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Speaker 1: Some morning show.

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Speaker 2: Me better know that's the people's choice. The Saluta on

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Speaker 2: my life skined brothers out there just hilarious.

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Speaker 3: That's for the world. I last.

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Speaker 1: Just don't do no what man, Charlemagne talk you to

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Speaker 1: tell me? Everybody come to the breakfast club.

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Speaker 4: I call this the hot seat nor breakfast cub.

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Speaker 5: It's like you America's front port.

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Speaker 6: Don't feel like my miss Puss. I've never called any pub.

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Speaker 7: Every time I go to the breakfast club, I know

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Speaker 7: it's gonna be like the food man I'm.

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Speaker 8: Getting it's a new day.

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Speaker 1: Is it your time to get it off your chest?

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Speaker 9: Wait?

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Speaker 1: Wait up for your man or bleat, it's time to

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Speaker 1: get up and get something. Call up now eight hundred

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Speaker 1: and five eighty five one O five one. We want

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Speaker 1: to hear from you on the breakfast club. Hello, who's this?

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Speaker 8: Oh my gosh? Did I get through?

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Speaker 1: Oh my god? Who's this?

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Speaker 9: Oh my god?

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Speaker 8: This is Amanda from Virginia.

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Speaker 10: Virginia seventy five seven. Whatever man to get off your chest?

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Speaker 5: Okay?

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Speaker 8: So, like I just quit my teaching jobs. I'm gonna

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Speaker 8: try not to cry. If it was something really hard

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Speaker 8: for me to give up and everything after six years

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Speaker 8: and I'm scared right now because I have no idea

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Speaker 8: I just turned twenty eight, and I feel like I'm

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Speaker 8: failing at life. So I need some advice.

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Speaker 11: You are not failing at life, man. You know. One

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Speaker 11: of my affirmations this morning was embraced everything that happens

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Speaker 11: to you. And you know, being at you twenty eight,

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Speaker 11: you'll realize this as you get older, everything is just

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Speaker 11: part of a process. You gotta trust your instincts. Your

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Speaker 11: instincts told you that you didn't want to teach you

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Speaker 11: no more, right right, all right, Like I'm.

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Speaker 8: Helping passing, so that be like I was having panic

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Speaker 8: attacks and everything is just seeking is not what it

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Speaker 8: used to be at all. And so I love the kids,

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Speaker 8: used to love the profession, but I just felt so

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Speaker 8: undervalued and unappreciated, like it was just it was hard.

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Speaker 8: So right now up because I'm about to go instacart

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Speaker 8: and hopefully i'll make a little something. I still I figured.

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Speaker 11: Out that's what you should do. My mom is a

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Speaker 11: public school teacher. I was a public school teacher, so

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Speaker 11: I understand. I think that y'all are very underpaid. Undervalued

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Speaker 11: and underappreciated. So thank you for your service as a teacher.

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Speaker 11: But now you just got to pray and see what

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Speaker 11: God is going to lead you next, because He's God

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Speaker 11: is definitely telling you that you should be doing h

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Speaker 11: something else. You just got it. You probably already know

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Speaker 11: what it is. You're probably just scared to do it

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Speaker 11: right now. Right, you already know what it is, don't you.

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Speaker 8: You said, what can't put my cash up out there?

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Speaker 8: Help you?

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Speaker 11: That's not what that is not that is not without God.

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Speaker 11: God for you tell me what else God is telling

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Speaker 11: you to do before we get to the.

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Speaker 5: Cash app up.

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Speaker 8: So that's that's all I got at the.

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Speaker 1: Moment, One step at a time. Go ahead, then go

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Speaker 1: ahead with your cash up.

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Speaker 10: I rather cash apter only fans. Go ahead, mama, there

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Speaker 10: you go.

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Speaker 8: See all right, it's solid time. Amanda capital A M

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Speaker 8: A and D and I see non sick.

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Speaker 11: Hold on, I say it again, A M A and D.

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Speaker 8: A yes, and I see non sick.

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Speaker 1: And I see nine.

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Speaker 11: Oh, Amanda, Nick, Amanda Chandler, that's you.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you look like a school teacher.

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Speaker 10: You're gonna put something hell cash?

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Speaker 11: Yeah, just sent her a little Oh there you go.

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Speaker 11: I just sent you. I love I love school teachers.

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Speaker 4: Man.

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Speaker 11: I think school teachers. Yeah, Like I said, I think

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Speaker 11: y'all are undervalued and underappreciated. We trust our kids with

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Speaker 11: y'all every day, and we live in a messed up

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Speaker 11: society because y'all should be making six figures a year

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Speaker 11: just because of what y'all got to deal with.

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Speaker 8: To be honest with you, so harding out here now,

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Speaker 8: I want to go into the mental health. I'm doing

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Speaker 8: a sweet career switch, so I'm just hoping it all

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Speaker 8: works out. I'm praying and thank you guys. I really

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Speaker 8: appreciate you. Stick on my call. I listen to you.

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Speaker 4: Guys.

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Speaker 11: Ever, did get you got what I sent you and

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Speaker 11: said it went through?

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Speaker 12: Yes, it did.

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Speaker 8: Thank you so much.

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Speaker 2: All right, get it off your chest eight hundred five

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Speaker 2: vent phone lines of wide open. It's the breakfast club.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, the breakfast Club.

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Speaker 11: This is your time to get it off your chest,

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Speaker 11: whether you're mad or blessed, so we get anything we

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Speaker 11: want to hear from you on the breakfast clubs.

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Speaker 9: Hello, good morning.

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Speaker 10: This is a drena you did off your chest, Mama.

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Speaker 9: I'm a little nervous, but I really want people to

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Speaker 9: reach out to your friends and family, check on them

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Speaker 9: to make sure that they're okay. It's been almost eight

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Speaker 9: months since I lost my soulmate to suicide, and when

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Speaker 9: he committed suicide, we was on a break, but we

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Speaker 9: were still very much in communication with each other. But

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Speaker 9: I knew something was wrong, and my gut told me

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Speaker 9: to go check, but my head said no, don't do it.

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Speaker 9: And had I listened to my gut, I would have

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Speaker 9: known something was wrong and could have been able to help. Also,

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Speaker 9: with women and their children, when you have a man

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Speaker 9: that wants to be in the lives of their kids,

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Speaker 9: you shouldn't use the child as a poem to get

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Speaker 9: back because no one never ever thought that he would

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Speaker 9: commit suicide because of what was happening with his children.

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Speaker 9: So I just want people to just be aware of

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Speaker 9: those things.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, yes, ma'am.

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Speaker 11: Well, definitely sending you healing in agy queen.

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Speaker 10: Yes, thank you, Absolutely all right, Mama.

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Speaker 1: I have a blessed that you guys do the same.

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Speaker 1: He's very heavy this morning.

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Speaker 5: You got the money?

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Speaker 1: Hello? Who's this?

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Speaker 12: Hello?

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Speaker 10: This is blind Tommy.

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Speaker 1: What's your tour?

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Speaker 12: I'm bad because I'm cut. I'm a blind, broke comedian.

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Speaker 11: Are you so?

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Speaker 7: So?

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Speaker 11: You got to pick one?

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Speaker 13: Now?

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Speaker 11: Which one you mad about? Being blind, being broke, or

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Speaker 11: being a comedian?

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Speaker 1: All three?

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Speaker 11: Well you shouldn't learn to see the bright shot?

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Speaker 1: Damnit?

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Speaker 14: How you people not just stealing your money?

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Speaker 12: I ain't got nobody to steal.

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Speaker 10: Damn.

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Speaker 11: I think I think you might be looking at this wrong.

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Speaker 11: Were you born blind?

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Speaker 1: Look at you? You don't look at it?

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Speaker 12: Was blind five years ago?

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Speaker 11: Okay, okay, so well you're newly blind.

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Speaker 10: You don't con Damn? How'd you get blind?

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Speaker 15: Sir?

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Speaker 12: So funk has gotten my system and they attacked my

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Speaker 12: optic nerves.

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Speaker 1: Damn? Sorry that bro?

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Speaker 9: Have you?

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Speaker 11: Have you learned any new skills? Have anything? Have anything else?

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Speaker 11: Scrimpened a little bit, but not that too much?

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Speaker 1: Got you?

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Speaker 11: Got you? How can we help you this morning?

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Speaker 1: Brother? What can we do for you?

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Speaker 11: Whatever?

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Speaker 1: We'll see what we can do whatever it is? Off book?

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Speaker 12: How get a book deal?

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Speaker 16: Man?

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Speaker 12: Work for you?

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Speaker 11: You want a book deal? I'm be honest with you.

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Speaker 11: I'm interested in the story. I can't say they act

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Speaker 11: like I wouldn't want to hear more of the story.

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Speaker 1: What are you talking about?

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Speaker 3: Brailbooks.

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Speaker 1: You want to write correct this morning and you get

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Speaker 1: get my guys information.

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Speaker 11: I'm interested in hearing the story I want to see

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Speaker 11: if it might be a story there.

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Speaker 1: You never know.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, hold on Tom, okay, all right, hold on time,

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Speaker 2: get it off your chest. Eight hundred five eight five

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Speaker 2: one O five one. If you need to vent, hit

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Speaker 2: us up now. It's the Breakfast Club.

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Speaker 10: Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Only everybody, It's d J

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Speaker 10: n V Jess hilarious, Charlamage the guy.

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Speaker 2: We are the Breakfast Club. You got some special guest

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Speaker 2: in the building. Indeed, you have the cast of Harlem.

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Speaker 1: It's making good.

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Speaker 2: Say your name Jerry Johnson and Tyler Leflie.

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Speaker 1: Welcome.

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Speaker 10: How y'all feeling this morning?

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Speaker 14: Times phenomenal, amazing study, so good.

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Speaker 11: Don't make sure everybody house is good.

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Speaker 2: Appreciate Okay, okay, let's get right into it. Harlem is

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Speaker 2: back January twenty third on Amazon Prime. But sadly they

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Speaker 2: say this is the last season. Why so many people

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Speaker 2: watch it? So many people are into it? How did

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Speaker 2: they just do it like that?

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Speaker 1: Ask Prime?

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Speaker 17: We're really really sad, and I think like everybody's super

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Speaker 17: sad because we had so much story to tell, and

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Speaker 17: so like, if we did have more seasons, this would

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Speaker 17: have the stories would have been so good. But they

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Speaker 17: did such an amazing job truncating it bringing it down

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Speaker 17: into this final season.

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Speaker 5: I think everybody's gonna be happy. But hopefully we get

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Speaker 5: a movie.

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Speaker 2: Okay, did y'all know it was gonna be the final

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Speaker 2: season when y'all started taping?

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Speaker 1: Did you know that already? Did y'all find a halfway through? Id?

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Speaker 13: No, not halfway through. I think I found out a

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Speaker 13: little late, but sometimes I'm in my own world. But

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Speaker 13: I found out the day of the reading as we

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Speaker 13: were reading it. Now going into knowing that it was

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Speaker 13: the last season?

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Speaker 5: Are you saying we were reading? No before I knew it,

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Speaker 5: but I hadn't read the last two.

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Speaker 13: I thought they were saving the last two episodes, so

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Speaker 13: I didn't know, you know, And then as we were

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Speaker 13: reading it, I was like, oh, no, this is it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: But did y'all been doing a lot on the side

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Speaker 2: as well? Y'all been engaged, never having babies music?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's true, it's true.

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Speaker 2: So how were y'all doing all of that on the

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Speaker 2: side as well as taping the show?

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Speaker 5: You know what's interesting?

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Speaker 18: Is that as we've been taping the show, because we.

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Speaker 5: Started what we start twenty twenty, okay.

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Speaker 18: Twenty twenty, and then we got like maybe three episodes in,

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Speaker 18: then COVID happened, and then we took a break, then

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Speaker 18: we came back, then we had a year off, then

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Speaker 18: we went through striking all these different things. But during

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Speaker 18: the duration of all these things, we were experiencing life.

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Speaker 18: We were having all kinds of life changes and having

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Speaker 11: Because acting allow y'all to just escape when you're dealing

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Speaker 5: And not have that energy in your home, it gets crazy.

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Speaker 11: Like, how is motherhood changed you?

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Speaker 17: I think what I did not expect was that I

449
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Speaker 17: was fully prepared to be like, I'm ready to learn

450
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Speaker 17: everything I can about motherhood and my child. I did

451
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Speaker 17: not anticipate that I was going to also go on

452
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Speaker 17: a journey to learn about myself, and so I had

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Speaker 17: to face things about myself in order to ensure his

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Speaker 17: well being. Right, So I had to go back to

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Speaker 17: my own childhood, go back to the things that you know,

456
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Speaker 17: that I didn't realize that I was like holding on to,

457
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Speaker 17: or dealing with or like simple things like you know,

458
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Speaker 17: like being being a recovering people pleaser. I can't do

459
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Speaker 17: that with my child. I will be so depleted. I

460
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Speaker 17: will not show up as the mother that I need

461
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Speaker 17: to be. So how do I then organize in my mind?

462
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Speaker 17: Like how do I prioritize myself for real?

463
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Speaker 5: For real?

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Speaker 17: You know, so like things like that that I didn't

465
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Speaker 17: expect that are really changing my life?

466
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Speaker 1: Are these moments bittersweet?

467
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Speaker 11: Knowing that you know he's gonna be the last time

468
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Speaker 11: y'all probably do interviews together and things of that nature.

469
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Speaker 2: They said, they talk about movie, they manifest the movie.

470
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Speaker 2: So the last time we need a petition and.

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Speaker 14: This y'all could do something else, Yeah, because y'all are

472
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Speaker 14: so grounded, even as just outside the cass just hearing

473
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Speaker 14: y'all speak, like, you know, like even from the last

474
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Speaker 14: interview that we had with you, like so much growth,

475
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Speaker 14: like not saying that you you know last time, right, No,

476
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Speaker 14: not that, but yeah, it's just I don't know, it's

477
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Speaker 14: just it's zinful, it's tranquility. It's a whole bunch of

478
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Speaker 14: y'all are very grounded as a cast. So I appreciate

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Speaker 14: it anything I was not even don't have to be

480
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Speaker 14: all or just you know, y'all can write your own movie.

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Speaker 5: I can directly, we can just get it on here,

482
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Speaker 5: like we really appreciate enough and even.

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Speaker 7: Just like you know, to all of us before, you know,

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Speaker 7: as we're saying goodbye, I feel like one of the

485
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Speaker 7: biggest uh, you know, reasons, it's not a sad goodbye.

486
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Speaker 7: It's like for a multitude of things like, hey, we

487
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Speaker 7: have a you know, we have a great beginning middle

488
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Speaker 7: and now you know, we knew are and we knew

489
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Speaker 7: who were landing at so like that's a beautiful thing.

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Speaker 7: But then on the flip side off of the script,

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Speaker 7: you know, because of the way we were able to

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Speaker 7: come together as family, like I feel like this is

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Speaker 7: a you know, a lot of times when we say

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Speaker 7: goodbye to people, it's like a sad goodbye, you know

495
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Speaker 7: what I'm saying. But it's like, I really feel like

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Speaker 7: this is a you know, this is the opposite, is

497
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Speaker 7: almost like a happy goodbye.

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Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying.

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Speaker 7: When we say goodbye, it's almost like we're raising the

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Speaker 7: trophy up, you know what I'm saying. So it's like

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Speaker 7: when I yes on a good note. So when I

502
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Speaker 7: think back about these times, it's not really gonna be

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Speaker 7: a sad thing.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 7: We're able to experience together, share it with the world,

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Speaker 7: and uh close the book at the right time.

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Speaker 2: Or shaniko, you're telling we not leaving like that. We're

508
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Speaker 2: leaving with your singles. So we don't play your.

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Speaker 11: Record.

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Speaker 2: We don't play your record, play your record, mis grace.

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Speaker 2: I felt the God in you this morning. We're gonna

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Speaker 2: say a prayer before we get up out of here,

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Speaker 2: to say.

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Speaker 1: God good, God is great. Thank you for the food

515
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Speaker 1: we eat, dinner on the table.

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Speaker 3: All right, let's do it.

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Speaker 17: Let's do Thank you, dearly father, thank you so much

518
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Speaker 17: for this time together.

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Speaker 1: Lord.

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Speaker 17: We asked that you bless the breakfast club. Lord, we

521
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Speaker 17: asked that you blessed our minds or hearts or words.

522
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Speaker 17: Your father, thank you for a form like this, or

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Speaker 17: that we're able to galvanize as one that we're able

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Speaker 17: to come together in truth and honesty and love and

525
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Speaker 17: just celebrate amazing black work. Lord, we are so grateful

526
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Speaker 17: of this moment, grateful for this time. To your Father,

527
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Speaker 17: we ask that you go before us, that you make

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Speaker 17: the crooked pass straight. We so you continue to uplift

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Speaker 17: us in your spiritual Lord, let us always stay in

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Speaker 17: your purpose and your will. Lord, We thank you for

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Speaker 17: your love. We thank you for your blessing. In Jesus name,

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Speaker 17: we praise Amen.

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Speaker 1: Amen, It's the breakfast Club. Good morning, wake up, you're

534
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Speaker 1: like to enter the breakfast Club.

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Speaker 2: Warning, everybody's tej Envy, just Hilarius, Charlamagne the God.

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Speaker 1: We are the breakfast club.

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Speaker 2: Now if you're just joining us, we're talking about the

538
00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,840
Speaker 2: list of Trump executive orders that affected people, from DEI

539
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Speaker 2: to birthright citizenship to ice coming and taking people.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, has the importations did this man doing the DEI?

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Speaker 11: You know, the potential federal hiring freeze, I mean tariffs,

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Speaker 11: you know, and so you know, we're just opening up

543
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Speaker 11: the phone lines to see how things have impacted people.

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Speaker 11: You know, Jess is already concerned about the price of

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Speaker 11: weakes potentially.

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Speaker 5: Excuse me there, you know, I'm not no, I'm not, okay.

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Speaker 14: It affects my mother and and other people who have

548
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Speaker 14: been in childcare administration. My mom has been taking care

549
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Speaker 14: of kids, and she has a child free school and

550
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Speaker 14: has had one for thirty years coming up. And a

551
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Speaker 14: lot of her money comes from the federal government, federal government.

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Speaker 5: You know, like the food program.

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Speaker 14: She get checked to feed the kids, you know, and

554
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Speaker 14: then all of her parents they are using vouchers or

555
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Speaker 14: scholarship of some sort, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 11: So no potential federal hiring freez could shut.

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Speaker 14: Her absolutely, absolutely, and it will. People are already starting

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Speaker 14: to be affected by it, you know.

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Speaker 11: So, and you see the dismantling of DEI program. You

560
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Speaker 11: see people losing jobs, you know, when you got these

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Speaker 11: mass deportations, Like I know people who you know, jobs

562
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Speaker 11: have got ran up in, you know what I mean,

563
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Speaker 11: Their parents' jobs have gotten ran up in.

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Speaker 6: You know.

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Speaker 11: I know family members, I know families who literally have

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Speaker 11: had to leave because you know, one person in the

567
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Speaker 11: household was undocumented and now they got to go, and

568
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Speaker 11: the kids gotta go.

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Speaker 1: It's real out here, yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, growing up in New York of course

571
00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,280
Speaker 2: you're surrounded by immigrants, right, You're surrounded by people that

572
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Speaker 2: are here.

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Speaker 1: This got crazy. You're surrounded like you're not wanting the

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Speaker 1: person surrounding. I'm not.

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Speaker 10: I actually was born here and my parents were too.

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Speaker 2: But you're surrounded by immigrants that you know that the

577
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Speaker 2: kids were born here, but their parents not. And now

578
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Speaker 2: many of my friends and the people that I know,

579
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Speaker 2: they're fearful that their parents could be you know, taken back,

580
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Speaker 2: and parents could be you know, taken by ice because

581
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Speaker 2: there's no rules, there's no regulations. They just know that

582
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Speaker 2: ice is on the street grabbing imgrants. So people are nervous.

583
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Speaker 2: People are scared.

584
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Speaker 1: Are you an ankle baby?

585
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Speaker 2: My parents were born here, sir, My grandparents were born here,

586
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Speaker 2: and I was born here, sir.

587
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Speaker 1: Prove it.

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Speaker 14: Let me when ice come and snatch you up, that's

589
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Speaker 14: gonna be crazy. I'm scared to take my daughter outside

590
00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:45,560
Speaker 14: to this day. I'm like Jesus, yes, for really. They

591
00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:51,000
Speaker 14: might think I'm harvarding one of them. Yeah he is,

592
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Speaker 14: but Molly look like nah, see she more in question

593
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Speaker 14: than her father. Dude would be like, oh, where you

594
00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:01,280
Speaker 14: get that baby from? And if I just got about myself,

595
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Speaker 14: I look like a nanny.

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Speaker 12: Not.

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Speaker 5: I don't know. It's crazy for the.

598
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,119
Speaker 11: People who don't know. Your baby daddy is Mexican.

599
00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:12,040
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, half Mexican, yes, half Mexican.

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Speaker 14: His mom straight, straight up Mexican's father Blake So and

601
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Speaker 14: my daughter she looks straight Mexican, Like, oh my god.

602
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Speaker 11: I think you should stop saying that you might get

603
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:28,399
Speaker 11: a knock for part. Hello, let's go, might get it.

604
00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:30,360
Speaker 5: Not just crazy, I'm scared.

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Speaker 1: Hello, who's this?

