1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't. Let's just keep the real straight shot 2 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: with no chasings. I'm gonna get a little bit rough. 3 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 1: I'm here for it. Those who really believe in the 4 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: American process, all of us straight shut, no chasing. What's 5 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: Your Girl? Tessel Figura on the Black Effect podcast that work. 6 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: The worst thing that anybody can experience, from what my 7 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 1: mother said, UH, is losing a child, and it's something 8 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: that people rarely recover from, if at all. UM. It 9 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: is a pain that stays with the family, particularly the parents, 10 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 1: for life. UM. And it's truly one of those things 11 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: that you are truly at a loss for words. And 12 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: so pray for his strength, Pray for the strength of 13 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: his mother and his entire year family. That was his 14 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 1: only baby girl, two years old. UH. An unfortunate incident 15 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: where it was at home minding her own business and 16 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: was not in the streets. She was not a street girl, 17 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: she wasn't out at the club, she wasn't doing any 18 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:20,400 Speaker 1: of that. She was at home minding her own business, 19 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,639 Speaker 1: and intruders came in and shot her and she leaves 20 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: a baby girl behind. So I'm saying all that to say, UM, 21 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 1: this week has been a hell of a week. It 22 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: really has. It's been a hell of a week. Uh, 23 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 1: there's been so much up and down. Um, there's so 24 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 1: many topics that I want to tackle, and I'm really 25 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: just at a loss on where do I start because 26 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: it's so much to unpack. Again, you're listening to Straight 27 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: Shot No Chaser Live on Instagram Live also on my YouTube. 28 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: Shout out to those of you who are watching on 29 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: YouTube as well. Uh. Each time I wanted to go 30 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: live this week, something else happened in change of the 31 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: direct shin of the podcast. Uh. At the beginning of 32 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: the week, I wanted to talk about abortion. I wanted 33 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: to talk about how Democrats were talking about how Republicans 34 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: have been plotting and planning for ten years, and they've 35 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: been sitting back watching and plotting, planning for ten years, 36 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: and now all of a sudden, everybody is surprised. I 37 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,639 Speaker 1: wanted to talk about that. I wanted to talk about, 38 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: you know, where we are with the primaries that happened 39 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: on Tuesday, particularly in Ohio. And then last night I 40 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: was gonna go live, but I did not out of 41 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: respect to Kevin Samuel's family who, uh, some of his 42 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: family men's particularly his cousin is a personal friend of mine. Uh. 43 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: You guys have probably heard me refer to him in 44 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: the comments several times. His name is Antoine Samuel's. I've 45 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,079 Speaker 1: even brought him on Live before, and we've talked about 46 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: how he walked to my house, uh when we were young. 47 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: I'm thinking he was gonna get some and walked for 48 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 1: like a mile or two or something in the heat. 49 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:04,679 Speaker 1: And so you probably remember him because he's been on 50 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: my life several times and Kevin uh was or is 51 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: his cousin, first cousin. And so last night I was 52 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: supposed to go live my my commentary comes out every Thursday, 53 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: but I told my producer I did not want to 54 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,959 Speaker 1: go live because I know people were asking what do 55 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:28,839 Speaker 1: you think about Kevin? About Kevin Sam's and because of 56 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: my relationship with his family and the private conversations that 57 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: I had with him, I didn't want to talk about 58 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: an issue that his family had not spoken yet. This 59 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: is why if you rock with me, if if you 60 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: if you love how I get down. This is why 61 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna need five of y'all to tell the person 62 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: in the comments that I penned on the Kevin Sanguel's 63 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: post that he really should just shut the funk up. 64 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: And I'm saying it just like that, like straight up, 65 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: just shut the funk up. Like it's times where we 66 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: joke and we play, and you know, I definitely go 67 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 1: back and forth, but it's times when people really should 68 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: just shut their mouth because they don't know what they're 69 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: talking about. They just spew off ship they just made. 70 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: And I'll recap that he was saying, I made a 71 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 1: post last night, and when I said, and I'm not 72 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: reading it verbe let me read it verbatim. I made 73 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: a post last night, not wanting to confirm Kevin because 74 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: it wasn't my place. And I said, now, this was 75 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: after it was a trending topic on Twitter, after it 76 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: was a trending topic on Instagram, after a whole clubhouse 77 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: