1 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: I'm a homegrow that knows a little bit about everything 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: and everybody who has you know, if you don't lie 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: about that. 4 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 2: Right, Hey, y'all, what's up. 5 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: It's Lauren L Rosa and this is the Latest with 6 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:14,159 Speaker 1: Laura L. 7 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 2: Rosa. 8 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 1: This is your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment, news, 9 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: and all of the conversations that shake the room. 10 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 2: Baby. 11 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:26,119 Speaker 1: Well, today's episode is actually us taking you to d 12 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: C for a conversation that shakes the room. 13 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 2: So I headed to Washington, d C. 14 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:34,880 Speaker 1: To speak at a leadership institute in Washington, d C. 15 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: Via the Third Good Martial Fund, which is an organization 16 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: that you know, just helps kid that helps kids get 17 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: two in through college, historically black colleges and universities. 18 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 2: And let me tell y'all something. 19 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,560 Speaker 1: Okay, I had such a good time in d C, 20 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: such a good conversation. 21 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 2: So the audience, right, I'm setting the scene. 22 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: The audience, it's about five or six hundred HBCU students. 23 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: They had no idea I was coming. They had been 24 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: in this leadership institute. It's like, you know, something that 25 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: they fly into from various schools. So you have schools 26 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: from all over the country that send their students. A 27 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: lot of them are at the end of their collegiate time, 28 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: so they're like junior seniors semoight have been some sophomores 29 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: there as well too, but they had no idea I 30 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: was coming there, been there for a few days. Today 31 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 1: it was like one of the closing days where we 32 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 1: speaking to them and they introduce that I'm here, and 33 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: I'm here to talk to them. It's based on professional 34 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: development and just you know, figuring yourself out in college, 35 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: and they give you resources and tools this whole weekend 36 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:38,680 Speaker 1: to do so, which is so needed because man, it's 37 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: college and experience. But the way you got to be 38 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: prepared to go over the world, it's a whole nother 39 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:43,680 Speaker 1: ball game. 40 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 2: So take a listen to. 41 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: My conversation at the Leadership Institute with the Third Goood 42 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: Martial Fund. 43 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 2: Oh y'all can hear me? 44 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: You were checking out the shoe Listen. 45 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 2: I think. 46 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 3: The whole fit is just it. 47 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 2: Wow, it's a lot of y'all. 48 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 3: This is Yeah, we got good people here. We got 49 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:09,519 Speaker 3: good people here, so we're gonna chop it up a 50 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 3: little bit. That's a good kind of a way. So 51 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 3: let's start with the very very important things yes, you 52 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 3: studied at an HBCU. Would you like to tell all 53 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 3: of our audience where you studied. 54 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: The best at HBCU in the world. Delaware State University. Okay, 55 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say it one more time because I like 56 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: to be humble. The best HBCU in the world, Delaware 57 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: State University. Okay, all right, uh huh. 58 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 2: All right, yeah, well we're here. 59 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 3: This is calling response. 60 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: It is calling response. But yeah, I studied at at HBCU, 61 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: which I'm always so proud to say because I remember 62 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:57,959 Speaker 1: being at an HBCU and people telling me working in 63 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: entertainment at the level I'm doing it wasn't possible because 64 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: I was at HBCU. So now I love to be like, oh, yeah, 65 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: I went to Delawaressa University. 66 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 2: Oh, Delawaresa University. 67 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: Yes, it's a historically black college, you know, and I'm 68 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: amongst the HBCU family. 69 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 2: I love. That is like forefront for me always. 70 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 3: Well, as you know, we've got five hundred scholars here 71 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 3: participating in the conference. Juniors and seniors in college. Do 72 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:23,679 Speaker 3: me a favorite take us back in time. Can you 73 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 3: talk some about your career pathway from your time at 74 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 3: DSU marketing degree there, yes, and how things have progressed. 75 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 2: Talk to them who that's been a journey. 76 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, So a lot of people think that I 77 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: studied journalism, that I was a communications major. I was 78 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: a communications major for about a day and then I 79 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: realized that, well, I felt like at the time a 80 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: lot of the things that I was being taught in 81 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: school wasn't necessarily what I needed. 82 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 2: I could learn that on the job. 83 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: I felt like I needed the business and like the 84 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: professional development that you guys are getting here, I felt 85 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: like I needed that more and the reason why I 86 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: would be so I was on campus and I was 87 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: doing everything I could, so like when people would come 88 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: to campus and it's homecoming. 