606
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Speaker 12: This is doctor Allen, doctor from I'm from some five,

607
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Speaker 12: but I'm in Indianapolis.

608
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Speaker 11: Now, okay, how have Trump's executive boaters impacted you as far?

609
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Speaker 12: Absolutely so. I am a director for a Diversity and

610
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Speaker 12: Culching Inclusion for Engineering Research Center, so through the National

611
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Speaker 12: Science Foundation, they pretty much stopped all of me my

612
00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:57,320
Speaker 12: ability to spend money. I built programs like easy programs

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Speaker 12: for high school students. They told me I could not

614
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Speaker 12: take no more students to Watchington DC for that we

615
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,760
Speaker 12: had a upcoming the conference for them to present their research.

616
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,679
Speaker 12: I have about three hundred thousand dollars in funding that

617
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,640
Speaker 12: I can no longer touch because our work in DEI.

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00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,680
Speaker 12: They told me, literally, I couldn't you spend no money

619
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Speaker 12: because my proposal said I was working with marginalized students,

620
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Speaker 12: and that is discrimination by another name. When you're saying

621
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Speaker 12: that I can't work with students because they're from marginalized backgrounds.

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00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,399
Speaker 12: But if it was a white student, I can go

623
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Speaker 12: ahead and consine it with my work. This discrimination by

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Speaker 12: another names. And so I have about I have another

625
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:37,199
Speaker 12: about five million dollars in additional funding that I have

626
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,440
Speaker 12: that I have sent in there for review that I

627
00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,119
Speaker 12: can't they propamize, just going to throw out now, and

628
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,760
Speaker 12: these are this is money that's going to our students,

629
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,720
Speaker 12: our low income students, underrepresented students, to make sure that

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Speaker 12: we get skilled and help our students continu grow, go

631
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Speaker 12: to college, get scholarships. And we can no longer touch

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00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,920
Speaker 12: that money. They are literally trying to prevent us from

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Speaker 12: growing our communities at being to do the things that

634
00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,880
Speaker 12: we need to do, all because they don't want us

635
00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:06,119
Speaker 12: to be as successful as we could be. And it

636
00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:07,679
Speaker 12: is very sick in it.

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Speaker 1: How do we combat that? How do we combat it?

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00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:10,840
Speaker 11: How do we combat it?

639
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:11,680
Speaker 1: Can we?

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00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:11,920
Speaker 16: Well?

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00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:14,560
Speaker 12: A few things that we have to do is we

642
00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:17,280
Speaker 12: have to put pressure on our elective officials. The Democrats

643
00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:19,560
Speaker 12: have to be able to stop get off their fingers

644
00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:20,520
Speaker 12: and it's actual.

645
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:20,800
Speaker 1: Need to do something.

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00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,760
Speaker 12: This should not be a process for them to be

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00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:25,719
Speaker 12: able to discriminate by another NAT. There should be some

648
00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,320
Speaker 12: type of lawsuits that are letting them say, hey, you

649
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 12: all have not does not have not developed any criteria

650
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:34,440
Speaker 12: for what is considered THEI you all are just looking

651
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:38,800
Speaker 12: for anything that says black or brown, underrepresented, marginalized, low income,

652
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,520
Speaker 12: and that is discriminating. There needs to be some folks

653
00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:43,640
Speaker 12: that are doing something in the legal arena. They need

654
00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:45,560
Speaker 12: to be folks are doing something in the political arena.

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Speaker 12: And we also need to start thinking about how do

656
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,040
Speaker 12: we make sure that we're not hand from the next

657
00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,880
Speaker 12: time one of these ola guards if somebody comes in

658
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,000
Speaker 12: and want to take over power like this. We need

659
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:56,840
Speaker 12: to be able to make sure that we're self sufficient,

660
00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,440
Speaker 12: sustainable and figure our way from.

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Speaker 11: Which we can do then I totally agree.

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00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:01,680
Speaker 7: Man.

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Speaker 11: You know the hell part about it is there are

664
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Speaker 11: you know, guardrails and tools that democrats can use. But

665
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Speaker 11: you know, we just keep getting all these statements about

666
00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:14,800
Speaker 11: norms and faith and institutions brought them. Institutions are done, okay,

667
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:16,960
Speaker 11: These people are playing by a different set of rules.

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Speaker 11: They need to figure it out.

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Speaker 10: It's got another caller.

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Speaker 1: Hello, who's this YO? Good morning. They deported them just

671
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Speaker 1: that fast. They're driving.

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Speaker 5: Right now.

673
00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:30,720
Speaker 1: Hello.

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Speaker 9: How the money.

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Speaker 10: Are talking about Trump's executive orders? How has it affected

676
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Speaker 10: you at all?

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Speaker 6: I mean, honestly, let's be well, LA women numbers jun't

678
00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:50,880
Speaker 6: America voted for Trump. I don't understand now why everybody

679
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Speaker 6: so up war about what's going on when they were

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Speaker 6: killing you are multiple times over and over the body administration.

681
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Speaker 6: Let us know about twenty twenty and nobody doesn't care.

682
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,440
Speaker 6: I don't know why is everybody bought an updill.

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Speaker 1: Downe, ma'am.

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Speaker 11: Ma'amm told ma'am, you're absolutely right, but what that got

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Speaker 11: to do with his executive void is impacting people.

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Speaker 6: It was expected, it was what's coming. Yes, there's nothing

687
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Speaker 6: about it if you voted him in office.

688
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Speaker 11: But but have they impacted you? That's the question.

689
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Speaker 6: You're at this point. I'm gonna be honest. I'm gonna

690
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Speaker 6: be honest with you. Players, don't do it. Tom ninety one,

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Speaker 6: Tom twenty three, Tom one twenty one, His prince and

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Speaker 6: and and she put.

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Speaker 2: All right, thank you, mama, what is she saying to ourselves?

694
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Speaker 2: That's what she said, Yeah, y'all voted for him, And

695
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Speaker 2: she didn't answer the question. She basically just said that

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Speaker 2: y'all didn't.

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Speaker 14: Yes, she always somewhere to understand.

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Speaker 11: Oh look, and I understand what she's saying. But that's

699
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Speaker 11: not the question we're asking. The question we're asking is

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Speaker 11: how has his executive orders impacted people? Because, you know what,

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Speaker 11: I would like to start hearing his solutions, you know,

702
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Speaker 11: like I would like to start hearing you know, how

703
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Speaker 11: we can combat some of these things.

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Speaker 2: But how can we? Right because he's the president. He

705
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,680
Speaker 2: put these orders into play. This is his house right now, right,

706
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Speaker 2: But so how do we how do we stop that?

707
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,240
Speaker 2: How do we defend it? How do we combat that?

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Speaker 14: How is there anyway like something can happen locally? Like

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Speaker 14: because even with my mom saying, you know, she with

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Speaker 14: my mom being affected, you know, and then the caller

711
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Speaker 14: who just called up and said, like they're gonna cut

712
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Speaker 14: her child care benefit. She's a full time working mom, Like,

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Speaker 14: is there something we can do, like the mayors, the governors, like,

714
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Speaker 14: you know, I know he signed these orders, but it's

715
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Speaker 14: no way like can we tackle it locally.

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Speaker 11: There's tools and guardrails that these people have at their

717
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Speaker 11: disposable disposal to try to slow down some of this stuff.

718
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Speaker 11: But you know, they got to have the strength to

719
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Speaker 11: use them. You know, the Democrats are a party of cowards.

720
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Speaker 11: They're leaderless right now, right now, you know what I mean,

721
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Speaker 11: But they are they are guardrails in place. Well, we

722
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Speaker 11: gotta This is gonna be a never ending conversation, by

723
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Speaker 11: the way, y'all do know that, right, yeah, But.

724
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Speaker 2: It just feels weird because when you look at Biden

725
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Speaker 2: and him being in office in the last four years

726
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:09,840
Speaker 2: and what he's done, and then you look at Trump

727
00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:12,600
Speaker 2: being so aggressive and doing everything that he wanted to

728
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Speaker 2: do with and not apologizing for it and just doing

729
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Speaker 2: it basically saying, I told y'all what I was gonna

730
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Speaker 2: do if you don't like a middle finger, And then

731
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Speaker 2: you look at the last four years and look at

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Speaker 2: Biden was just so nice and just trying to be

733
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,200
Speaker 2: the nice guy. It just really makes you upset, you know, yeah,

734
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Speaker 2: for sure. All right, well, this is their moral.

735
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Speaker 11: To the story at all, the moral to the story.

736
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Speaker 11: This is gonna be another ending conversation. But that's what

737
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Speaker 11: the Breakfast Club is here for The Breakfast Club is

738
00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:36,080
Speaker 11: here to have those conversations, okay, and we'll bring in

739
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Speaker 11: people way smarter than us to tell us what these

740
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Speaker 11: guardrails are and what these tools are, what these tools

741
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Speaker 11: are that they can use to try to slow some

742
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Speaker 11: of this stuff there.

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Speaker 1: All right, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

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Speaker 3: Morning.

745
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 1: Everybody is DJ Envy.

746
00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:55,600
Speaker 2: Jess Hilarious, Charlamage the day. We are the Breakfast Club.

747
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Speaker 2: Layla ros is here with us this morning. And we

748
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Speaker 2: got some special guests in the building. We have Rick Johnson,

749
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Speaker 2: the President of the NUBA ACP, welcome here. We have

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Speaker 2: Scott Mills, CEO of b E T.

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Speaker 1: Good morning, thank you for having me.

752
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Speaker 2: And we have a friend to the room, cousin to

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Speaker 2: the room, Chloe Balley. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back.

754
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Speaker 5: Hello.

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Speaker 1: How you feeling. How's everybody fantastic?

756
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Speaker 2: All right, So we're talking about the n DOUBLE ACP

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Speaker 2: Image Awards Live, which goes down February twenty second, and

758
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Speaker 2: you guys have released some of the nominations and you're

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00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:23,760
Speaker 2: about to tell us who's going to be the host.

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Speaker 1: Actually we're not yet disclosing, Okay, we assume it is Chloe.

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Speaker 7: That's right.

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Speaker 1: You don't got to run the press here you go.

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Speaker 15: It's hard to be both a nominee and the host, So.

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Speaker 1: That is correct the first for everything.

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Speaker 11: Why are you with them?

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Speaker 1: Chloe? Why are you with them? People? We're family?

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Speaker 19: Are definitely family, you know growing up as well, Sis

768
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:48,280
Speaker 19: and I we would go and sing a lot of

769
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Speaker 19: times at you know, the events in Florida several times

770
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Speaker 19: and things like that, and it was just really special

771
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Speaker 19: to be a part of this today with praise this

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Speaker 19: the movie I did with Will Packer winning last year.

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Speaker 19: And you know, it was a surprise to me today

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Speaker 19: as we were announcing some of the nominations, I got another.

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Speaker 5: That prior to oh God is good, grateful, I think.

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Speaker 1: The first time you all joined us at ACP like

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Speaker 1: eleven twelve.

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Speaker 20: Yeah, well, I think it's important for you to be

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Speaker 20: here with them, especially putting your voice on it, because

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Speaker 20: I think there's always a conversation abound, like the award

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Speaker 20: shows that we have and whether people in what level

782
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Speaker 20: of celebrity supported or not. So I think you being

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Speaker 20: here and you know, being kind of like a face

784
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Speaker 20: of it helps that. Are you at all like working

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Speaker 20: with the NAACP in these Image Awards, are you at

786
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Speaker 20: all getting out there for other award shows and just

787
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Speaker 20: kind of being a champion of that, like in calling

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Speaker 20: your friends and being like, hey, y'all need to make

789
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,480
Speaker 20: sure y'all show up? Like what celebrities are you? Like, Hey,

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Speaker 20: make sure you show up, particularly Beyonce.

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Speaker 5: Before her and yes, actually you know we getting there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 19: I think this one is really especially important because it

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00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,960
Speaker 19: is honoring us in all of our blackness. And sometimes

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Speaker 19: it's hard in this world and society today to not

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Speaker 19: feel valued or feel worthy enough. But definitely in this

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00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,520
Speaker 19: space at the Image Awards, you know, we are celebrating

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Speaker 19: one another for not only our skin tone, but also

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Speaker 19: the incredible art that we put into the world.

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Speaker 1: And how do we bring award shows back to where

801
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:14,279
Speaker 1: it used to be? Right?

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Speaker 10: I remember as a kid, money, money, money up.

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Speaker 1: As a kid, that's what we look.

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00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:23,200
Speaker 2: We expired to watch, we expired to We wanted to

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Speaker 2: see the NAACP Awards, we wanted to see the BT Awards,

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00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:29,440
Speaker 2: and some of our biggest moments culturally came from those events,

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Speaker 2: Soul Train as well.

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Speaker 10: How do we get back to that? Now you say

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00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:33,399
Speaker 10: money what does that money mean.

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Speaker 4: I mean, the large marketing houses actually put an instance

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Speaker 4: on black culture in a way which is not exploited

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Speaker 4: for their product line, but their supportive for the culture's sake.

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Speaker 4: What we have seen over time is a devaluing of

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Speaker 4: shows like Soul Trainers Love Soul Trained, but the escalation

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Speaker 4: of resources for the Grammys or the Oscars or the Emmys.

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Speaker 4: While their viewership has been going down, they still invest

817
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:04,160
Speaker 4: in it. But then they say, your viewership is down, Yeah,

818
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Speaker 4: you don't invest. But if you invest, people want to

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00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:10,160
Speaker 4: see black entertainment. People want to appreciate the culture. It

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Speaker 4: is not just in the US, it's globally.

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Speaker 11: I agree with that, but you know, there are some

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Speaker 11: black people who think white ice is cold.

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Speaker 1: There absolutely are.

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Speaker 15: I mean, I think one of the things that was

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Speaker 15: interesting post you know, that very brief moment of racial

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Speaker 15: renaissance we had in this country post murder of George Floyd.

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Speaker 15: About three months right right that moment, the post that

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Speaker 15: when we were preparing to do the Image Awards with

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Speaker 15: the NAACP, I would get these calls from journalists and

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Speaker 15: they'd say, is.

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Speaker 1: There still a need for the Image Awards? Haven't aren't

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Speaker 1: we beyond that.

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Speaker 11: And I said, so white, right, right?

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Speaker 15: And I said, you know, first of all, I think

835
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Speaker 15: that suggestion means you really don't understand why the Image

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Speaker 15: Awards exist. It is not it doesn't exist because we

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Speaker 15: were excluded from other places. First and foremost, it is

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Speaker 15: about that our community values being recognized and celebrated by

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Speaker 15: our community, and that has absolute value. But the second

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Speaker 15: thing is what we understand about this country is it's

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00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:05,880
Speaker 15: terribly fickle. Right, so today, oh yes, we're wonderfully popular

842
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 15: and you want to include us in all of your

843
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 15: award shows, but you know this is not going to

844
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Speaker 15: sustain And what the NAACP and the partnership with BET,

845
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Speaker 15: we have a consistent commitment to celebrating excellence in our community.

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Speaker 15: And that's really what our partnership for the Image Awards

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Speaker 15: is all about.

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Speaker 20: Question for you guys, because even in planning this show, right,

849
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Speaker 20: so BT works with the NAACP to have the awards.

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Speaker 5: The programmer on the network.

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Speaker 20: People always give you, guys a lot of flak for

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00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 20: what's on the network and what's not, saying that you

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00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:34,600
Speaker 20: need better shows or whatever the case may be. But

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Speaker 20: the awards show, the Image Awards are it's always a

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Speaker 20: good show. In my opinion, how much do you get

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Speaker 20: tired of the conversation of BT doesn't have good stuff

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00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:42,719
Speaker 20: to watch, that's why we don't watch it.

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Speaker 15: Well, it's fascinating. I think they're always going to be

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00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,680
Speaker 15: people who are critical, that's the reality. The situation is

860
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:49,920
Speaker 15: really fun. This morning, before coming over, I listened to

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Speaker 15: your best of clip that you guys have online and

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Speaker 15: one of your featured guests was Miss Pat Right, and

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Speaker 15: it was through Lee Daniels reaching out to be Et

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Speaker 15: to say, I have this series that only be Et

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Speaker 15: can create. The only platform in the world that can

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Speaker 15: actually put this series out there is be Et. It

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Speaker 15: scares everyone else off. It's an important message. So we

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00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:14,200
Speaker 15: looked at it. We love Lee Daniels. We greenlit the

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Speaker 15: series right, and it actually secured be ET's first Primetime

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Speaker 15: Emmy nomination because it was a really breakthrough show and

871
00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:22,279
Speaker 15: now everybody knows who Miss Pat is and she's going on.

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00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,600
Speaker 15: We're actually in the fifth season of that show. And

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Speaker 15: whether it's that or the nominations that we receive for

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Speaker 15: Dr from Detroit Wright's Fantastic show.

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Speaker 1: Dr R.

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Speaker 15: Kilpatrick is an amazing talent and the show is great

877
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:36,160
Speaker 15: fun and the amazing work we do with Tyler Perry.

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Speaker 15: The reality is we have the biggest investment in black

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Speaker 15: focused content than any platform in the country, and even

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00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 15: with that, you're never going to be able to satisfy

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00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:51,680
Speaker 15: every single audience. And so we recognize that they're going

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00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:53,239
Speaker 15: to be things that people love, They're going to be

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Speaker 15: things that people wish for, They're going to be things

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Speaker 15: that you know, people keep on saying, bring back music

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Speaker 15: video shows. Music video shows don't work on linear television.

886
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 15: That's just the reality. But so what we focus on

887
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 15: is what are the things that actually our audiences are

888
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:10,160
Speaker 15: really consuming and enjoying. So Tyler Perry's Sisters, we're going

889
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:12,920
Speaker 15: into the eighth season. It is the single most watched

890
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:16,399
Speaker 15: show among black people on all of television, not all

891
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:20,040
Speaker 15: of cable, all of television in fact, right so more

892
00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:23,200
Speaker 15: than anything on broadcast television. So people say, oh, you know,

893
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,040
Speaker 15: there be some people complain about BET, but the fact

894
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:28,239
Speaker 15: that we have the single most watched show in black

895
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:31,880
Speaker 15: households so that is a long way of saying, we

896
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:35,120
Speaker 15: are always striving to be more inclusive. So we created

897
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 15: our streaming platform, b ET Plus to be able to

898
00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:41,920
Speaker 15: create even more content, speak to diverse audiences. We think

899
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:46,200
Speaker 15: are tent poles like the NAACP Image Awards, like the

900
00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:48,640
Speaker 15: BET Awards, which this where year is going to celebrate

901
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:51,719
Speaker 15: its twenty fifth anniversary. If you can believe that, we

902
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 15: think our tent poles are those to their name. They

903
00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:57,600
Speaker 15: are the things that allow us to bring a huge

904
00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:01,320
Speaker 15: cross section of the community together to and celebrate what's

905
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 15: really important to us as a community. One of the

906
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:07,040
Speaker 15: things this year, over three million folks tuned in sorry

907
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:09,960
Speaker 15: as over three million folks moved in, sorry, tuned in

908
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,719
Speaker 15: to the BET Awards in twenty twenty four. And if

909
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:16,040
Speaker 15: you think about that, it means it's the single largest

910
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:20,480
Speaker 15: gathering of Black people for a black event in the country.

911
00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:24,160
Speaker 15: Rank there's nothing else that three million Black folks show

912
00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:27,080
Speaker 15: up for that is a specifically black event. And so

913
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:31,240
Speaker 15: you still have this opportunity to catalyze, mobilize, and engage

914
00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 15: our community, and you just have to be very thoughtful

915
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:35,000
Speaker 15: and have great partners like the NAACP.

916
00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:37,880
Speaker 2: All Right, we have more with Chloe Bailey, the President

917
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:41,160
Speaker 2: of the NAACP, Derek Johnson, and the President in CEO

918
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:41,960
Speaker 2: of B E. T.

919
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:44,560
Speaker 1: Scott Mills, don't moves to Breakfast Club, Good.

920
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:48,600
Speaker 2: Morning Warning, everybody is DJ nv Jess hilarious, Charlamagne, the

921
00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:49,919
Speaker 2: gud we ought to Breakfast Club.

922
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:52,160
Speaker 1: Laura le Rossa is in on this interview as well.

923
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:55,440
Speaker 2: We're kicking in with Chloe Bailey, the President of the NAACP,

924
00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,680
Speaker 2: Derek Johnson, and the President in CEO of b E T.

925
00:40:58,760 --> 00:40:59,680
Speaker 1: Scott Mills.

926
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Speaker 2: THEACP Image Awards will air on February twenty second.

927
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:05,239
Speaker 10: Now, Charlamage, what does.

928
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:07,719
Speaker 1: BT mean to your generation, Coloy, because you're twenty six.

929
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:11,520
Speaker 19: Yes, I think you know for me growing up.

930
00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:12,799
Speaker 5: You know, I'm a music lover.

931
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,279
Speaker 19: I grew up loving one on six in Park, Like

932
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:17,560
Speaker 19: I think I could speak for everyone in my generation.

933
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Speaker 11: You know.

934
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Speaker 19: I know certain things go into a lot, but that

935
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:23,360
Speaker 19: was like the show for me to be inspired, to

936
00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:26,120
Speaker 19: get excited, Like that was it like I'd run home

937
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,839
Speaker 19: from school and That's what I'd put on. So I

938
00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:31,560
Speaker 19: was used to seeing people who look like me, who

939
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:34,160
Speaker 19: were succeeding in a field that I wanted to succeed

940
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:38,239
Speaker 19: in one day. So be ET has always had a

941
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:40,960
Speaker 19: special place in my heart, especially think of all the

942
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:45,000
Speaker 19: groundbreaking performances like you know when Beyonce had her incredible

943
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:47,920
Speaker 19: performance on there. Yeah, you know, I'm so grateful that

944
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:50,600
Speaker 19: I got to be on that stage two three times.

