1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to Money Making Conversations. It's the show that she 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:10,119 Speaker 1: is the secrets of success experience firsthand by marketing and 3 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: Brandon expert Rashan McDonald. I will know he's given me 4 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: advice on many occasions. And in case you didn't notice, 5 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: I'm not broke. 6 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 2: You know. 7 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: He'll be interviewing celebrity CEOs, entrepreneurs and industry decision makers. 8 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:23,440 Speaker 1: It's what he likes to do, it's what he likes 9 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 1: to share. Now it's time to hear from my man, 10 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: Rashan McDonald money Making Conversations. 11 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 3: Here we go. Hi, I'm Rashan McDonald. 12 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 4: I host the weekly money Making Conversation master last show. 13 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 4: The interviews and information that this show provides are for everyone. 14 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 4: It's time to stop reading other people's success stories and 15 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:49,200 Speaker 4: start living your own. 16 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 3: My guest is the legendary Ricky Smiling. 17 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 4: He's an incredible chef, comedian, actor, arthur, television host and 18 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 4: award winning radio host of the top rated nationally syndicated program, 19 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 4: The Ricky Smiley Morning Show. 20 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 3: Ricky has been a comedian for more than thirty years. 21 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 4: He's constant performing across the country and this year will 22 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 4: be shooting a stand up comedy special in his hometown 23 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 4: of Birmingham, Alabama. 24 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 3: Now, if you ever in Birmingham. 25 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 4: Alabama, you have to drop by his hometown comedy club 26 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 4: to start them on Monday nights where he regularly performs 27 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 4: and hosts his charaoke night. 28 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 3: That's sold out. It's sold out. Then they're eating chicken 29 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 3: and laughing. 30 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 4: Please welcome the money making covering Sension Masterclass showed the 31 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 4: incredible Ricky Smiley, my brother, my young brother, my friend brother. 32 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 2: Hey, what's up big bro? Hey? 33 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 5: First of all, I know you're trying to get the 34 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 5: intro and stuff right. A lot of people don't know. 35 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 5: Had it not been for you, it would not be 36 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 5: the Ricky Smider Morning Show. Thanks to you and your 37 00:01:54,960 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 5: influence and talking to Alfred and Missus Hughes when they 38 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 5: asked a question, who would be great to fill in 39 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 5: because y'alls going to another company'll and y'all said Ricky Snouley. 40 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 5: So I really appreciate the opportunity, and I just try 41 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 5: to take advantage of every opportunity that y'all have ever 42 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 5: provided for me. 43 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:16,679 Speaker 2: So I appreciate you were shigning for everything. 44 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:18,799 Speaker 5: Well, thank you, Ricky, thank you for being a mentor 45 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 5: and thank you for being a big brother. 46 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 3: Well, first of all. 47 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 4: Thank you because a lot of people get opportunities, Ricky, 48 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 4: you know that, and they don't understand the work that's involved, 49 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 4: because getting up every day all these years since we 50 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 4: gave you the opportunity can be challenging, can be frustrating, 51 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 4: and people walk away and go give half effort. 52 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 3: But you've established your brand in radio. 53 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 4: Tell the importanness of branding through the radio and how 54 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 4: you impact the community other than just being a funny guy. 55 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:51,639 Speaker 2: Yeah, Brandon is important. 56 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 5: One thing that does reshine to keep your name out there, 57 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 5: keep your brand out there. If you're lucky and blessed 58 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 5: enough to get stations like DL Steve myself different ones 59 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 5: every hour, at least two or three times an hour 60 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 5: your name is mentioned on the radio station. Somebody dropped 61 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 5: in the car, they hear your name. You know that's 62 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 5: that's good for your Brand's good for your social media. 