room had been established. After talking to Antoine and listening 78 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 1: to the frustration and my friends voice, hearing him here 79 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: in his pain, this is my day one day one, 80 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: I wanted to say something on behalf of the family 81 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: without confirming anything because that's not my place, even though 82 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: I knew at the time that he had passed away, 83 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 1: but that wasn't my place. But I wanted to say 84 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: something for people to just keep in mind that Kevin 85 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 1: does have a family. So I said, out of respect 86 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: for my thirty year friendship for Kevin Sam's cousins, cousin 87 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: have nothing to say, but the internet is wild. You 88 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: may remember the man I brought on live and talked 89 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 1: about how he walked from miles and seeming to heat 90 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: when I was twelve. Because I was one of you 91 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: to know what I was talking about. Why did I 92 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 1: do that because a lot of people be lying, seen 93 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: a lot of commentators, Oh that was a friend of mine, 94 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: Oh that was this and that. So I wanted to, 95 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: you know, put that little receipt in there for those 96 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: that follow me. I said, I love him in real life, 97 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: not this internet ship. Nothing in that post said that 98 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 1: Kevin Samuels had passed. Nothing in that post spoke on 99 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 1: what you may feel about him. I also said one 100 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: of my close childhood friends were related to Kevin Samue's. 101 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: Please keep in mind that he has a family, and 102 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: family has nothing to do with how many may feel 103 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: about his commentary. Nothing in that confirmed can passing at all, 104 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 1: which is why this guy is a clown. In my comments, 105 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 1: I was wanting people to remember or because I was 106 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 1: literally talking to his cousin that was saying, that's funked up. 107 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: How people are celebrating his debt and I'm listening to 108 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: him and I want to say something on his behalf 109 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: because I am in the commentators space. That's actually what 110 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: I do. The question is what do you do people 111 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: that's in comments all day long. I hope you're getting 112 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: paid for it, um, but I wanted to say some 113 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 1: gonna behalf of my friend who was hurting without telling 114 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: his business. Shout out to Dominique uh from Next Generation 115 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: Network in the building with this clown doesn't understand on 116 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: my pages, I work with grieving families all the time, 117 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 1: so there's a lot that we know behind the scenes 118 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: that I do not share publicly. Shout out to Dominique, 119 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: who knows UM how to work with families. You know 120 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 1: when they're grieving, how you're trying to get their information out, 121 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: how they wanted out, but you're trying to be respectful 122 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: of what you can and cannot say. And there's a 123 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:01,039 Speaker 1: protocol in that. So when people come in comments just 124 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: talking out their ads, you don't have the expertise. Meaning 125 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: working with families who are grieving in a crisis and 126 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: typically high profile situations, meaning trending topic type situations. You 127 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 1: haven't been in the room, so you know nothing about, uh, 128 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: how to deal with that with the family. You know 129 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: nothing about trying to have conversations to get the family 130 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: to control their narrative, because although you know, like Antoine 131 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: was saying, you know, we're not we're not public. You know, 132 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: Kevin was public, We're not public. We ain't trying to 133 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: you know, we aren't worried about no story, this and that, 134 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: and you know, you have to have a tough conversation 135 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 1: a lot of times with the family to say that 136 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: although you're not public, your loved one was public. And 137 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 1: so if the family, if the family is not speaking, 138 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: uh making a statement official, then the internet runs with 139 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: the conversation. So there was a lot of conversation I 140 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: had behind the scenes that I don't share with you 141 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: because it's none of your business. So for this guy 142 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: to come in and say, well, uh, you shouldn't have 143 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: said none at all. Nobody even knew today went to 144 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: your page. You sound like an idiot. This was already 145 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: a trending topic. I only said something because it was 146 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: a trending topic. So if you don't follow trending topics. 147 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: Are you only follow twelve people? Then I encourage you 148 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: to diversify your portfolio and follow other people. I think 149 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: you're just wanting to debate with me, to debate, and 150 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 1: today's just really not the day. Because life is so short. 