945
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,759
Speaker 19: One of my favorite performances that I did on there

946
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:55,680
Speaker 19: was on BET. It was like this surprise treatment matchup.

947
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:57,880
Speaker 19: So it's like, I feel like b ET gives a

948
00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:01,759
Speaker 19: platform for all black artists, whether they are at the

949
00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:03,960
Speaker 19: top of their game or whether they're rising. And I

950
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:06,160
Speaker 19: think it's really special to have that support.

951
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:07,880
Speaker 1: So when you hit a Scott, what do you think?

952
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:09,839
Speaker 1: So first, so I love it.

953
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Speaker 15: And one of the things that we focus on is

954
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,600
Speaker 15: we understand people love one O six in Park, right,

955
00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:16,960
Speaker 15: and so the fact that it's it doesn't work as

956
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:18,920
Speaker 15: a linear television show doesn't mean one O six and

957
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:20,640
Speaker 15: Park is over because we can bring one O six

958
00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:22,879
Speaker 15: and Park back as a podcast, we can bring one

959
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:25,200
Speaker 15: O six and Park back as a digital experience, and

960
00:42:25,239 --> 00:42:27,759
Speaker 15: we can just we we are evolving what one oh

961
00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:30,479
Speaker 15: six and Park will look like in twenty twenty five

962
00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:32,359
Speaker 15: because it does have that very important role.

963
00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:35,279
Speaker 5: I've heard. I've heard that you guys are trying to

964
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:36,160
Speaker 5: figure out a show like that.

965
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Speaker 15: Yes, and we've got We've got a number of really

966
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:41,839
Speaker 15: exciting executions because it's also we're approaching the twenty fifth

967
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:43,799
Speaker 15: anniversary of one oh six and Park as well, So we.

968
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Speaker 5: Be a little bit ada free twenty five.

969
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Speaker 1: Years, you know, we we will, we will. You'll still be.

970
00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:50,799
Speaker 15: Some things that you guys will be really excited about,

971
00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 15: and we look forward to coming back and talk to

972
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:53,880
Speaker 15: you about one oh six and Part Free.

973
00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, noted so.

974
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Speaker 15: But I think the other thing that Chloe shared that

975
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:02,480
Speaker 15: is so important is we at BET exist to be

976
00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:04,680
Speaker 15: in service of our community and our culture. That's what

977
00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:08,080
Speaker 15: we exist for. And we understand that there's a broad

978
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:12,839
Speaker 15: ecosystem of different institutions and individuals that make up our

979
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:15,799
Speaker 15: community and our culture, and we are part of that

980
00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:19,520
Speaker 15: broader landscape and that broader ecosystem, and we play a supporting,

981
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:23,040
Speaker 15: complementary role to our community and our ecosystem. And whether

982
00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:27,280
Speaker 15: that's celebrating black excellence, whether that's mobilizing our community around

983
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:29,920
Speaker 15: important events, whether that's coming to the aid of our

984
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:32,240
Speaker 15: community post in the face of COVID.

985
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:34,400
Speaker 1: But to Chloe's very specific.

986
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Speaker 15: Point, one of the things that our team loves is

987
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:40,000
Speaker 15: to be a platform that both celebrates our most successful

988
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:43,160
Speaker 15: artists who are absolutely at the pinnacle of their careers

989
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:47,880
Speaker 15: and simultaneously to identify and support those emerging artists to

990
00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:51,280
Speaker 15: give them the platform because we were so many artists

991
00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:54,640
Speaker 15: very first time to be on television, right, so many

992
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:58,399
Speaker 15: artists very first time to perform, the number of managers

993
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:01,279
Speaker 15: and label executive to come up and say, you know,

994
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:03,520
Speaker 15: we're so appreciative to be back at the Beach Awards

995
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,680
Speaker 15: because this is where our talent x y Z got

996
00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:08,120
Speaker 15: their very first break. That really resonates with our team.

997
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 2: Can you tell us some of the performers that you

998
00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:12,280
Speaker 2: guys have planned for the NAACP Awards.

999
00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:15,399
Speaker 4: We will be revealing performers as we get closer. We're

1000
00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:18,399
Speaker 4: going to we're doing the rollout now and it's very

1001
00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:22,759
Speaker 4: intentional because we're trying to build the audience. The platforms

1002
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:26,200
Speaker 4: by which people consume information is shifting every month. You know,

1003
00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:29,080
Speaker 4: as you know we grew up listened to Tom Jordan

1004
00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:32,200
Speaker 4: the morning show, Breakfast Club took it over. Well, quite frankly,

1005
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:34,680
Speaker 4: that's going to be a podcast to take over Breakfast Club,

1006
00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:36,080
Speaker 4: And so we're one hundred and six.

1007
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:42,319
Speaker 11: What's Happening Club did not take over Tom Joyner. Tom

1008
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:45,040
Speaker 11: Joyner retired on his own accord.

1009
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:51,640
Speaker 1: No No, No, No. Tom Joyner was urban adult contemporary.

1010
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:53,560
Speaker 11: He came to the twenty five to fifty four of them,

1011
00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:55,880
Speaker 11: or we came around eighteen to twenty four. And The

1012
00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:58,080
Speaker 11: Breakfast Club is a podcast, not just the podcast with

1013
00:44:58,200 --> 00:44:59,839
Speaker 11: the number one Black podcast in the world.

1014
00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:02,640
Speaker 4: If you do everything perfect, but somebody gonna do it

1015
00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:04,719
Speaker 4: better later, it is that gonna be next month they

1016
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:05,080
Speaker 4: come up?

1017
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:06,840
Speaker 1: Or is it gonna be next year? You're doing everything?

1018
00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:09,000
Speaker 1: Why do we do that as black people? I don't know.

1019
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:17,120
Speaker 1: You started as something to replace something? Why all these

1020
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:19,440
Speaker 1: things co exist? Why co exists?

1021
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:22,440
Speaker 4: But I'm responding to the tone, and the tone is

1022
00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:27,000
Speaker 4: we have legacy organizations, We have media companies that have

1023
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:29,120
Speaker 4: have been a flag port of our community. We have

1024
00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:32,000
Speaker 4: a show we're on now where the podcast has been excellent.

1025
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:34,439
Speaker 4: We had other shows that Sunset. It is a part

1026
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:36,920
Speaker 4: of the ecosystem of who we are as a community.

1027
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:40,080
Speaker 11: And we should meet people where they are who replaced there.

1028
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:43,640
Speaker 1: That's a good question. Are they ready?

1029
00:45:44,120 --> 00:45:45,480
Speaker 11: That's what I mean when I say that, like, why

1030
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:47,480
Speaker 11: do we do that as a as a people? Like oh,

1031
00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:49,960
Speaker 11: just replace that? Like no, everything can co existence?

1032
00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:53,000
Speaker 4: You and I we we absolutely agree, but the tone

1033
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:54,640
Speaker 4: set with something differently right.

1034
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:56,000
Speaker 1: So if she is.

1035
00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:58,960
Speaker 4: Twenty six and she can appreciate one O six in park,

1036
00:45:59,239 --> 00:46:00,880
Speaker 4: there's someone who in ACP.

1037
00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:02,239
Speaker 1: But if an ACP is not the.

1038
00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:05,360
Speaker 4: Right vehicle or voice for them, I support them choosing

1039
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:08,000
Speaker 4: the right vehicle voice because in a social justice movement,

1040
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:10,400
Speaker 4: it's not a competition. It's an opportunity for our voices

1041
00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:13,960
Speaker 4: to be heard. In entertainment community, it's not a competition.

1042
00:46:14,080 --> 00:46:16,400
Speaker 4: It's an opportunity for our voices, our culture to be

1043
00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:19,320
Speaker 4: to be experienced. And that's how we should be approaching

1044
00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:22,200
Speaker 4: all of this. And so where BT right now is

1045
00:46:22,239 --> 00:46:26,399
Speaker 4: in an industry that's shrinking overall. What Scott is doing

1046
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:28,200
Speaker 4: is trying to figure out, Okay, how do we continue

1047
00:46:28,239 --> 00:46:31,200
Speaker 4: to advance our culture and our voice. We're INACP. We

1048
00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:34,040
Speaker 4: are in a political dynamic that has shifts. It is

1049
00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:37,160
Speaker 4: our job, being the large organizations in forty seven states,

1050
00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:40,000
Speaker 4: to continue to evolve with that. We're not going anywhere.

1051
00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:42,040
Speaker 4: I don't want the Breakfast Club to go anywhere. BT

1052
00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:45,360
Speaker 4: shouldn't go anywhere. We should all be leaning to our culture,

1053
00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:47,080
Speaker 4: our opportunity, and our voice.

1054
00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:50,279
Speaker 11: Well, I agree these institutions shouldn't go anywhere, but I

1055
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:52,600
Speaker 11: do think they do have to evolve, Like I doubt,

1056
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:54,520
Speaker 11: as I doubt I'll always be here as a host,

1057
00:46:54,560 --> 00:46:56,680
Speaker 11: I doubt we'll always be here as a host. Right,

1058
00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:59,400
Speaker 11: people like law and the Justice will take over and everything.

1059
00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:01,560
Speaker 11: But when it to the NAACP or any of these

1060
00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:04,880
Speaker 11: institutions whose job is to tell our own stories.

1061
00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:07,359
Speaker 4: Us, it's our job, right, and that's why we took over.

1062
00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:10,600
Speaker 4: We saw the partnership with BTV on Park Paramount. We

1063
00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:12,799
Speaker 4: have a joint venture with Para my TV. We will

1064
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:15,280
Speaker 4: have a soap operate air next month on the twenty

1065
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:18,200
Speaker 4: second on CBS's day Time. We're working, We're about to

1066
00:47:18,239 --> 00:47:21,560
Speaker 4: launch our podcast. Is we have to evolve that our revenue,

1067
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:23,880
Speaker 4: the streams have to evolve.

1068
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:27,200
Speaker 1: How we approach this. Organizations should not be driven by personality.

1069
00:47:27,239 --> 00:47:30,040
Speaker 1: It should be driven by mission and strategy. So we

1070
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:31,080
Speaker 1: all have to evolve.

1071
00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:34,000
Speaker 10: Let me ask you a question. Sports doesn't work well on BT.

1072
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:38,320
Speaker 15: Sports sports works well on linear television. The challenges sports

1073
00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:40,960
Speaker 15: rights have gotten insanely expensive.

1074
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:43,040
Speaker 2: Because I look at all these HBCU right a DJ,

1075
00:47:43,320 --> 00:47:45,760
Speaker 2: the Howard Hampton games on CBS the other day and

1076
00:47:45,800 --> 00:47:47,759
Speaker 2: I'm watching a lot of these college games on TV,

1077
00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:50,240
Speaker 2: and I always thought to myself, with all of HBCUs

1078
00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:53,640
Speaker 2: and how it's been a Spurgs or HBCUs, everybody supporting HBCUs.

1079
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:55,480
Speaker 2: It was just always weird to me why b ET

1080
00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:57,520
Speaker 2: didn't put their arm around and be like, I need

1081
00:47:57,560 --> 00:47:59,960
Speaker 2: all those games so people actually come there.

1082
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:03,000
Speaker 15: It's a great question. And in fact, when BEET started,

1083
00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:05,279
Speaker 15: b ET used to air HBCU games. I'm told that

1084
00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:08,359
Speaker 15: there's footage of Bob Johnson running along the sidelines doing

1085
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:10,920
Speaker 15: live commentary HBCU games, So I'm trying to look for it.

1086
00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:14,560
Speaker 15: But the reality is, because of the evolution of college

1087
00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:18,320
Speaker 15: football and because of the proliferation of access to sports

1088
00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:22,799
Speaker 15: across all these platforms, the demand, the viewership interest in

1089
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:25,759
Speaker 15: HBCU sports right now isn't high enough to kind of

1090
00:48:25,840 --> 00:48:29,600
Speaker 15: support the investment. Having said that, the entry point that

1091
00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:32,279
Speaker 15: we think is really exciting, that we're really focused on

1092
00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:35,160
Speaker 15: is you now have a bunch of brothers who went

1093
00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:37,919
Speaker 15: off and played in the NFL. Have said we want

1094
00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:42,120
Speaker 15: to remedy this dynamic where top black athletes feel like

1095
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:45,080
Speaker 15: they have to go to other schools to be competitive.

1096
00:48:45,080 --> 00:48:46,400
Speaker 1: We want to remedy that dynamic.

1097
00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:48,480
Speaker 15: Right, so you saw you know, you saw the recent

1098
00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:53,120
Speaker 15: announcements about the brothers, right right, Okay, there you go,

1099
00:48:53,239 --> 00:48:55,839
Speaker 15: and so now university, right there you go.

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Speaker 1: So and that.

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Speaker 15: So now the opportunity is we take our footprint, our platform,

1102
00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:05,400
Speaker 15: our relationships, and then we bring them to these luminaries.

1103
00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:08,120
Speaker 15: We're going back to these HBCUs and building those teams,

1104
00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:10,520
Speaker 15: and then we focus on the stories and the people

1105
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:13,480
Speaker 15: and the journey and we get a broader community to

1106
00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:15,560
Speaker 15: be excited about this and we actually use it to

1107
00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:19,160
Speaker 15: build interest in HBCU football. And that we think is

1108
00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:22,480
Speaker 15: the way to actually elevate interest in HBCU football, which

1109
00:49:22,520 --> 00:49:24,920
Speaker 15: will then allow us to bring more games to the network.

1110
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:27,200
Speaker 2: All Right, we have more with Chloe Bailey, the President

1111
00:49:27,239 --> 00:49:29,839
Speaker 2: of the NAACP, Derek Johnson, and.

1112
00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:32,080
Speaker 10: The president of the CEO or B E. T. Scott Mills.

1113
00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:33,959
Speaker 10: When we come back is the Breakfast Club, Good Morning,

1114
00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:36,239
Speaker 10: owning Everybody's eej n V.

1115
00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:39,480
Speaker 2: Jess Hilarius Charlomagne, the guy we are the Breakfast Club.

1116
00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:42,279
Speaker 2: Laurna Rosa is in on this interview as well. Chloe

1117
00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:45,560
Speaker 2: Bailey is here, the president of the NAACP and the

1118
00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:47,960
Speaker 2: president and the CEO of b E T is joining

1119
00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:48,720
Speaker 2: us this morning.

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00:49:48,960 --> 00:49:49,280
Speaker 10: Lauren.

1121
00:49:49,480 --> 00:49:52,000
Speaker 5: Now, Chloe, I gotta ask you and bringing a date

1122
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:56,280
Speaker 5: to the NAACP Awards, my god mom and my manager. Okay,

1123
00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:59,279
Speaker 5: so we we we'll see them. Were Burner boy, You'll

1124
00:49:59,280 --> 00:49:59,880
Speaker 5: have to ask you.

1125
00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:07,640
Speaker 20: You're here, he's not Oh oh, Berna's not nominated.

1126
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Speaker 5: Now he's not nominated, but you look at you sheet.

1127
00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:10,839
Speaker 5: He not on air.

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Speaker 20: Chloe's on air. But I'm speaking of support. And you

1129
00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:15,239
Speaker 20: know we were seeing you out with him in Nigeria.

1130
00:50:15,719 --> 00:50:16,640
Speaker 20: So is that a new thing?

1131
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:22,080
Speaker 5: Or Nigeria was so beautiful? What about the night life?

1132
00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:23,200
Speaker 5: We saw you in the club with Berna?

1133
00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:28,320
Speaker 19: Yes, the night life, it was so many lights, so many,

1134
00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:28,800
Speaker 19: so many cameras.

1135
00:50:29,239 --> 00:50:35,840
Speaker 5: I know you like everything with you when you was gonna.

1136
00:50:35,920 --> 00:50:37,880
Speaker 5: I mean, now, is burna boy? We want to know?

1137
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:39,960
Speaker 5: Is that your boo? Is this the thing y'all together?

1138
00:50:40,239 --> 00:50:40,319
Speaker 8: Do?

1139
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:41,000
Speaker 5: Y'all go together?

1140
00:50:41,040 --> 00:50:41,399
Speaker 3: Real bad?

1141
00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:43,319
Speaker 5: Y'all just having fun? What is it?

1142
00:50:43,719 --> 00:50:46,920
Speaker 19: Well, I'm a grown woman, so you know I had

1143
00:50:46,920 --> 00:50:48,400
Speaker 19: a great time in Nigeria.

1144
00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:50,480
Speaker 5: I really did.

1145
00:50:51,560 --> 00:50:51,640
Speaker 3: So.

1146
00:50:51,680 --> 00:50:53,120
Speaker 20: I guess I'm not gonna get an answer on if

1147
00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:55,200
Speaker 20: you cared about the when you left.

1148
00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:56,120
Speaker 5: There was the video.

1149
00:50:56,160 --> 00:50:58,160
Speaker 20: People were like, oh my god, the Chloe time is over.

1150
00:50:58,200 --> 00:51:00,759
Speaker 20: Now he's out with this random other girl. I didn't

1151
00:51:00,760 --> 00:51:03,680
Speaker 20: see that burna boy. Yeah he was out of random,

1152
00:51:07,719 --> 00:51:10,040
Speaker 20: but it's because we all were so heavily together.

1153
00:51:10,120 --> 00:51:11,680
Speaker 5: We were like, oh, shoot, we don't see her do

1154
00:51:11,760 --> 00:51:16,080
Speaker 5: this much. And then yeah, he's a grown man. It's like,

1155
00:51:16,120 --> 00:51:16,920
Speaker 5: I'm a grown woman.

1156
00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:20,480
Speaker 4: I could have imagine dating at twenty something and being

1157
00:51:20,480 --> 00:51:21,240
Speaker 4: put on the air.

1158
00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:26,359
Speaker 5: By being so being super fanous.

1159
00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:29,360
Speaker 20: Somebody video expecting the minute that you see her on

1160
00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:32,839
Speaker 20: that carpet, they're going to be looking like because anybody,

1161
00:51:33,040 --> 00:51:35,040
Speaker 20: anybody that she's with is always a thing.

1162
00:51:35,200 --> 00:51:37,000
Speaker 5: Anybody she's with, like going.

1163
00:51:36,920 --> 00:51:38,239
Speaker 1: To Bible study. I mean, you.

1164
00:51:44,719 --> 00:51:46,440
Speaker 20: Tell the girl you had told me you was in

1165
00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:48,040
Speaker 20: there studying the Bible, I would have been like, you

1166
00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:49,839
Speaker 20: know what, God is good, okay all the.

1167
00:51:49,800 --> 00:52:01,080
Speaker 3: Time, my girl, you can study anytime, But well.

1168
00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:03,359
Speaker 5: Can I have the questions that I'd be wanting to know?

1169
00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:09,880
Speaker 21: Because you know, he's got my moready got on me

1170
00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:11,160
Speaker 21: before I know her.

1171
00:52:11,840 --> 00:52:14,440
Speaker 5: She don't you know that? But no, honestly, I don't mind.

1172
00:52:14,560 --> 00:52:18,400
Speaker 19: I mean, I hate to say this, but it's my life.

1173
00:52:18,600 --> 00:52:20,960
Speaker 19: I mean, it's what I sign up for, so I

1174
00:52:20,960 --> 00:52:23,759
Speaker 19: can only expect it. It's just about how I handle it. Yeah,

1175
00:52:23,840 --> 00:52:27,440
Speaker 19: handle myself. So I don't think it should ever be

1176
00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:31,759
Speaker 19: pissiness towards the people who ask me.

1177
00:52:32,600 --> 00:52:34,839
Speaker 20: And I think, as a woman watching you navigate it,

1178
00:52:34,920 --> 00:52:37,320
Speaker 20: I'm always interested in how you deal with that because,

1179
00:52:37,719 --> 00:52:39,600
Speaker 20: for instance, you hear about the na A c P

1180
00:52:39,719 --> 00:52:42,120
Speaker 20: Image Awards, but it's like, we want to know that,

1181
00:52:42,239 --> 00:52:44,239
Speaker 20: so we have to ask. And being a person who's

1182
00:52:44,280 --> 00:52:46,080
Speaker 20: not learning how to be in the light of everything,

1183
00:52:46,080 --> 00:52:52,359
Speaker 20: I'm like, how how do you deal very?

1184
00:52:55,239 --> 00:53:03,239
Speaker 5: I know you don't you like the phone is dry?

1185
00:53:03,520 --> 00:53:07,760
Speaker 13: Dry pack one thing I would already emendated, the very dry.

1186
00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:09,839
Speaker 20: I am just I am a wife. All I do

1187
00:53:09,880 --> 00:53:17,040
Speaker 20: is say home, I just want to cook. You got

1188
00:53:17,640 --> 00:53:18,480
Speaker 20: I'm domesticated.

1189
00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:20,879
Speaker 5: This radio has made me be quiet. Okay, you get

1190
00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:21,920
Speaker 5: on here ready for that?

1191
00:53:22,560 --> 00:53:24,880
Speaker 19: So it's preparing you for that person.

1192
00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:26,000
Speaker 5: I appreciate it.

