1 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to money Making Conversations. It's the show that she 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:10,039 Speaker 1: has the secrets of success experience firsthand by marketing and 3 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,039 Speaker 1: Brandon expert Rashan McDonald. I will know he's giving me 4 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: advice to many occasions. In occasion didn't notice, I'm not broke. 5 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: You know. He'll be interviewing celebrity CEOs, entrepreneurs and industry 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,959 Speaker 1: decision makers. It's what he likes to do. It's what 7 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: he likes to share. Now it's time to hear from 8 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: my man, Rashan McDonald money making conversations. Here we come. 9 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: Welcome to money Making Conversations. I am your host, Rashan McDonald. 10 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: Let's be real here. It's time to stop reading other 11 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: people's success stories to start writing your own. I always 12 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: tell people who listen to watch my show to lead 13 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: with their gifts and don't let your age, friends, family, 14 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 1: or coworkers stop you from planning or living your dreams. 15 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: My interviews I do on money making Conversations for you. 16 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: I invite celebrities, CEOs, entrepreneurs, and industries decision makers on 17 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: my show to discuss their careers because I consider what 18 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: they're doing is successful and what better way to get 19 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: advice from successful people. My next guest is what I 20 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: call young success, Srea. She's an actress, singer, dancer, and 21 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: model known as the singer Tianna Brown that she portrayed 22 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: on Lee Daniels hit Fox TV series Empire. Sirea is 23 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: starring on the upcoming of Lifetime original movie. She told 24 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: me her first lead story role Envy, a seven Deadly 25 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: Sins story. But that's not all she's doing besides this 26 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,479 Speaker 1: new movie. V Next up for Surrea, she's co starring 27 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: in the upcoming BT movie Favorite Son, directed by the 28 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: one and only Robin Gibbons, which is expect to be 29 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: released this year. She has a new single coming out 30 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: soon called tell Me About My Sif featuring my Moore 31 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 1: Rick Ross. Sorea was also just recently announced the Jordan 32 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 1: the Stars dramma series. This girl busy. Who's managing her? 33 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: Who's managing her? I want to manage her. She's doing everything. 34 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: Joe the Star dramma series, Black Mafia Family executive dude 35 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: by the one and only fifty stance, not fifty cents 36 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: in a recurring role, please working in one the man coversation. 37 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: I tell you she's a rising stars. She's beautiful. She's fantastic. 38 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: I just saw her in her star and roll envy 39 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: a seven Deadly Sin story. Please work with the money 40 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: making conversations, sarea, Hi, thank happening? What an intro? Thank you? 41 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: First of all, First of all, girl does the word Okay. 42 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: You know, I've been fortunate this business, manage a lot 43 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: of big talent, work with a lot of big talent, 44 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: and I know when the resume starts to come together, 45 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: and you and we always shut down during the pandemic 46 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 1: and it all call us all, God, how did you 47 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: really handle the pandemic? And then to b start, you know, 48 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: putting yourself in the position where you've got all these 49 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 1: properties that are happened in one and they will extend 50 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:44,639 Speaker 1: into two. Let's walk through that pandemic shutdown and then 51 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: starting to come out of it, out of that pandemic funk. Yeah, 52 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: so interesting. The pandemic hit us all, and you know 53 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: we're all unprepared and not ready for that one, especially 54 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: not to be out of commission for nearly a year 55 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: or more for some people. UM Empire ended abruptly two episodes, 56 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: shy of finishing our sixth season, our six in final season. 