63 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 5: That keep your your name presence with people. At the 64 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:20,679 Speaker 5: top of the hour when they do the station I 65 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 5: d a home of the Ricky Smiley Morning Show or whatever, 66 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 5: and then they might play a clip or whatever. These 67 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 5: are in cars while people driving to work getting off work, 68 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,399 Speaker 5: dropping the kids, or you know, when they're flipping radio station, 69 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 5: they hear your name. So when you show up at 70 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 5: a comedy club or whatever, it hurts your name so 71 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 5: much and it's a build up. People pay money and 72 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 5: they stand the line and they come out to see you. 73 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 5: Because it's not a lot of people that do radio 74 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 5: that still perform other than d L and myself that. 75 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 2: Have their own show, syndicated show. 76 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 4: Now, that's that's important that the business side see. I've 77 00:03:57,960 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 4: met Ricky Smiley. 78 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 3: Web back when he was just a young comedian that 79 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 3: wanted to be on stage to tell Joe. Now I'm 80 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 3: here Ricky Smile and the business man. 81 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 4: When did that part of Ricky Smile has started going 82 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 4: in front of the comedian. 83 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 5: People like you cussing people out on the phone every 84 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 5: other week. Yah yeah, yeah. I want everybody that's watching 85 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 5: this interview to see that this a very classy and 86 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 5: pleasant interview. As a matter of fact, when I came 87 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 5: on the interview, I had on a Nike T shirt 88 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 5: and Rashaan cursed at me and told me I need 89 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,479 Speaker 5: to go put on a suit coat. Tired or told 90 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 5: them that, so I had to run run back to 91 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 5: my room and get dressed. People don't understand the relationship 92 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 5: without listen. You have to have somebody to coach you, 93 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 5: and coaching don't have to be kind. Nick Saban holler 94 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 5: at those guys all day, cussing out all week, but 95 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 5: then they. 96 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 2: Hold up the SEC championship at the end of the day. Day. 97 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 5: And if you don't have anybody mentoring you, somebody saying, hey, 98 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 5: go put on a shirt. Hey, okay, this is a 99 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 5: real this is an interview of our business. Go put 100 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 5: on a shirt and tie. You know what I'm saying. 101 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 5: I wasn't thinking or whatever, but I just appreciate. I 102 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 5: appreciate the correction. And Rashaana know I'm not sensitive. Get 103 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 5: in my face, curse me. I'll tell me what I 104 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 5: need to know. Don't let me walk around the party 105 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 5: with nothing in my nose. Give me some tissue, tell 106 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 5: me to go in the corner and blow my nose. 107 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying. That's that's what a real 108 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 2: friend gonna do for you. 109 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 5: So people like yourself one of my top mentors, getting 110 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 5: at me about certain things and certain stuff on like 111 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 5: you'll call me if you see something on social media 112 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,720 Speaker 5: saying hey, you, you should reconsider that you maybe you 113 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 5: should take that down. 114 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 2: Let's talk about that. Hell, you don't know unless you 115 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 2: have a coach. So I just appreciate everything. 116 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 5: But that's what turned you into a business, and having 117 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,359 Speaker 5: a coach and having correction. 118 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 2: Right. 119 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,840 Speaker 4: Well, you know your hometown guy, you know, and I've 120 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 4: been down to your house and I'm a let everybody 121 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 4: know when you come to Ricky Smiley house, come home, gry, 122 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 4: come homewark because. 123 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 3: He gets mad if you don't understand that. 124 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 4: He's you're coming to a hidden chef because if he 125 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 4: didn't do the RICKSI Morning Show, he'd be doing Ricky 126 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 4: Smiley Cooking Show. 127 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 3: Tell us about that. He's gonna walk you through the house. 128 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 3: He gonna take you out in the garage, show you 129 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 3: that extra refrigerator. 130 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 2: He gonna show you. 131 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:30,359 Speaker 3: The shelves that looked like walmart Ricky. I love that. 132 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 2: Talk about the chicken and dumplins something I know. 133 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 3: So what did what did the cooking training come from? 134 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 3: What did that? I know you down home? Both tell 135 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 3: us about that. 136 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 5: Rason, I'm the oldest grand child, so I had to 137 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 5: help my grandma. You know, people would drop aunts and 138 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 5: uncles would drop their kids at my grandmother's for the summer, 139 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 5: so I had to help my grandmother prepare meals. I 140 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:55,919 Speaker 5: got that kind of figuring out, like, well, why are 141 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 5: you doing that like that? Why don't you do that 142 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,840 Speaker 5: like this? And and then this started making sense to 143 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 5: my grandmoma, you know, so I started getting in there. 