1193
00:53:26,280 --> 00:53:30,040
Speaker 10: Back to the n Spicy Chicken. Now, how are these

1194
00:53:30,080 --> 00:53:30,799
Speaker 10: nominees shows?

1195
00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:33,239
Speaker 2: And how do you guys choose the nominees and how

1196
00:53:33,239 --> 00:53:34,880
Speaker 2: do you guys go to who's winning?

1197
00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:36,400
Speaker 11: And how do y'all expand the categories?

1198
00:53:36,440 --> 00:53:36,759
Speaker 1: Every year?

1199
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Speaker 11: Because you know, things change, right, you got social media

1200
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:41,680
Speaker 11: personality here now podcast the category.

1201
00:53:41,719 --> 00:53:42,879
Speaker 1: So start with the last question.

1202
00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:46,759
Speaker 4: We recognized that that the industry has changing, so we

1203
00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:50,640
Speaker 4: try to keep up and we add categories digital content,

1204
00:53:51,080 --> 00:53:52,960
Speaker 4: categories fashion design.

1205
00:53:53,560 --> 00:53:53,799
Speaker 7: Uh.

1206
00:53:53,840 --> 00:53:56,759
Speaker 4: There's a panel of close to five hundred people a

1207
00:53:56,880 --> 00:54:00,040
Speaker 4: half industry have non industry that's been selected across the

1208
00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:02,839
Speaker 4: country and those are the individuals that review the materials

1209
00:54:03,120 --> 00:54:05,879
Speaker 4: and they nominate. Oftentimes I don't even know what's being

1210
00:54:05,920 --> 00:54:09,480
Speaker 4: nominateduntil I finally get it. And then once nominated, some

1211
00:54:09,520 --> 00:54:12,799
Speaker 4: of the categories are voted on by the public, and

1212
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Speaker 4: so it's by popular vote in some areas and then

1213
00:54:15,239 --> 00:54:17,440
Speaker 4: in the other areas is by those who are critics

1214
00:54:17,480 --> 00:54:20,760
Speaker 4: in the space to ensure fairness in the outcome.

1215
00:54:20,880 --> 00:54:23,560
Speaker 1: So there is a mix that we try to balance

1216
00:54:23,600 --> 00:54:25,400
Speaker 1: those two things out got you.

1217
00:54:25,640 --> 00:54:27,319
Speaker 2: I also I want to ask about comedy as well.

1218
00:54:27,360 --> 00:54:29,080
Speaker 2: You see Netflix as heavy into comedy. You see a

1219
00:54:29,080 --> 00:54:31,600
Speaker 2: lot of giving comedy deals to them to every comedian.

1220
00:54:31,760 --> 00:54:33,880
Speaker 2: As Beet ever wanted to jump back into that space

1221
00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:36,880
Speaker 2: because Beet was one of the huge originators, especially of

1222
00:54:36,880 --> 00:54:37,360
Speaker 2: black comedy.

1223
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:39,319
Speaker 15: I tracked with comicview, did Dean Cole puts you up

1224
00:54:39,320 --> 00:54:41,440
Speaker 15: to this question because he's been beating me up about.

1225
00:54:41,200 --> 00:54:43,040
Speaker 1: This no, but he's been up here recently, but now

1226
00:54:43,080 --> 00:54:43,600
Speaker 1: he has yes.

1227
00:54:43,760 --> 00:54:47,600
Speaker 15: So the reality is we're always looking for the way

1228
00:54:47,640 --> 00:54:51,400
Speaker 15: back into places right. And we did a quick partnership

1229
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:54,799
Speaker 15: with Kevin Hart and Heartbeat where we did a test

1230
00:54:54,880 --> 00:54:57,879
Speaker 15: run of bringing back Comicview. And part of the thing

1231
00:54:58,160 --> 00:55:03,239
Speaker 15: is that really un understanding how our community wants to

1232
00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:07,600
Speaker 15: consume content right, and also understanding some people will use

1233
00:55:07,640 --> 00:55:10,600
Speaker 15: certain content as a loss leader for other things. And

1234
00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:12,439
Speaker 15: I'm not saying who would be using as a loss leader,

1235
00:55:12,480 --> 00:55:15,160
Speaker 15: but there are other platforms they're paying using content as

1236
00:55:15,200 --> 00:55:17,960
Speaker 15: a lost leader for other things. So we're week working

1237
00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:20,080
Speaker 15: with Dion right now to do a really fun thing

1238
00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:22,000
Speaker 15: in stand up comedy. He'll be thrilled that you put

1239
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:23,840
Speaker 15: me on the spot and ask the question. But we

1240
00:55:23,920 --> 00:55:27,000
Speaker 15: think comedy clearly works, right. We see it working with

1241
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:29,640
Speaker 15: the Miss Pat show. The series we have with Dion

1242
00:55:29,760 --> 00:55:32,680
Speaker 15: Average Joe is a thriller that has a comedic line

1243
00:55:32,719 --> 00:55:35,840
Speaker 15: through it. We really see that our audience loves comedy.

1244
00:55:35,880 --> 00:55:36,400
Speaker 1: Miss Pat.

1245
00:55:36,400 --> 00:55:38,480
Speaker 15: In addition to her Miss Patch show, we do Miss

1246
00:55:38,520 --> 00:55:41,319
Speaker 15: Pat Settles It, which is her doing a crazy court show,

1247
00:55:41,719 --> 00:55:44,520
Speaker 15: and so our audience is loving it. We think in

1248
00:55:44,560 --> 00:55:46,600
Speaker 15: twenty twenty five, given the way the world has changed,

1249
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:48,920
Speaker 15: people need to laugh even more and so they'll be

1250
00:55:48,960 --> 00:55:51,000
Speaker 15: an even greater demand for comedy. So we're leaning into

1251
00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:51,319
Speaker 15: it in.

1252
00:55:51,200 --> 00:55:53,720
Speaker 11: A big way. Have there been conversations, Derek about changing

1253
00:55:53,760 --> 00:55:56,360
Speaker 11: the name of the NAACP since some people think colored

1254
00:55:56,400 --> 00:55:57,200
Speaker 11: people is a slur?

1255
00:55:57,600 --> 00:56:02,000
Speaker 4: No, as we said around and said, we got all

1256
00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:03,160
Speaker 4: the colors are on the sable, don't we?

1257
00:56:03,560 --> 00:56:04,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, No, we have not.

1258
00:56:04,680 --> 00:56:07,680
Speaker 4: I mean we get caught up in semantics. We lose

1259
00:56:07,719 --> 00:56:10,320
Speaker 4: focused and it's no need to go to the semantics.

1260
00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:12,520
Speaker 4: We are The organization has been around one hundred and

1261
00:56:12,520 --> 00:56:16,920
Speaker 4: sixteen years. That's significant when you talk about this concept

1262
00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:19,799
Speaker 4: of a of a surplus mindset that what we can

1263
00:56:19,960 --> 00:56:22,239
Speaker 4: do we can't stick together, we can work together, we

1264
00:56:22,280 --> 00:56:25,560
Speaker 4: can prosper together. Oftentimes we say what black folks won't do,

1265
00:56:25,640 --> 00:56:28,040
Speaker 4: what we can do, we haven't done. We got to

1266
00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:30,600
Speaker 4: get away from that and not get caught up in semantics.

1267
00:56:30,600 --> 00:56:32,440
Speaker 4: At the end of the day, are we being effective

1268
00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:35,520
Speaker 4: with our mission? But if democracy work for all and

1269
00:56:35,600 --> 00:56:39,279
Speaker 4: ensuring opportunity for our community, that's our focus. The semantics

1270
00:56:39,320 --> 00:56:40,880
Speaker 4: go out the door. Yeah, I think and I think

1271
00:56:40,880 --> 00:56:41,080
Speaker 4: it was.

1272
00:56:41,239 --> 00:56:42,560
Speaker 1: Was it last year? It was?

1273
00:56:42,880 --> 00:56:43,800
Speaker 11: It was one of the presidents.

1274
00:56:43,960 --> 00:56:46,000
Speaker 1: I forgot from which chapter in the LACP.

1275
00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:50,000
Speaker 11: They were upset because somebody used the word colored people somewhere.

1276
00:56:50,239 --> 00:56:51,000
Speaker 1: I have no idea.

1277
00:56:51,040 --> 00:56:52,719
Speaker 4: I don't see if you wonder every time I run

1278
00:56:52,760 --> 00:56:54,399
Speaker 4: across some he asked the questions because he's been saying,

1279
00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:55,279
Speaker 4: y'all need to change the name.

1280
00:56:55,320 --> 00:56:58,239
Speaker 1: He's been saying that since like nineteen eighty two. What

1281
00:56:58,280 --> 00:57:03,719
Speaker 1: does he see about the name? That shut what.

1282
00:57:03,640 --> 00:57:04,480
Speaker 5: I'm just asking.

1283
00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:07,879
Speaker 1: Right, right, end of the day.

1284
00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:11,320
Speaker 4: The Immature Wars is the crown jewel of the shows

1285
00:57:11,360 --> 00:57:12,480
Speaker 4: for America.

1286
00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:13,040
Speaker 3: Right.

1287
00:57:13,120 --> 00:57:16,160
Speaker 4: It gives us an opportunity for all of us to

1288
00:57:16,240 --> 00:57:19,120
Speaker 4: come together and appreciate the culture and breathing.

1289
00:57:20,520 --> 00:57:20,720
Speaker 8: Right.

1290
00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:24,840
Speaker 4: And we do that imagenerationally across all of all of

1291
00:57:24,880 --> 00:57:25,640
Speaker 4: the platforms.

1292
00:57:25,640 --> 00:57:28,000
Speaker 11: That's right, And you can the voting is now open

1293
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:29,600
Speaker 11: to the public at n w A c P Image

1294
00:57:29,640 --> 00:57:30,240
Speaker 11: Awards dot it.

1295
00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:30,840
Speaker 1: That's right.

1296
00:57:31,200 --> 00:57:33,120
Speaker 10: We appreciate you guys for joining us this morning.

1297
00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:35,320
Speaker 11: Yes, to stop dragging Layer around for no reason. She's busy,

1298
00:57:35,320 --> 00:57:36,280
Speaker 11: she got things he could be doing.

1299
00:57:36,360 --> 00:57:42,760
Speaker 20: She was okay, okay, yes, okay, that's right, Yes, yes,

1300
00:57:42,840 --> 00:57:44,560
Speaker 20: if you are, If you were now, says the host.

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00:57:44,600 --> 00:57:46,080
Speaker 20: I think it would make so much sense because you're

1302
00:57:46,080 --> 00:57:46,760
Speaker 20: out here outside.

1303
00:57:47,000 --> 00:57:47,800
Speaker 5: We don't know what you're.

1304
00:57:47,640 --> 00:57:49,680
Speaker 1: Planning pressure it. They might have another host. You just

1305
00:57:50,360 --> 00:57:51,480
Speaker 1: say you want to host too.

1306
00:57:52,800 --> 00:57:54,640
Speaker 5: If I don't host, I can sing a little song.

1307
00:57:55,520 --> 00:58:01,680
Speaker 4: Listen, we've been rolling. We announce still host. Everybody gonna say, oh,

1308
00:58:01,880 --> 00:58:05,160
Speaker 4: that is a great choice, good decision. The host want

1309
00:58:05,160 --> 00:58:07,320
Speaker 4: to come on with Scott. They gonna talk about why

1310
00:58:07,480 --> 00:58:09,160
Speaker 4: that person is the host, and you're gonna say, this

1311
00:58:09,280 --> 00:58:10,920
Speaker 4: is the best thing that could have had happened.

1312
00:58:10,920 --> 00:58:13,200
Speaker 1: Absolutely, collaboration be done. Chloe.

1313
00:58:13,560 --> 00:58:14,240
Speaker 5: I know that's right, O.

1314
00:58:14,600 --> 00:58:16,000
Speaker 10: Chloe and Burn the boy hosting the.

1315
00:58:18,760 --> 00:58:19,920
Speaker 1: That'd be a great collaboration.

1316
00:58:20,440 --> 00:58:21,560
Speaker 11: And you won't can take credit for me.

1317
00:58:21,640 --> 00:58:22,400
Speaker 5: He brought that back up.

1318
00:58:22,480 --> 00:58:25,680
Speaker 2: I did all right, Chloe d Derreck Johnson, Scott Mills,

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Speaker 2: We appreciate you for joining us. Check out the NAACP

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Speaker 2: the fifty six NAACP Image Awards February twenty second at

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Speaker 2: eight pm.

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Speaker 1: And it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

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00:58:36,160 --> 00:58:41,320
Speaker 1: Your mornings will never be the same. Don't be out

1324
00:58:41,360 --> 00:58:42,480
Speaker 1: here acting like a donkey.

1325
00:58:42,760 --> 00:58:46,439
Speaker 12: Hey, it's time for Donkey of the Day.

1326
00:58:46,840 --> 00:58:48,360
Speaker 1: I'm a big boy. I could take it if you

1327
00:58:48,440 --> 00:58:49,160
Speaker 1: feel I deserve it.

1328
00:58:49,200 --> 00:58:52,160
Speaker 10: Ain't no big deal, I know. Charlottagea god gonnes say

1329
00:58:52,280 --> 00:58:52,600
Speaker 10: his mouth.

1330
00:58:52,640 --> 00:58:53,960
Speaker 11: You've got to say something you may not agree with.

1331
00:58:53,960 --> 00:58:56,040
Speaker 1: It doesn't mean I'm needing. Who's getting that donky?

1332
00:58:56,120 --> 00:58:59,000
Speaker 10: That donkey that don't don't don't don't don't the.

1333
00:58:59,040 --> 00:59:02,920
Speaker 1: Other day right there to the breakfast club. Bitches, you

1334
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:04,920
Speaker 1: can call me the donkey of the day, but like

1335
00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:08,600
Speaker 1: I mean, no harm. Donkey today goes to twenty two

1336
00:59:08,680 --> 00:59:09,720
Speaker 1: year old Malaysia Lee.

1337
00:59:09,840 --> 00:59:12,120
Speaker 11: Malaysia is from Charlotte, North Carolina's to loute to the

1338
00:59:12,200 --> 00:59:14,560
Speaker 11: seven oh four dropping the clues bombs for Charlotte Man.

1339
00:59:16,200 --> 00:59:18,120
Speaker 11: One of the reasons, one of the reasons that I've

1340
00:59:18,160 --> 00:59:20,400
Speaker 11: chosen to be a mental health advocate is because I

1341
00:59:20,560 --> 00:59:22,680
Speaker 11: want us as humans to learn how.

1342
00:59:22,600 --> 00:59:23,960
Speaker 1: To control our emotions.

1343
00:59:24,360 --> 00:59:27,160
Speaker 11: Easier said than done, I know. But today's donkey is

1344
00:59:27,200 --> 00:59:29,720
Speaker 11: a prime example of it's not what happens to you,

1345
00:59:29,880 --> 00:59:32,200
Speaker 11: but how you react to it that matters. That's why

1346
00:59:32,560 --> 00:59:36,919
Speaker 11: you know, going to do that internal work on yourself matters, Okay,

1347
00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:38,760
Speaker 11: because you can get to that place where you realize

1348
00:59:38,760 --> 00:59:41,320
Speaker 11: you don't have to match energies, baby, and you realize

1349
00:59:41,360 --> 00:59:43,880
Speaker 11: you don't have to take everything personally, because, as Don

1350
00:59:43,960 --> 00:59:46,120
Speaker 11: Miguel Rowie says, and one of my favorite books to

1351
00:59:46,160 --> 00:59:49,360
Speaker 11: four agreements, whatever happens around you don't take it personally.

1352
00:59:49,680 --> 00:59:51,920
Speaker 11: Nothing other people do is because of you, It is

1353
00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:55,400
Speaker 11: because of themselves. Malaysia could have used that advice. See

1354
00:59:56,000 --> 00:59:59,160
Speaker 11: she could have used that second agreement because Malaysia was

1355
00:59:59,160 --> 01:00:01,520
Speaker 11: an employee at Win. He's into seven o four and

1356
01:00:01,600 --> 01:00:04,640
Speaker 11: according to store manager's a thirty one year old homeless

1357
01:00:04,680 --> 01:00:10,640
Speaker 11: man named Alandrolandro, Yeah, Alandro Romero Santos came in the

1358
01:00:10,720 --> 01:00:13,400
Speaker 11: restaurant requesting free food. Okay, the news report said he

1359
01:00:13,480 --> 01:00:15,800
Speaker 11: was homeless, so clearly he wasn't having the best day.

1360
01:00:16,080 --> 01:00:18,360
Speaker 11: After the manager provided him with a cup of water,

1361
01:00:18,520 --> 01:00:21,240
Speaker 11: Santos allegedly used the cup to fill it up with

1362
01:00:21,360 --> 01:00:24,520
Speaker 11: soda instead Pepsi coke sprite fana. I don't know what

1363
01:00:24,680 --> 01:00:27,400
Speaker 11: his soda choice was, but when Santos went to the restroom,

1364
01:00:27,680 --> 01:00:32,000
Speaker 11: the manager through the cup away. Why okay, I don't know.

1365
01:00:32,200 --> 01:00:34,480
Speaker 11: Let the man have his cup if he wants, you know,

1366
01:00:34,600 --> 01:00:37,400
Speaker 11: to get free refills. Who cares. In fact, give him

1367
01:00:37,400 --> 01:00:39,360
Speaker 11: some of those hot fries and the cheeseburger and tell

1368
01:00:39,400 --> 01:00:40,120
Speaker 11: him keep it moving.

1369
01:00:40,320 --> 01:00:41,200
Speaker 1: The man was homeless.

1370
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Speaker 11: Now, granted, they can't make a habit of that because

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01:00:43,320 --> 01:00:44,960
Speaker 11: you will have people coming to the store doing that

1372
01:00:45,080 --> 01:00:46,800
Speaker 11: all the time. But if you see someone in need,

1373
01:00:47,080 --> 01:00:50,040
Speaker 11: at least attempt to help. In this case, you didn't help.

1374
01:00:50,240 --> 01:00:52,760
Speaker 11: In fact, you're clearly hurt because when Santos came out

1375
01:00:52,760 --> 01:00:55,080
Speaker 11: the bathroom, he got mad. He got upset because the

1376
01:00:55,160 --> 01:00:56,840
Speaker 11: manager through the cup away, So he went to the

1377
01:00:56,920 --> 01:01:01,720
Speaker 11: parking lot, found another cup and return to the store

1378
01:01:01,800 --> 01:01:03,680
Speaker 11: to fill it with soda once again. Now, of course

1379
01:01:03,720 --> 01:01:05,960
Speaker 11: the manager didn't like that you went outside and found

1380
01:01:06,000 --> 01:01:07,520
Speaker 11: a cup in the parking lot to fill it back

1381
01:01:07,600 --> 01:01:10,440
Speaker 11: up with soda. By the way, that's nasty, Okay, that

1382
01:01:10,600 --> 01:01:12,720
Speaker 11: is disgusting, all right. That's how you know, desperate times

1383
01:01:12,760 --> 01:01:15,960
Speaker 11: called for desperate measures. Somebody might have to spit fleming

1384
01:01:16,040 --> 01:01:19,520
Speaker 11: that coup, okay, and tossed it before they left the

1385
01:01:19,560 --> 01:01:21,400
Speaker 11: parking lot. Might have been rolling a blunt, you know

1386
01:01:21,440 --> 01:01:23,040
Speaker 11: what it is. Sometimes when you're out somewhere and you

1387
01:01:23,120 --> 01:01:24,560
Speaker 11: sitting in the car, roll it up. You know, you

1388
01:01:24,640 --> 01:01:27,200
Speaker 11: got a little cup from a fast food restaurant. You

1389
01:01:27,320 --> 01:01:29,800
Speaker 11: put the blunt guts in that cup, spit in it,

1390
01:01:30,400 --> 01:01:33,840
Speaker 11: you know, toss it. That's why using a cup he

1391
01:01:33,960 --> 01:01:36,680
Speaker 11: found in the parking lot as gross. But according to

1392
01:01:36,760 --> 01:01:39,000
Speaker 11: this article, he's also homeless, so I'm not judging. But

1393
01:01:39,240 --> 01:01:42,520
Speaker 11: Santos got mad at the manager. So then Santo's threw

1394
01:01:42,600 --> 01:01:45,440
Speaker 11: the soda at Malaysia, who is sitting in the restaurant

1395
01:01:45,480 --> 01:01:48,120
Speaker 11: with the manager. Now, when I heard this story, I

1396
01:01:48,200 --> 01:01:50,560
Speaker 11: said to myself, I think that's the soap. I'm not

1397
01:01:50,640 --> 01:01:52,520
Speaker 11: the highest graded weed in the dispensary, knowing am I

1398
01:01:52,560 --> 01:01:54,600
Speaker 11: illegal expert, But that feels like in a soalt. It's

1399
01:01:54,640 --> 01:01:56,800
Speaker 11: not a punch, a slap, a push, but it is

1400
01:01:56,880 --> 01:02:00,959
Speaker 11: an attack. Okay, there's a reason sprite rhyme would fight. Okay,

1401
01:02:01,040 --> 01:02:02,880
Speaker 11: that is a man throwing a drink on a woman.