151 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: I always clown, I always go back and forth. But 152 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: that really was a personal friend of mine who was hurting, uh, 153 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 1: and I wanted that out there. And I don't have 154 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: to tell you if he told me to say it 155 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: or not. It's none of your goddamn business. The question is, 156 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 1: who are you saying? What? What are you here for? 157 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: Why are you talking at all? You don't know this family. 158 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,839 Speaker 1: You know nothing about this family. You're not even a commentator, 159 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: You're not. You say you have a communications degree, but 160 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 1: you struggle in uh. You you struggle in comprehension because 161 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 1: I never once said that he had passed away, and 162 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 1: I knew that he passed away, and I knew that 163 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: the family didn't know, and I know they were over 164 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 1: there trying to figure all of that out. Where everybody 165 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 1: was running their mouth on Twitter, and I actually even 166 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,559 Speaker 1: struggled with that shout out to my friend Kenny that 167 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: was on the phone with me as I was trying 168 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 1: to struggle with how do I even say that? Because 169 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: I want to be very careful um and and my 170 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: wording to not uh overstep the boundary of trust that 171 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:26,200 Speaker 1: has been giving to me. See, nobody gave this clown 172 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: any trust in the comments for anything. You're just talking 173 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:34,319 Speaker 1: and running your mouth. Seriously, why am I saying all 174 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: that to say? Well, Tesla, what what are you saying 175 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: all that to say? Because what it shows is that 176 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 1: this rush to judgment as usual that I talked about 177 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: all the time, this rush to comment with no receipts, 178 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: this receipts of this rhetoric over receipts, this making up 179 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: ship as you go. This I believe most people on 180 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 1: your page or this or that, without looking at the research, 181 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 1: without looking at the comments, without looking at what I 182 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: actually said, this urge to so quickly and never knowing 183 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:06,079 Speaker 1: when to shut up. Let me say it again, this 184 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: urge to speak so quickly and never knowing when to 185 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 1: shut up. I am a commentator, so I'm paying I'm 186 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: paying attention to the business that pays me. I actually 187 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 1: have a real podcast. I have a real communications firm. 188 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 1: It's literally like my job to say ship. Now if 189 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: your job, if you're constantly saying something, does it serve 190 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 1: you well? Or or are you just talking? People just 191 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 1: want to talk, Dominique, they want to talk. They've never 192 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:47,079 Speaker 1: been in the room to have to deal with. How 193 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 1: do you deal with loss? How do you deal with uh? 194 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,680 Speaker 1: Handling when when families going through grieving and also trying 195 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 1: to figure out what happened with they love one. This 196 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: is twice in seven days. Shout out to Taco, who's 197 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 1: in the comments now with his daughter being murdered last week. 198 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: He didn't want to have to have the conversation with 199 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 1: him as well. How do you deal with trying to 200 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: deal with what happened? The narrative that they take online 201 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: and run with the story, knowing what to say and 202 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 1: how to say and how to move if you've never 203 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 1: been in those situations. It's not that I'm not humble. 204 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: I have receipts that I understand what it is that 205 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: I'm doing. I worked with attorney Busers and Crump that 206 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,079 Speaker 1: has worked with certainly more families than you've ever worked 207 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: with or will ever worked within your lifetime. When it 208 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: comes to narratives, Shout out to Dominique, who's literally in 209 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 1: the building right now, who organized a march in Dallas 210 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 1: that resulted in the police officer being murdered. He called me. 211 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 1: I wrote out the script. It's a lot that I 212 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 1: do that I don't talk about, and the and the 213 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 1: reason why people trust me with their information is because 214 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: I don't talk. Let me say it one more time. 215 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 1: The reason why people trust me with their information is 216 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 1: because I don't you think I say everything on the mic. 217 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 1: I only say what I want you to know. How 218 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:05,719 Speaker 1: many I don't tell you everything. Everything that I've ever 219 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 1: said about a Democrat has come from a Democrat candidate. 220 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: Let me say it one more time. Everything that I 221 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 1: know and I say about Democrats has come from a 222 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:20,680 Speaker 1: Democrat elected official or a candidate. Everything when I tell 223 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:23,319 Speaker 1: you what they're doing behind the scenes is because I'm 224 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 1: behind the scenes. Homey, that's not about you, ain't humble, No, 225 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 1: it's about receipts. It comes from behind the scenes. So 226 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 1: for that guy to say, oh wow, you didn't have 227 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:39,959 Speaker 1: to be the first to say it. I wasn't the 228 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:41,959 Speaker 1: first to say at you, idiot, I never said it. 229 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: I didn't even said it now. And the only reason 230 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 1: why I spoke on today was because his mother came 231 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: forward and said I had to find out on the internet. 