89 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 2: I'm not even a mass. 90 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 1: Com major, but like I'm in a radio station doing 91 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: interviews for whatever artists are on campus. 92 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 2: I'm vlogging, and. 93 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: YouTube was so new, so people didn't know what I 94 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: was doing. But I would, you know, vlog as much 95 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 1: as I could, hosting events, whatever I could do. You know, 96 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 1: I was a part of a modeling troop at dell 97 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,359 Speaker 1: S as well, just staying in front of people and 98 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 1: branding myself. Then so people knew me for the person 99 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: that like wanted to be in front of people, speaking 100 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: and entertaining. But when I decided to not be a 101 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: mass colm major, the biggest thing was I felt like 102 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 1: going and getting a marketing or business degree or just 103 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: having any level of business you know, experience and professionalism would. 104 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 2: Set me apart. 105 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 1: Because what I began to realize, I knew a long 106 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: time ago that like the Internet and social media was 107 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 1: going to be like home for the creators and as 108 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: a storyteller, I was like, you know, the only way 109 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: I can set myself apart if everybody's online, they're doing something. 110 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 1: The only way I can set myself apart is to 111 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: really understand the business of me. What is my brand? 112 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 1: Who am I speaking to? How does that change every year? 113 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: How does that change from when I'm at Dell State 114 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: and I'm a student to first year out of college 115 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: and I'm trying to find a job in LA to 116 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: move into New York, like and in each level of 117 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 1: my life, I've been able to kind of like I 118 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: wouldn't even say rebrand, but I guess storytelling a way 119 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: that reaches the market, my market or my audience for 120 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: where I'm at. Like I think when I was at college, 121 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: you know, I was figuring it out. So my conversation was, 122 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 1: then I'm a college student, I'm figuring it out, and 123 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,479 Speaker 1: I'm vlogging about you know, what are internships? 124 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 2: How do I get them? How they you know. 125 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: One of the things I thought was crazy when I 126 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: was at college was when I graduated, they wanted you 127 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: to already have had a job before you could get 128 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: a job. And that was crazy to me. So I 129 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: remember I made a YouTube video about that and and like, 130 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 1: you know, that got like big pick up for me, 131 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:48,239 Speaker 1: and then I posted it y d it. 132 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 2: It was so new. I was like posting to like Facebook. 133 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: I don't even think Instagram had long form video at 134 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: the point, right, But I was just using every point 135 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: of my life. So after I left Dell State, I 136 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: moved to LA. Couldn't get a job. 137 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 2: YouTube too. I lived on YouTube and I. 138 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 1: Meet people today, literally today who still tell me the 139 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: videos I was posting when I moved to LA years 140 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: ago inspired them to move to LA or you know, 141 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 1: different things like that. But I was just honest about 142 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: my journey after college with no money for real, trying 143 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: to figure it out. And one of the things that 144 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 1: I thought was also something that was like people got 145 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: to know about this. I wasn't afraid to go work 146 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 1: a job. I think, you know, when you're trying to 147 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: be an entrepreneur or you're trying to figure out your career, 148 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 1: especially when you're in college and you get a degree 149 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: when you graduate, especially for me because I was first generation, 150 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: so you know, I was the first person. 151 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 2: To figure it out. In my family. 152 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 1: Everyone's looking at you like, oh, you have this degree, 153 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: like you're supposed to live this great life now, just instantly. 154 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: And it doesn't happen like that all the time. Some 155 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 1: people do have that story, but for me, it didn't 156 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:48,799 Speaker 1: happen like that. It wasn't instant, it wasn't right away. 157 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 1: So well, not in my focus, Like I knew I 158 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: wanted to be in entertainment, so I had to go 159 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 1: get a job. I worked for Barclaycard, you know, and 160 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 1: I was an internship I had at Delaware State for 161 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:01,679 Speaker 1: about two years. I was a publicist for some time. 162 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: I've been a flight attendant in each of those roles. 