1402
01:02:02,960 --> 01:02:05,000
Speaker 11: So I did some research, and by research I mean

1403
01:02:05,040 --> 01:02:07,920
Speaker 11: I asked chat GPT is throwing a drink on a

1404
01:02:07,960 --> 01:02:11,000
Speaker 11: woman considered assault? And chat GPT said yes, throwing a

1405
01:02:11,120 --> 01:02:14,240
Speaker 11: drink on someone, including a woman, is generally considered assault

1406
01:02:14,320 --> 01:02:17,480
Speaker 11: our battery under the law, depending on the jurisdiction. Well,

1407
01:02:17,520 --> 01:02:20,360
Speaker 11: we need to lock up everyone on reality TV okay,

1408
01:02:20,440 --> 01:02:22,840
Speaker 11: from Loving Hip Hop, the Real Housewives. Round them all up,

1409
01:02:23,000 --> 01:02:25,640
Speaker 11: all right. Yes, Malaysia was assaulted. And Malaysia did what

1410
01:02:25,760 --> 01:02:28,479
Speaker 11: a lot of people doing the Carolina's north of South Okay,

1411
01:02:28,520 --> 01:02:31,400
Speaker 11: when't they get assaulted. She went to her car. Okay,

1412
01:02:31,520 --> 01:02:33,720
Speaker 11: she didn't have an honor. She went and got her pistol. Now,

1413
01:02:33,760 --> 01:02:36,560
Speaker 11: I don't know why the dude Santo stood there and

1414
01:02:36,600 --> 01:02:38,000
Speaker 11: waited for her to come back, but I guess he

1415
01:02:38,040 --> 01:02:40,280
Speaker 11: didn't expect this young lady to have a pistol.

1416
01:02:40,520 --> 01:02:41,040
Speaker 1: But she did.

1417
01:02:41,120 --> 01:02:44,360
Speaker 11: And Malaysia came back in the store, chased Alandro outside

1418
01:02:44,760 --> 01:02:47,080
Speaker 11: and shot at him three times, hit him once in

1419
01:02:47,160 --> 01:02:49,360
Speaker 11: the head while he was driving. Yes, this homeless man

1420
01:02:49,440 --> 01:02:52,240
Speaker 11: had a car okay, and Malaysia shot the car up

1421
01:02:52,440 --> 01:02:54,160
Speaker 11: and hit him in the head. And she was charged

1422
01:02:54,160 --> 01:02:56,120
Speaker 11: with a salt with a deadly weapon would intent to kill,

1423
01:02:56,200 --> 01:02:58,800
Speaker 11: and discharging the firearm into occupied property.

1424
01:02:59,000 --> 01:02:59,920
Speaker 1: And she is in customed.

1425
01:03:00,160 --> 01:03:02,800
Speaker 11: She's in custody at the Mecklenburg County Jail under a

1426
01:03:02,920 --> 01:03:04,840
Speaker 11: quarter million dollar bond. Now, I tell you, folks all

1427
01:03:04,880 --> 01:03:07,880
Speaker 11: the time, you cannot tell someone how to react. Okay,

1428
01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:09,960
Speaker 11: I might push you and your response might be to

1429
01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:11,560
Speaker 11: pull out a gun and pop me. Well, guess what,

1430
01:03:11,840 --> 01:03:14,200
Speaker 11: I shouldn't have pushed you. There is cause and effect

1431
01:03:14,280 --> 01:03:16,440
Speaker 11: that everything. But your uncle Charloah also tells you that

1432
01:03:16,480 --> 01:03:18,840
Speaker 11: when faced with certain situations, you have to start doing

1433
01:03:18,920 --> 01:03:21,320
Speaker 11: jail math in your head. Okay, you literally have to

1434
01:03:21,360 --> 01:03:23,960
Speaker 11: calculate how much time you could possibly get if you

1435
01:03:24,080 --> 01:03:26,240
Speaker 11: do said crime. You have to calculate in your head

1436
01:03:26,240 --> 01:03:28,080
Speaker 11: if you can afford to do what it is you're

1437
01:03:28,120 --> 01:03:30,560
Speaker 11: about to do. See Malaysia, I'm not mad at you

1438
01:03:30,640 --> 01:03:32,280
Speaker 11: for going to get your pistol. You was assaulted.

1439
01:03:32,520 --> 01:03:33,040
Speaker 1: I feel like.

1440
01:03:33,080 --> 01:03:35,160
Speaker 11: Owning a legal firearm in this country and knowing how

1441
01:03:35,200 --> 01:03:36,800
Speaker 11: to use it as a form of self care. But

1442
01:03:36,920 --> 01:03:39,160
Speaker 11: here's my issue and why you're getting the biggest he hall.

1443
01:03:39,320 --> 01:03:41,880
Speaker 11: It's because you didn't do your jail math, Malaysia. You

1444
01:03:41,960 --> 01:03:44,000
Speaker 11: had plenty of time to think about your choice. I

1445
01:03:44,200 --> 01:03:46,120
Speaker 11: just standing this man threw sold on you, and I'm

1446
01:03:46,120 --> 01:03:47,560
Speaker 11: glad you were able to go to your car to

1447
01:03:47,640 --> 01:03:49,800
Speaker 11: get your gun. But the gun should have been there

1448
01:03:50,040 --> 01:03:53,120
Speaker 11: to protect you from the situation escalating further, or maybe

1449
01:03:53,200 --> 01:03:55,800
Speaker 11: even the whole demand water cops come. I'm not expecting

1450
01:03:55,840 --> 01:03:58,160
Speaker 11: you to be a vigilante hero in this situation. But

1451
01:03:58,240 --> 01:04:01,840
Speaker 11: I just wanted you to move with a little less emotion. Okay,

1452
01:04:01,840 --> 01:04:04,040
Speaker 11: you gotta be strategic. I understand you were upset because

1453
01:04:04,040 --> 01:04:05,960
Speaker 11: he threw a drink on you, and who knows what else.

1454
01:04:06,240 --> 01:04:08,040
Speaker 11: You know, what's going on in his life or even

1455
01:04:08,080 --> 01:04:10,240
Speaker 11: in your life. But you went and got that pistol.

1456
01:04:10,280 --> 01:04:12,440
Speaker 11: He saw you coming, he hauled ass, got this car,

1457
01:04:12,680 --> 01:04:14,720
Speaker 11: and you let off shots. I can even understand that

1458
01:04:14,840 --> 01:04:16,760
Speaker 11: to a certain extent, because he might have been going

1459
01:04:16,800 --> 01:04:17,920
Speaker 11: to his car to get his weapon.

1460
01:04:18,040 --> 01:04:20,680
Speaker 1: But in this case, according to reports, he was driving off.

1461
01:04:21,800 --> 01:04:24,600
Speaker 11: Let him go. I know, hindsight is twenty twenty, and

1462
01:04:24,680 --> 01:04:26,240
Speaker 11: it's easy for me to say because I wasn't in

1463
01:04:26,320 --> 01:04:28,760
Speaker 11: this situation, but let him go. Tell you could even

1464
01:04:28,840 --> 01:04:30,120
Speaker 11: let one off in the air, just to let him

1465
01:04:30,160 --> 01:04:32,040
Speaker 11: know you will bust your gun. But shooting in his

1466
01:04:32,160 --> 01:04:34,760
Speaker 11: car three shots, gunshot waring too the head while he's

1467
01:04:34,840 --> 01:04:35,480
Speaker 11: driving off.

1468
01:04:36,480 --> 01:04:39,040
Speaker 1: You should have started doing that jail math in your head.

1469
01:04:39,160 --> 01:04:39,320
Speaker 7: Man.

1470
01:04:39,800 --> 01:04:42,360
Speaker 11: Luckily he's not deceased. But now you're sitting in the

1471
01:04:42,440 --> 01:04:45,720
Speaker 11: county with a quarter million dollar bail. I'm not counting

1472
01:04:45,760 --> 01:04:47,840
Speaker 11: your pockets, but you're twenty two in work at Windy's.

1473
01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:50,360
Speaker 11: I doubt you got a quarter million all the twenty

1474
01:04:50,400 --> 01:04:53,320
Speaker 11: five thousand, because most bonds are ten percent.

1475
01:04:53,760 --> 01:04:56,320
Speaker 1: I doubt you have either. But that's why jail math works.

1476
01:04:56,360 --> 01:04:58,480
Speaker 11: And you have to calculate these scenarios in your head

1477
01:04:58,480 --> 01:05:02,760
Speaker 11: before you make decisions. A dish subtraction, multiplication division? How

1478
01:05:02,880 --> 01:05:04,600
Speaker 11: long will I be gone if I do this? How

1479
01:05:04,680 --> 01:05:06,160
Speaker 11: much money will it cost me if.

1480
01:05:06,080 --> 01:05:06,440
Speaker 7: I do this?

1481
01:05:06,720 --> 01:05:10,080
Speaker 11: Subtract your emotion from things and ask yourself, is it

1482
01:05:10,240 --> 01:05:12,840
Speaker 11: worth it if I do this? The answer is no.

1483
01:05:13,640 --> 01:05:15,960
Speaker 11: You are in jail right now simply because a man

1484
01:05:16,400 --> 01:05:17,560
Speaker 11: wanted a free soda.

1485
01:05:17,680 --> 01:05:18,320
Speaker 1: Let him have it.

1486
01:05:18,840 --> 01:05:21,120
Speaker 11: It is not worth ending up in jail over a

1487
01:05:21,200 --> 01:05:25,640
Speaker 11: free soda and free fast food. I mean, come on, like,

1488
01:05:26,160 --> 01:05:29,640
Speaker 11: who who would go to jail for a free soda.

1489
01:05:29,760 --> 01:05:30,760
Speaker 1: And free fast food?

1490
01:05:31,800 --> 01:05:32,080
Speaker 3: Wow?

1491
01:05:33,000 --> 01:05:39,360
Speaker 1: Play stead music? Okay, guys here, mid size Mac is here,

1492
01:05:42,440 --> 01:05:43,440
Speaker 1: Mid size Mac is here?

1493
01:05:43,680 --> 01:05:44,120
Speaker 11: How are you?

1494
01:05:44,240 --> 01:05:48,240
Speaker 1: How are you? Mid sized Mac? Hungary? Anyway? What Mac?

1495
01:05:48,320 --> 01:05:49,760
Speaker 11: I know? I knew as soon as I said something

1496
01:05:49,760 --> 01:05:50,960
Speaker 11: about foods was gonna walk in here.

1497
01:05:51,040 --> 01:05:53,320
Speaker 21: This is I don't understand how I'll keep telling you

1498
01:05:53,400 --> 01:05:56,640
Speaker 21: all that the big bags of biting back nothing is

1499
01:05:56,800 --> 01:05:59,320
Speaker 21: worth any of this, and not even just because, like

1500
01:05:59,400 --> 01:06:02,480
Speaker 21: you said, the jail mask. Every black person knows. We

1501
01:06:02,600 --> 01:06:05,560
Speaker 21: all have the same matra at work. I don't get

1502
01:06:05,640 --> 01:06:11,040
Speaker 21: paid enough for this. I agree yeah with them defending

1503
01:06:11,080 --> 01:06:13,800
Speaker 21: that I don't get paid enough for this. You want

1504
01:06:13,840 --> 01:06:16,160
Speaker 21: to steal from home depot. I don't get paid enough

1505
01:06:16,200 --> 01:06:19,040
Speaker 21: for this. You gotta keep You just got to tell

1506
01:06:19,040 --> 01:06:21,680
Speaker 21: yourself in the back of your mind constantly because that

1507
01:06:22,120 --> 01:06:23,600
Speaker 21: will prevent you from having.

1508
01:06:23,400 --> 01:06:24,160
Speaker 1: To do the jail mak.

1509
01:06:24,240 --> 01:06:25,920
Speaker 11: So even if they throw the food on you with

1510
01:06:26,000 --> 01:06:27,400
Speaker 11: a soda on you, you still like.

1511
01:06:27,560 --> 01:06:29,480
Speaker 1: Well, I'm the wrong person asked that somebody throw food

1512
01:06:29,520 --> 01:06:35,080
Speaker 1: at me and it's a game. What else you got?

1513
01:06:37,640 --> 01:06:43,160
Speaker 11: Please give Malaysia lead the biggest he huh Jesus Glzzy

1514
01:06:43,240 --> 01:06:47,040
Speaker 11: catcher that I said, somebody throw it at him? What

1515
01:06:47,160 --> 01:06:47,600
Speaker 11: else you got?

1516
01:06:48,280 --> 01:06:58,760
Speaker 1: God, that's not you know hr here they get paid

1517
01:06:58,840 --> 01:07:01,840
Speaker 1: enough for this, all right?

1518
01:07:02,320 --> 01:07:04,320
Speaker 10: Thank you, Glusey ketching Chela Ma, thank you that dog

1519
01:07:04,400 --> 01:07:04,760
Speaker 10: in the day.

1520
01:07:04,760 --> 01:07:10,040
Speaker 11: It's indeed the breakfast club, Good.

1521
01:07:09,920 --> 01:07:13,880
Speaker 2: Morning, everybody is DJ Envy Jess Hilarious, Charlamage, the guy

1522
01:07:14,000 --> 01:07:16,400
Speaker 2: we are the breakfast Club, Laura La Rosa Philin didn't.

1523
01:07:16,240 --> 01:07:18,800
Speaker 1: For just today we got a special guest in the building.

1524
01:07:18,880 --> 01:07:20,800
Speaker 10: Yes, indeed we have the brother Leon Thomas.

1525
01:07:20,880 --> 01:07:22,760
Speaker 2: Welcome, Bro, It's good, it's good. Hey y'all feeling how

1526
01:07:22,800 --> 01:07:25,080
Speaker 2: you feeling? Bles's Black and Holly favorite. Leon, You are

1527
01:07:25,160 --> 01:07:28,240
Speaker 2: by far the greatest new male R and B singer

1528
01:07:28,400 --> 01:07:29,040
Speaker 2: doing it today.

1529
01:07:29,280 --> 01:07:31,600
Speaker 1: Man, thank you so much. That shouldn't even be up

1530
01:07:31,640 --> 01:07:34,040
Speaker 1: with debate. Man, Man, I really appreciate that.

1531
01:07:34,200 --> 01:07:35,200
Speaker 11: Man, how do you receive it?

1532
01:07:35,920 --> 01:07:38,000
Speaker 7: I mean, you know, to be honest, I try to

1533
01:07:38,160 --> 01:07:40,200
Speaker 7: just take it one step at a time, you know,

1534
01:07:40,240 --> 01:07:42,919
Speaker 7: I try to stay humble with everything. But I'm glad

1535
01:07:42,960 --> 01:07:44,680
Speaker 7: to be a new voice in R and B. You know,

1536
01:07:44,800 --> 01:07:47,520
Speaker 7: it's a genre that I love. You know, I'm trying

1537
01:07:47,560 --> 01:07:51,120
Speaker 7: to bring back live musicianship, real songs.

1538
01:07:51,240 --> 01:07:51,400
Speaker 1: You know.

1539
01:07:51,960 --> 01:07:54,040
Speaker 7: Writing with the team that I have has been in

1540
01:07:54,080 --> 01:07:57,040
Speaker 7: an amazing pleasure. And you know, just bringing like that,

1541
01:07:57,520 --> 01:07:59,720
Speaker 7: that organic feeling back to the live stage is like

1542
01:07:59,760 --> 01:08:00,880
Speaker 7: a bit thing for me. You know.

1543
01:08:01,240 --> 01:08:03,520
Speaker 2: For people that don't know Leon Thomas, you know you

1544
01:08:03,600 --> 01:08:05,840
Speaker 2: started on Broadway. Tell everybody how you got your start

1545
01:08:05,920 --> 01:08:09,439
Speaker 2: and your way into being this R and B star. Well, listen,

1546
01:08:09,520 --> 01:08:12,280
Speaker 2: I grew up in New York, started on Broadway out here.

1547
01:08:13,040 --> 01:08:15,600
Speaker 2: I did three Broadway plays from Lion King the Carolina

1548
01:08:15,720 --> 01:08:18,040
Speaker 2: changed the color purple. You assemble and like, yeah, yeah,

1549
01:08:18,040 --> 01:08:20,640
Speaker 2: I was assembling in Lion King, and then you know,

1550
01:08:20,840 --> 01:08:22,720
Speaker 2: I started booking movies and TV show.

1551
01:08:23,520 --> 01:08:25,280
Speaker 1: How how was that? I just took my kids to

1552
01:08:25,280 --> 01:08:26,400
Speaker 1: see it. It was insane.

1553
01:08:26,479 --> 01:08:28,840
Speaker 2: I was that training because it's a lot of shows,

1554
01:08:28,920 --> 01:08:30,960
Speaker 2: a lot of people in its lives, so you can't

1555
01:08:31,000 --> 01:08:31,360
Speaker 2: mess up.

1556
01:08:31,439 --> 01:08:33,519
Speaker 7: No, no, you can't mess up. It's eight shows a week.

1557
01:08:33,880 --> 01:08:35,439
Speaker 7: I was ten years old when I did my first

1558
01:08:35,479 --> 01:08:38,040
Speaker 7: Broadway play. Shout out to my mom and my family

1559
01:08:38,200 --> 01:08:41,360
Speaker 7: for you know, supporting me through that whole journey. And yeah, man,

1560
01:08:41,400 --> 01:08:43,120
Speaker 7: I went from being a regular kid to starring on

1561
01:08:43,240 --> 01:08:45,200
Speaker 7: Broadway and a matter of months.

1562
01:08:45,400 --> 01:08:46,880
Speaker 1: You know, now, how was that?

1563
01:08:47,000 --> 01:08:49,880
Speaker 2: Because it's not the typical thing New York kids do. Right,

1564
01:08:50,000 --> 01:08:52,000
Speaker 2: So you're singing, you're dancing, you're doing that. So how

1565
01:08:52,040 --> 01:08:53,680
Speaker 2: did you get it to that part of New York? No,

1566
01:08:53,840 --> 01:08:55,000
Speaker 2: because you don't go to Broadway.

1567
01:08:55,000 --> 01:08:57,439
Speaker 1: I don't know anybody. It went to Brow It's very different.

1568
01:09:01,040 --> 01:09:01,320
Speaker 1: I don't know.

1569
01:09:01,520 --> 01:09:04,400
Speaker 7: I had a couple homies who ended up in different plays,

1570
01:09:04,439 --> 01:09:06,320
Speaker 7: but for the most part, yeah, yeah, it was definitely

1571
01:09:06,400 --> 01:09:06,559
Speaker 7: like a.

1572
01:09:06,560 --> 01:09:08,960
Speaker 1: Bit of an anomaly for my neighborhood in Brooklyn.

1573
01:09:09,280 --> 01:09:09,479
Speaker 9: It was.

1574
01:09:09,680 --> 01:09:11,439
Speaker 7: It was kind of weird explaining it to my homies

1575
01:09:11,439 --> 01:09:12,840
Speaker 7: at school, like, yeah, I was just doing a show

1576
01:09:12,920 --> 01:09:13,320
Speaker 7: last night.

1577
01:09:13,360 --> 01:09:18,519
Speaker 1: They're like, what was going on? Yeah, we're not from

1578
01:09:18,560 --> 01:09:24,360
Speaker 1: New York, from the hoods of New York. Okay, But no.

1579
01:09:24,479 --> 01:09:26,920
Speaker 7: It was definitely a real pleasure, you know. But but

1580
01:09:27,040 --> 01:09:28,479
Speaker 7: but from there, I ended up doing a lot of

1581
01:09:28,720 --> 01:09:29,479
Speaker 7: TV and film.

1582
01:09:29,800 --> 01:09:29,920
Speaker 9: You know.

1583
01:09:30,000 --> 01:09:32,479
Speaker 7: I shot my first movie out here with Robin Williams

1584
01:09:32,560 --> 01:09:35,960
Speaker 7: and Terrence Howard called August Rush, which was an amazing pleasure,

1585
01:09:36,040 --> 01:09:37,680
Speaker 7: and that kind of brought me into a lot of

1586
01:09:37,960 --> 01:09:43,519
Speaker 7: a lot of TV after that, with Nickelodeon and Victorious Yeah, yeah, yeah,

1587
01:09:43,520 --> 01:09:46,160
Speaker 7: with Ariana Grande, and you know, that was a big journey.

1588
01:09:46,200 --> 01:09:47,760
Speaker 7: That was the number one show on the network at

1589
01:09:47,800 --> 01:09:50,120
Speaker 7: the time. We were beating out American Idol, and it

1590
01:09:50,240 --> 01:09:51,800
Speaker 7: was a way for the rest of the world to

1591
01:09:51,920 --> 01:09:54,400
Speaker 7: kind of really tap into who I am as a creative.

1592
01:09:54,600 --> 01:09:57,400
Speaker 7: But it took years of really honing in on who

1593
01:09:57,479 --> 01:09:59,559
Speaker 7: I am as an artist to get to this point,

1594
01:10:00,120 --> 01:10:03,400
Speaker 7: producing and writing for a bunch of different artists, winning

1595
01:10:03,479 --> 01:10:07,880
Speaker 7: a Grammy, working with Sizza and Babyface, Drake, a bunch

1596
01:10:07,880 --> 01:10:10,840
Speaker 7: of different people. It's been a real actually produced for

1597
01:10:10,920 --> 01:10:15,320
Speaker 7: Drake but but you know, shout out to him. Yeah allegedly, man,

1598
01:10:15,360 --> 01:10:18,040
Speaker 7: But you know, for I don't think there's anything wrong

1599
01:10:18,040 --> 01:10:20,599
Speaker 7: with it either. But it was a blessing to I mean,

1600
01:10:20,920 --> 01:10:23,000
Speaker 7: it's interesting because I'm an artist and people see me

1601
01:10:23,040 --> 01:10:24,920
Speaker 7: as a singer, they kind of forget that I also

1602
01:10:25,040 --> 01:10:26,559
Speaker 7: produced a lot of big records.

