It sounds really easy that Oh, all 28 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:37,559 Speaker 2: I gotta do, you know, is put up some adio 29 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 2: and get sponsors and all I gotta do. 30 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 1: But when it comes down to it, Jade, it's not 31 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: as simple as it seems. 32 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 3: It. 33 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 2: Consistency is key. Every single week we drop an episode 34 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 2: for you, and it is not easy at all. So 35 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 2: I want to thank you Jade for joining me since 36 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 2: the summer of this year. Actually yes, helping me push 37 00:01:58,360 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 2: through these stories. 38 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 1: Dard Jade is here. I was missing the first name 39 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: and last name. I'm right, name my son Jared. Oh 40 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: getting the sun. Oh it's somebody. Uh, we're putting things 41 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: out in the universe, you know what I'm saying. 42 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 2: Okay, I don't think I've heard you talk about having 43 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 2: a baby, So wait a minute, now there's something going 44 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 2: on that we need to inform. 45 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: Everybody, Like what was happening to Jay? 46 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 3: No, nothing, nothing going on yet, but I'm just putting 47 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 3: it out there. You know, if the gook, if the 48 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 3: good Lord pleases UH to happen, it will happen. 49 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: And it's on time. 50 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 3: But I am getting up there in age, so it's like, yeah, 51 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 3: might when I have some kids. Now, Yeah, I've never 52 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 3: heard you say that, so that's gonna be interesting. And again, 53 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 3: it was great spending time with you last week in 54 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 3: New York. It just happened a happenstance. You just happened 55 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 3: to be in town when I was in town, and 56 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 3: so we had a great time just updating listeners again 57 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 3: that I was there last week with the Breakfast Club. 58 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:07,839 Speaker 3: Go make sure you check that out. 59 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,519 Speaker 2: I think last time I checked, we're close to the 60 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 2: two hundred thousand views. Wow, yeah, close two hundred thousand, 61 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 2: and I want to say about four thousand comments. So 62 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 2: that's always really good. You know, when you can get 63 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 2: one to two percent of people actually being engaged and 64 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 2: going back and forth. Whether the comments are good, bad, ugly, 65 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:29,839 Speaker 2: and different doesn't matter. 66 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: They all count. Engagement counts. So very excited about that. 67 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 2: I were getting a lot of feedback with that, And 68 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 2: whenever I get go on to Breakfast Club, Jade, I 69 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 2: always contrary to popul belief, you know, being on to 70 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 2: doing the front page news. 71 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: A lot of people really didn't follow me. 72 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 2: They may have heard my voice, you know, they may 73 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 2: recognize some people recognize me, but they just may recognize 74 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 2: you know, there's a lady that I hear every morning, 75 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 2: twice a morning. That's kind of about as far as 76 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 2: it goes. At least that's what I thought. Until I 77 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 2: stopped doing it. I realized, oh wow, people actually listen. 78 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 2: But I will say that I didn't get a lot 79 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 2: of followers per se. You know, people even though I 80 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 2: talked about it every day, they didn't really come over 81 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 2: to Instagram. What you can tell by the comments people saying, 82 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 2: oh I went to an Instagram for the first time. 83 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: You know, I know where she is now when she 84 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: looks like that. 85 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 2: I was just kind of behind the screen anytime I'm 86 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 2: sitting down, you know, for thirty forty minutes and really 87 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 2: you know, having a conversation. I always pick out pick 88 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 2: up about ten thousand new people, so that's always pretty cool. 89 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 2: And then you'll notice on my page, I will repost 90 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 2: some things to kind of let people know who I 91 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 2: am and you know, what this page is about. And 92 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 2: then I kind of have to go through an educational 93 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 2: informational session. It feels like, you know, with the new 94 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 2: people who may not know what I stand for and 95 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 2: may take something out of context. So it's the interview process. 96 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 2: Just kind of sharing this just so people just know 97 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 2: there's a lot that go into the interview process. As 98 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 2: an educator, you know, I'm not just you know, interviewing 99 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 2: just to entertain. I'm really trying to teach. I'm really 100 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 2: trying to you know, create a flow chart. I'm really 101 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 2: trying to you know, give you concepts and and you 102 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 2: know information to you know, connect the dots over time. 103 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 2: So interviews for me really does take a lot of work. 104 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 2: It's not just a one time thing. It is a 105 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 2: lot of after post commentary where a lot of people 106 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 2: just do an interview and kind of keep it going. 