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Speaker 1: WhatsApp is way angela, ye am, I sorry yo. My

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Speaker 1: excited because back again, Irisstart is here. Welcome back today,

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Speaker 1: and you are certainly way up. And you're also a

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Speaker 1: New Yorker now I'm a New Yorker. Now how okay,

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Speaker 1: I saw yourself stack, I'm child all right, So talk

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Speaker 1: to me about what it's been like for you in

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Speaker 1: New York because you have been outside too.

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Speaker 2: I've been too outside. I've been way too outside. I

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Speaker 1: Is it inspirational for you though, to be outside because

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Speaker 1: sometimes being in the club, being outside and the lounges,

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Speaker 3: Of gives you like a vibe to ride. Yes. No, definitely.

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Speaker 2: I love being around like my friends, my people. And

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Speaker 2: also I spent a lot of last year inside with

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Speaker 2: the cold because it's my first time experiencing this type

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Speaker 3: So once I saw that it's time to be outside,

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Speaker 3: girl all my life and it was too much for me.

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Speaker 2: Like I was like, yore, nobody told me about it,

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Speaker 2: like this is no depression. I just thought, I was like,

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Speaker 2: what's this happening.

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Speaker 1: This is this is your because this doesn't happen. We

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Speaker 1: haven't had a winter like this.

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Speaker 3: I definitely brought it. I brought, I brought the winter.

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Speaker 1: Did you enjoy some of that though, because like you said,

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Speaker 1: it's not something you're used to.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I enjoyed some of it. It was cute.

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Speaker 2: Also, I got to like the dress, like I got

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Speaker 2: to like, you know, dress up for winter. I have

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Speaker 2: was cute for two weeks, but like the third week,

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Speaker 2: I was like, I think I want to go home.

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Speaker 3: Now. What do you think about the guys in New York?

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Speaker 3: I'm just curious.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if that's a good lad but it's like,

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Speaker 2: you know both they're just like everywhere there's good bad,

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Speaker 2: but the guys in New York I'm looking to Like

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Speaker 2: New York men are handsome, their fly and I just

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Speaker 2: like their accent. I love the way they're just very like,

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Speaker 3: It's like it's a lot. But I'm used to Nigeria ment.

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Speaker 3: I'm used to it. So what are Nigerian man like

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Speaker 2: Youury men very diluvesty care of their women, very supportive

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Speaker 2: thing as like you know New York men too, well,

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Speaker 2: you know men are men. A man is a man

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Speaker 3: A man is a man.

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Speaker 1: Still, well, I want to know about the inspiration for

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Speaker 1: the new single, because we've seen you teasing that last month,

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Speaker 1: so clearly you was living in New York at the

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Speaker 1: time already. But where do We Go? So what inspired

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Speaker 2: So?

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Speaker 3: Where do We Go?

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Speaker 2: Is inspired by a very secret relationship I had for

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Speaker 2: a while where it was very much like we've like

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Speaker 2: nobody knew what was going on, only us and my

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Speaker 3: But essentially I was like.

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Speaker 1: I was like, no, I love him, No, why do

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Speaker 1: I want you to wrap it up? Because your friends

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Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely, because it wasn't healthy. It was very much

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Speaker 2: That's what as I was asking like where do we

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Speaker 3: Do you like me? Because I like you?

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Speaker 1: You know?

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Speaker 3: Where are we going?

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Speaker 1: So?

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Speaker 1: Did a secret because you wanted it to be a secret?

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Speaker 3: Yes? Okay, see there's a difference. Okay, if you say

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Speaker 2: I know, like, just because I wanted to be a

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Speaker 2: secret doesn't mean you should want to be a secret

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Speaker 2: though you know him exactly fight for me, like be

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Speaker 3: I don't care if I don't know exactly, you know nothing.

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Speaker 1: I love the fact that you are like, yes, this

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Speaker 3: Did he really have a bends? Yes? Because we're trying

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Speaker 2: Spin block and it was like somebody I always go

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Speaker 3: A friendship, somebody famous.

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Speaker 2: I don't know about that, another artist, So.