1603
01:10:26,840 --> 01:10:30,880
Speaker 1: You know, my production game is pretty tight. So yeah,

1604
01:10:30,920 --> 01:10:34,200
Speaker 1: all purpose lyrics like that of a rap.

1605
01:10:34,240 --> 01:10:36,120
Speaker 11: But that's why when I see Freddy Gibbs on your records,

1606
01:10:36,560 --> 01:10:39,400
Speaker 11: But it makes so much sense to be you're touching

1607
01:10:39,400 --> 01:10:40,040
Speaker 11: anybody from.

1608
01:10:40,000 --> 01:10:42,840
Speaker 7: Victoria's absolutely man. You know, I'll chop it up with

1609
01:10:43,040 --> 01:10:46,000
Speaker 7: Ari Avan. Joe Gia is a really good friend of mine,

1610
01:10:46,280 --> 01:10:48,240
Speaker 7: you know, Matt Bennett, a lot of the cast. We

1611
01:10:48,320 --> 01:10:49,800
Speaker 7: all hang out and do lunch. It's kind of like

1612
01:10:49,960 --> 01:10:51,760
Speaker 7: my last two years of high school were with them,

1613
01:10:51,960 --> 01:10:53,719
Speaker 7: so that's like my graduating class.

1614
01:10:53,840 --> 01:10:54,200
Speaker 1: Essentially.

1615
01:10:55,000 --> 01:10:57,080
Speaker 7: We were all in school together, so we filmed, but

1616
01:10:57,120 --> 01:10:59,360
Speaker 7: we also went to school. So those my really good friends.

1617
01:10:59,400 --> 01:11:01,680
Speaker 11: With Victor and her mom, I did a host of

1618
01:11:01,720 --> 01:11:04,360
Speaker 11: the New Year's Eve special with them for real, that's no,

1619
01:11:04,640 --> 01:11:06,400
Speaker 11: that's no people you ever wrote for im?

1620
01:11:07,080 --> 01:11:07,320
Speaker 1: Yeah?

1621
01:11:07,439 --> 01:11:09,720
Speaker 7: Actually I worked with her on her first album. That

1622
01:11:09,800 --> 01:11:12,040
Speaker 7: was my first time going number one with an album.

1623
01:11:12,400 --> 01:11:14,960
Speaker 7: I did about like four songs on her first album,

1624
01:11:15,000 --> 01:11:18,320
Speaker 7: Yours truly Wow. So that was a real, real pleasure.

1625
01:11:18,479 --> 01:11:18,679
Speaker 1: Yeah.

1626
01:11:18,800 --> 01:11:20,160
Speaker 2: Did you know you always wanted to be an R

1627
01:11:20,160 --> 01:11:22,080
Speaker 2: and B singer? Like it was that the goal as

1628
01:11:22,080 --> 01:11:23,920
Speaker 2: a kid growing up? She always wanted to be an actor,

1629
01:11:24,000 --> 01:11:25,160
Speaker 2: Like and when did you pivot? When he was like,

1630
01:11:25,720 --> 01:11:26,519
Speaker 2: this is what I want to do.

1631
01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:27,240
Speaker 1: Listen.

1632
01:11:27,320 --> 01:11:29,960
Speaker 7: I feel like I did this role with Catherine Bigelow,

1633
01:11:30,040 --> 01:11:32,519
Speaker 7: She's an Oscar Award winning director, but I had to

1634
01:11:32,560 --> 01:11:34,600
Speaker 7: cut my dreads for it, and that was kind of

1635
01:11:34,640 --> 01:11:35,759
Speaker 7: like my last straw in acting.

1636
01:11:35,840 --> 01:11:36,000
Speaker 13: You know.

1637
01:11:36,040 --> 01:11:38,640
Speaker 7: I did this role for Detroit and I felt like,

1638
01:11:38,720 --> 01:11:40,800
Speaker 7: you know, I need to kind of tap back into

1639
01:11:40,880 --> 01:11:43,400
Speaker 7: who I am as an artist. You know, grew my

1640
01:11:43,520 --> 01:11:47,599
Speaker 7: dreads back, really got into my internal self meditating, really

1641
01:11:47,720 --> 01:11:49,840
Speaker 7: like tapping into who I am as a human being,

1642
01:11:50,280 --> 01:11:51,920
Speaker 7: and a lot of great music came out of that.

1643
01:11:53,080 --> 01:11:55,759
Speaker 7: You know, I always knew I wanted to be a singer,

1644
01:11:55,880 --> 01:11:59,040
Speaker 7: but I knew for a fact I needed to really

1645
01:11:59,120 --> 01:12:01,679
Speaker 7: present myself That's who I truly was. It's so easy

1646
01:12:01,720 --> 01:12:04,920
Speaker 7: to play a character when you're always acting. You know,

1647
01:12:05,479 --> 01:12:07,439
Speaker 7: I needed to come to the world as my true

1648
01:12:07,479 --> 01:12:08,240
Speaker 7: self when you.

1649
01:12:08,280 --> 01:12:10,400
Speaker 5: Were on the like the sets when you like even

1650
01:12:10,439 --> 01:12:13,240
Speaker 5: with like Victorious and stuff like that. What was your mom?

1651
01:12:13,560 --> 01:12:16,960
Speaker 20: And like your parents there often or talked a lot

1652
01:12:16,960 --> 01:12:19,519
Speaker 20: about that too, Like y'all parents were close.

1653
01:12:19,439 --> 01:12:21,760
Speaker 7: Now they were there, they were there. You know, My

1654
01:12:21,880 --> 01:12:25,360
Speaker 7: mom was never like a mamager like over my over

1655
01:12:25,439 --> 01:12:27,559
Speaker 7: my shoulder kind of mom. But she was also very

1656
01:12:27,600 --> 01:12:32,080
Speaker 7: protective of my piece and mental health and making sure

1657
01:12:32,120 --> 01:12:34,240
Speaker 7: that I'm just like in a good a good space

1658
01:12:34,320 --> 01:12:36,519
Speaker 7: while I'm while I'm trying to create something timeless, and

1659
01:12:36,880 --> 01:12:38,880
Speaker 7: you know, shout out to her for just always you know,

1660
01:12:38,960 --> 01:12:41,799
Speaker 7: creating safe spaces for me throughout that journey.

1661
01:12:41,960 --> 01:12:43,840
Speaker 11: You know, from getting lined.

1662
01:12:46,960 --> 01:12:50,320
Speaker 7: It was definitely nuts, definitely nuts, you know, seeing seeing

1663
01:12:50,400 --> 01:12:53,839
Speaker 7: how definitely it's definitely definitely insane.

1664
01:12:55,840 --> 01:12:58,000
Speaker 1: Don't say that, definitely nuts after that, Yeah, I know,

1665
01:12:58,160 --> 01:13:01,120
Speaker 1: I know, you know, it's crazy. It's crazy because you know,

1666
01:13:01,600 --> 01:13:03,720
Speaker 1: I just saw the doc not too long ago.

1667
01:13:03,760 --> 01:13:05,920
Speaker 7: It's nothing the eye opening and a lot of my

1668
01:13:06,040 --> 01:13:08,320
Speaker 7: castmates we hopped on a zoom call we all wanted

1669
01:13:08,360 --> 01:13:11,599
Speaker 7: to talk about it, and luckily during during our seasons

1670
01:13:11,640 --> 01:13:15,479
Speaker 7: it was it was very wholesome and chill. But you know,

1671
01:13:15,560 --> 01:13:18,640
Speaker 7: shout out to anybody who dealt with anything bad. I mean,

1672
01:13:18,720 --> 01:13:21,240
Speaker 7: I you know, my heart definitely goes out to them.

1673
01:13:21,360 --> 01:13:23,559
Speaker 11: The thing I love about your music too is number one.

1674
01:13:23,560 --> 01:13:26,160
Speaker 11: I can tell you man, you got a sense of freedom. Yeah,

1675
01:13:26,240 --> 01:13:28,599
Speaker 11: but did that come with money or did that come

1676
01:13:28,640 --> 01:13:30,680
Speaker 11: with just how you came up, you know, with your

1677
01:13:30,720 --> 01:13:33,160
Speaker 11: mom doing music, so you always felt free as an artist?

1678
01:13:33,640 --> 01:13:33,840
Speaker 1: Yeah?

1679
01:13:34,400 --> 01:13:36,880
Speaker 7: I mean, you know, I think the greatest thing about

1680
01:13:36,920 --> 01:13:38,920
Speaker 7: being an artist is that it's a it's a great

1681
01:13:38,960 --> 01:13:41,640
Speaker 7: representation of being a free black man, you know, like

1682
01:13:42,200 --> 01:13:44,280
Speaker 7: you know, being able to wear what I want, you know,

1683
01:13:44,400 --> 01:13:47,240
Speaker 7: say what I want on on record is really important

1684
01:13:47,280 --> 01:13:47,479
Speaker 7: to me.

1685
01:13:48,479 --> 01:13:48,640
Speaker 9: You know.

1686
01:13:48,720 --> 01:13:51,800
Speaker 7: I try to stay as grounded and uh as real

1687
01:13:51,920 --> 01:13:53,599
Speaker 7: to who I am as I can be. I mean,

1688
01:13:53,640 --> 01:13:55,920
Speaker 7: I think it's it's it's really easy to want to

1689
01:13:55,960 --> 01:13:58,040
Speaker 7: be an artist and play a character who you think

1690
01:13:58,160 --> 01:14:00,400
Speaker 7: people want you to be. But I'm doing my best

1691
01:14:00,439 --> 01:14:03,000
Speaker 7: to just like kind of just say what I want.

1692
01:14:03,080 --> 01:14:03,599
Speaker 1: Do I want?

1693
01:14:03,680 --> 01:14:05,240
Speaker 20: You know, when you come up with songs with like

1694
01:14:05,720 --> 01:14:08,040
Speaker 20: I like feelings, on Silent with I Love Vallet, but

1695
01:14:08,520 --> 01:14:10,400
Speaker 20: songs like that, Like when I listen to it, each

1696
01:14:10,479 --> 01:14:12,120
Speaker 20: time I get something different from it. So the first

1697
01:14:12,160 --> 01:14:13,600
Speaker 20: time I listened to I was like, Oh, this is

1698
01:14:13,680 --> 01:14:15,759
Speaker 20: like guys just being like we keep her feelings to herself.

1699
01:14:15,800 --> 01:14:17,320
Speaker 20: And then the second time I listened, I'm like, this

1700
01:14:17,520 --> 01:14:19,439
Speaker 20: is the trauma that they deal with, because like he

1701
01:14:19,520 --> 01:14:22,680
Speaker 20: mentions PTSD and a bunch of other things, like how

1702
01:14:22,760 --> 01:14:26,439
Speaker 20: do you first of all, sitting back you wrote that, Yeah, yeah, yeah,

1703
01:14:26,920 --> 01:14:30,000
Speaker 20: sitting back and writing with him, how do you be like, Okay,

1704
01:14:30,240 --> 01:14:31,960
Speaker 20: here's all the things that we want people to get

1705
01:14:32,000 --> 01:14:33,960
Speaker 20: when they hear this, or do you guys just write

1706
01:14:34,040 --> 01:14:36,200
Speaker 20: and whatever people get they get Like were you dealing

1707
01:14:36,240 --> 01:14:37,240
Speaker 20: with something yourself then?

1708
01:14:37,360 --> 01:14:38,120
Speaker 9: Or you know?

1709
01:14:38,680 --> 01:14:40,479
Speaker 1: The way I wrote that record was really interesting.

1710
01:14:40,600 --> 01:14:43,040
Speaker 7: I was in I was in Italy actually, I was

1711
01:14:43,080 --> 01:14:47,000
Speaker 7: working with Ya and Todd Dollars on the Vultures One project,

1712
01:14:47,240 --> 01:14:49,200
Speaker 7: and I just had some lyrics kind of you know,

1713
01:14:49,560 --> 01:14:51,519
Speaker 7: bubbling up in my head. But I think it was

1714
01:14:51,600 --> 01:14:54,240
Speaker 7: one of those moments that it was just kind of

1715
01:14:54,280 --> 01:14:56,479
Speaker 7: stream of consciousness. I didn't really think too hard on

1716
01:14:57,080 --> 01:14:59,120
Speaker 7: my sections. That was like my second take that you're

1717
01:14:59,160 --> 01:15:02,479
Speaker 7: hearing it wasn't like me like kind of really punching

1718
01:15:02,560 --> 01:15:03,719
Speaker 7: in a bunch of different ideas.

1719
01:15:03,760 --> 01:15:05,760
Speaker 1: It was just kind of flowing. And when wile A.

1720
01:15:05,880 --> 01:15:08,920
Speaker 7: Heard it, that was probably the hardest verse to get

1721
01:15:09,120 --> 01:15:12,439
Speaker 7: because we did probably we did like five sessions to

1722
01:15:12,479 --> 01:15:15,640
Speaker 7: get that one verse. But Yo, he's so talented and

1723
01:15:15,760 --> 01:15:18,120
Speaker 7: seeing how he crafted his verse, I mean, he would

1724
01:15:18,120 --> 01:15:20,679
Speaker 7: do like five bars at the time, and he really

1725
01:15:20,760 --> 01:15:23,680
Speaker 7: cared about the poetry of it all. And it's why

1726
01:15:23,720 --> 01:15:26,280
Speaker 7: I really respect him as an artist. He's just a

1727
01:15:26,360 --> 01:15:27,080
Speaker 7: true lyricist.

1728
01:15:27,160 --> 01:15:27,439
Speaker 11: All Right.

1729
01:15:27,479 --> 01:15:29,519
Speaker 10: We got more with Leon Thomas when we come back,

1730
01:15:29,560 --> 01:15:29,960
Speaker 10: don't Move.

1731
01:15:30,000 --> 01:15:31,679
Speaker 1: It's to Breakfast Club. Good Morning Morning.

1732
01:15:31,720 --> 01:15:35,519
Speaker 2: Everybody is DJ Envy, Jess Hilarius, Charlamagne the Guy. We

1733
01:15:35,640 --> 01:15:38,120
Speaker 2: are the Breakfast Club. Laurn La Rossa joined us for

1734
01:15:38,160 --> 01:15:41,400
Speaker 2: this Leon Thomas interview. Of course, Leon Thomas a singer, songwriter,

1735
01:15:41,479 --> 01:15:44,080
Speaker 2: producer and acting. His album Mutt is out right now,

1736
01:15:44,200 --> 01:15:46,240
Speaker 2: and we got to congratulate you because you gotta Grammy

1737
01:15:46,320 --> 01:15:48,680
Speaker 2: for your record with Scissa. We tell everybody that we

1738
01:15:48,760 --> 01:15:52,000
Speaker 2: helped with that because we played Snools every morning four times.

1739
01:15:54,640 --> 01:15:58,360
Speaker 7: You wrote Snooze was produced on Snooze Man. First of all,

1740
01:15:58,400 --> 01:16:00,320
Speaker 7: let's clear this up. Shout out to Scissor for writing

1741
01:16:00,400 --> 01:16:03,080
Speaker 7: that record. We were producing in a separate room and

1742
01:16:03,800 --> 01:16:06,360
Speaker 7: she heard the instrumental and was like, Yo, what is that?

1743
01:16:06,920 --> 01:16:08,920
Speaker 7: And you know, there is something that I do where

1744
01:16:08,920 --> 01:16:11,000
Speaker 7: I like take my voice and I chop it up

1745
01:16:11,040 --> 01:16:13,760
Speaker 7: like a sample because clearing samples is really expensive and

1746
01:16:13,880 --> 01:16:17,400
Speaker 7: cuts into the publishing. So rather than it's like actually

1747
01:16:17,479 --> 01:16:20,320
Speaker 7: doing a sample, I'll just you know, sing a little something, right.

1748
01:16:20,640 --> 01:16:22,559
Speaker 7: So she really liked that and then took it into

1749
01:16:22,600 --> 01:16:25,559
Speaker 7: the other room and wrote an amazing song and being

1750
01:16:25,560 --> 01:16:27,879
Speaker 7: a part of the production on that with Babyface legendary

1751
01:16:27,920 --> 01:16:30,960
Speaker 7: Babyface was a true pleasure man. I mean, it was

1752
01:16:31,320 --> 01:16:33,720
Speaker 7: a real journey to see that song go from like

1753
01:16:33,800 --> 01:16:36,280
Speaker 7: a crowd favorite to a Grammy Award winning R and

1754
01:16:36,400 --> 01:16:36,800
Speaker 7: V song.

1755
01:16:36,920 --> 01:16:38,960
Speaker 1: Man that that was definitely life changing for me.

1756
01:16:39,080 --> 01:16:41,519
Speaker 11: You got a deduction team, right, Yeah, yeah.

1757
01:16:41,400 --> 01:16:44,400
Speaker 1: The Rascals me, Me and and Chris tians Man.

1758
01:16:44,439 --> 01:16:46,800
Speaker 7: We've been working together since we were like eighteen, so

1759
01:16:47,040 --> 01:16:49,320
Speaker 7: it's really cool to see the growth. I Mean, we

1760
01:16:49,400 --> 01:16:51,120
Speaker 7: started off, you know a little shaky when it game

1761
01:16:51,160 --> 01:16:53,320
Speaker 7: in production, but it's nice to see us, you know,

1762
01:16:53,439 --> 01:16:54,879
Speaker 7: really develop into the producers.

1763
01:16:54,920 --> 01:16:56,439
Speaker 1: We are now. We had great mentors.

1764
01:16:56,520 --> 01:16:59,680
Speaker 20: Man, you have such big moments like even before that,

1765
01:17:00,120 --> 01:17:02,040
Speaker 20: during that, but it's like, I don't know, like when

1766
01:17:02,400 --> 01:17:04,519
Speaker 20: do you feel like things started like to click finally

1767
01:17:04,560 --> 01:17:06,479
Speaker 20: where people were like, oh, shoot, Leon, like.

1768
01:17:07,000 --> 01:17:07,599
Speaker 5: We get it now.

1769
01:17:07,840 --> 01:17:08,719
Speaker 1: It's really interesting.

1770
01:17:09,040 --> 01:17:11,960
Speaker 7: I like to call it the Drake effect when I

1771
01:17:12,080 --> 01:17:14,200
Speaker 7: was working When I was working with Drake, all of

1772
01:17:14,240 --> 01:17:16,760
Speaker 7: a sudden, label executives who have known me for years,

1773
01:17:16,840 --> 01:17:18,920
Speaker 7: were like, eh, I think you could be an artist,

1774
01:17:19,080 --> 01:17:21,599
Speaker 7: you know, And I was like, okay, so I kind

1775
01:17:21,640 --> 01:17:23,439
Speaker 7: of peeped that and I said, okay, well, let's start

1776
01:17:23,520 --> 01:17:25,400
Speaker 7: kind of building this out. But I knew I wanted

1777
01:17:25,479 --> 01:17:29,000
Speaker 7: that same formula that Drake had with a little Wayne

1778
01:17:29,040 --> 01:17:31,320
Speaker 7: and and you know, working with Todd dallas Son was

1779
01:17:31,320 --> 01:17:34,280
Speaker 7: a really smart move, not only because he's just an

1780
01:17:34,439 --> 01:17:37,439
Speaker 7: amazing artist, but because it was just nice to have

1781
01:17:37,640 --> 01:17:40,360
Speaker 7: a mentor who had done it already. So he's he's

1782
01:17:40,520 --> 01:17:42,680
Speaker 7: just like kind of like, yo, try this, make sure

1783
01:17:42,760 --> 01:17:45,200
Speaker 7: the look has this, or you know, even when it

1784
01:17:45,240 --> 01:17:47,360
Speaker 7: came to the music, like here's how you really format

1785
01:17:47,520 --> 01:17:50,360
Speaker 7: an album. And I'm definitely doing a lot of studying,

1786
01:17:50,439 --> 01:17:52,240
Speaker 7: you know. Shout out to Todd dallas son for sure.

1787
01:17:52,479 --> 01:17:54,840
Speaker 7: He definitely, you know, saw something in me that a

1788
01:17:54,920 --> 01:17:58,559
Speaker 7: lot of label executives were not sure about. And it's

1789
01:17:58,600 --> 01:17:59,519
Speaker 7: cool to see it developing.

1790
01:17:59,600 --> 01:18:00,519
Speaker 1: How did you real? Tongue?

1791
01:18:00,720 --> 01:18:03,640
Speaker 7: How I was actually working on this album as a

1792
01:18:03,760 --> 01:18:06,719
Speaker 7: producer on featuring Todd Dollars Sign, I was like one

1793
01:18:07,000 --> 01:18:09,679
Speaker 7: of I think nine producers on a song with Kanye

1794
01:18:09,800 --> 01:18:11,719
Speaker 7: and Thundercat and a bunch of other people.

1795
01:18:12,520 --> 01:18:13,760
Speaker 1: Nine producers on one record.