107 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 2: But I'm trying to connect the dots. So that's why, 108 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 2: especially at the Breakfast Club, because it is what I 109 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 2: would say my target audience outside of Revolt, but Revolt 110 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 2: doesn't have as many followers as Breakfast Club, So I 111 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 2: really do try to capture, you know, as many people 112 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,159 Speaker 2: as I can to get them to join the push 113 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 2: the Line movement. So shout out to everybody that is 114 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 2: new here that is new to the podcast, I want 115 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 2: to thank you for joining us both here and Instagram, 116 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 2: which is really the only social media page that I'm 117 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 2: active on. 118 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: I'm on Twitter, but I'm not active. 119 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 2: Even though Jay send me something with Twitter every day, 120 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,480 Speaker 2: I completely ignore it, and she still sends it every day. 121 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,479 Speaker 2: She is bounding the term and to drag me into 122 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 2: the cesspool of Twitter, while you always sending me stuff 123 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 2: on Twitter, Jade. I know the shows about something else, 124 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 2: but let's just unpack this. 125 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:26,799 Speaker 1: The Twitter Black Twitter. 126 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 3: I mean, they are on there and they are so 127 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 3: committed to the community, and I think they could use 128 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 3: they could use a lot of tools, but a lot 129 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 3: of folks are really doing good organizing work. So there's 130 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 3: that aspect of it, like the commitment piece. But then 131 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 3: the other aspect for me is the entertainment piece. You know, 132 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 3: we get really really creative sort of in these arguments, 133 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 3: these political arguments and arguments about things happening in black 134 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 3: society and who's doing what and how they're doing it. 135 00:06:57,279 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 3: You know, So a lot of it too is entertainment, 136 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 3: but it's also being informed because this is I'm trying 137 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 3: to keep you on a loop because this is a 138 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 3: group of folks that don't you know, definitely a fringe group, right, 139 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 3: but folks that make a lot of noise and do 140 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 3: so consistently, like you know you mentioned during your interview 141 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 3: in the Breakfast Club. 142 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: So you know, I'm just kind of keeping you in 143 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: a loop of what that fringe sector of black society 144 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: is doing. 145 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 2: Over does sound good, girl, knock it off? You've been 146 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 2: saying drama cool, you know all of this. Oh, you know, 147 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 2: they're very committed girl, that sound good, but you be 148 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 2: seeing in drama and mess. 149 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: There's a lot of drama and mess that's they're also 150 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: committed to. 151 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 3: Like that's the part for me that is very very 152 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 3: fascinating because through the drama, the mess and them going 153 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 3: back and forth, they still come on there every day 154 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 3: all night, you know, talking about what to do or 155 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 3: how we should move forward as black folks and all 156 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 3: the other stuff it, you know, gets in the way. 157 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 3: So it's just like really watching love and hip hop 158 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 3: or listening to a version, a political version, and it's important. 159 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 2: You know, I'm teasing, but I appreciate having you filter 160 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 2: through things because I can't catch everything. I can't catch, 161 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 2: you know, every post, every article, everything on Instagram, every blog, 162 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 2: everything on Twitter, and I just you know, I get 163 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 2: the Twitter fam, but you know, it's just no regulation 164 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 2: at all. Anybody you know, any name, any whatever, Anybody 165 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 2: posts anything anywhere and it's just success pool, you know. 166 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 2: But I have found that I've had a lot of 167 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 2: positive you know, interaction as well as you know, I've 168 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 2: done some pasis for ten, twelve, thirteen hours, you know. 169 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 2: But you know, I'm not big and talking either, and 170 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 2: so I know a lot of folks who over there 171 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 2: just really just like talking. But that's fine. You know, 172 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 2: people need a place to decompress and to talk and 173 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:50,319 Speaker 2: do all of that. So I do tap in from 174 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,079 Speaker 2: time to time on Twitter, but it is not it 175 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 2: is not an active account. I think that tweet that 176 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 2: I did for the Breakfast Club is probably the first 177 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 2: time I did I put a tweet at least in 178 00:08:58,840 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 2: four or five months. 