57 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: So it's sent me home to l a Um much 58 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: like the rest of the world, pretty much in shock. UM. 59 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: And the year continued on as we know it, just 60 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: trying to figure out health and family and figure out 61 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 1: what's what's next. Thank god. Um I I did like 62 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: I don't know, a hundred self tape auditions throughout quarantine, 63 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: and and you know, towards the end when things started 64 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: opening back up is when I kind of broke through 65 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: in UM. I landed my first leave roal Mvy, which 66 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: is the first thing I shot out of quarantine back 67 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: in December something like that. UM. So that was basically 68 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: how it happened for me. Quarantine was very much of 69 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: a test um in a trial. UM. I learned a 70 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: lot about myself and a lot of my family. It 71 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: was a much needed break though, because I was going 72 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: for six seasons straight of Empire, which is like six 73 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: years UM and it was definitely a much needed break 74 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 1: that I needed for just to be still and be 75 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: in the moment. But you're the amazing thing about because 76 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: we all know Hollywood is and you know, you can 77 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: get on the series and you started buy a new car. 78 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 1: That might be the biggest mistake because they can get 79 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: canceled and to be on a series that you know 80 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: this just I mean, it was a rocket ship launched 81 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: for that series because it did something that never happened 82 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 1: in the history of television. It grew every week. It 83 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: just kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger and so 84 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: and you on that launching pad, tell us how it 85 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 1: affected you. It is all positive, but nobody you know you. 86 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 1: You just get on the show. First of all. You 87 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: get on show it happy to be working, first of all. 88 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: Let's get that out the way. Happy to get to working, 89 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: to pay some checks, and you wanted to keep working 90 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 1: so you can build some momentum and put some money 91 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 1: in the account and call yourself a working actor or actress. 92 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: Talk about this, that whole beginning portion, the Empire explosion. Well, 93 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 1: for me, you're absolutely correct. For me, starting Empire was 94 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: very different. Was my first kind of TV role um 95 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:18,679 Speaker 1: and UM. It was just that so many first experiences 96 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 1: dealing with Empire and in the new faith the newfound 97 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: success around it. Obviously, by the third fourth episode, we 98 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: were the leading numbers um TV since I think they 99 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:35,479 Speaker 1: said since the Coffee Show. So it was it was 100 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 1: huge all over the world, which which also made it 101 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: differently because it was you know, main TV Fox, so um, 102 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: it was a lot of adjusting for me. I was 103 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 1: nineteen at the time, and Um, I was coming straight 104 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: from college at that time, and I was I was 105 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 1: just you know, taking the punches as they roll and 106 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 1: and learning so much and working so extremely hard on 107 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: that show. I a lot of my earlier performances on 108 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:10,280 Speaker 1: the show was um dancing dance, big dance numbers, and 109 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: so I would rehearse, you know, twelve sixteen hours, shoot 110 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: for sixteen to eighteen hours while wearing heels, while having 111 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: to reside lines. But it was it was boot camp 112 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 1: for me, Um, to be honest, And I'm so grateful 113 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: for the experience though, because I know what hard work 114 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: is and how to make you know, something's glamorous, its empire, 115 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:38,040 Speaker 1: how to make that happen. Yeah, it's really wonderful because, 116 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: like you said, uh, coming from African American perspective, to 117 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 1: see the explosion of color program a brown color program, 118 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 1: African American programming. You know, I'm so happy that you 119 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,840 Speaker 1: got the experience disawakening of Hollywood where you have options 120 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:56,280 Speaker 1: and to be in a series of Lifetime you know, 121 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: it is executive produced by Sean Robinson, The Bishop TV 122 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:04,599 Speaker 1: Jake's lifetime Starry role. Okay, now did did did Empire 123 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:09,679 Speaker 1: prepare you for the star in roles Sorea? Um? Empire 124 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: definitely did. I would say I would give thanks to 125 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: Empire for so many, so many gross spurts in my career. Um, definitely, 126 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: I've had a lot of training. Um, I've I've always 127 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: wanted to get better at my craft. So on my 128 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: off time, I was taking acting classes actually by Tasha 129 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: Smith at her acting school and she's also was on Empire. Yes, Um, 130 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 1: I love her, I adore her. Um, but I was 131 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 1: always I'm always looking to get better at everything I do. 132 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: So that was something that I self invested in on 133 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: my off time to make sure that when I got 134 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: any other type of role, I would be ready for 135 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: it and I know how to attack it, you know, 136 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: head first. Um. For me, it was it was more 137 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: of a destiny thing how I ended up on the Empire. 