232 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 1: So I made a post that said this is absolutely 233 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 1: true and it's unfortunate. That's why I said, consider that 234 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: they have a family. If you pay attention to my post, 235 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: you can line up the receipts and see what I say. 236 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 1: And when I say it, that was after she said it, 237 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 1: because it was her responsibility to say it. I didn't 238 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: need to run and say it. I could have said 239 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 1: it because I knew before some of the family even 240 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 1: knew these are receipts. But I don't feel like I 241 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 1: gotta say it. So when you come on my pace 242 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 1: and say you're looking for likes and clicks, you sound 243 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: like an idiot. Because if I was looking for likes 244 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: and clicks, I would have made a post and said 245 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,200 Speaker 1: confirmed by his family, and I got a little bit 246 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 1: of credibility. I would have said confirmed by his family. 247 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: Kevin Samuels has passed. I said nothing because I was 248 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: more concerned about talking to the actual family member that 249 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: I love and that I rock with and that I'll 250 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 1: be with tomorrow. Might by the way, So when I 251 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 1: come and I challenge you on on things. I'm challenging 252 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: your ass on receipts because you need to be in 253 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 1: the business of asking for receipts of people who talk 254 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,439 Speaker 1: and see if they can back up that walk that 255 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:57,559 Speaker 1: they talk. And you need to be in the business 256 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:00,679 Speaker 1: of focusing on getting receipts so you can have credibility 257 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: so that people are called you when they need something. 258 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:06,679 Speaker 1: Rather than arguing with me, rather than telling me anything, 259 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:10,679 Speaker 1: you should have been asking for advice. That's why I 260 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:15,319 Speaker 1: told him Happy Mother's Day, because you're acting like a girl. 261 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: That's why I said Happy Mother's Day. I don't know 262 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 1: if he put that together yet, but I told him 263 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: Happy Mother's Day because you're acting like a girl. Who 264 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 1: would you mean, act like girl? Going back and forth, 265 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 1: arguing back and forth over nothing. Yeah, I know all 266 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: women don't do that. I'm a woman, so don't start 267 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 1: with the women. Of course, I'm a woman arrival women. 268 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: But you're acting like a girl. So Happy Mother's Day. 269 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: It's real ship going on right now. Uh, between two 270 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 1: people I loved that lost people that they loved this 271 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 1: week behind Mother's Day that's coming up that I'm reminded 272 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: that my mother is no longer walking among us to 273 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 1: my other cousin that was murdered UH several years ago, 274 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: two thousand fifteen. His birthday is tomorrow. He also was 275 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: buried on Mother's Day as well, who was also murdered, 276 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 1: who was also two years old. There's real ship going 277 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 1: on in life while people will be sitting up playing 278 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 1: in the comments. There's real ship that be going on 279 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 1: in life while people be playing in the comments. So 280 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: I don't really have a lot to say this week 281 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: because I do want to deal with abortion. I do 282 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: want to deal with those who are pro life. Speaking 283 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 1: of life, I do want to deal with those who 284 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 1: are pro choice. I do want to talk about the 285 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: narrative the concerns UH that I see. I am pro choice, 286 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 1: by the way, but I also in pro uh birth 287 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:55,359 Speaker 1: control and pro prevention as well. And I do understand 288 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: there are black people who are also pro life and 289 00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: it doesn't make them a sellout. It makes them that's 290 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: us what they believe in. So I do want to 291 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: get into that topic. UH, You're just gonna have to 292 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: bear with me. It's not a topic that I can 293 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 1: address now because so much is going on this week 294 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 1: that I want to make sure that I am present 295 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 1: and my mind is clear, and that I'm not all 296 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: over the place. But I did want to tap in 297 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: with you, UM, because that live, like I said, last 298 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 1: week ended so abruptly, and I it was because of 299 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: you know, the loss of my friend's daughter and she 300 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: was buried just a few hours ago, and so I 301 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: wanted to just come do my weekly thing to let 302 