163 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:06,280 Speaker 1: So much of what I learned at Dell State helped me. 164 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: But I got online on YouTube and I talked about 165 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: that like, hey, here's all the jobs I'm doing because 166 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: no one will put me on camera. I'm putting myself 167 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 1: on camera telling you guys that I don't have a job, 168 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: and then now you know where I'm at now, and 169 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: then moving from LA to New York. I've been just 170 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: vlogging and documenting my journey and having to move from 171 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: LA to New York and just figure it out. Like 172 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: Breakfast Club just was one of those things that like 173 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: kind of like just happened and it turned into so 174 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: much more. So I've been just vlogging and you know, 175 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: just the transition of that. But Dell State and being 176 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: a business major helped me understand that as things evolved 177 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: and changed, I needed to understand what that meant and 178 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: how to get that out to what my market was. 179 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 3: Love it, y'all feeling that that's real? Right, let's covert 180 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 3: a little bit time there at Dell State and you're 181 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,239 Speaker 3: from Wilmington, Delaware as well. For my mistaken yes, okay, 182 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 3: to then go to the West coast, how do you 183 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,679 Speaker 3: how do you make a move like that and still 184 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 3: stay you. 185 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: You just get on the plane and go. If I'm 186 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: being honest with you, like that's all that it was. 187 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 2: I think I've always. 188 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: So first I want to say that I was raised 189 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,239 Speaker 1: in a household that you can't be really too timid. 190 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 2: In my house. 191 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: My mom's family is from the Bronx, so she talks 192 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: real crazy to the Bronx. Yes, so in my household, 193 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: you know, you you got to be able to like 194 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: keep up. So my mom, you know, really raised me 195 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: to be very like ambitious, to know what I want 196 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: and to just. 197 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 2: Go and do it to execute. 198 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: So for me, when I knew I wanted to go 199 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: to l I remember being at Dell State my senior 200 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: year and you know, any senior is here, senior. 201 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 3: Okay, all right, so for we got some sens in 202 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 3: December in here too, So. 203 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 2: Shout out to y'all. Y'all excited. 204 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: I know, I remember the feeling and are y'all at 205 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 1: that point yet where you guys are having to put 206 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: together like the presentations and have conversations about what you 207 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 1: want to do after school? Okay, Now let me tell 208 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 1: y'all how that went for me. So I'm a business major. 209 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: At the time, delawarees A University's business program was very. 210 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 2: Like it was Boxton. 211 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: They didn't really like So I'm coming to school, I'm 212 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: coming to class and when they're asking me this, I'm like, 213 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna move to LA and become a TV star 214 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: and they're like, that's not the project. 215 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 2: We gave you. You need to create a business. 216 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: You need to and I'm like, I'm telling you I'm 217 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: the business. Here's my digital numbers, here's my and they 218 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: didn't really understand it then. So I went through that 219 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,199 Speaker 1: whole struggle before I and went to LA. So from 220 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: that I learned that, like you, I couldn't really I 221 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: could only be me. I didn't have a choice because 222 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 1: if I chose to do whatever anybody else was telling me, 223 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: it wasn't gonna get me to where I was going. 224 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 1: Because I just knew people didn't understand it at the time. 225 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 2: So that was a big push. 226 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 1: But again I was raised that way, so I literally 227 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 1: just was like, Okay, here's my plan. 228 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:51,719 Speaker 2: I'm gonna move to LA. 229 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 1: I found a friend I could like just crash it 230 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 1: for like a couple months, and I'm gonna figure it out. 231 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,439 Speaker 2: Went there. Once it didn't work, I ran out of money, 232 00:09:58,559 --> 00:09:59,559 Speaker 2: couldn't find a job. 233 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 1: I had to call Barclay Card and Women's in Delaware 234 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: and say, hey, I'm on my way back to Delaware. 235 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: I need a job, but because of my internship, I 236 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 1: got the job. 237 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 2: I was there for a couple of years, moved back to. 238 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: LA That time worked. It worked, but it was rough, 239 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 1: like I was broke. And if y'all are on YouTube 240 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 1: watching blogs, please go check out my YouTube channels One 241 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: on the Roads at TV, especially for the seniors and 242 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,719 Speaker 1: the juniors, because I think in that time, the second time, 243 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: when I moved back to LA, I really realize that 244 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 1: no matter how much passion you have for something, things 245 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 1: will always hit a low. And if they hit a low, 246 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 1: that means the highest coming. You just have to know 247 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: how to maneuver when things aren't the way that they 248 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: need to be or the way you want them to 249 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: be in the moment, because it will happen, like life 250 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 1: be license and you