144 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 5: And then it got to a point where my grandmother 145 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,280 Speaker 5: got tired of argument and the kitchen. She said, well, 146 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 5: you where you cook the meal, will you go in 147 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 5: there and take out the part ropes? And I started 148 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 5: adding my own little seasonings and spices and. 149 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 2: Stuff too it. 150 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 5: And then it got to a point where my grandmother 151 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 5: wouldn't cook anymore. As a matter of fact, when my 152 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 5: grandparents got older, I would cook a lot of food. 153 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 5: At the beginning of the week, my grandparents would come 154 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 5: over with tougher wear bowls. 155 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 2: And then they would have dinner. For the rest of 156 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 2: the week. 157 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 5: I would cook for myself and both set for my 158 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 5: grandparents and we would divide the food. 159 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 2: Just before they all passed away, and. 160 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 5: They just really didn't have to cook anymore, so they 161 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 5: would warm up stuff. 162 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 2: You know. 163 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 5: I just love to cook, and I started adding my 164 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 5: own little twisting and flavor to it. So I learned 165 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 5: how to get down and get down. Plus I'm trained 166 00:07:55,120 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 5: by an executive chef. I am trained Kurt Boudreaux, chef 167 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 5: Gennar Uh. They are giving me some wonderful recipes and 168 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 5: gotten in the kitchen with me and taught me a 169 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 5: lot of techniques and a lot of things about seasoning 170 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 5: and flavoring and making sure that your food is good, 171 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 5: you know, helping me, coaching me in and cooking. 172 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 4: So but I share a name like pastor body there's 173 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 4: into Burman and market. Not trying to connect the two. 174 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 4: But church church, you are a church boar. You start 175 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 4: your show every day with a gospel song. Why is 176 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 4: that important? 177 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 3: Ricky? 178 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 2: Uh? First of all, shout out the past. 179 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 5: Uh uh uh Pastor Mike, Uh, he lived, he lived 180 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 5: one street over. 181 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 2: Her right there. Let me show Let me show you 182 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 2: where his house here? Now? Uh uh? 183 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 5: You know you know sign before we eat before black folks, 184 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 5: before we eat, we honor God. Before we travel, we 185 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 5: ask God for traveling grace. And you know, you know, 186 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 5: before you do a morning show, you don't know what 187 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:13,439 Speaker 5: kind of date somebody's having, what kind of morning somebody's having. 188 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 2: You don't know what somebody went through that night. 189 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 5: And I always told God, if I ever had my 190 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 5: own morning show, I was gonna always open up and 191 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 5: on him. So those first fifteen minutes on my morning show, 192 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 5: I'm giving you, giving God the praise that he deserved, 193 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 5: woke us up this morning and closed on our right mind. 194 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 5: Things might not be perfect, but we just putting a 195 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 5: lot of hope in people giving you know, and God 196 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 5: honors that, you know when you give him praise like 197 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 5: that every single morning on the syndicated show. Sometimes God 198 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:49,679 Speaker 5: minister the people through you, and I mixed uping new 199 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 5: with the own because I'm gonna have me. You know, 200 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 5: I'll play like all of the up to day artists, 201 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 5: but I promise you, I promise you every morning I'm 202 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 5: gonna have some Plano's tenors in Alto. 203 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 3: That's the morning show for a repart. 