179 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,079 Speaker 1: Ye least, stay off of Twitter. But it's good to 180 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: have and we'll keep it going. 181 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 2: So follow me on Twitter, even though I want to 182 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 2: be posting, but you know, follow me on Twitter, follow 183 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 2: me on Instagram, and you know, let's get into it. 184 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: So a lot has been going on this week. 185 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 2: I want to start off, we don't normally do a 186 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 2: lot of pop culture, but as you know, I must 187 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 2: represent the West at all times. So we had to 188 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 2: people say, oh, Tester Night from the West. Well, I 189 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 2: grew up around Gez from the West. They taught me 190 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 2: everything I know. They taught me how to see through 191 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 2: all of the bullshitting politics. So my mentality from the Midwest, 192 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 2: that is, I say offense for the West definitely grew 193 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 2: up in the nineties, grew up in the game banging era. 194 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: Shout out to b E. T rest in Peace taught 195 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:45,719 Speaker 1: me everything I need to know. 196 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,719 Speaker 2: Grew up in a Poreu hood, you know, and so 197 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 2: a lot of what you see and what you're seeing 198 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:56,079 Speaker 2: this week with the squabble up is a very familiar. 199 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: Thing to me. 200 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 2: And shout out to Kendrick Lamar of once again hitting 201 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 2: the West on its back. Now, just Jake, just Jay, 202 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 2: You remember you remember what they not like us? You 203 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 2: remember I was feeling the way because I felt, you know, 204 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 2: everybody was kind of running with it too much. 205 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 1: Remember yeah, yeah, yeah, he was trying to get keep 206 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 1: it a little bit. Now, I was trying to gate 207 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,719 Speaker 1: keep it. I actually I actually try to gate keep 208 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 1: it just a little bit. So this album. 209 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 2: Is absolutely LA. There's no you're either rocking with the 210 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 2: West or you're not. There's no confusion, there's none of 211 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 2: this like this is LA culture. So I kind of 212 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 2: like it because I felt, although I appreciate it, they 213 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 2: not like us opening the door and putting the West 214 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 2: back on the map because it has been. 215 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 1: Probably twenty five years. 216 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 2: Since there's been or not more because almost thirty probably thing, yeah, 217 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 2: thirty at this point because whenever California Love came out, 218 00:10:56,920 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 2: that was one that kind of went global. Yeah I'm 219 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 2: gonna say globe, but all over America. I don't want 220 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 2: to put too much extras on it, but all over America. 221 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 2: So it's been a minute, you know since the West, 222 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 2: you know, the Chronic and Tupac and all this. So 223 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 2: I was excited to share the fact that it went 224 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 2: all over America. But it was a little hate in me. 225 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 2: As you mentioned that, I did kind of want to 226 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,719 Speaker 2: gatekeep it because I was watching people say they not 227 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 2: like us, and I wanted them to know they ain't 228 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,959 Speaker 2: us that Kendrick is talking about. And then everybody was 229 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:36,959 Speaker 2: misinterpreting seawalking and not understanding like blood's beewalk and it's 230 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 2: not just sea walk and oh girl, it was just 231 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 2: I be out and everybody trying to do la dancing. 232 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: Now all of a sudden, I said, I was just 233 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,599 Speaker 1: feeling a way. I was feeling a way. So I 234 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 1: do appreciate. 235 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 2: I do appreciate, But Jay, this pause, cause people are saying, 236 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 2: why are you feeling a way? I have a thing, 237 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 2: Jade or people actually knowing the culture they speak of 238 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 2: is important to me. 239 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: And I feel that way in politics too. 240 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 2: As you know, if somebody's talking about, you know, a 241 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 2: campaign or what they did, you know, what somebody should 242 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 2: be doing, I'm gonna ask, Okay, well, when's the last 243 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 2: campaign you worked on, or how do you know this information? 