don't realize, like y'all are in 251 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: such a good place right now, like y'all are in college, 252 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: You guys are you know, getting to meet all these 253 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:54,559 Speaker 1: people and build relationships and this, don't underestimate where you 254 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 1: are right now. 255 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 2: Don't rush it. 256 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: Spend these last couple of months whatever you have to 257 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: really just enjoy being Like for the most part, Billless 258 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 1: and worryless and all that, because once you get into life, 259 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: so many other things are coming at you. But I 260 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 1: think you know, from that time, I really built a 261 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: strong mental relationship with myself, and I would build it 262 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 1: on YouTube, to be honest with you, like I would 263 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 1: turn on my camera and talk to myself because I 264 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: just needed somebody to talk through it with who wouldn't 265 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: discourage me. So when I was doing that, I was like, Okay, 266 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 1: we got this. So I'm in la. I'm figuring it 267 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 1: out that time. But everywhere I was going, what I 268 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: was realizing was people had never had a meet in 269 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: that space, and in the beginning of it, I didn't 270 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 1: really understand what that meant. In the beginning of it, 271 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 1: to be honest with you, I was like, Oh, this 272 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:47,439 Speaker 1: is gonna be so hard because I have a professional background. 273 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 1: I have the business degree. I've been working corporate now 274 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: for years, so I'm very well put together. I can 275 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 1: run a meet and from top to bottom, honey, like 276 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 1: I can, I get the things done. But I want 277 00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 1: to be in entertainment and people don't really understand the 278 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: switch and then I so in the beginning I was 279 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 1: really discouraged. And then that's how brown Girl Grinding. My 280 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: brand came about because I started realizing, like, Okay, well 281 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 1: they don't have a me. If I'm a marketing major, 282 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 1: I don't think about this in a business aspect. If 283 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: they don't have a me, that means there's a hole 284 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 1: in the market, like there's a niche for a me, 285 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 1: So why don't I make that a thing? So I 286 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 1: started hashtagging brown Girl Grinding, and then I started realizing 287 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,559 Speaker 1: other black and brown women were hashtagging it too, cause 288 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: they were catching on, like, Okay, every single time she's 289 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,439 Speaker 1: doing something or she's talking about her journey, and now 290 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 1: we got guys in the mix too, but she's hashtagging that. 291 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: And it got to a point where I realized that, 292 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 1: you know, people not having a meet in the room 293 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 1: was my superpower. 294 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 2: Took a little minute, but I realized it. 295 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: And once I realized that, you couldn't tell me nothing all, 296 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 1: no ball and nothing at all. 297 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:46,680 Speaker 2: So I've always been me. 298 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: I think it just took me a while to realize 299 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:50,079 Speaker 1: the beauty in that. 300 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 3: You had the one way ticket from the East Coast 301 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 3: to LA, but you had to come back. Then you 302 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 3: had a second one way ticket to LA, this time 303 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 3: it's stuck. Talk about overcoming challenges. Some of the scholars 304 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 3: in the room maybe in a similar position to you, 305 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,559 Speaker 3: maybe they were that first one graduating, the first one 306 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 3: now going into corporate. Give them a couple of blueprint 307 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 3: pieces to help them overcome challenges. 308 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: I would say the best thing you can do is 309 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 1: to always be a student, Like when you leave school, 310 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: the learning shouldn't stop. And I know that that sounds cliche, 311 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: but I'm gonna be really honest with y'all. 312 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:32,599 Speaker 2: When you're the first. 313 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: At doing something, you're going to mess up, Like I 314 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 1: mess up as stuff all the time. But what I 315 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 1: do is is I learn from that, so you know, 316 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 1: find people that like you can kind of latch onto 317 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,080 Speaker 1: as like mentors or and even if it's not a 318 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 1: mentor that you actually pick up the phone and call, 319 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:49,839 Speaker 1: if it's somebody that like you just follow on Instagram 320 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: or like you watch their YouTube content or you got 321 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 1: a chance to submit a question on her Instagram. 322 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:54,959 Speaker 2: Story something like that. 323 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: Because what you want to do is is it's like 324 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:00,559 Speaker 1: trial and error, Like you want to take Okay, I'm 325 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:02,319 Speaker 1: new here, so I'm probably. 