204 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 4: I get up at four thirty old school and doing 205 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 4: Steve Hard Morning Show all those years, I still get 206 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:10,959 Speaker 4: up like I'm doing the morning show at six and 207 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 4: six am. I get up at four thirty. Ain't nobody 208 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 4: wants to get up before thirty, you know that, Rick? Yeah, 209 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 4: But what gets me rolling? I'm on your social media feed. 210 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 3: I follow Ricky Smiley feed on Facebook. If you have not. 211 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 4: Liked him or follow him, you're missing some of the 212 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 4: funniest social media post in the country. In the country, Ricky, 213 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 4: you literally if you don't make me laugh, you make 214 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,319 Speaker 4: me smile. Oh, you make me say that boy's a food, 215 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:50,679 Speaker 4: that boy's crazy, that boy's stupid, that boy's ignorant. How 216 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 4: the consistency of them. Sometimes the other day when you 217 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 4: had the lady or the lady the fat feet. 218 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,680 Speaker 2: When I when I put this, just blessed. 219 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 4: It's just a simple taught process, Ricky. Where is all 220 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 4: this ignorance coming from? Ricky on your Facebook page? And 221 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 4: nikas posting consistently. 222 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:22,079 Speaker 5: In the bed waking up in the middle of the 223 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 5: night thinking the stupid stuff, thinking the crazy stuff and 224 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 5: funny stuff. If I laugh out loud in my bedroom, 225 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 5: next thing, you know, I said, Okay, I'm gonna post 226 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 5: this in the morning. Sometimes, yeah, I think I'm posting 227 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 5: around five, between five and six am. 228 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 2: My first post. I have to hit them hard, something 229 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 2: something real funny. 230 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,079 Speaker 5: But yeah, when I posted that the lady feet and 231 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 5: a lot of time you look at the feet and 232 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 5: you know, you see what the feet is and how 233 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 5: the feet look. You don't have to make fun of 234 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 5: the feat. You just say this just blessed me. 235 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 3: Oh you know what. This is what a bad day 236 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 3: look like, right right? Right? 237 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:08,479 Speaker 2: Yeah? Man, rashon social media is so important. 238 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 5: Keeping your fans and your followers entertained or whatever. Social 239 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,560 Speaker 5: media helped to sell out shows post on media that 240 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 5: you're performed somewhere. A lot of gigs that you get 241 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 5: because you got followers. So when you get the followers, 242 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 5: you have to keep them entertained and get your little 243 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:28,679 Speaker 5: help to help you run your social media to make 244 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 5: sure that you don't make any mistakes and get kicked off, 245 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:35,319 Speaker 5: face broken, all that kind of stuff that you're operating correctly. 246 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 2: But yeah, it's a lot of. 247 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 3: Fun now social media. You could be anywhere you be 248 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 3: in New York. 249 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 4: You can follow them for social media and get those 250 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 4: huge labs that I get every morning. But if you 251 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 4: want to see it for real, the raw version, the 252 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:55,439 Speaker 4: improvisational version, the impromptu talent that shouldn't be on stage, 253 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 4: and a lot of talent that should be on stage, 254 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 4: go to Birmingham, Alabama on a Monday night Stardom and 255 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 4: he will show you the gifts that God gave him 256 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 4: at that Carraoke Night talk to tell him about it, Ricky, 257 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 4: come on, oh. 258 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 5: Man, Carryoke Night is great. I got a co host 259 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 5: named Big Chris. 260 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 3: That ain't everybody. 261 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 5: Everybody loved Big Chris, Big Chris. I think Big Chris 262 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 5: be thirty four on his on his next birthday. Thanks 263 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 5: Birthday coming up sometime February and March something like that. 264 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 5: But that's my co host right on Karaoke Night. And 265 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 5: I know how to keep Chris in lane. You know, 266 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 5: Chris is a distraction and Big Chris it's a challenge. 267 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 5: It's a challenge, but I know how to. I know 268 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 5: how to keep him in lane because you know we 269 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 5: are a good conversation on CARRYO. 270 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 6: Don't go anywhere. We'll be right back with more Money 271 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:59,959 Speaker 6: Making Conversations Masterclass. Welcome back to the Money Making Conversations 272 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 6: Masterclass hosted by Rashaan McDonald. 273 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,359 Speaker 4: Now, if you you go to Ricky Smiler dot com 274 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 4: and you scroll down and he has video clips of 275 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:14,559 Speaker 4: current uh Monday Night performances that stood out that night. 276 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 4: So just in case you can't get down there, just 277 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 4: go to Ricky Smiler dot com. 278 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 3: He's just going shine really do follow me? Yes, I do. 279 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 5: Brother, Hey, Hey, that means that means I've been doing 280 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 5: everything right because I had got no text something wrong. 