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: you know, stay connected with me. I know a lot 303 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 1: of people ask what do you think about this? We 304 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 1: think about that. I am going to get to that. 305 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 1: This has just been a hell of a week. On 306 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: a positive note, my grandmother did turn She's my only 307 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 1: living grandparents. Both of my parents are to see she 308 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: turned on Wednesday. UM, so there are there is some 309 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 1: good going on in life as well. Remember that as 310 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 1: we're seeing what's up Stephen, I haven't seen you in 311 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:08,360 Speaker 1: a while from Chicago. Remember that as well, that as 312 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 1: we're seeing this bad news and all of these sudden deaths, 313 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:16,200 Speaker 1: remember uh that there's some good happening to um. And 314 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: we have to make sure that we're constantly finding balance, uh, 315 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,639 Speaker 1: and that we're kind. And it doesn't mean to ignore pain. 316 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 1: It doesn't mean to script under the rug. It doesn't 317 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 1: mean to say that your pain is not real. I'm 318 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 1: just telling you that that in all things, you know, 319 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 1: try to find balance. And so uh, I am going 320 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: to get back with you. Guys. I need you to 321 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: bear with me. I want to talk about abortion. I 322 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: want to talk about um the new press secretary and 323 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: what does it mean to have a black press secretary. 324 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:50,639 Speaker 1: And I know some of y'all are celebrating and some 325 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 1: of y'all saying, I'll forget that, we want policy, but 326 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:55,639 Speaker 1: I want to deal with that too. So there's a 327 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 1: lot that I want to deal with. I get your dems. Uh, 328 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,359 Speaker 1: thank you always for those of y'all who send me stuff, 329 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 1: especially when y'all be sending me them, uh, the nasty 330 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 1: of you know if y'all like sending me stuff about sex, 331 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:12,119 Speaker 1: so I like that too. I like that you can 332 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 1: appreciate my diversity. So just just just know that, know 333 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 1: that I appreciate you. Know that I am certainly honored 334 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 1: to have you followed me for whatever reason. And I 335 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: also don't mind blocking your ass either. I'm okay with 336 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 1: that too, so uh, and I don't always contrary to 337 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 1: the contrary to popular belief, that guy, I guess next 338 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: you're gonna block me. No, next, I'm gonna call you 339 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 1: a clown. If you really knew my playbook, you would 340 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: know the next The next thing in line is to 341 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,640 Speaker 1: call you a clown, not block you. Sometimes I don't 342 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: block it all. I rarely blocked. I just did that 343 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,000 Speaker 1: yesterday because the girl said by girl by and I 344 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: wanted to say, it's so hard to say goodbye. So 345 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: most of the stuff that I do, it's really to 346 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: entertain y'all. It's not then people don't bother me at all. 347 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 1: I keep telling you I'm a soldier, I'm not a civilian, 348 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,360 Speaker 1: so it's really to entertain out So I'm all over 349 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 1: the place as you can see, um, and I just 350 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,400 Speaker 1: want you guys to you know, bear with me. Thank 351 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: you so much. And Happy Mother's Day to everybody out 352 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: there as well. Uh, let's rock with me, stay with me. Yes, 353 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: the classes coming up September ten. We have the contract. 354 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 1: We are just waiting on the other hard signature uh 355 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 1: that comes, you know, to make it official. And I'm 356 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:29,399 Speaker 1: so excited and I cannot wait to announce y'all not 357 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,680 Speaker 1: gonna like the people that that put the money behind it. 358 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 1: You're gonna have. Let me just say it. I'm really excited. Uh. 359 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: Puff is one of the sponsors with our Black Party 360 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 1: that believed in your girl, and y'all can say what 361 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,640 Speaker 1: you want to say about him, but it is truly amazing. 362 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 1: So again, everyone just rock with me. I look forward 363 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,679 Speaker 1: to the training that's coming up. Please stay connected to 364 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 1: me as I tap into the many many topics that 365 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: happened on this week. I do want to U take 366 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 1: again time to recognize, uh the tremendous loss that friends 367 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 1: of mine have experienced this week, and so I want 368 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 1: to pay homage and respect to that uh and take 369 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 1: a pause for a moment on any other topics so 370 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:22,440 Speaker 1: that that could definitely um be acknowledged on my part. 371 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: So stay down with me. I am going to try 372 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 1: this again on next week where we can kind of 373 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:31,439 Speaker 1: get into, uh a little bit more on what's going 374 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 1: on with this abortion conversation, and stay tuned. UH. Please 375 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 1: make sure you subscribe on the podcast. 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