244 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 1: How do you well, it's just. 245 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 2: My opinion, oh kind of a So I'm real big 246 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 2: and people, you know, understanding culture, understanding if it's nothing, 247 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 2: but like we was talking a minute ago about Twitter 248 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 2: space and about understanding that culture, understanding what they're talking about, 249 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 2: what's important to them, whether it's mess whether it's community, 250 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 2: whether it's you know, I don't do a Twitter space 251 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 2: without you involved, because you understand the Twitter space. I 252 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 2: don't want to say black Twitter, because black Twitter is 253 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:47,599 Speaker 2: everybody a lot of the people that they don't like. 254 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,599 Speaker 2: But I say the Reparationist because that's important. You know, 255 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 2: I'm literally talking about the reparationist movement and everybody just 256 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:56,960 Speaker 2: kind of connected to that. So you know that group 257 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 2: inside and out. 258 00:12:58,240 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: I don't do. 259 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 2: Anything on Twitter without you because you're gonna be able 260 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 2: to identify who is this person, who is that person? Okay, 261 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 2: they don't like this because that girl you gave me 262 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:07,959 Speaker 2: so much game, but well, you know, because you know, 263 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 2: they got all these crazy names, so nobody go by 264 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 2: the real places, so it'll be well, you know, hot 265 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 2: Dog eighty nine to ninety two don't really like Apple 266 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 2: Sauce forty five ninety two, and then Apple Sauce is 267 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 2: mad at Pair and all that. Like, you know, the 268 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 2: culture and you know all Joseus side. That's important anytime 269 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 2: you're walking into a new space, who is the culture? 270 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: Who are you bringing with you? 271 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 2: Which again we can talk about that again on how 272 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 2: the campaigns, how they screw up. They bring in national 273 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 2: advisors and they don't bring work with and allow local 274 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 2: people to lead the conversation. 275 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 1: So perfect example that is, if I'm going to do 276 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:43,719 Speaker 1: it to the space. I need Jade to be my 277 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 1: co host. It's not about what I think I know. 278 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 2: Are what she knows. It's about she understands that culture. 279 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,079 Speaker 2: She knows who the let up on the stage, you 280 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 2: not to let up on the state, Who to let next? 281 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 1: Who not to the next? And I yield to that, Jade, 282 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: And it's important. So my Kendrick Lamar thing and my 283 00:13:59,440 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: La thing. 284 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:05,319 Speaker 2: What was bothering me was the fact that people were 285 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 2: speaking on a culture that they just know nothing about. 286 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: Right Well, I like that. 287 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 2: Now Kendrick is having an opportunity to, you know, introduce 288 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 2: a West Coast culture to a lot of people that 289 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 2: may not know, particularly gen Z, you know, or even 290 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 2: before that, if you lived in another state, you may 291 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 2: not know. So because Kendrick is so creative, it's making 292 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 2: people have to look at the bar, you know, look 293 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 2: at the lines, look at that like they don't understand. 294 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 2: Squabble up was you know, showing various elements of California, 295 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 2: not just La, how it's always been a thing Oakland 296 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 2: and LA and how he's bringing those, you know, two 297 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 2: groups together. So the Hispanic community, Latino community that's. 298 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 1: Had beef for black people. You know, he's bringing all 299 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: of that in. 300 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 2: So his vision of what he's doing is just remarkable 301 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 2: and you have to really understand that culture to appreciate it, 302 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 2: and a lot of people just don't appreciate it Jay, 303 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 2: So I get it. I'm excited about it. My favorite 304 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 2: record is Resurrection. Oh my God, Resurrection Girl. I have 305 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 2: listened to that every day since that it's dropped number one. 306 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 2: It sounds like me and my girlfriend from Tupac, even 307 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 2: the way he's using his voice, so I hear Tupac 308 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 2: all throughout that album, and it really is for me 309 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 2: being an orator, meaning if I'm doing a speech, if 310 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 2: I'm a keynote, if I'm at a rally, if I'm 311 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 2: doing a podcast, i'm doing a show, I'm an orator. 