1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: Once the last time you took a time out. I'm 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: Ev Rodsky, author of the New York Times bestseller fair 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:10,399 Speaker 1: Play and Find Your Unicorn Space, activists on the gender 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: division of labor, attorney and family mediator. 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My next guest is Sky Alvest Black. 43 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,679 Speaker 1: They mostly fascinated dancer, singer and actor who not long 44 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: ago was performing alongside of heavy hitters like Beyonce, Rihanna, 45 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: Barrid Carret before hanging up his dancing shoes for acting classes. 46 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: And guess when the interview wan him to tell you 47 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: how he got an actor who had to make him 48 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 1: get an acting is celebrating his latest gig these days. 49 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: Scott started a new PET series, All the Queensmen. Lem 50 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 1: Gonna tell You One More Time. All the Queensmen one 51 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: of my favorite series right now on TV right now. Okay, 52 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,799 Speaker 1: y'all know I don't just say that. He also played 53 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: in a fan favorite Jacobe on the BT series Tyler 54 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: Perry's Sisters. Scott would also be starting an upcoming legal 55 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: drama Lace as he pursues his acting career. He was 56 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: homeless three times and sometimes this is what this episode 57 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: is about. You know, we talk about faith, We talked 58 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: about your dream and achieving it, but sometimes it Couples 59 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: are set back, and some backs can be turned backs 60 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: where he did not turn back, and he's on the 61 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 1: show to talk about his career and most importantly all 62 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: the queens. Man, please must my man Sky vs. Black? 63 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: How you doing, sir? You know what? So so man, 64 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: I'm phone our phone with all my interviews. But the 65 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 1: fact that I've been looking at your face man for 66 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: like a think a secutive episode. That's how riveteen. That's 67 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: how I laughed. I'm gonna tell you about the series. 68 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: It was dramatic. It was the ladies were empowered. I'm 69 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: talking about the female characters were empowering. Uh and and 70 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: it just led me to believe that there's something a 71 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: different writing style. Kim Fields was she the primary director. 72 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: She directed a prominent amount of episodes. Kim Fields the 73 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: actress Kim Fish. She directed four episodes Deuce Deuce also 74 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: directed two episodes, and Matt Barnes directed two episodes. So 75 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: we had a great plethora of different visions that all 76 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 1: came together to make this like cohesive, you know, beautiful masterpiece. 77 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,559 Speaker 1: Absolutely you hear nothing negative you about this. I'm teking 78 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: my laugh. I thought that, uh, I thought Eva, who 79 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 1: was the star of this show, she is Madam. Uh 80 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: you know, I remember I was growing up. It was 81 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:48,840 Speaker 1: a movie I saw called a Truck Turner. It was 82 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 1: an old star like Hayes and and it was a 83 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:55,479 Speaker 1: character kind of like Mattamus. It was played by Lieutenant 84 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 1: hur Or from Star Tracks. She was the lead character. 85 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 1: I mean, she didn't take no gruff man, I'm and 86 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 1: she talks mack and she cuts you out, and it 87 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:04,839 Speaker 1: was like, it's so different from her character. But it 88 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: was like the first time I ever saw a character 89 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: where a woman was like, you know, had our place 90 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: and showed strength. And then let's talk about the Madam 91 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: character because she she's introduced very early on into the series. 92 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:20,159 Speaker 1: Because you meet the upfront. Talk about that relationship and 93 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: also your character from the standpoint of developing it and 94 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: being able to carry it through this arc. Okay, so 95 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: that it was first and foremost all. I always say 96 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: to even that we have such a great chemistry on camera, 97 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 1: and um, I believe that's because once we got our 98 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: work and we understood what was going on in the 99 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: entire series, we realized that these two characters are more 100 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 1: bonding on the commonality of pain, meaning that we're both 101 00:05:55,800 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: ostracized from our families. And the Madam character is such 102 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: a vital and strong character because she's you see a 103 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: woman where a lot of people in society don't really 104 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: get to see a woman running a business and also 105 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: being and also being a caretaker. And Um, I always say, 106 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 1: the beautiful part about this show is that it's not 107 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: a strip of show. It's a show based on humanity. 108 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 1: And society has this taboo upon meloxioetic dancing, and they 109 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 1: have a taboo on you know, just how certain people 110 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: may get their money, which Madam does. But at the 111 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,799 Speaker 1: same time, there's an integrity to Madam when it comes 112 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: to humanity, you know, just really take not judging people 113 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: and and taking them in. And I always say the 114 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,359 Speaker 1: silent character of the show is club eating. Club beating 115 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 1: is a safe haven where all of these social misfits 116 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 1: come with no judgment and hold each other down. And 117 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 1: Madam has supplied that and myself as coming in as 118 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 1: her um, her nephew, am Um. The casting process, it 119 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: was written first and foremost, I have to shout out 120 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: Christian Keys, thank you, thank you, thank you to Christian Keys, 121 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 1: because it's based on his book Ladies Night. Um, if 122 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: you didn't know, and Christian wrote All the Queen's Men, 123 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: I think, um, I don't. I