326 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 2: Going to mess up. 327 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 1: And if I mess up, how can I you know, 328 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,719 Speaker 1: be a person that like learns how to grow from that, 329 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 1: like basically teaching yourself, because a lot of times you 330 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:13,560 Speaker 1: are going to have to teach yourself. Also, I ask, 331 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 1: and I still do. I mean, that's my job. I 332 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 1: ask a lot of questions, like if I want to 333 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 1: know something, I'm not going to be in a room 334 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 1: ever where there is something I want to know and 335 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: I do not ask. 336 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 2: You are doing yourself a disservice. 337 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: You are wasting your scholarship money or your tuition that 338 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 1: you pay if you ever find yourself in a room 339 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: with people that you can actually learn and progress from 340 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: and you do not try and do that. Sometimes it 341 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 1: is about being quiet. I've had to learn that too, 342 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: But you know, ask questions. Don't be afraid to say, hey, 343 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 1: I'm thinking this, what do you think? And I will 344 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: also say too, you know, if you're new in a space, 345 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: use your friends. Like they got this thing. When you 346 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: come into college, y'all do the look to left of you, 347 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: look to the right of you. 348 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, they got that. 349 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,520 Speaker 1: And I think that even though they do it real 350 00:14:57,640 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: quick when you come into college, and they might do 351 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: it at your your graduations. It's so important because like 352 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 1: a lot of times, you're gonna use the people that 353 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 1: you went to college with when you do mess up, 354 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 1: or not even mess up, but when you're at a 355 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 1: high because a lot of times, like now, what I'm 356 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: experiencing is like I'm reaching different success and goals that 357 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: even though I envision a lot for myself, I don't 358 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 1: really have people I can call and say, hey, this 359 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: just happened to me. Not in my regular life because 360 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 1: it's new, But as I meet new people, I begin 361 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 1: to realize that those people have experienced that as well too. 362 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: So if you sitting in a room with me and 363 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: I think you might have understood something, or you might 364 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: have been through something, or you had a similar contract 365 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: issue or whatever, I ask, hey, this is what's happening 366 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: to me. 367 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 2: Have you experienced this? 368 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: Do you have any lawyers you would recommend, any business managers, 369 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 1: any whatever? Do it all the time. But I got 370 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: that from del State as well too. I'm gonna reach 371 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 1: out to a friend. I'm gonna call you. I'm gonna 372 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: use what I have sitting right next to me, because 373 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 1: you guys are sitting next to some of the not 374 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: even some, you guys are sitting next to living legends 375 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 1: and you don't even know it. So you got to 376 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: make sure that that's what of the things that you 377 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: do too, and write down stuff. Talk to yourself, baby, 378 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 1: learn how to coach yourself, okay, because the world is 379 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 1: going to try and humble you. Don't let them do what. 380 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 1: You gotta learn how to talk to yourself and block 381 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 1: out everything else. 382 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 3: Sometimes you have to encourage yourself. 383 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 2: Oh all the time. Eay, we love that. Hi. My 384 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 2: name is Madison Berrietwaya. 385 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 4: I'm a junior at the Delaware State University where I'm 386 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 4: major in Mass communications with the concentration and Converingence journalism. First, 387 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 4: thank you for coming here and talking with us today. 388 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 4: My question is do you feel a responsibility of responsibility 389 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 4: to uplift black voices and stories and how does that 390 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 4: influence your work behind the scenes and how did your 391 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 4: HBCU add to that responsibility. 392 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 2: So, first of all, great question. 393 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: Yes, I feel that responsibility and I felt that that 394 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: you don't. I don't care if you're on camera, if 395 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 1: you're behind the camera, if you sit at a cubicle 396 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 1: in a computer. As a black person in the world, 397 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 1: you're going to feel black responsibility period. Every job I've 398 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: ever had When I said, I realized they didn't have 399 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 1: a me. A lot of that was they didn't have 400 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 1: a black person. So I mean Breakfast Club, to be 401 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 1: honest with chall is the first place I've ever worked 402 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,439 Speaker 1: at where I'm working with black people where I'm not 403 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: the only black person, if not maybe one of two. 404 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:24,439 Speaker 1: So I've always felt a responsibility because I think that 405 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 1: you know, there's just certain things that will happen and 406 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: you're watching it in front of you. Like even when 407 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: I was in corporate, I was hired by Barclays as 408 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: a community relations coordinator and my job there was to 409 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: take Barclay card into the community where I was from 410 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 1: Front Women's in Delaware, to take them into the community 411 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,159 Speaker 1: and figure out where their money should go, who they 412 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 1: should be helping, and why these are people that don't 413 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:49,159 Speaker 1: even cross the blocks that I grew up on. So 414 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 1: you're talking about responsibility. Not only am I having to 415 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 1: explain to them why certain places need money, but I'm 416 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 1: also having to explain to them why they shouldn't be 417 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 1: afraid to go and see it, you know what I mean, 418 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: so that they can really understand and this is who 419 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:04,679 Speaker 1: you need to help so that happens there TMZ, I Raquel. 