312 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 2: And that song is really about using your gifts and 313 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 2: your words and being an orator. So it really does 314 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 2: connect with me on a really deep, deep level, even 315 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 2: at the end when he said I took the Devil's 316 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 2: story and I'm paraphrasing and I rewrote it. I'm a 317 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 2: spoken word artist for people that don't know, just haven't 318 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 2: wrote anything very long time, but I have several pieces, 319 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 2: you know, that I'm talking about, you know, when I 320 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 2: said the enemy should have killed me when you had 321 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 2: the chance. So now you're nervous because I'm taking them 322 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 2: to the Promised Land. And then I have other songs 323 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 2: where I said I put that curse in reverse, you know. 324 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 2: So a lot of my poems, if you will, spoken 325 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 2: word talks a lot about taking what the enemy had 326 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 2: for evil and turn that into something good and using 327 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 2: my voice and my words to do that. So that 328 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 2: song just resonates to me. People want to hear one 329 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 2: of my pieces, DNA twist. It was what I just quoted, 330 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 2: and it's talking about all of that about you know, 331 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 2: my gift and how I use politics and poetry and 332 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 2: you know how my words and everything that comes at 333 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 2: my mouth as with purpose. And so that song is 334 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 2: really about that, Jade. So that's why if you follow 335 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 2: me on Instagram, you're gonna see me over sharing that 336 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 2: song just as much as I do Glorilla, but over 337 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 2: sharing a song because it touches me in a way. 338 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 2: Songs that people are talking about squabble up and whacked 339 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 2: out murals. 340 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 1: People are talking about that and a white comedian, what 341 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 1: do you think about that? 342 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:07,160 Speaker 3: Yeah? 343 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:09,160 Speaker 1: I mean I like the whole album. 344 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 3: I've only listened to it once, but you know you're 345 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 3: not there, you Yeah, I've only had time to listen 346 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 3: to it once, right, I've been all over the place. 347 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 3: But the thing is is that I really sat and 348 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 3: listened and it was amazing how he wove twelve tracks 349 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:27,680 Speaker 3: and that was so engaging. It was like a forty 350 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 3: It's a forty four minute project. It's really dope, and 351 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 3: each song, you know, has a different sound to it. 352 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 3: So I really really really enjoyed it. 353 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:39,440 Speaker 1: But yeah, it's good stuff. 354 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 3: It's really interesting that, you know, while we're celebrating Kendrick 355 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 3: Lamar and all of his artistic genius, you know, Drake 356 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 3: is over here. Hey, he's hated big time, right, So 357 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 3: he has accused Universal Music Group of inflating the success 358 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 3: of Kendrick Lamar's distrack Not Like Us, and he's claimed 359 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 3: that they use bots and paid to play deals with 360 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 3: Spotify in order to push up Kendrick Lamar's dishtrack, which 361 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:14,400 Speaker 3: really really really really damaged Drake's ego and everything else 362 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 3: and maybe even his ability to like make money and 363 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 3: his credibility as an artist. 364 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:22,160 Speaker 1: So yeah, this is like the big talk of the town. 365 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:26,439 Speaker 3: Like right when Kendrick drops this last project, Drake then 366 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:31,880 Speaker 3: turns around is accusing UMG of manipulating. 367 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: You know, Drake's popularity. So this is a huge, huge, huge, huge, 368 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: huge story. 369 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:41,680 Speaker 3: And Drake is using his own company, Frozen Moments LLC, 370 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 3: in order to do these lawsuits. 371 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 1: So I was like, can you do rico like lawsuits? 372 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 2: Like everybody's laughing at him, saying, you know, Charlemagne, he 373 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 2: had made a posset about you know, he didn't say 374 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 2: he said squabble up, you know, not a lawyer up. 375 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,920 Speaker 2: And everybody's saying, this is a light skin activities and 376 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 2: you know, lose a disc. You know that you shouldn't 377 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 2: be you know, sewing. But I want to shout out 378 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 2: to Laura le Rossa, a brown girl grinding. She gave 379 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,359 Speaker 2: a different perspective and you know, I'm gonna read what 380 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 2: she said about it as well, So let me pull 381 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 2: that up. 382 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,640 Speaker 3: Okay, And then I also have I mean, if you're interested, 383 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 3: I have a statement that was approved by a delegation 384 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:34,880 Speaker 3: of light skin dudes on Twitter. So so that's it's 385 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:38,120 Speaker 3: pretty funny as well. But everybody has something to say 386 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 3: about this, and I just want to. You know, let 387 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:47,640 Speaker 3: the audience notice that Universal Music Group they have categorically 388 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 3: denied the allegations and describing them as quote offensive and 389 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:56,439 Speaker 3: untrue end quote, and U m G asserts that they 390 00:19:56,560 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 3: have really really strict adherence to ethical marketing practice and 391 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:02,960 Speaker 3: what Drake is accusing them of is, of course, in 392 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 3: unethical marketing practices. So this is it's notable because the 393 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 3: song not Like Us tas it was released in May, 394 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 3: and it has over nine hundred million Spotify streams, and 395 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 3: it made it a viral success during the height intentions 396 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 3: between what we saw and with Drake and Lamar, which 397 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 3: actually started back in twenty thirteen. So just give me 398 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 3: a little context on that nine hundred million Spotify streams. 