138 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: So I didn't go to acting school. Uh, but I 139 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: definitely invested myself into time into doing that on my 140 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: off time. Okay, now, okay, now, so you told me 141 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: some information. You said, Rashan it was a destiny thing 142 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 1: about umpire. I didn't go to acting school, but you 143 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: left that, so how did you get the role? Yes, 144 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 1: So basically what happened is I was I had just 145 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 1: enrolled into college. Um, I was going to a community 146 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 1: college in in l A. And my one of my 147 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: good friends called me. And I was doing some modeling 148 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 1: at that time, some print work. I just did not 149 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 1: have a theatrical agent at the time, which a theatrical 150 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:53,439 Speaker 1: agent helps you get roles in on TV and uh words, 151 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: speaking characters and things like that. So, um, my friend 152 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 1: called me and he's he's kin of Lee Daniels. And 153 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: he said, you know my uncle Wholice Lee Daniels. I 154 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 1: didn't know this. This is this is getting out of hand. Okay, 155 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: so he's kid too, you know some country talking, you 156 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: know that, right, he's kid to lead Daniels. I didn't 157 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: know New Daniels. You know all Lee Danyers at that point, 158 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:23,319 Speaker 1: you know Oscar all this stuff. This is Lee Daniel, 159 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 1: Lee Daniel. And so your little Nathan ye behind at 160 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:30,319 Speaker 1: community college because seeing Dan look beautiful continue with just 161 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: I'm just sitting up there all up with yeah, yeah, 162 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. Yeah. And so he told me. You know, 163 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 1: he's like, you know, they're they've been looking for this character. 164 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,959 Speaker 1: They've been auditioning, you know, they've auditioned all over the 165 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,319 Speaker 1: world at this point for for the whole cast of 166 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:51,199 Speaker 1: Empire UM, and they haven't found their girl. And I said, well, 167 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 1: of course I would love to audition. You know. I 168 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 1: sent him all my stuff and he sent it to 169 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 1: the people of Powers that be UM and they said, yeah, 170 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 1: let's here. She has a great look. And I auditioned 171 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: about two or three times and we got a call 172 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 1: from Lee Daniel saying, she we love her, She's perfect, 173 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 1: she has the audition for Fox. UM. So I auditioned 174 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: for Fox. I went to Fox Network and Beverly Hills 175 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: and I auditioned there and I got the role, and 176 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 1: they shipped me to Chicago first first flight out of there. 177 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: Now Chicago one of my favorite cities, by the way, 178 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: So you're going to you're in great stumping grounds. Of course, 179 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,679 Speaker 1: the winter. You learned some things about Chicago wintertime. You 180 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: better you better learn how to dress in Chicago for winter, 181 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: because it's not like any other winter. L a girl, 182 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: you learned that, right, Absolutely, I learned my lesson absolutely aflute. 183 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: Now here's the beauty of this conversation because you told 184 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 1: me earlier you're taking acting classes now with Tasha Smith, 185 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 1: So I meant that when you was auditioning, all that 186 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 1: was natural. Correct, Yes, okay, okay, Now let's let's talk 187 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: about confidence. What what allowed you? Because I can't act. 188 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna just be honest. I can't act. I can 189 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:07,320 Speaker 1: do stand up comedy, I can motivate you, I can 190 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 1: interview you, but put the script in front of me, 191 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 1: I fall apart. What what? What natural skill did you 192 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:16,319 Speaker 1: have allowed you to get to that audition? Because you 193 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: have to have confidence because they kept asking you to 194 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 1: come back, so you had no background on how do 195 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: I do? I change up? Do I get louder? What 196 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,079 Speaker 1: do I do? Were you? Were you talking to anybody 197 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: in between the auditions, Surreya or what? No? No, no no. 198 