420 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: You'll remember Raquel that was on TMZ and Van Laythan 421 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:11,120 Speaker 1: who had the moment with Kanye West. So I'm in there. 422 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,679 Speaker 1: I'm at TMZ and they're there. They both end up 423 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 1: leaving around the same time. I probably say Raquel decided 424 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: on like a Thursday, maybe a Friday. Hey, I just 425 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,200 Speaker 1: had a baby. I'm not coming back. I'm cool right now. 426 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:29,359 Speaker 1: Ahmad Aubrey gets killed instantly, it's like, oh, Lauren, you're black, 427 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 1: what do we do? And this is like and now 428 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: this is different because I'm not in a boardroom, I'm 429 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: not on an email. I'm in front of millions of 430 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 1: viewers on primetime and daytime television in TMZ dot com. 431 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:45,159 Speaker 1: When those stories go live, they reach the world. So 432 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:48,160 Speaker 1: if anything goes out wrong in such a sensitive time, 433 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: it's like, yo, the whole world at one point was like, 434 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 1: it's Lauren's fault because you're seeing me on camera and 435 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:59,679 Speaker 1: I'm the only black face you're seeing my responsibility. I 436 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:01,679 Speaker 1: had to oh, I had to grow up, Like my 437 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 1: responsibility not only kicked in, but it had to become 438 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 1: like I. 439 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 2: Was like cute little middle school responsibility. 440 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 1: I had to become like grown up, real real quick, 441 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: because it's millions of you wers that that responsibility is different, 442 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: especially when you know you don't feel as empowered because 443 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 1: it is just you. And then you transition into I 444 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 1: don't care if I'm empowered or not. That's not cool. 445 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 1: We're not gonna do that now while I'm here. You 446 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 1: want me to say what, No, I'm not saying that. 447 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 1: Why would I say that. Oh, I'm also gonna be 448 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 1: honest about this, and hey, you're very ignorant if you 449 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 1: get on air and say that, Okay, cool, you wanna 450 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:31,919 Speaker 1: get on air and say I'm gonna call you ignorant 451 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:33,359 Speaker 1: on error because people need to know that that's not 452 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 1: how they should abide by anybody that doesn't look like 453 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:39,160 Speaker 1: them because you don't understand. So I'm having like literally 454 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 1: like verbal sparring matches on camera, like the responsibility just 455 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 1: it never stops, It never turns off. 456 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 2: And the way that your. 457 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:49,159 Speaker 1: HBCU and my HBCU came into that, when you go 458 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 1: to HBCU, you just learn that, like I don't know, 459 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,879 Speaker 1: like being black is this It's a gift to the world. 460 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: So all you want to do once you leave your 461 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,640 Speaker 1: HBCU is just share that gift like ooh, okay, y'all 462 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 1: need a little sprinkle with me. Over here, you're a 463 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 1: little season and over there and I'm and you really 464 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,199 Speaker 1: learn how to show up. Like I think people are 465 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: always so amazed because it's like I'm fun, I know 466 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: how to speak. 467 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,399 Speaker 2: I might be like, okay, cool period, but. 468 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 1: Then I also like I get on air and I 469 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: can be buttoned up if I want to, and they're 470 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:21,880 Speaker 1: so amazed by that. And I'm like, at my AGBC 471 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,119 Speaker 1: you everybody was like that. We was having a great 472 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,119 Speaker 1: time when we were at college. But these are some 473 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: of the best professionals in the world right now. 474 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 2: You know what I mean. 475 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:34,400 Speaker 1: But your HBCU teaches you that it's like a it's 476 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,960 Speaker 1: like an ability to like almost like I wouldn't say 477 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:38,959 Speaker 1: camouflage because I don't really like that turn, but like 478 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: to Ben and I guess like shake and moves. So 479 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: the responsibility, yes, I feel it. 480 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 2: It's a thing. 481 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 1: I also make sure I prioritize highlighting other black media platforms, 482 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 1: which I was also doing at TMC too, because I've 483 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 1: worked for some of them, so I know how like 484 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 1: you know, they might break an exclusive and people don't 485 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: get to give them the. 486 00:20:57,960 --> 00:20:58,679 Speaker 2: Props they deserve. 