399 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 1: You know that is a lot. 400 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 3: And you know we heard that song bumping any and 401 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 3: everywhere all summer long. They're still playing it. And I 402 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 3: heard I've read something the other week. Excuse me that 403 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:47,919 Speaker 3: Drake himself, I mean, I'm sorry, not Drake. Donald Trump 404 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 3: claims that he's been listening to not Like Us since 405 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 3: he won the reelection. 406 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,160 Speaker 1: Yes, that's what he said. Where'd that come from? That's 407 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 1: what he said? 408 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 3: He made it. He said it one of his speeches, 409 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 3: like one of his in a speech after he and 410 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:08,840 Speaker 3: it kind of went viral on social media. 411 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, he claims he's listening today Not Like Us. 412 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:15,159 Speaker 3: Right. So there's this other element too about how to 413 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 3: your point earlier that you were making. You know, this 414 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 3: song is kind of being a little co opted in whitewashed, right, 415 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:26,159 Speaker 3: and folks are identifying with it that weren't meant for it. 416 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: Okay, let me read what Brown Girl grinding, said Laura 417 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: La Rossa. She said. 418 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:38,120 Speaker 2: Drake's campus a ledgend a lot, and she said, I'm 419 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:40,639 Speaker 2: gonna break down my notes, but here's a quick summary. 420 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 2: The LLC Frozen Moments, owned by Drake and registered in Florida, 421 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,399 Speaker 2: filed the lawsuit. The lawsuit of the LEDG is Not 422 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 2: Like Us wasn't as big as it seemed. They said 423 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:55,119 Speaker 2: that Kendrick's team at UMG Interscope used money that they 424 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 2: didn't report and paid bots to make Not Like Us 425 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 2: bigger than a scene across radio and Spotify and will 426 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 2: podcasts and influencers, causing Drake, causing Drake harm financially. The 427 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:12,440 Speaker 2: lawsuit says on behalf of Kendrick alleges that UMG on 428 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:16,920 Speaker 2: behalf of Kendrick paid to manipulate Apple Music. It's accusing 429 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 2: UMG of paying Apple to have serie misdirect users to 430 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,920 Speaker 2: not like us. Finally, the lawsuit is a llegend that 431 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 2: UMG is covering this up by allegedly firing employees who 432 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:32,440 Speaker 2: have been loyal to Drake, and by not admitting to 433 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 2: any of this and refusing to negotiate compensation for damages 434 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 2: with Drake, who the suit alleges has reached out to 435 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 2: UMG to settle this harm several times. It says, she 436 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:46,160 Speaker 2: says even more crazy to suit alleges UMNG actually told 437 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 2: Drake to sue Kendrick directly, not them. The suit says 438 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 2: UMG told the OBO camp that they'd also bring legal 439 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:59,879 Speaker 2: action against Kendrick if Drake pursued if Drake pursued actual 440 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 2: against UMJ, meaning if Drake, if Drake goes after U 441 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 2: and G, then I guess UMG is saying they're gonna 442 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 2: go after Kendrick. It's basically what they're saying. And he 443 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 2: had another post up as planning, and it looks like 444 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 2: it got taken down, but I think it was something 445 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 2: saying that Drake was in negotiation with them for an album, 446 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:27,200 Speaker 2: so it's kind of like he was they were working 447 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 2: for him and against them at the same time. That's 448 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 2: the summary of it. That it's not just because he 449 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:34,960 Speaker 2: got his feelings hurt about a record. It was he 450 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 2: feels that if had it been Taylor Swiss Record Label 451 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 2: or something like that, you know, because he's with them, 452 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 2: they wouldn't have allowed that to happen. And everybody else 453 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 2: is calling bs on the same. Bottom line, your feelings 454 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 2: is hurt because you got dragged, and that's that. 455 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's still getting dragged because you know, there were 456 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 3: some some subliminuies that were also thrown out again in 457 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 3: Kendrick's new projects. If I think we have a little 458 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 3: bit of time test, if you want to be thoroughly entertained, 459 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:07,400 Speaker 3: I think it's important that the Federation of Light skin 460 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 3: Men of America, who wrote this long statement, that they 461 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:16,399 Speaker 3: be heard. Okay, and on behalf of the Federation of 462 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:20,159 Speaker 3: Light Skin Men of America. Good morning all. We promise 463 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 3: to keep this short and sweet like Drake should have 464 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,639 Speaker 3: kept his rap battle with Kendrick lamar wait, can we 465 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,879 Speaker 3: say that anyway? We would like to address some key points. 