1796
01:18:13,920 --> 01:18:16,720
Speaker 7: Yeah, because it when it was like point five, like

1797
01:18:16,800 --> 01:18:19,320
Speaker 7: I was just there out of this or that vocal

1798
01:18:19,439 --> 01:18:22,280
Speaker 7: and like some bass or something. But he had everybody

1799
01:18:22,360 --> 01:18:24,560
Speaker 7: play like their unreleased records and I played them some

1800
01:18:24,640 --> 01:18:29,000
Speaker 7: of my first album as like demos, and Todd was like, yo,

1801
01:18:29,120 --> 01:18:31,479
Speaker 7: you really You're really tight, you know as an artist,

1802
01:18:31,600 --> 01:18:33,600
Speaker 7: he was like man, And he was originally trying to

1803
01:18:34,000 --> 01:18:35,640
Speaker 7: record one of the songs that I had, but I

1804
01:18:35,720 --> 01:18:37,040
Speaker 7: was like, nah, I want you to feature on it.

1805
01:18:37,520 --> 01:18:40,160
Speaker 7: And h Over the years we became really good friends.

1806
01:18:40,200 --> 01:18:42,000
Speaker 7: I was working with him a lot and just kind

1807
01:18:42,040 --> 01:18:45,080
Speaker 7: of developed into a into a whole situation with Sean Baron.

1808
01:18:45,120 --> 01:18:47,920
Speaker 7: Sean Barron is the guy who officially like put it

1809
01:18:48,000 --> 01:18:50,519
Speaker 7: all together with Easy Money in Motown is.

1810
01:18:50,520 --> 01:18:53,200
Speaker 20: It tough navigating because people are getting to know you

1811
01:18:53,240 --> 01:18:55,000
Speaker 20: now and everybody's falling in love with your music now,

1812
01:18:55,200 --> 01:18:57,840
Speaker 20: and have such a close association with Drake, you have

1813
01:18:57,920 --> 01:18:59,680
Speaker 20: to like pick and choose where you go musically and

1814
01:18:59,760 --> 01:19:01,760
Speaker 20: what you do musically with who you know.

1815
01:19:01,960 --> 01:19:04,600
Speaker 11: Honestly, can you work with Kendrick Lamar if you wanted to?

1816
01:19:04,880 --> 01:19:05,040
Speaker 1: Yeah?

1817
01:19:05,160 --> 01:19:06,720
Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, I know that's what she's asking. I mean,

1818
01:19:06,960 --> 01:19:08,840
Speaker 7: the way, the way I really look at it is

1819
01:19:08,920 --> 01:19:11,519
Speaker 7: just like on a political level, I make R and B.

1820
01:19:11,880 --> 01:19:14,120
Speaker 7: You know, obviously I make hip hop too, but I'm

1821
01:19:14,160 --> 01:19:17,120
Speaker 7: really focused on my artist's journey. So I mean, Kendrick

1822
01:19:17,240 --> 01:19:19,600
Speaker 7: is such a huge artist, I don't really foresee us

1823
01:19:19,680 --> 01:19:23,679
Speaker 7: working together in the near future, and even with Drake,

1824
01:19:23,760 --> 01:19:25,519
Speaker 7: you know, I still want to take my steps to

1825
01:19:25,600 --> 01:19:27,479
Speaker 7: really build on my own two feet as an artist.

1826
01:19:27,880 --> 01:19:29,280
Speaker 7: So I'm doing what i have to do right now

1827
01:19:29,360 --> 01:19:32,600
Speaker 7: to really like grow my own business. Touring is a

1828
01:19:32,640 --> 01:19:34,519
Speaker 7: big thing for me. I'm really focused on that. I'm

1829
01:19:34,600 --> 01:19:37,759
Speaker 7: hitting the road all this year and working on more records.

1830
01:19:37,800 --> 01:19:40,840
Speaker 7: So I mean, shout out to everybody, but I'm definitely

1831
01:19:40,880 --> 01:19:41,439
Speaker 7: focused on me.

1832
01:19:41,720 --> 01:19:43,840
Speaker 11: How old were you when you realize vibes don't lie.

1833
01:19:44,000 --> 01:19:47,759
Speaker 11: One of my favorite records when you first realized Vibes

1834
01:19:47,760 --> 01:19:48,120
Speaker 11: don't Live.

1835
01:19:50,040 --> 01:19:52,280
Speaker 1: I think that was that was definitely early twenties.

1836
01:19:52,400 --> 01:19:56,519
Speaker 7: I think uh LA is filled with facades and people

1837
01:19:56,560 --> 01:19:59,240
Speaker 7: who are pretending to be something they aren't, people who

1838
01:19:59,320 --> 01:20:01,639
Speaker 7: move from their home town and create a whole new persona.

1839
01:20:02,360 --> 01:20:05,320
Speaker 7: Uh So, I think for me, just really studying folks,

1840
01:20:05,439 --> 01:20:07,240
Speaker 7: especially a lot of the women you deal with out there.

1841
01:20:07,400 --> 01:20:09,720
Speaker 7: You know, it's really important to study their actions and

1842
01:20:09,760 --> 01:20:10,320
Speaker 7: out their words.

1843
01:20:10,479 --> 01:20:13,519
Speaker 11: I love the fact that you are encouraging women women

1844
01:20:13,560 --> 01:20:17,680
Speaker 11: to keep their healthy. Yes, did you ever want to

1845
01:20:17,680 --> 01:20:18,439
Speaker 11: be a collegist?

1846
01:20:18,560 --> 01:20:18,600
Speaker 7: No?

1847
01:20:21,520 --> 01:20:22,880
Speaker 11: No, no, no, I wasn't on the list.

1848
01:20:22,920 --> 01:20:26,000
Speaker 1: I just listen. Yeah, I just listen. I just listen.

1849
01:20:26,080 --> 01:20:28,600
Speaker 11: Man, they tell you like, hey, I'm not feeling the

1850
01:20:28,640 --> 01:20:29,000
Speaker 11: best of this.

1851
01:20:29,240 --> 01:20:31,519
Speaker 7: No. I mean, I just think pH balance is a conversation,

1852
01:20:31,720 --> 01:20:38,240
Speaker 7: and you know, I just listen because you was very

1853
01:20:38,640 --> 01:20:42,280
Speaker 7: very specific. She said she only drink water, she keep

1854
01:20:42,360 --> 01:20:43,000
Speaker 7: that healthy.

1855
01:20:44,320 --> 01:20:44,800
Speaker 1: They sat on.

1856
01:20:44,840 --> 01:20:46,720
Speaker 20: Twitter, you'd be talking crazy like that, but you sing

1857
01:20:46,840 --> 01:20:49,960
Speaker 20: it so people can't be you had that conversation in

1858
01:20:50,040 --> 01:20:52,719
Speaker 20: real life, which your home like you're not your homegrown.

1859
01:20:54,080 --> 01:20:56,880
Speaker 7: I'm just big on shock value. I think songs, especially

1860
01:20:57,040 --> 01:20:59,040
Speaker 7: R and B songs, have gotten a bit not boring.

1861
01:20:59,160 --> 01:21:01,280
Speaker 7: But I think we've you've kind of already hit the

1862
01:21:01,560 --> 01:21:03,759
Speaker 7: golden era of R and B. So I'm just finding

1863
01:21:03,840 --> 01:21:07,040
Speaker 7: new ways to make people's ears, you know, perk up

1864
01:21:07,160 --> 01:21:11,400
Speaker 7: and their minds move. I think social media and podcasts

1865
01:21:11,439 --> 01:21:14,000
Speaker 7: are really interesting to me. You know, these phone mics

1866
01:21:14,040 --> 01:21:16,479
Speaker 7: bring out so many conversations, and I think as an

1867
01:21:16,560 --> 01:21:18,760
Speaker 7: R and B artist, I want to find ways to

1868
01:21:19,160 --> 01:21:21,759
Speaker 7: let that live on the record, and it doesn't always

1869
01:21:21,800 --> 01:21:24,040
Speaker 7: have to be like verbatim of what I'm going through

1870
01:21:24,360 --> 01:21:25,040
Speaker 7: in real life.

1871
01:21:25,080 --> 01:21:27,240
Speaker 1: I think it's important to create the drama.

1872
01:21:27,520 --> 01:21:27,680
Speaker 19: You know.

1873
01:21:28,080 --> 01:21:30,600
Speaker 7: I kind of see music as you know, script and

1874
01:21:30,640 --> 01:21:33,880
Speaker 7: the score. So sometimes the records are just like really

1875
01:21:33,880 --> 01:21:36,080
Speaker 7: good dramatizations of like what I'm seeing, you.

1876
01:21:38,680 --> 01:21:42,280
Speaker 5: Think everybody, But but like, how does that go for

1877
01:21:42,400 --> 01:21:43,120
Speaker 5: you right now?

1878
01:21:43,280 --> 01:21:45,200
Speaker 1: I mean I don't think. I don't think it's now.

1879
01:21:45,800 --> 01:21:47,800
Speaker 20: Expecting you to be like, all right, here's the check,

1880
01:21:47,960 --> 01:21:49,519
Speaker 20: Like how do you because you got the songs like that?

1881
01:21:49,760 --> 01:21:51,600
Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, you know, I definitely got the songs. But

1882
01:21:51,760 --> 01:21:54,240
Speaker 7: I think it's just important to be honest with your partner,

1883
01:21:54,360 --> 01:21:57,080
Speaker 7: you know, communicate. But but I think it's it's a

1884
01:21:57,240 --> 01:21:59,479
Speaker 7: it's a pretty interesting conversation. I try to stay out

1885
01:21:59,479 --> 01:21:59,600
Speaker 7: of it.

1886
01:21:59,680 --> 01:22:02,160
Speaker 11: But to you, I wax test.

1887
01:22:02,680 --> 01:22:05,280
Speaker 1: No, I don't even know what that is you putting

1888
01:22:05,320 --> 01:22:06,040
Speaker 1: me right now.

1889
01:22:06,680 --> 01:22:10,280
Speaker 11: Wax test a little bit that the little wax on it,

1890
01:22:10,960 --> 01:22:13,040
Speaker 11: but a little pinky. Put the pinky inside and hold

1891
01:22:13,160 --> 01:22:19,040
Speaker 11: on what you you got something that's it should be you.

1892
01:22:19,080 --> 01:22:23,519
Speaker 1: Listen you say should do it on yourself. I don't

1893
01:22:23,560 --> 01:22:23,920
Speaker 1: know where you.

1894
01:22:25,439 --> 01:22:25,479
Speaker 7: Do.

1895
01:22:25,640 --> 01:22:26,280
Speaker 1: That is nothing.

1896
01:22:26,360 --> 01:22:29,720
Speaker 2: That's the South Carolina the same road thing that they do.

1897
01:22:29,960 --> 01:22:31,360
Speaker 2: It doesn't I do not try that.

1898
01:22:32,600 --> 01:22:35,960
Speaker 5: He that doesn't Your mom never told you that you

1899
01:22:35,960 --> 01:22:38,840
Speaker 5: g goys to make it. Go drink gingerrolls. You talking

1900
01:22:38,840 --> 01:22:42,479
Speaker 5: about ginger rop everything not ear wax. Don't listen to.

1901
01:22:50,760 --> 01:22:53,719
Speaker 1: That's why you're saying that. That's why you say that's crazy.

1902
01:22:53,880 --> 01:22:55,600
Speaker 5: Locirla used to be like, go get some ginger and

1903
01:22:55,720 --> 01:22:56,080
Speaker 5: lay down.

1904
01:22:56,439 --> 01:23:00,800
Speaker 1: Wow about no we lovel around here.

1905
01:23:02,680 --> 01:23:05,599
Speaker 11: Did your therapist really tell you that you're too detached

1906
01:23:05,880 --> 01:23:09,040
Speaker 11: or that you commit Nah?

1907
01:23:09,280 --> 01:23:11,800
Speaker 7: I think I think you know that bar for me.

1908
01:23:12,479 --> 01:23:15,240
Speaker 7: I have a co writer, Busy Krug, and he lives

1909
01:23:15,280 --> 01:23:15,719
Speaker 7: in Miami.

1910
01:23:15,880 --> 01:23:18,200
Speaker 1: Great Rapper. That was a bar that came from him.

1911
01:23:18,280 --> 01:23:19,719
Speaker 1: He's very deep into therapy.

1912
01:23:19,840 --> 01:23:21,880
Speaker 7: But I'm glad that we talked about it on record

1913
01:23:21,960 --> 01:23:24,120
Speaker 7: because I mean it's something that I definitely did try

1914
01:23:24,200 --> 01:23:26,280
Speaker 7: out over the pandemic, and it's something that I actually

1915
01:23:26,280 --> 01:23:28,360
Speaker 7: really respect you a lot for a champion, you know.

1916
01:23:29,360 --> 01:23:31,120
Speaker 7: But but but yeah, that was a that was a

1917
01:23:31,160 --> 01:23:32,840
Speaker 7: bar from Busy, But I thought it was important to

1918
01:23:32,880 --> 01:23:33,400
Speaker 7: add in there.

1919
01:23:33,640 --> 01:23:36,000
Speaker 5: You know, don't try to blame Busy now, nah.

1920
01:23:36,040 --> 01:23:38,840
Speaker 1: I mean, you know that's my co you know, shout

1921
01:23:38,880 --> 01:23:39,960
Speaker 1: out to him, you know what I'm saying.

1922
01:23:40,040 --> 01:23:41,960
Speaker 7: Like, we we write a lot of our songs together,

1923
01:23:42,320 --> 01:23:44,720
Speaker 7: and I really respect a lot of the perspectives he

1924
01:23:44,800 --> 01:23:47,000
Speaker 7: brings to a lot of my poignant records.

1925
01:23:47,040 --> 01:23:49,080
Speaker 1: You know, Yeah, some great bars. Can we get into

1926
01:23:49,120 --> 01:23:50,799
Speaker 1: a song of that? What you want? That would be amazing?

1927
01:23:51,000 --> 01:23:52,639
Speaker 1: Let's play? Yes it is? It would be really cool.

1928
01:23:52,840 --> 01:23:54,439
Speaker 2: All right, Well, let's get into the record right now.

1929
01:23:54,600 --> 01:23:56,320
Speaker 2: Is yes, it is that we got more with Leon

1930
01:23:56,360 --> 01:23:57,320
Speaker 2: Thomas when we come back.

1931
01:23:57,360 --> 01:23:58,160
Speaker 1: It's the Breakfast Club.

1932
01:23:58,200 --> 01:24:02,080
Speaker 2: Good morning to everybody, is ded Jesselai Shallam and the

1933
01:24:02,080 --> 01:24:04,599
Speaker 2: guy We are the Breakfast Club. Laura ros is joining

1934
01:24:04,680 --> 01:24:06,760
Speaker 2: us on this interview, and we're still kicking it with

1935
01:24:07,040 --> 01:24:09,200
Speaker 2: Leon Thomas Lauren for.

1936
01:24:09,320 --> 01:24:11,280
Speaker 20: Dancing with When I listened to Dancing with the Demons,

1937
01:24:11,960 --> 01:24:16,320
Speaker 20: do you ever get like Miguel references sometimes absolutely listening,

1938
01:24:16,400 --> 01:24:19,080
Speaker 20: I'm like, oh my gosh, Like I wonder if like that, Like,

1939
01:24:19,200 --> 01:24:20,280
Speaker 20: are y'all do you know him?

1940
01:24:20,439 --> 01:24:20,599
Speaker 3: Yeah?

1941
01:24:20,680 --> 01:24:22,040
Speaker 7: Yeah, that's like my big bro. We actually did a

1942
01:24:22,080 --> 01:24:24,040
Speaker 7: movie together. He was in Detroit when I had to

1943
01:24:24,080 --> 01:24:27,519
Speaker 7: cut my hair for he was. He was an amazing,

1944
01:24:28,000 --> 01:24:31,200
Speaker 7: amazing mentor for me for some years. You know that

1945
01:24:31,520 --> 01:24:34,040
Speaker 7: bridge between R and B and rock and roll, He's

1946
01:24:34,160 --> 01:24:36,040
Speaker 7: traveled across that bridge many a time.

1947
01:24:36,439 --> 01:24:38,680
Speaker 1: I definitely look up to him when it comes to that.

1948
01:24:39,200 --> 01:24:41,360
Speaker 7: And you know, for me, because I played multiple instruments,

1949
01:24:41,439 --> 01:24:44,280
Speaker 7: you know, I definitely try to just embody a lot

1950
01:24:44,360 --> 01:24:46,120
Speaker 7: of that energy. But but I think we both have

1951
01:24:46,200 --> 01:24:47,960
Speaker 7: the same influences as well.

1952
01:24:48,160 --> 01:24:51,360
Speaker 11: I agree with Lauren on that Miguel to me before

1953
01:24:51,680 --> 01:24:55,200
Speaker 11: you was the last great R and B male R

1954
01:24:55,240 --> 01:24:56,960
Speaker 11: and B singer. To me, I'm just talk about the

1955
01:24:56,960 --> 01:24:59,960
Speaker 11: new guy, right right, Yeah, you know, yeah legend I'm talking.

1956
01:25:00,080 --> 01:25:01,880
Speaker 11: He was the last one to me.

1957
01:25:02,040 --> 01:25:03,840
Speaker 1: And I felt the same way when I heard Dancing

1958
01:25:03,840 --> 01:25:04,320
Speaker 1: with the Demons.

1959
01:25:04,360 --> 01:25:05,799
Speaker 11: I feel like I feel like you're talking to yourself

1960
01:25:05,840 --> 01:25:07,439
Speaker 11: on that record, though, you said you can't seem to

1961
01:25:07,439 --> 01:25:10,880
Speaker 11: save yourself or never learn to ask for help, going

1962
01:25:10,960 --> 01:25:13,840
Speaker 11: out all night searching for a feeling. M hm, So

1963
01:25:14,120 --> 01:25:16,479
Speaker 11: so what what what have you learned to ask for help?

1964
01:25:16,600 --> 01:25:18,680
Speaker 5: And so what I thought, because I took it as

1965
01:25:18,960 --> 01:25:19,920
Speaker 5: it wasn't talking about a.

1966
01:25:19,920 --> 01:25:23,519
Speaker 7: Woman at some point, well, I mean it's interesting for me,

1967
01:25:23,840 --> 01:25:26,160
Speaker 7: like that record. When I wrote it, I wrote it

1968
01:25:26,240 --> 01:25:28,960
Speaker 7: in two different days. The first day I was, you know,

1969
01:25:29,160 --> 01:25:31,599
Speaker 7: micro dosin on shrooms, so it's a bit of a haze.

1970
01:25:31,760 --> 01:25:33,400
Speaker 7: The next day I listened to it and I was like, man,

1971
01:25:33,400 --> 01:25:35,720
Speaker 7: this is really poignant stuff. I mean, it's just really

1972
01:25:35,840 --> 01:25:38,439
Speaker 7: talking about being up all night and searching for a feeling,

1973
01:25:38,600 --> 01:25:41,360
Speaker 7: and it's trying to fill voids. I feel like, as uh,

1974
01:25:41,640 --> 01:25:43,880
Speaker 7: you know, when you're in your single journey, you can

1975
01:25:44,000 --> 01:25:45,840
Speaker 7: you can try to fill a void with a with

1976
01:25:45,960 --> 01:25:49,599
Speaker 7: a stranger, and that's not always very healthy and fun.

1977
01:25:50,000 --> 01:25:51,840
Speaker 7: It could be fun, it could be fun, for sure,

1978
01:25:52,200 --> 01:25:55,080
Speaker 7: but but but, and then, especially when you're when you're

1979
01:25:55,120 --> 01:25:57,200
Speaker 7: in the limelight. The second verse is more so talking

1980
01:25:57,240 --> 01:26:00,599
Speaker 7: about being in the limelight and trying to fill Nobody

1981
01:26:00,640 --> 01:26:03,599
Speaker 7: really talks about the darkness that comes with the flashing lights.

1982
01:26:04,200 --> 01:26:06,880
Speaker 7: And yeah, that that that record was very deep and

1983
01:26:07,120 --> 01:26:08,960
Speaker 7: very personal for me. You know, I'm glad that people

1984
01:26:09,000 --> 01:26:09,600
Speaker 7: resonate with it.

1985
01:26:09,720 --> 01:26:12,280
Speaker 2: Now you're talking about microdosing on shrooms, But what does

1986
01:26:12,320 --> 01:26:13,880
Speaker 2: that put your mind? And do you always do that

1987
01:26:14,000 --> 01:26:14,880
Speaker 2: to produce and write?

1988
01:26:15,120 --> 01:26:15,320
Speaker 3: Nah?

1989
01:26:15,560 --> 01:26:17,960
Speaker 7: Nah, I mean, I think I think for this this album,

1990
01:26:18,040 --> 01:26:21,920
Speaker 7: it was an interesting opportunity to kind of unplug. I mean,

1991
01:26:21,960 --> 01:26:24,240
Speaker 7: I wasn't doing as many shows around that time too,

1992
01:26:24,400 --> 01:26:26,880
Speaker 7: so it was really helpful to to kind of just

1993
01:26:27,080 --> 01:26:28,880
Speaker 7: get into my own head and try to figure out

1994
01:26:28,920 --> 01:26:29,439
Speaker 7: who I am.

1995
01:26:29,760 --> 01:26:29,920
Speaker 8: You know.

1996
01:26:30,080 --> 01:26:32,519
Speaker 7: I definitely did a lot of manifest and a lot

1997
01:26:32,560 --> 01:26:34,640
Speaker 7: of just like writing down who I wanted to be

1998
01:26:34,720 --> 01:26:37,400
Speaker 7: as a human being around that time, a lot of journaling,

1999
01:26:37,840 --> 01:26:41,120
Speaker 7: you know, and looking back at that season in my life.