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 1: At the time, it was me and my mom. She 199 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: stayed up with me going over lines, and we just 200 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: kind of took it to the approach that we think, 201 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: you know, it was pretty straightforward, um that we think 202 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 1: it should have and and it works the first time, 203 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 1: so we're like, let's do the same thing. UM. I 204 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:51,079 Speaker 1: just made sure I was off book obviously that that 205 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: means that I memorized everything, and um, and yeah, I 206 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 1: went in there the second time and and we had 207 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 1: to because of the music show. We had to sing 208 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:05,679 Speaker 1: and I had to sing rep and recite lines. You 209 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 1: got me killing. I can't wrap. I can't sing, So 210 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 1: your boys already out, you know, I'm already out. Okay. 211 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 1: It was very nerve wracking, but but I got through it, 212 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: and I think, um, well, obviously they loved it. And 213 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: you know what was really cool that you brought up. 214 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 1: I'm sorry not to go off topic too much, but um, 215 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: you brought up about African Americans, and it was really 216 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 1: dope that the character I just came as myself and 217 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 1: at this time I had big, my big, curly hair, 218 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: and that's just how my hair is. It was my 219 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 1: whole life. And that made such a huge impact that 220 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 1: I had no idea that would on TV because I 221 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 1: didn't realize that so many African American actresses didn't wear 222 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: their natural hair on TV. I didn't know that, and 223 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:57,679 Speaker 1: so when I appeared with my big Afro box network, um, 224 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 1: it was I have so many young black girls in 225 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:09,680 Speaker 1: in so many uh natural community and natural Uh companies 226 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 1: for hair that reached out to me and I it 227 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 1: was it was really awesome to UM have an impact 228 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: on people in that way. 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But if 262 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 1: you've been we've been straight. Oh that's our hair, that's 263 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: she's wearing a wig. That's not our hair. That's not 264 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 1: a hair. And that's why, you know, watching the series 265 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: and watching you grow, because it's really interesting when I 266 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: watched young talent like you, because you're special, believe in 267 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 1: your special you gifted. And but I want to ask 268 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: this other question before we moved to the series and 269 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 1: talk about Envy A seven daily scenes, because I want 270 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 1: to talk about learning your audition as a natural actress, 271 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 1: natural instincts and followed your gut along with your mom 272 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: natural instincts. Then you got on the series and then 273 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: you went to Tasha Smith. What did you learn from 274 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 1: her classes that enabled you to improve as an actress 275 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: and prepare you for a series like that you're doing 276 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 1: it in thes Aernal Lifetime. Oh my gosh, so much. 277 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 1: I learned, um technique. I learned different exercises in ways 278 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 1: to get into the character quicker, especially for auditions. UM. 279 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: I learned she she brought me out of my shell. Um, 280 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: Tasha brought me out of my shell for sure. I 281 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 1: learned how to just let go and be free in 282 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 1: the moment. And that's something that the Taragy and Terrence 283 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: actually told me as well. Um. But to be able 284 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: to put it on its feet and really do it 285 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 1: yourself is where you learn Okay, I can do this, 286 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 1: and when you have confidence that you know you can 287 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 1: do it. And I had to breakthrough UM class one 288 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: time and and and it was went really really well. 289 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 1: And from then on I said, okay, like I can, 290 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: I can. I can tackle anything, any role that comes 291 00:16:54,960 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: my way. And and and quarantine really strengthened me because 292 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 1: like auditions so much. I sent in so many self tapes, 293 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 1: so many salt tapes. And believe me, self tapes can 294 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: be UM not always uh the best thing to do 295 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 1: because you don't know because you're looking at the first 296 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 1: of all, you have no makeup on, you don't know 297 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 1: you dressed in the average. So really I was tall 