466 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 3: One he is Canadian not like us. Two he is 467 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 3: you already know, not like us until arrested. Three he 468 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 3: is an actor turned rapper, not a rapper turned actor. 469 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 3: Four on behalf of real Gangsters. We don't take rico 470 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 3: charges lightly. Due to the four points above, we would 471 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 3: appreciate the removal of any association of Drake to the 472 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 3: light skin men of America, working every day to remind 473 00:24:56,840 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 3: you that we are more like nas Ice t Sergeant 474 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 3: Finn Tula and I'll be sure we have excluded Christopher 475 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:08,800 Speaker 3: Williams due to New Jack City stigma. 476 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 1: Thank you. 477 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 3: And they had an image of Drake up for reference 478 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,399 Speaker 3: and they say he's always been scared, he is never was, 479 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 3: never a tough guy. I didn't include the Grassi out 480 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 3: of respect to the disabled and disabled vets. 481 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: He didn't deserve that role either. 482 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 3: So Steven Hunter Johnson, who's an attorney who is also 483 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 3: light skin, put that up and this has been circulating. Yeah, 484 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 3: they're trying to say that Drake is definitely on some 485 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,359 Speaker 3: light skin stuff, but hey, do not stigma size the 486 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:40,399 Speaker 3: rest of the light skinning of America for this. 487 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:45,360 Speaker 1: We are he is not like us. So I want 488 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,879 Speaker 1: to see how far this is gonna go I do. 489 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:49,200 Speaker 1: I have read that. 490 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 3: Just to be clear, Drake has filed a petition. It 491 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 3: is not yet a lawsuit, but there does. It does 492 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 3: signal a major escalation and a few This is what 493 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 3: Laura le Brosta was saying. So we have to really 494 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 3: really really be mindful of how far that this can go. 495 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:11,200 Speaker 3: And I want to see what how did the music 496 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 3: label continues to respond. 497 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 1: Mm hmm, Well, Drake, you lost baby. I mean, that's 498 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:17,879 Speaker 1: that's it. 499 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 2: That's all you lost, and it is what it is, 500 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 2: and this makes it even worse. So uh, you know, 501 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:28,439 Speaker 2: we'll we'll see how it goes. It's just ridiculous. 502 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 1: Nobody imagine imagine. 503 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 2: NAS, you know, jay Z Sue and NAS or vice versa, like, 504 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 2: come on, man, just whatever it was, if it got manipulated, 505 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 2: if it got whatever. However, you're looking like a sore loser. 506 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 2: And that's just the bottom line. So uh but again, 507 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 2: you know, every this literally proves he's not like us. 508 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:48,639 Speaker 2: So that's again why gatekeep Jake and why you know 509 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 2: certain things only belong to certain people and the song 510 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,320 Speaker 2: say it's just that. But guys want to thank you 511 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 2: for joining us this week. As you can see we 512 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 2: talk about politics, but sometimes we like to talk talk 513 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 2: on pop culture because pop culture is politics. So we'll 514 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:04,719 Speaker 2: see the politics of this, all the legal of law. 515 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 2: We'll see how it falls out. But really I just 516 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 2: hope it goes away because it's ridiculous. It's an embarrassing 517 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:13,120 Speaker 2: on behalf of pop. So I just wanted to sit down. 518 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:16,159 Speaker 2: But guys, thank you so much for listening. Have a 519 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 2: happy Thanksgiving. Today is Thanksgiving, so hope you guys are 520 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:24,200 Speaker 2: grateful and thankful and to not just to day jay 521 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 2: where you you know, eat up everything and gain ten 522 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 2: twenty pounds. It's really a day to be grateful for 523 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 2: what you have. A lot of people may not have 524 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 2: a lot may not have big families. But if you 525 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 2: were able to wake up and see another day, be 526 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 2: grateful for that. And somebody's lost both my parents and 527 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 2: the majority of my family that has passed away. I 528 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,879 Speaker 2: am grateful for every single day that we have. So 529 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:51,879 Speaker 2: love on those who love on you. Enjoy your Thanksgiving 530 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 2: and it may not be family, it may be friends. 531 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,679 Speaker 2: You know, especially me like after losing so much, happily, 532 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:01,680 Speaker 2: I've had to make family and areas that I otherwise 533 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:06,160 Speaker 2: would not so enjoy your family, enjoy your Thanksgiving. Jay, 534 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:10,200 Speaker 2: you have a wonderful Thanksgiving too, and we'll be back 535 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 2: next week. Peace peace. 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