2000
01:26:41,160 --> 01:26:43,559
Speaker 7: It was it was a journey for me to evolve

2001
01:26:43,640 --> 01:26:46,400
Speaker 7: into who I am right now. I wouldn't suggest people

2002
01:26:46,560 --> 01:26:49,120
Speaker 7: just go super crazy on shrooms or anything, but I

2003
01:26:49,160 --> 01:26:52,080
Speaker 7: think microdosing, you know, small amount could be healthy if

2004
01:26:52,080 --> 01:26:54,160
Speaker 7: you're trying to just find yourself, you know.

2005
01:26:54,280 --> 01:26:56,120
Speaker 1: And at that time, I was trying to find myself,

2006
01:26:56,160 --> 01:26:56,320
Speaker 1: you know.

2007
01:26:56,760 --> 01:26:59,519
Speaker 7: Micro do You said you were trying to find yourself,

2008
01:26:59,520 --> 01:27:01,920
Speaker 7: did you. Yeah, But I mean I feel like that's

2009
01:27:01,920 --> 01:27:04,679
Speaker 7: a constant journey. That's like the whole part of finding yourself.

2010
01:27:04,760 --> 01:27:07,839
Speaker 7: You realize it. It never stops because we're always evolving,

2011
01:27:08,280 --> 01:27:10,880
Speaker 7: you know. But it's it's great that I was able

2012
01:27:10,960 --> 01:27:12,840
Speaker 7: to do it through music. That that that was like

2013
01:27:12,880 --> 01:27:15,120
Speaker 7: a version of musical therapy for me. And I'm glad

2014
01:27:15,120 --> 01:27:16,200
Speaker 7: that people are resonating with it.

2015
01:27:16,320 --> 01:27:16,479
Speaker 3: You know.

2016
01:27:16,680 --> 01:27:19,519
Speaker 1: I love how you're normalizing dogs on but I'm not

2017
01:27:19,640 --> 01:27:20,320
Speaker 1: a dog anymore.

2018
01:27:20,439 --> 01:27:23,519
Speaker 11: There is a young, unhealed version of me that would

2019
01:27:23,520 --> 01:27:25,799
Speaker 11: have really appreciated that that record.

2020
01:27:25,560 --> 01:27:29,280
Speaker 1: Because you make it sound so fun. It's almost like

2021
01:27:29,400 --> 01:27:30,559
Speaker 1: women are just gonna bring.

2022
01:27:30,479 --> 01:27:30,880
Speaker 3: You in, like.

2023
01:27:32,680 --> 01:27:33,760
Speaker 11: Let me domesticate you.

2024
01:27:34,479 --> 01:27:34,639
Speaker 3: Nah.

2025
01:27:34,960 --> 01:27:37,400
Speaker 7: I mean I was really just documenting what I saw,

2026
01:27:38,800 --> 01:27:47,920
Speaker 7: but nah nah no, definitely definitely talk to me post

2027
01:27:48,400 --> 01:27:50,400
Speaker 7: you know, post breakup, where where I just had to

2028
01:27:50,479 --> 01:27:52,559
Speaker 7: I just had to figure it out. But I think

2029
01:27:52,560 --> 01:27:54,320
Speaker 7: that's all a part of living, you know, you get

2030
01:27:54,400 --> 01:27:58,600
Speaker 7: nervous though. This is a post breakup album. Yeah, this

2031
01:27:58,720 --> 01:28:00,759
Speaker 7: is a post breakup album. So this is me documenting,

2032
01:28:01,080 --> 01:28:03,479
Speaker 7: you know, finding myself. First off, like you know, you

2033
01:28:03,880 --> 01:28:05,720
Speaker 7: you're you're kind of broken after that, and then you

2034
01:28:05,800 --> 01:28:07,439
Speaker 7: got to you gotta put the pieces back together.

2035
01:28:07,760 --> 01:28:08,200
Speaker 11: Her fault.

2036
01:28:08,400 --> 01:28:11,719
Speaker 1: Yes, No, that's not her fault. It's fault Leon.

2037
01:28:11,800 --> 01:28:13,360
Speaker 11: It's her fault that you ended up being a dog.

2038
01:28:13,439 --> 01:28:17,559
Speaker 11: You went through your own face. I think it's very

2039
01:28:17,600 --> 01:28:20,800
Speaker 11: commendable to that on the song. A safe place you

2040
01:28:20,960 --> 01:28:22,920
Speaker 11: let the person you're dealing with, no, this isn't a

2041
01:28:22,960 --> 01:28:23,400
Speaker 11: safe place.

2042
01:28:23,680 --> 01:28:27,280
Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, I mean I think knowing that I wasn't

2043
01:28:27,320 --> 01:28:30,479
Speaker 7: necessarily ready to settle down. I think that conversation definitely

2044
01:28:30,520 --> 01:28:32,000
Speaker 7: came up a lot during I guess you would call

2045
01:28:32,040 --> 01:28:34,880
Speaker 7: them all face you know, just understanding like yo' I'm

2046
01:28:34,920 --> 01:28:36,560
Speaker 7: not trying to settle down. This is a this is

2047
01:28:36,640 --> 01:28:39,240
Speaker 7: a fun place, you know. This is a a time

2048
01:28:39,280 --> 01:28:41,719
Speaker 7: period where I'm just figuring me out. Work is crazy,

2049
01:28:41,800 --> 01:28:44,200
Speaker 7: it's ecnic, you know, And I think having that conversation

2050
01:28:44,360 --> 01:28:47,680
Speaker 7: was important to, like you said, just avoid people not

2051
01:28:47,840 --> 01:28:49,479
Speaker 7: understanding what it was at the time.

2052
01:28:50,080 --> 01:28:52,680
Speaker 2: That's a personal because you're honest in music, but it's

2053
01:28:52,720 --> 01:28:54,800
Speaker 2: difficult to be face to face with somebody and be lying.

2054
01:28:54,840 --> 01:28:56,479
Speaker 1: It's very is very difficult.

2055
01:28:57,120 --> 01:28:57,280
Speaker 9: You know.

2056
01:28:57,320 --> 01:28:58,840
Speaker 7: I really try my best to be as honest as

2057
01:28:58,880 --> 01:29:01,000
Speaker 7: I can, But yeah, those are hard conversations.

2058
01:29:01,080 --> 01:29:01,280
Speaker 19: Man.

2059
01:29:01,400 --> 01:29:03,599
Speaker 1: You know, I can't sit here and say I've always

2060
01:29:03,640 --> 01:29:05,759
Speaker 1: done it right or I'm perfect or anything.

2061
01:29:05,840 --> 01:29:08,640
Speaker 7: But I try. I try to be like real, you know.

2062
01:29:08,880 --> 01:29:11,160
Speaker 7: I try to explain myself. But even when you explain yourself,

2063
01:29:11,200 --> 01:29:14,439
Speaker 7: sometimes wires get crossed, you know. So I'm packing it

2064
01:29:14,479 --> 01:29:16,680
Speaker 7: and communicating, you know, it's an important thing later on.

2065
01:29:16,960 --> 01:29:18,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, no, little woman won't hear that. She just lets

2066
01:29:18,960 --> 01:29:19,439
Speaker 1: you hit wrong.

2067
01:29:19,760 --> 01:29:21,960
Speaker 20: Yeah, it's it's yeah, it's not as a woman ever

2068
01:29:22,000 --> 01:29:24,160
Speaker 20: said that to you when you were trying to like create,

2069
01:29:24,280 --> 01:29:25,920
Speaker 20: like all right, maybe this is like a thing and

2070
01:29:26,240 --> 01:29:28,519
Speaker 20: she's like, yo, I don't.

2071
01:29:28,320 --> 01:29:28,760
Speaker 8: Want to do that.

2072
01:29:30,080 --> 01:29:30,320
Speaker 9: Yeah.

2073
01:29:30,439 --> 01:29:33,040
Speaker 7: Actually yeah, yeah. In my in my early twenties, I

2074
01:29:33,160 --> 01:29:36,560
Speaker 7: was talking to this amazing artist. Uh and yeah, she

2075
01:29:36,680 --> 01:29:39,360
Speaker 7: was just like listen, maybe the same safe place kind

2076
01:29:39,360 --> 01:29:41,920
Speaker 7: of thing. You know, anybody know now She's like, no, no, no,

2077
01:29:42,040 --> 01:29:43,479
Speaker 7: I don't think you can tear it up a little bit.

2078
01:29:43,920 --> 01:29:44,439
Speaker 1: Yeah no, no, no.

2079
01:29:44,720 --> 01:29:46,439
Speaker 7: It was all good for me, I mean at that point,

2080
01:29:51,479 --> 01:29:53,519
Speaker 7: but yeah, yeah, you know, it was definitely you know,

2081
01:29:53,800 --> 01:29:56,400
Speaker 7: it was definitely a realization for me. I was like, oh,

2082
01:29:56,680 --> 01:29:58,240
Speaker 7: it can happen on that side too. I was like

2083
01:29:58,560 --> 01:30:01,560
Speaker 7: twenty maybe twenty one, you know, oh yeah, yeah, So

2084
01:30:01,600 --> 01:30:05,280
Speaker 7: I was like real young green, like, oh okay, alright, cool.

2085
01:30:05,439 --> 01:30:07,320
Speaker 7: So you're all looking for a relationship now if the

2086
01:30:07,400 --> 01:30:09,479
Speaker 7: right person. Yeah, yeah, I'm definitely I'm definitely in that

2087
01:30:09,600 --> 01:30:10,240
Speaker 7: mode right now.

2088
01:30:10,600 --> 01:30:11,080
Speaker 20: Are you dated?

2089
01:30:11,080 --> 01:30:13,560
Speaker 5: Would you date other like artists, celebrities or do you

2090
01:30:13,880 --> 01:30:15,479
Speaker 5: like how does that work? Are you doing?

2091
01:30:15,520 --> 01:30:16,160
Speaker 1: It's just hectic.

2092
01:30:16,240 --> 01:30:18,720
Speaker 7: I mean, you're kind of inviting the media into your

2093
01:30:18,840 --> 01:30:22,760
Speaker 7: life like the one safe place you have. But I mean,

2094
01:30:22,800 --> 01:30:24,679
Speaker 7: who knows if I really catch a vibe with somebody

2095
01:30:24,720 --> 01:30:26,120
Speaker 7: who happens to be fan. I mean, I don't really

2096
01:30:26,200 --> 01:30:27,840
Speaker 7: care about that side of things. You know, I've been

2097
01:30:28,080 --> 01:30:29,960
Speaker 7: in the game a long time. I've met some beautiful

2098
01:30:29,960 --> 01:30:32,040
Speaker 7: women who are amazing artists. But it's just about the

2099
01:30:32,120 --> 01:30:35,000
Speaker 7: human being and it can be tough to to really

2100
01:30:35,040 --> 01:30:37,799
Speaker 7: build something if both of your schedules are super hectic.

2101
01:30:38,439 --> 01:30:39,120
Speaker 1: So I don't know.

2102
01:30:39,640 --> 01:30:41,840
Speaker 11: I don't want to ask a questions two about another

2103
01:30:41,920 --> 01:30:45,000
Speaker 11: record on Far Effected. Yeah, you said he was having

2104
01:30:45,000 --> 01:30:46,680
Speaker 11: a big conversation this week about tricken because you know,

2105
01:30:46,720 --> 01:30:48,679
Speaker 11: skip Bail is a legedly oh my god, put somebody

2106
01:30:48,760 --> 01:30:51,040
Speaker 11: one point five million and you say, paid for my

2107
01:30:51,120 --> 01:30:54,360
Speaker 11: mistakes and bevenes and diamonds too fifty fronted like you

2108
01:30:54,520 --> 01:30:57,040
Speaker 11: was my artist five g's just across the Atlantic.

2109
01:30:57,120 --> 01:30:58,639
Speaker 1: We sat in silence for almost two hours.

2110
01:30:59,000 --> 01:31:01,320
Speaker 5: Yeah, that's a horrible quarter million dollars.

2111
01:31:01,680 --> 01:31:03,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, benses and diamonds.

2112
01:31:03,400 --> 01:31:06,600
Speaker 7: Well, listen, when I wrote that record, it was not

2113
01:31:06,800 --> 01:31:09,720
Speaker 7: for me. That was not a joint that I was

2114
01:31:09,720 --> 01:31:12,120
Speaker 7: originally gonna use for me. It was for somebody really

2115
01:31:12,200 --> 01:31:14,280
Speaker 7: famous and really rich. But I just love the way

2116
01:31:14,320 --> 01:31:15,760
Speaker 7: it sounded, and I was like, well, you know what,

2117
01:31:16,080 --> 01:31:17,680
Speaker 7: I love to speak in a world where I can

2118
01:31:17,760 --> 01:31:20,200
Speaker 7: actually afford that, why not let's manifest.

2119
01:31:19,840 --> 01:31:23,040
Speaker 11: That elucid dreams you talk about just significant other leaving

2120
01:31:23,120 --> 01:31:23,759
Speaker 11: things behind.

2121
01:31:23,960 --> 01:31:26,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, that was a fun record with Masego after a breakup.

2122
01:31:26,920 --> 01:31:28,639
Speaker 1: Why do you think that the topic is taboo?

2123
01:31:28,800 --> 01:31:31,760
Speaker 7: I don't really consider it taboo necessarily, but I think

2124
01:31:31,800 --> 01:31:34,320
Speaker 7: it's just like it's just funny because for me, I

2125
01:31:34,479 --> 01:31:36,120
Speaker 7: was living with my ex for like a couple of years,

2126
01:31:36,160 --> 01:31:38,879
Speaker 7: so she just had like a closet filled with clothes

2127
01:31:39,080 --> 01:31:41,639
Speaker 7: at my crib and it had been like a year

2128
01:31:41,640 --> 01:31:43,479
Speaker 7: and a half since we were broken up. So we

2129
01:31:43,600 --> 01:31:46,839
Speaker 7: were in the studio talking about different things. The guitarist

2130
01:31:46,880 --> 01:31:50,320
Speaker 7: and producer on that song Freaky Rob, his girl left

2131
01:31:50,640 --> 01:31:53,120
Speaker 7: a flat screen at the house that he had to

2132
01:31:53,280 --> 01:31:55,479
Speaker 7: use to watch Netflix. He was like, man, when is

2133
01:31:55,520 --> 01:31:58,280
Speaker 7: she gonna take this flat screen? And you know, Masego

2134
01:31:58,320 --> 01:32:00,840
Speaker 7: also had a similar situation like that at his crib

2135
01:32:00,920 --> 01:32:03,000
Speaker 7: with the couch. So we were all just kind of

2136
01:32:03,320 --> 01:32:05,479
Speaker 7: using all of our different experiences putting it into a

2137
01:32:05,560 --> 01:32:07,360
Speaker 7: song and you know, just locking it in.

2138
01:32:07,439 --> 01:32:08,599
Speaker 1: It's different when it's closed.

2139
01:32:08,760 --> 01:32:10,719
Speaker 5: Yeah, did you clear you cleared out the class, Yeah.

2140
01:32:10,560 --> 01:32:12,559
Speaker 1: Definitely clears out the Yeah, clear out the closet.

2141
01:32:12,840 --> 01:32:14,240
Speaker 5: Did you move out of the apartment or you just

2142
01:32:14,280 --> 01:32:14,920
Speaker 5: cleared out the closing.

2143
01:32:15,280 --> 01:32:16,880
Speaker 1: Nah, I'm still at the crib, you know what I mean,

2144
01:32:16,960 --> 01:32:17,679
Speaker 1: still at the crib.

2145
01:32:18,000 --> 01:32:20,960
Speaker 7: You know, there's definitely a certain interior design choices I'm

2146
01:32:20,960 --> 01:32:23,400
Speaker 7: gonna switch up, so but it's.

2147
01:32:23,200 --> 01:32:25,639
Speaker 5: Like real reason yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.

2148
01:32:26,360 --> 01:32:28,120
Speaker 10: The album is out right now. Make sure you pick

2149
01:32:28,160 --> 01:32:28,360
Speaker 10: it up.

2150
01:32:28,400 --> 01:32:30,080
Speaker 1: And we appreciate you for joining us, but thank you

2151
01:32:30,160 --> 01:32:32,040
Speaker 1: so much for having me. Man, it's a big opportunity.

2152
01:32:32,360 --> 01:32:33,040
Speaker 1: Thank you so much.

2153
01:32:33,080 --> 01:32:35,280
Speaker 10: It's Leon Thomas. The album what is out now and

2154
01:32:35,320 --> 01:32:38,680
Speaker 10: it's the Breakfast Club. Good Morning Morning. Everybody's DJ n

2155
01:32:38,800 --> 01:32:40,920
Speaker 10: V just Larius Charlamage and the guy we are the

2156
01:32:40,960 --> 01:32:41,760
Speaker 10: Breakfast Club.

2157
01:32:42,040 --> 01:32:44,479
Speaker 1: It's Black History Month for what we do today Charlamage, Yes,

2158
01:32:44,560 --> 01:32:44,680
Speaker 1: you know.

2159
01:32:44,760 --> 01:32:47,000
Speaker 11: Every day during Black History Month, my guy b Dot

2160
01:32:47,200 --> 01:32:49,320
Speaker 11: puts out a podcast called I Didn't Know Maybe you

2161
01:32:49,400 --> 01:32:52,000
Speaker 11: didn't either on the Black Effect iHeart Radio podcast Network,

2162
01:32:52,120 --> 01:32:54,200
Speaker 11: And today he's gonna tell you about Mary and Simms

2163
01:32:54,439 --> 01:32:57,599
Speaker 11: once hell as the father of modern gynecology. He built

2164
01:32:57,680 --> 01:33:00,680
Speaker 11: his legacy on exploiting enslaved black women with our anesthesia,

2165
01:33:00,920 --> 01:33:03,280
Speaker 11: turning medical progress into a hardfying practice.

2166
01:33:03,320 --> 01:33:03,800
Speaker 1: Let's listen.

2167
01:33:04,040 --> 01:33:06,000
Speaker 5: I didn't know, I didn't know.

2168
01:33:06,360 --> 01:33:06,920
Speaker 3: I didn't know.

2169
01:33:08,120 --> 01:33:13,320
Speaker 16: Jay Marion Sims. He developed life saving medical techniques back

2170
01:33:13,360 --> 01:33:16,439
Speaker 16: in the eighteen hundreds, but the way he did it wild.

2171
01:33:16,760 --> 01:33:21,320
Speaker 16: He experimented on enslaved black women without anesthesia, like, Hey,

2172
01:33:21,360 --> 01:33:23,920
Speaker 16: I'm about to cut you open, all right, but don't worry.

2173
01:33:24,560 --> 01:33:27,720
Speaker 16: You'll be fine because you Blacks don't feel pain quite

2174
01:33:27,840 --> 01:33:28,320
Speaker 16: like I did.

2175
01:33:28,640 --> 01:33:31,280
Speaker 1: That's literally what he believed, and people let him get

2176
01:33:31,280 --> 01:33:31,720
Speaker 1: away with it.

2177
01:33:31,920 --> 01:33:36,479
Speaker 16: Three women have been documented Anarca, Lucy, and Betsy, and

2178
01:33:36,600 --> 01:33:40,040
Speaker 16: these three women went through Hell. Anarca alone had over

2179
01:33:40,240 --> 01:33:46,519
Speaker 16: thirty surgeries, thirty with no anesthesia, and Sims called it science.

2180
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Speaker 16: And you know what he got for it, a statue

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Speaker 16: in Central Park. Like imagine going for a jog and

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Speaker 16: seeing a dude being honored for torturing black women. That

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Speaker 16: was a reality before twenty eighteen, because in twenty eighteen,

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Speaker 16: activist showed up up in bloody hospital gowns so that

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Speaker 16: you could visualize these atrocities and pretty much said, nah,

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Speaker 16: this statue's gotta go. And guess what they won. The

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Speaker 16: statue got moved to a cemetery, and quite honestly, that's

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Speaker 16: where it belongs, right beside Jay Marion Sims's dead ethics.

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Speaker 16: Now here's where it gets real. You think this is

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Speaker 16: just some old school nonsense, right, Nah, those same erasist

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Speaker 16: ideas are still here, lurking in hospitals like bad Wi Fi.

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Speaker 16: Studies show doctors today still think black women feel less pain.

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Speaker 16: That's why black women are three times more likely to

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Speaker 16: die from childbirth complications.

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Speaker 1: Three times.

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Speaker 16: Meanwhile, Karen over there getting extra talanol for a papercut.

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Speaker 1: Make it make sense?

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Speaker 9: So what do we do?

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Speaker 16: First, stop giving shady people statues, But more importantly, we

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Speaker 16: gotta listen when people say they're in pain or need help.

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Speaker 16: We need to believe them because if Anarca, Lucy and

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Speaker 16: Betsy could survive all that, the least we can do

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Speaker 16: is make sure that nobody else has to.

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Speaker 1: No, I didn't know, maybe you didn't either. I didn't know.

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Speaker 11: Thank you for that information.

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Speaker 1: B dot.

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Speaker 1: All right when we come back.

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Speaker 10: We got the positive notice the Breakfast Club, good morning

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Speaker 10: knowing everybody's dj NV just Hilaris.

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Speaker 1: Charalamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club.

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Speaker 10: It's time to get up out of here, Charlamonne.

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Speaker 1: You got a positive note. Unity is strength.

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Speaker 11: It is all right. When there is teamwork and collaboration,

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Speaker 11: wonderful things can be achieved. That is actually my positive

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Speaker 11: note of today. Okay, Breakfast Club, it is you don't

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Speaker 1: Finish for y'all done,