281 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 2: Boy. 282 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 5: Well you know, you know it's like it's like if 283 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 5: Rashaan called, you just gonna look at the phone. 284 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 2: Like, yeah, I know, I know. Take that. 285 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 3: Smith said, come on, Rashan, why are you calling me? Stephen, Stephen, 286 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 3: That's all just a couple of things I want to 287 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 3: say to your brother. That's all just I love you. 288 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 3: Just held. Just give me a minute to talk before 289 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 3: you come in. Because in the. 290 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 4: End, you know, even with Steve Harvey and any else 291 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 4: I'm involved in my life, I understand crisis management. I 292 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 4: understand the next step, the six months down the line, 293 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 4: the three months down loud. It might be funny now 294 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 4: the repercussions of it. I'm not saying you've done anything 295 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 4: disasters like I just try to just get in everybody's 296 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 4: ears that I love, that I believe in. That makes 297 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 4: the difference, because you want of these people can elect presidents, 298 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 4: you want of these people can raise funds for a community. 299 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 3: You want of the black voices that we. 300 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 4: Have at the next generation is because you know the 301 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 4: al Sharptons, the Jesse Jackson's and Andrew Young's. That group 302 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 4: either near the grave or their voices irrelevant to the 303 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 4: community that we're. 304 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 3: Talking to nowadays. 305 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 4: You know, we say rappers out there killing each other 306 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 4: and we try to reel all this in. 307 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 3: And you on a hip hop format, talk about your role. 308 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 5: Yeah, my role is to give you about as of funny, 309 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 5: spiritual and community and what. 310 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 2: Is it called pop culture? 311 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 5: So you know we're talking about what's going on, uh, 312 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 5: you know with with all these athletes and their relationships 313 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 5: and rappers and singers and their relationships. 314 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 2: Uh, stuff that's going on with with singers. 315 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 5: And you know Gary does that Uh uh Gary, Gary 316 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 5: with the tu man. There was a tense moment when 317 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 5: he when he when he came on there when Dionne 318 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 5: and and Tracy broke up, and he said that Tracy 319 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 5: Evans has entered the transferred portal. 320 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 2: Uh. 321 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, I threw I threw my headphones and got up 322 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 5: and walked out the room. 323 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 2: I was in tears. 324 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 5: Not the fact that I wasn't laughing at the fact 325 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 5: that they broke up, but the fact that Gary. 326 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 2: Said that they she chopped the transfer see resigning and you. 327 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 5: Know Brian is my friend, but man, that was funny. 328 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 5: But Prian, I'm sure you're not getting married because Prian 329 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 5: loved Gary. But but for Gary to say that she 330 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:00,120 Speaker 5: jumped in the transfer portal, man, I think everybody this 331 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 5: polity to their headphone long and just went and stepped outside. 332 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,919 Speaker 5: Uh and and everybody's just scattered because it was it 333 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 5: was that funny. But for him to put it into 334 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 5: that crist But we all will agree she's a five 335 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:13,400 Speaker 5: star recruit. 336 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 3: We were all. 337 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 7: Whoam you see them videos with her decorating the Christmas 338 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:28,640 Speaker 7: tree that with that blue dress. 339 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 2: Sun we shun. 340 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:34,400 Speaker 3: Five star recruit? 341 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:41,120 Speaker 4: Okay, Doc Alabama water un see water know the dame 342 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 4: wanna Georgia wanna everybody? She's in that transfer a portal. 343 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 4: Let me just tell you something about Ricky smile. Let's 344 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 4: let's move out the jokes. Professional, smart, educated, family man, honest. 345 00:17:58,240 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 3: Loyal to a fault. 346 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 4: But more importantly, he don't forget. He don't forget, and 347 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 4: he cared about your kids, even if he doesn't know 348 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 4: your kids. He cared about your family even if he 349 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 4: doesn't know your family. That's why that morning show I 350 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 4: had to fight and get him understand who he was 351 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 4: and what value he was going to bring and has 352 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,959 Speaker 4: been bringing to the table the last two decades of 353 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 4: being on the radio. 