298 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: self tapes like doing stuff in black and white because 299 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 1: I always tell you people the black and white era, 300 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,119 Speaker 1: before they had color and explosion and blood, you really 301 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: had to act on black and white movies of black 302 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:30,879 Speaker 1: and whitest and those are my favorite to watch. And 303 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: so sending in self tape footage, it's like you really 304 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 1: better be able to act when you're sending another because 305 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: there there there's nobody that uses just a blank wall 306 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: behind you because you want to keep me clean and 307 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:43,440 Speaker 1: you just read the line and you deliver it. So bravo. Bravo. 308 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: Now let's talk about this series where you know when 309 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:48,640 Speaker 1: you stepped up your game, Soraya, you know I'm saying 310 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 1: Kesa Joones. That's I got the name right, Keetsa Jones. Right, 311 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 1: just the Kesa Jones Third, the Keepsa Jones story, A 312 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: little sad little girl tell us about the Keetsa Jones 313 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:03,119 Speaker 1: and the message of envy. Yes, so envy. We all 314 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: have dealt with that. I'm sure at some point in 315 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: our lives. Jealousy and envy, right, Um, Keisha has come 316 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 1: from a lot of loss in her life, and a 317 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: lot of struggle, and a lot of absence and a 318 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: lot of longing for something she doesn't have. So she 319 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:24,439 Speaker 1: she her mom dies and she find finds her strange 320 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 1: father that she never knew. And the other thing that 321 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 1: she finds when she finds her father is how successful 322 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: he is and that she has a sister. She didn't 323 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:38,680 Speaker 1: know this part you know of her life. And um, 324 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 1: envy comes with that because we're talking about a girl 325 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:45,160 Speaker 1: that sleeps in her car and it goes to work 326 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 1: and take takes bird baths and goes to work. And 327 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: then she she learns of her dad and her sister 328 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:52,920 Speaker 1: and they live in a mansion and they drive a 329 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 1: nice car, and they have a very respectful, beautiful, loving 330 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:02,200 Speaker 1: relationship with each other. And she envies so much so 331 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:05,880 Speaker 1: to where she does things that are out of her character. Um, 332 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:09,639 Speaker 1: I really love that this is a T. D. Jake's production. 333 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: There's some faith in there that is really cool. It's 334 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: not overbearing, but it's definitely a streamline in the movie 335 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:24,119 Speaker 1: where um, you know, Keisha has some some she's shooings 336 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:27,439 Speaker 1: some faith issues with her relationship with God, and we 337 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:31,159 Speaker 1: see her redemption at the end. And so I'm for 338 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,199 Speaker 1: people to see this. Let me just talk about you 339 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:37,479 Speaker 1: and this character development, because yea, I don't want everybody, 340 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: I don't want to gloss over the the the character changes. 341 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 1: You have to make the emotional changes because it is 342 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:48,640 Speaker 1: as a faith based movie with all not heavy faith. 343 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 1: I would put it like that. It's not heavy faith, 344 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 1: but it's about envy and we all deal with it. 345 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 1: And your character is about, you know, being shown an 346 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: opportunity and how you deal with You have DC young Fly. 347 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 1: You know, he's he's like and he's like the look, 348 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:04,160 Speaker 1: he's like that little negative spirit always telling people talk 349 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: about negative spirits and positive spirits. You know, you have 350 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 1: your your new found father, Elijah his character, he's your 351 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: positive spirit, and then you have DC young Flyer, he's 352 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: your negative spirit that's on your shoulder. And your father 353 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: keeps trying to let you know that there's a sense 354 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 1: of reality and trying to get you to buy into it. 355 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: But then you have DC young Fler telling you stick 356 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: to the six to plan. Stick to the plan, because 357 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 1: as we watch you drift through the movie, you start 358 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 1: you start going back and forth. Should you do this, 359 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: Should you come over to your father's side, who was 360 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: Aliger side of the world, or you should you stick 361 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: to the original plan. That's what d C c C. 362 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,879 Speaker 1: Young Flier is talking about. So talk about that because 363 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 1: I thought that was key in me buying into your 364 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:51,119 Speaker 1: your strong acting as well as me staying with the 365 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 1: movie because I know that was a hard role to 366 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: be able to deliver. And also you had to play 367 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 1: an evil spirit, a hunting person, so you you're a 368 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:03,920 Speaker 1: lot of things going on there. You know, you played 369 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 1: the little you played the attractive person, you played the 370 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 1: young sister, you played the mom who had lost the child. 