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Speaker 1: Help help Okay, we know we know all right, Well,

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Speaker 1: maybe is it for real?

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Speaker 2: Done?

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Speaker 3: After like you think, or because I'm like, is it

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Speaker 3: still going on? Is the question? Because the way.

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Speaker 2: She's out right now, right now, I'm busy, so it

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Speaker 3: So your friends are still upset? Yeah, just like wrap

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Speaker 3: I'm just a girl. How did he feel about the song?

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Speaker 3: I don't know. I did to ask you, oh.

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Speaker 1: Okay, because I feel I have I did feel like

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Speaker 2: Yes, because he inspired, you know, you inspired the situation inspired.

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Speaker 2: It was our relationship was the it was like the

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Speaker 3: Well, listen, he served his purpose, for sure. He's the inspiration.

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Speaker 3: He is the inspiration. Has he written songs about you?

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Speaker 3: You see where going? You see what she's doing? Right,

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Speaker 3: she's so quick with it. I don't know. I don't

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Speaker 1: It's so funny. So is there going to be a

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Speaker 1: full album coming out this year? I felt like you know,

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Speaker 3: Is not going to be anything attached to numbers? Okay?

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Speaker 2: you know later, I can do numbers, but I like

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Speaker 3: I can't say the name. Can I say the name? No?

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Speaker 2: Oh?

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Speaker 3: May actually said okay, family, come on, okay, no not

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Speaker 1: But she's looking around like, know, okay, I thought we

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Speaker 1: acting and you're actually about to be in something that's

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Speaker 1: really huge. That we're gonna see Children of Blood and Bones. Yes,

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Speaker 3: I knew it's look at your faith. I knew it.

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Speaker 1: And she was so excited about this and about this

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Speaker 3: It was a whole new experience. For me to be

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Speaker 2: Sets for that long, I respect actors, producers like people

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Speaker 3: Like my respect for them is one thousand more. You

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Speaker 2: You know, it's literally a community and it's a village.

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Speaker 2: It takes a village more than a village. But the

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Speaker 2: But when you're on a movie set, it's not just

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Speaker 3: What's your character? I don't know if I'm am I

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Speaker 2: Cast now amazing in it right by Davis, Damnseying, Adrian amazing, amazing.

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Speaker 2: And they're like even like Cynthia is on it, even

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Speaker 2: learning so much from everybody, every single person on sets.

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Speaker 1: So this is not this is gonna be something you're

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Speaker 3: Did you love it? I loved it so much.

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Speaker 2: I love this so much because of usually I'm used

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Speaker 3: I got to be somebody else. So it's not just oh,

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Speaker 3: I'm taking a break from.

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Speaker 2: Music and I'm still doing tiktoks or like still trying

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Speaker 2: to promote the song. This one is like I had

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Speaker 2: to be in a whole other mind space and like mindset.

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Speaker 3: And I love this so much.

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Speaker 1: Your mom is, like I said, yeah, people love your

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Speaker 1: mom on social media, Aursele. She's also been like you said,

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Speaker 1: been there, done that, Ben in this whole artist thing

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Speaker 1: and your brother, so you kind of have that family

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Speaker 1: dynamic and experience.

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Speaker 2: There's a group chat, so somebody puts the wrong thing,

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Speaker 2: it goes on the group chat five minute voice notes

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Speaker 2: on like.

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Speaker 3: No, I love that for you.

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Speaker 1: Yes, I mean I can't even imagine what it must

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Speaker 3: The way that they are. So that's dope.

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Speaker 2: No, It's the best thing ever because I just I

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Speaker 3: We're watching Sex in the City, you.

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Speaker 3: The food is good. Nobody cares. Nobody cares at all,

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Speaker 1: Let me tell your Hou's kitchen is great because it's

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Speaker 2: I'm the ambassador outside. Ye, I'm the ambassador precedent of outside.

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Speaker 3: That's great though. We love having you here.

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Speaker 1: You're also signed to Rock Nation Management. Yes, all right,

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Speaker 3: It's been amazing. I have an amazing manager. I'm not

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Speaker 3: And now I'm working with Kates and Day and Chris.