487 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: And then also to your HBCU teaches you the full 488 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 1: circle of community. So like if you give and you 489 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 1: help when you need to get, because you're not always 490 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 1: gonna be up. You might be down and you're gonna 491 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 1: need to give help and pick up the phone. But 492 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 1: people remember when you were that person for them. And 493 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: I learned that at school too. 494 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 5: Okay, hello, thank you for being here. My name is 495 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 5: Collander Carter from Alabama State University, senior studying Communications, currently 496 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 5: with ESPN and Endscape. So my question to you is 497 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:40,119 Speaker 5: working in entertainment. That's something I've always tried to push tours, 498 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 5: but right now I'm kind of stuck in the sports 499 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 5: in entertainment. So how do you handle professional relationships within 500 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 5: entertainment because it can get messier. 501 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 2: With rap beats? 502 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 5: Like, how do you prepare and handle those situations and 503 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 5: conflicts in the entertainment industry because that's rare. 504 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:57,640 Speaker 2: Kind of in sports and entertainment. 505 00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 1: You mean, like because of the content aircraft. 506 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, because the content you're covering. 507 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:03,960 Speaker 1: I mean, you just get to a point where you, like, 508 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,679 Speaker 1: I can't please everybody. One of the things that I 509 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:08,719 Speaker 1: do try to do though, is like I mean, if 510 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,120 Speaker 1: I have a personal relationship with anybody and like I'm 511 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:12,959 Speaker 1: gonna speak on something on their I talk to them 512 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 1: first off there like, Yo, even if I'm like that 513 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: was stupid, why did you do that? I'm gonna call 514 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 1: you and be like, Yo, you know what, that was 515 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,439 Speaker 1: stupid and you like come on, and you know, I'm 516 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 1: mightna have to talk about this, And then that extends 517 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 1: into okay, so while we're talking, I mean, because if 518 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 1: I know you personally, you know, we were on background, 519 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: so that means I can't use anything from the conversation, right, 520 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,120 Speaker 1: But once we start talking and I'm like, okay, cool. 521 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: So as a friend, even if you're not a friend. 522 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 1: This goes for like people that I don't know personally either, 523 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:45,679 Speaker 1: I reach out, Hey, so this happened, this is how 524 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 1: I was being reported. These are this is what I know, 525 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 1: the facts that I've learned on my own. What do 526 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,680 Speaker 1: you want to say for yourself? And then I think 527 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: if you present as long as I try to present 528 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,880 Speaker 1: as many sides of the story as I can, if 529 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,040 Speaker 1: you do that and then you stay your opinion in 530 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: the mix of that, if you choose to and I 531 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 1: also try and tell people like, okay, sometimes I say 532 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 1: in my opinion, so people know the difference between here's 533 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 1: what is actually happening and here's how I feel. 534 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 2: But people won't get upset. 535 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 1: You cannot get around that because I think one of 536 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 1: the things too, that people have enjoyed watching with me 537 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: is the fact that, like I'm honest, Like if I 538 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:24,120 Speaker 1: feel away, I feel away. If I need to say 539 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:26,440 Speaker 1: something I say, I think I've learned how to button 540 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:27,400 Speaker 1: it up and. 541 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 2: Keep it real cute. But I think people enjoy that. 542 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 1: That's why y'all like watching The Breakfast Club because you 543 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:35,120 Speaker 1: know Charlemagne is going to say what he wants to say. 544 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 1: You know Mv's gonna get a joke or tea, and 545 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 1: y'all know Jets with the mess and her news is real. 546 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 1: It's gonna say what she wants to say. And people 547 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:43,120 Speaker 1: like that, so you can't. 548 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:43,439 Speaker 2: Get around it. 549 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 1: I will say, though I wouldn't I wouldn't run from it. 550 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 1: I wouldn't run from entertainment because of that unless you're 551 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 1: just not comfortable with it, If you're not comfortable with 552 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: rubbing people the wrong way, people having an opinion about 553 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: your opinion and not liking certain things. Is it might 554 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,959 Speaker 1: not be the industry for you on camera because it 555 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,400 Speaker 1: literally just happens. People gonna not like the fact that. 556 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,359 Speaker 2: You put on lipstick today. 