371 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 1: It was a lot of levels. How was you able 372 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 1: to pull all those things off. So I don't want 373 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 1: people to I don't want people to think that you're 374 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 1: doing Empire too. You're not. You're doing a really deeply 375 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 1: uh thought that role that it gives you a lot 376 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: of different levels, and all of them you play effectively. 377 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 1: I really appreciate that, um one, because I always said 378 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 1: anything I do after Empire, I wanted to be groundbreaking 379 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 1: in the way of people's perspective of me and and 380 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 1: and showing real acting chops. So I really appreciate that. 381 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 1: UM And that's what I really loved about this character 382 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:55,919 Speaker 1: that she was. She had so manyse layers and she 383 00:21:56,160 --> 00:22:02,120 Speaker 1: was so flawed, UM, which which I enjoyed because that's real, right. 384 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 1: We all are so flawed and we have so many 385 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: layers in trauma that we've been through. UM. So for 386 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:11,439 Speaker 1: each segment of the movie, I kind of broke it 387 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: down UM and I was able to connect myself to 388 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:20,360 Speaker 1: those moments with real things that I've been through UM 389 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 1: and and having empathy for her and not playing her 390 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:28,440 Speaker 1: so um like too vindictive. I feel like there is moments, 391 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,160 Speaker 1: like you said, where she was starting to believe, like, Hey, 392 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: I can't have this life with my dad and maybe 393 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 1: they do want me around, and and maybe I am 394 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 1: accepted and they love me. And then she has these 395 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: moments where she feels a little rejected and she calls 396 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 1: you know, she calls DC young flies character and she 397 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 1: puts her back on the road. I think there's a 398 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 1: real polarity to her and in this movie, and that's 399 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 1: what makes it so interesting to me, is because you're 400 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 1: seeing this girl goes through all of these emotions and 401 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:06,200 Speaker 1: but you also can relate to her um and by 402 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 1: the end, she does get her redemption and he don't don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, 403 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: don't get too much. Don't give it too much. Come on, 404 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: come on, don't give him too much. They need to 405 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,479 Speaker 1: watch this because because you know, I enjoyed. First of all, 406 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,440 Speaker 1: I'm joining the interview talking to you because I love 407 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:22,640 Speaker 1: talking to young talent, and because there's such a future 408 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:25,359 Speaker 1: ahead of you. And we don't know what the future is. 409 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,880 Speaker 1: But you're a hard worker and if you stay true 410 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: to the course, and you have you brought up your 411 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:33,160 Speaker 1: mom several times, so you have a foundation to fall 412 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,440 Speaker 1: back on and your faith, and this movie is about faith. 413 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,679 Speaker 1: It allows you and it's also a movie that is 414 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 1: uh all African American cast, but it's relatable to anybody. 415 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:45,920 Speaker 1: I don't care if you're black, brown, white, you can 416 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 1: reach into this movie and realize, you see that character 417 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: Kesha Jones could be Lisa Lisa Epstein. Okay, that's that's 418 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 1: because they We all have those parts in our lives 419 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 1: that allows us to be disenfranchised and how do we 420 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: react when the opportunities given to us. And that's what 421 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,399 Speaker 1: stood out for me in this role. And that's what 422 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,400 Speaker 1: you was able to do. And when when I look 423 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,760 Speaker 1: at you now, and there's a as a high level 424 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: of innocence that you show in this interview, and that's 425 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 1: that I think that allows you to do what you 426 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 1: do because when I when I look at people, and 427 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:19,960 Speaker 1: I've been fortunately cast a lot of people, from Nick 428 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: Cannon too, to Kim Willard, to Gabriel Union and to 429 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 1: Roggi p Henson. You know Terence Howard, I know all 430 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 1: these people, and and you're coming from a body of 431 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 1: work where you had kind of like a masterclass working 432 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:34,879 Speaker 1: with these two people because their their styles are different. 