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Speaker 1: So when you sit down, let's say you're having a

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Speaker 3: What do you? What do you? Where do you you

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Speaker 1: You've known you were gonna be this famous thinger since

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Speaker 2: be honest, I don't think I'm dreaming big enough. I

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Speaker 2: so how can we do this better than any Like

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Speaker 2: you know, how can we do this more? How can

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Speaker 3: I mean I already did that.

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Speaker 2: I want to do it in like in my own way.

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Speaker 2: yeah much. I'm just making the number one album in

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I know at the age of sixteen, you said

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Speaker 1: Like why is this happening?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's you know, joke, thank you.

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Speaker 2: I don't feel like it's quick because I'm very present

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Speaker 3: I'm kind of sick right now. I'm tired, I'm exhausted.

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Speaker 2: Every day it feels like it's months, and I'm just

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Speaker 3: So I'm very grateful for how far God.

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Speaker 2: Has brought me and out for like my team have

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Speaker 3: That, yeah, and energetic for it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: What's the plan for the next project or is there

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Speaker 3: a plan yet? There is a plan? Okay, what is

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Speaker 3: the plan? You know? Why you look at your Can

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Speaker 3: you give me the answer? Please? What can I say

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Speaker 2: Yes, definitely, like summer okay, summer ish, but yeah, therefore

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Speaker 2: summer ish okay, and it collapsed we can back because

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Speaker 2: I have On Thomas on the album, and that's exciting

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Speaker 2: because I grew up watching Leon and he's from Brooklyn.

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Speaker 3: He's from Brooklyn, you know.

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Speaker 2: And I have a lot of amazing collaborations that can't

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Speaker 3: The singles drop, you see how amazing this project. So

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Speaker 3: is it done?

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Speaker 2: It's it is supposed to be done. Because I'm a

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Speaker 2: I'm a professional and I'm a perfectionist. I'm going back

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Speaker 1: You know. Well, we're excited for it, kids like my

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Speaker 1: feel like your music transcends age generations like all of that.

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Speaker 1: You know so much like they cannot play all the

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Speaker 3: Listen, don't do that, don't do that, don't do that.

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Speaker 3: That's it. I'm just kidding, you know, tell me, tell

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Speaker 3: me absolutely no. No. I got over the sneaky link

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Speaker 1: I'm not ever doing that again.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm never doing that again.

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Speaker 2: It's not I mean, it was worth it for me

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Speaker 2: Every experiences you know, I never experience on.

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Speaker 3: My you gotta get you take what you can from exactly.

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Speaker 1: It's also a TV show. Maybe if you show where'd

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Speaker 1: you do a reality show?

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Speaker 3: Oh my god? Do you know how crazy that is?

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Speaker 3: Because I've wing to do a reality show for a

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Speaker 3: long time. I'm right here. I was literally wait right here, wait,

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Speaker 3: I'm right here. I need a reality show. I really need.

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Speaker 3: I takes New York staring. Okay, don't say anything else.

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Speaker 3: I just switched. I just switched from my my role

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Speaker 3: Don't tell her. Don't tell her. Don't say anything. Let's

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Speaker 3: take it off.

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Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, Baddy listening, y'all gotta sign.

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Speaker 2: A n D A.

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Speaker 3: I say anything. I'm so ready. I'm excited. Okay, you

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Speaker 3: guys talk about it. I am thank you.

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Speaker 1: What period, this is where it all started. But no,

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Speaker 1: congratulations on everything. Honestly, like I think your music, you know,

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Speaker 1: it's classic stuff that's gonna like last forever, even from

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Speaker 1: the beginning from what we've heard, but that is the

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Speaker 1: type of music that's like, I don't matter where I'm

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Speaker 1: at in the car, we going to the club making

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Speaker 1: dinner Kim's with a sneaky link.

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Speaker 3: Right, you're right, but you have an.

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Speaker 1: Amazing voice, amazing thing and so much congratulations.

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Speaker 3: Everything, and I cannot so much support always. No, I

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Speaker 3: appreciate you coming up here. It means a lot to me.

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Speaker 3: Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Yes, hey, yeah, it's way yep, but I restart