354 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 3: He didn't see that back then, but I think he 355 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 3: understands it now. 356 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, I got it now, and I appreciate it. 357 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 5: I really really really appreciate it and grateful for the 358 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,399 Speaker 5: opportunity we on some of the big stay We're on 359 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 5: a news station in Tampa call the Vibe the Cocks Radio. 360 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:51,159 Speaker 5: Flip the entire format and put us on so you 361 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 5: can hear us now in Tampa, Saint Pete, Bradington. 362 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 2: Sarasota, clear Water. So that's a big station. Of course. 363 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 5: You know, we're on in Orlando, number one in Miami, 364 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 5: number one in Jacksonville. 365 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,120 Speaker 2: Then we have Atlanta, Dallas. 366 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 5: Louisville, Nashville, really big station there, Cleveland, Baltimore. It leaves 367 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 5: over into the DC area, Chicago, definitely on in the Shire, 368 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 5: were on in in Portland, Oregon. We on in Seattle, Washington. 369 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:31,400 Speaker 8: Yeah, don't forget my hometown in Houston now, yes, yes, 370 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 8: we're definitely in Houston on a big station in Houston. 371 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 2: As a matter of. 372 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 4: Fact, Now, book are rumors that Ricky Smileley wants to 373 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 4: be an author. I said it in the credits for 374 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 4: the Next Level talk about that I wrote one. 375 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 5: Book called stand By Your Truth. I just wrote another book. 376 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 5: I'm so excited about it. And if I'm not mistaking 377 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 5: this topic that I mean, the title is going to 378 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:04,360 Speaker 5: be side Show. Uh you remember show step step right 379 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 5: up her Hey can't afford to pass it by, but guaranteed. 380 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 2: So it shows the happy side and the sad side. 381 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 5: Considering that twenty twenty twenty three, I had something to 382 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 5: go on with all. 383 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 2: Of my kids. 384 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 5: My oldest son passed away, my daughter gave birth, and 385 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 5: both of my younger two kids graduated college in one 386 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 5: graduate college and pledge. 387 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:40,360 Speaker 2: AKA. 388 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 5: So it's been it's been twenty twenty three has been. 389 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:45,879 Speaker 2: It's been like that. 390 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 5: I've been dealing with depression, sadness, anxiety. 391 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 2: Losing a child is. 392 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 5: Something I would never wish on anybody. This time of year, 393 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 5: you know, the holidays are are really hard. I've been 394 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 5: getting therapy twice a week, learning how to sit in 395 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 5: my feelings instead of just finding something to do and 396 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 5: blocking it out of my head. 397 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 2: Because it's still there. 398 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 5: It's a possible, and it's gonna come out one way 399 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 5: or the other. So I had to learn how to 400 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:19,399 Speaker 5: sit in my feelings and just sit right here in 401 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:21,640 Speaker 5: this chair about this fireplace and cry it out. 402 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 2: And I'm talking about sitting in this house. 403 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 5: If you was a fly on the wall and saw 404 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 5: me sit by myself at this table and cry for 405 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 5: hours in hours and just just cry, you know, trying 406 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:50,440 Speaker 5: to get that, get that out of my system. Because 407 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 5: losing a kid or shunning the bills don't stop coming. 408 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 5: I still got to get up the new radio because 409 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 5: other people have lost kids. 410 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:00,680 Speaker 2: Also. My son was thirty two. 411 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 5: But I did carry ok last night and there was 412 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,159 Speaker 5: a lady and her husband sitting in the audience just 413 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 5: trying to enjoy the husband's birthday because they got to 414 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:11,440 Speaker 5: bury there of twenty five year old son Saturday. So 415 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:16,479 Speaker 5: who are you, Who are you not to get up 416 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 5: and get on the radio and inspire somebody just because 417 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 5: you suffered the loss from people going through worse twenty 418 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 5: five my son, God gave me. 419 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:26,160 Speaker 2: I look at it like God gave me. 420 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 5: Extra years because my son could have died when he 421 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 5: was twenty five. 422 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 2: He could have died when he was seventeen, you know, 423 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 2: And a lot of time. 424 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 5: Man, God, all of this stuff, at the end of 425 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 5: the day is a test. How are you going to 426 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 5: handle this situation? 