433 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 1: But that that to Roggi p Henson, she no joke. Now, 434 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 1: if you if you want to come on the series 435 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 1: now and learn somebody acting. Come on, I tell everybody 436 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:46,880 Speaker 1: about Roggi, Pi Interna, Sorea both Taraggie is a force 437 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 1: to be reckoned with. Um. I watched her and Terence 438 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: many days when I was wrapped from work, and I said, 439 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: can I just stay and please just watch them do 440 00:24:56,400 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 1: this scene because they are so amazing and together, so amazing, 441 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 1: but so interesting separately in in her and Terrence are 442 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 1: just genius, and you know what it is to me, 443 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 1: It's just they're fearless and they attack each moment like that. 444 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: So they're definitely my two um forever will be my 445 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: two go twos in my head, in the back of 446 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 1: my mind, I'll listen to them telling me just go forward, 447 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 1: just go for it, let it go. We'll great. Well, 448 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: I want to wrap talking about a couple of projects 449 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 1: that you have coming up. Favorite Sons directed, Favorite Song, 450 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 1: Excuse Me directed by Robin Gibbons, and also Black Maffia. 451 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: I know you can't tell us anything about that if 452 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 1: it's since movie attract us down, beat us up, but 453 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:45,919 Speaker 1: let's talk about Favorite Son and what what what role 454 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 1: you playing that and also Black Mafia Family. Oh and 455 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 1: Favorite Son, Super excited because Robert Robin Gibbons directed this 456 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: and she's like one of my favorites. UM. So I 457 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 1: play UM a girlfriend and a choir member to the church. UM, 458 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: a girlfriend to one of the pastor's sons, UM. And 459 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,760 Speaker 1: she also very larry character, which is awesome because she 460 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 1: goes through something in faith with her faith as well, 461 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,159 Speaker 1: but more in the church because I feel like a 462 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 1: lot of people in church, UM, they're trying to put 463 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: the best foot forward as they should and they're trying 464 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:24,959 Speaker 1: to live their life right now. That doesn't exempt them 465 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 1: from life like the rest of us. So I think 466 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:29,920 Speaker 1: the character that I play on that on the movie 467 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: UM is a testament to that, and it's a testament 468 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:37,119 Speaker 1: to not judge each other so crucially and to understand 469 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 1: that that life still happens to you. So there's some 470 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 1: there's some twists and turns in there with my character 471 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,359 Speaker 1: once again, UM, you might, you might love her, you 472 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 1: might hater, but it's super dope. I play opposite of 473 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:56,639 Speaker 1: Jonathan McReynolds and wrote Timmy um Mr Power Mr Power 474 00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:00,400 Speaker 1: or Mr Power, Mr Power h And he's a amazing 475 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 1: and so I'm so grateful to have shared the screen 476 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:06,480 Speaker 1: with them as well, and that's gospel singer. And then 477 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 1: in in the BMF story, I played the baby mother 478 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 1: to uh Meach, which is one of the Flinnering brothers, 479 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,960 Speaker 1: um and one of the main the main, the main 480 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 1: guys who made it all happen. UM. So uh yeah, well, well, 481 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: first of all, I know you can't tell too much 482 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,120 Speaker 1: about that, you know, because it's it's but you've told 483 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: me enough to know. First of all, you're fantastic. April seventeen, 484 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:37,679 Speaker 1: will be looking at your lifetime starring in the row Envy. Also, 485 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 1: you have a project coming out directed by Robin Gibbons 486 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 1: called Favorite Son and we're gonna see you in the 487 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 1: Black Mafia Family of Kohl the b MF, you know, 488 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: one of those big fifty cents projects. Again, thank you 489 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 1: for coming on the show. And now you have a 490 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:54,120 Speaker 1: new single. 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