557 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:08,679 Speaker 1: No, I promise you, I promise you. It gets that 558 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 1: petty like. People will be like, why she sitting up 559 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 1: there in that red lip. Journalists don't wear red lip. 560 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 1: Oh baby, I wear ruby woo. I do relet down Like. 561 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:18,880 Speaker 1: So you gotta kind of like do all you can 562 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:20,879 Speaker 1: do and realize that some things you just can't help. 563 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 3: You're welcome, all right, all right, we've got folks graduating 564 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 3: in December. We've got folks graduating in the spring. We've 565 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 3: got folks that are graduating next December twenty sixth or 566 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 3: into the next year. Give them a message or something 567 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:39,640 Speaker 3: they can hold on to, something that they can play back. 568 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:44,880 Speaker 3: Use this encouragement when it gets tough, close us out, says. 569 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 1: I would say I got two things, Okay, I would say, no, 570 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 1: I'll just do one. Warning comes before destruction. You're going 571 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 1: to experience a lot of different things. You are going 572 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,399 Speaker 1: to try things, and you should throw that at the 573 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:04,879 Speaker 1: wall see if they stick. Whatever you think, like, if 574 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 1: you're passionate about it, do it, do it well. 575 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:08,120 Speaker 2: Start now. 576 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:12,119 Speaker 1: Execution is important, Discipline is important, but you have an 577 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:16,640 Speaker 1: instinct and you have a gut for a reason if 578 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:20,199 Speaker 1: there is You know, when I say warning comes before destruction, 579 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 1: I really mean that there will be times where your 580 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: own natural instinct will say to you, this isn't right. 581 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 1: I should pivot here, I should take that opportunity. Even 582 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 1: though I think I didn't want to work at barclay Card, 583 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 1: that was the best thing that ever happened to me. 584 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:35,439 Speaker 1: I did it for two years. Without them, I wouldn't 585 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 1: be sitting here. I learned everything about my professional delivery 586 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 1: from that job, and I didn't even want to take it. 587 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 1: But my gut said, girl, you need a job. Just 588 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: take it, put your head down, do what you need 589 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 1: to do. Your instinct and your gut will tell you 590 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,159 Speaker 1: so much of what you should be doing. 591 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 2: Listen because those warnings will come. 592 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 1: That gut instinct will come, But it ain't gonna come 593 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 1: to many times before you get in your own way, 594 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,159 Speaker 1: and that looks like the destruction. So get out your 595 00:25:58,200 --> 00:25:59,879 Speaker 1: own way, try things, stow things. 596 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 2: At the well. 597 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,400 Speaker 1: Execution, don't just talk about it, write it down, pray 598 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 1: on it. But actually go do it, like start now, 599 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,360 Speaker 1: like right here, right now. You should be starting. If 600 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 1: you rap, I should be able to go on Instagram. 601 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:11,719 Speaker 2: And see freestyles and covers. 602 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:13,440 Speaker 1: If you are a journalists, I should be able to 603 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:15,919 Speaker 1: see right now in your interviews. If you make clothing, 604 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 1: I should see right now some photo shoots, your homegirls 605 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: and all of your branding, all that stuff like start now. 606 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: Don't wait until you graduate, don't wait until you move 607 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: to your dream place that you want to live. 608 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 2: None of that matters. 609 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 1: These tables are going to be there for y'all pull 610 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 1: up a seat too, or for you to create for yourself. 611 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,200 Speaker 2: But you got to execute to do any of that. 612 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 3: Let's give it up, y'all. Lauren, thank you again so much. 613 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 3: Reminded one more time on the on the ig. 614 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, I'm Lauren Lorosa everywhere. So l O R 615 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:50,920 Speaker 1: E N l O R O s A and be 616 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:51,680 Speaker 1: my favorite. 617 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 2: Brown gargrinding. 618 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:54,920 Speaker 1: Yes, so brown gargrinding is I call it the online 619 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 1: group chat. So we inspire, we lift up, we have 620 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:00,160 Speaker 1: a little bit of fun. There's news there, there's conversations there. 621 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:02,679 Speaker 1: You have a good time over there to bron gar 622 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 1: grinding on Instagram, and I do have a podcast with 623 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,399 Speaker 1: iHeart and the Black Effect Network called The Latest with 624 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,200 Speaker 1: Lauren Rosa. It's a daily dig on all things pop 625 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: culture and entertainment, news and our break exclusives. 626 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 2: There we just did. 627 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 1: We just wrapped up all of our Diddy trial coverage, 628 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 1: so all that stuff is there as well too. 629 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's where I'm at. 630 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,919 Speaker 3: Helling content and again on a very very important topic. 631 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:27,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, oh yeah, no, the Diddy trial coverage took my 632 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:29,399 Speaker 1: social out of here. I started the trial with like 633 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 1: three thousand subscribers on YouTube. 634 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 2: I'm at like sixty k right now. 635 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 3: It's a testament to your work. 636 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:39,119 Speaker 1: Do it now, don't wait. Nope, all that's iPhone footage. 637 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 2: Do it now. Don't wait for things they. 638 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 3: We'll use it as our clothes everyone. So thank you all, 639 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,359 Speaker 3: so so much. Let's give it up again, y'all for. 640 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 1: At the end of the day, you guys could be 641 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 1: anywhere with anybody having a conversation about all these things, 642 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:56,119 Speaker 1: but you choose to be right here with me, my 643 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,359 Speaker 1: low riders, and I appreciate you guys for that. 644 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:00,639 Speaker 2: Lorren L. Rosa. 645 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: This is the Latest with Laurence Rosa and I will 646 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 1: see you guys in my next episode.