427 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 3: Now? 428 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,680 Speaker 5: You gonna make this situation about you? Are you gonna 429 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 5: use the situation to get better, to get close of 430 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 5: the God, bring other people close to the God, and 431 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 5: help other people with their situation. And so my son 432 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:52,880 Speaker 5: died on a Sunday. They told me to take as 433 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 5: much time as I need. That Wednesday, I was back 434 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:59,159 Speaker 5: on the air and I cried in between the songs. 435 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 5: I cried doing Mercy Break, but I thugged it out 436 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:03,880 Speaker 5: and I stayed on the radio and did what I. 437 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 2: Had to do. 438 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,120 Speaker 5: And I went and served the homes at the Salvation 439 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 5: Army that Wednesday before his funeral. I thank God for 440 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:13,920 Speaker 5: carrying me. I thank God for keeping me. I thank God. 441 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 5: If I never knew God. 442 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 2: A day of my life, I knew him January. 443 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,199 Speaker 5: To twenty ninth, twenty twenty three. Because I didn't do 444 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 5: it by myself. God was carrying me. I couldn't walk 445 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 5: down the hall to get to the elevator to get 446 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:29,120 Speaker 5: on the plane to get the Birnham. 447 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 2: I said God, if I can make it. 448 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 5: Down the hall, from my door to the elevator at 449 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:35,920 Speaker 5: my apartment Complax in Dallas. 450 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:39,200 Speaker 2: If you let me make it to the elevator. 451 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,119 Speaker 5: I can make it because I promised God I was 452 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 5: about to pass out, and that's a fact. 453 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 3: I'm glad he allowed me that honest moment. 454 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 4: That's why I didn't want to interrupt, because our relationship 455 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 4: is about honesty. Our relationship about the truth. Let me 456 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:58,159 Speaker 4: tell you the truth about this man. Incredible family, incredible father, parent. 457 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:00,959 Speaker 3: I love it. Hey, Ricky, smile again. 458 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 4: Thank you for taking the time to come with money 459 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 4: making conversation, master class show man, your special brother in 460 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:10,399 Speaker 4: so many ways, because you're changing lives every day, changing 461 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 4: my lines at four thirty in the morning, money through Friday. 462 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 3: You changed my life than happiness to it more important. 463 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 4: Man, Allow me to share your story, this side of 464 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 4: it and the return of little Darren. 465 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:28,120 Speaker 3: Whoa me Me I love. And we learned a couple 466 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 3: of things. We learned about transfer a portal of day. 467 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:38,359 Speaker 3: We learned that he taking a special with David and 468 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 3: Lynn Talbot. Okay, we learned that on. 469 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 4: Monday nights, the karaoke night that he holds is sold out. 470 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 3: So if you want to get a ticket. If you 471 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 3: don't get a ticket. 472 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 4: Go to rickysmile dot com and you can see some 473 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,919 Speaker 4: of the top excerpts for those video excerpts. 474 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 3: From that on this website. But more important, we learned 475 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 3: that you your humble brother. 476 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 4: You're humble, god fearing man man, and I will see 477 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 4: you at your comedy special on that Friday night. 478 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 2: Okay, let's go rid the Route to the Good Bruthers. 479 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 5: Ricky Smitty spring Syer, Chapter two thousand, trade dollars, baby baby, 480 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 5: a real baby. 481 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 3: He's a young folk. 482 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 4: Nineteen eighty one, y'all, I'm looking at you nineteen eighty one, 483 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 4: four degrees hotly in the hell. 484 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:23,359 Speaker 3: I love it, brother, Thank you, rick smiling. 485 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 2: Love you man. 486 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:31,680 Speaker 6: Money Making Conversations Masterclass continues online at Moneymakingconversations dot com 487 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 6: and follow Money Making Conversations Masterclass on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 488 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 6: Ladies and gentlemen, it's time you stop reading other people's 489 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,640 Speaker 6: success stories and start writing your own.