don't want to miss 124 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: quote the amount of years, but he wrote it pretty probably, 125 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: I think about roughly ten years ago. For and the 126 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: Amp character was supposed to be Christian's breakout role. And 127 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: Kristin actually plays the concierge on All the Queen's Men 128 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: and he's also executive one of the executive producers, so 129 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: he wrote this character. And he told me, he said, 130 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: once I saw your audition tape, that's a that's a 131 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: He's like, it's like, he got it. You understood it. 132 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: And I really did at that time when I auditioned 133 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: for Ampler far audition for Assistance and um, at that time, 134 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: I wasn't in the one bedroom apartment with two other people, 135 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: and I just understood the circumstances of this kid ruining 136 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: to get out of you have a chance at life, 137 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: like have his piece of the pie. And I did 138 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: not know what went into prison for based on the 139 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: audition side, but what I did, I said, there's something 140 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: about because in the first probably ten minutes of the show, 141 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 1: he runs to apologize why is he doing that? That 142 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 1: obviously showed to me that that's not a bad kid. 143 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: That that's not a bad kid. That was a kid 144 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: that felt victim the circumstance. So I built this whole 145 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: back story on twenty years old. And all I knew 146 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 1: is that he came out of prison after nine years. 147 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 1: I said, this is not a bad kid. And and 148 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 1: getting this series and getting the rest of the scripture 149 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: wasn't He is actually a victim of circumstance from one 150 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: bad choice. And and he's actually upper class and upper class, um, 151 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: upper middle class kid, probably upper class, upper class in Atlanta. 152 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: And you know, Atlanta is built on it's the South, Um, 153 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 1: it's built on Black excellence and and um, you know, 154 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: a certain level of moral upper level, moral decorum in 155 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: certain circles. And that is where it comes from. And 156 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: and Am became a victim of his father's ambition. And 157 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: a lot of times, and a lot of times, as 158 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: young black men or even black men period, we're not 159 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 1: allowed to feel, We're not allowed to be vulnerable. We're 160 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: not allowed to say, hey, I don't feel okay. We 161 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 1: have to mask it and we have to just make 162 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 1: it work. And so Amp was always just trying to 163 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: a piece his parents, make his dad proud of him. 164 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: He's in my mind he was an athlete, a d 165 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: one athlete, coming out of school, high school, full ride everything, 166 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: but he had a drinking problem. Let's hold that point 167 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:08,679 Speaker 1: right there. Because of the fact that I don't want 168 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 1: to reveal too much. I want people gotta watch you. 169 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 1: You're a good talker. Now now Scott talking to Vesta Black. 170 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: We're interviewing on this series, the exciting series on bt 171 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: UH plus series streaming lines called All the Queen's Men. 172 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,960 Speaker 1: He plays uh. He plays a young man, like he said, 173 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 1: he made a mistake and who has to find his 174 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 1: way back into life. And he places the nephew of 175 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: a Her character name is Madam and she owns a 176 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 1: club and the club is filled with male dancers. And 177 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: if you're if you're a fan of Magic Mike, you 178 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: know this is the same thing. But it's just African 179 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 1: Americans who are The lead character is a female, not 180 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: a male, okay. And her bodyguard is a female not 181 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: a male. Okay. The decisions that all made from a 182 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 1: operation standpoint, made by women. It's an empowering show from 183 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 1: that standpoint. And this is why I really liked this series. 184 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 1: And this is why because I'm older than you, and 185 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,959 Speaker 1: I've been able to see television grow from a different perspective, 186 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:10,439 Speaker 1: like you know, like finstance, Mafia movies have always seen 187 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:15,239 Speaker 1: to cross over and be accepted. You know. The violence, 188 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:21,319 Speaker 1: the coolness, the slickness, the family you know, always was 189 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: brought into And what we've seen since power has come 190 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:29,439 Speaker 1: on is that now they're allowing us to tell our stories. 191 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: I'm talking about the general public, even black people, allowing 192 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: us to tell our stories from a standpoint of dizzy Papa, Okay, 193 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Okay, So now they're allowing us to tell 194 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: our story. And that's why I really like this because 195 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 1: it has credibility to it. This is this is no 196 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: different than you know, when, when when when? When I 197 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: s Q did players long time ago? Okay with Bernie Matt, 198 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: But it's but it's it's the credibility and the crafting 199 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: and the styling, and the fact that now we don't 200 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: have precedents, we can see things that are like, Okay, 201 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: I can buy into this, and that's why I really 202 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: enjoyed guy. I really enjoy your role and enjoy the 203 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: characters and the fact that man, this is like you said, 204 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 1: it is a club filled with misfits, but they're relatable 205 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: misfits because they all caught up into a world that 206 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:24,319 Speaker 1: they kind of trapped in. They can leave, but they trapped. Yeah, yeah. 207 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: And and and because people care for them too. Yes, yeah, 208 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:32,840 Speaker 1: it's it's it's like a family atmosphere. And I'll go back, 209 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: I'll go back to what you said. Um, as far 210 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: as you know, Madam being Madam and being usually the 211 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:44,680 Speaker 1: kid comes out. He's a trouble kid, that was and 212 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 1: it's like, that's not the case, that is not the case. 213 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:53,199 Speaker 1: You know, Um, you do get to see. It brings 214 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: you into the eyes of this already established world and 215 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 1: so now as the viewer, you're kind of navigating this 216 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 1: new thing through's eyes. And that is what I loved 217 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: That m has such a innocence and almost a night 218 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 1: in a tade to what is going on. And he's 219 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 1: also being schooled on, um, how to open up himself, 220 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 1: because you can see he's not very open, but you 221 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: see the learning. And I love that Am. I always 222 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 1: call him the viewer's character, the viewer's character because because 223 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 1: you're learning how this goes, just as Ample is learning 224 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 1: how it goes. So that was pretty cool. To me. Absolutely, 225 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,319 Speaker 1: let's let's go to my male dances. Now, my boys, 226 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 1: you know my boy, my boy, Midnight Face free go. 227 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. Come on now, number four 228 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 1: Blue can't forget Midnight Blue Man. Okay, now let's let's 229 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,199 Speaker 1: go and be real here. Now. Was any of these 230 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 1: guys dances before or the dancers their dancers? Right? Okay, 231 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 1: Face gotta be a dancer, the face, um Face who's 232 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: played by Keith Yep, he's a real dancer. Doc who's 233 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 1: played by Michael Bolware is a real dancer. Midnight who's 234 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: played by Germany is a real dancer. In El Fuego 235 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: who's played by De Rone, real dancer Frego. I mean, 236 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 1: I mean Face doesn't he does some moves on that floor. Man, 237 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 1: when he flipping this ille. This is what he do 238 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: for a living. That's what he that ain't somebody told 239 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: him about to do that? He didn't feel this out 240 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 1: on the dance flow, and he did it. I said, 241 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: this boy is doing this for a living. Actually, all 242 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: of the guys solos were, even though we do have 243 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 1: a choreographer, John Silver for the group numbers, but all 244 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 1: of the guys solos were actually choreographed by themselves and 245 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: that was a cool part. That's a cool part that 246 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: I think with this show is so authentic because those 247 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: guys lived that life. Yes for reading, and that is 248 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 1: what That's why I feel there's a draw to the 249 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 1: show because they know the world and I love it 250 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 1: to see that they We were able to get people 251 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 1: who are authentic to this art form because it is 252 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: an art form and I had to learn it and 253 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: I asked questions on questions on questions to make sure 254 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: the validity of the show was was captured. 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As I continue my conversation 289 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:27,120 Speaker 1: with one of the stars of the new b ET 290 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:31,679 Speaker 1: plus series All the Queens Men, Sky Alvesta Black, Well, 291 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 1: you know the fun part about this series, man, and 292 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 1: it's funny. I'm just telling everybody I was entertained by it. 293 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 1: I was, uh, their sympathy and the Amp character played 294 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 1: by Sky. There is romance between Sky and Dime and Diamonds. 295 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 1: She's the DJ kind of like the force of the house. 296 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 1: Uh that there, uh the you know it. Playing Blue 297 00:17:55,800 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: is like this fearless bodyguard. Everybody's fears, everybody's fearless in 298 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:03,239 Speaker 1: this whole role and and it's like it's it's one 299 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 1: of those roles. It's one of those shows that where 300 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: you just challenged to step up. You know, if you 301 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: if you move something in like step up, don't don't 302 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: ask for it. If you if that's what you want, 303 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:16,159 Speaker 1: to demand it and then put forth the effort to 304 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: achieve it. And that's how you see your character developed 305 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 1: as you go into the halfway house and we see 306 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 1: you starting to one. I like the way they brought 307 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:29,159 Speaker 1: your character along. It didn't jump out too fast. You 308 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 1: wanted to try to go the route of what you 309 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 1: thought would be successful. And then you saw an outlet 310 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 1: talk about that transition in the AMP character in the 311 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:41,400 Speaker 1: series All the queens Men. Well, yeah, like you said, 312 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: I really really love that. I love AMP character arc 313 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 1: because you know he is coming out of I'm sorry, 314 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 1: everybody wants to call you a chill multiple cameras, so 315 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:00,920 Speaker 1: don't worry. We'll editing and be clean, irrelevant, clean, okay, cool. Um. 316 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 1: I do love M's character art because you have to 317 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 1: realize it's coming out of prison after nine years. So 318 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,400 Speaker 1: All the queens Man takes place the current day, So 319 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:14,400 Speaker 1: that was two thousand and twelve. So now when he's 320 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 1: coming out, obviously he's been in prison. Milling over is 321 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:21,439 Speaker 1: what happened to him and how he wants to just 322 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,400 Speaker 1: come out and do better and be better. But now 323 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 1: you see him coming on, like you said, he's like, 324 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,159 Speaker 1: how can I take the road over straight? And now 325 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:32,200 Speaker 1: how can I just be better? How can I see 326 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 1: he away from trouble as much as possible, and then 327 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:40,399 Speaker 1: he starts to see that in warning a better life 328 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 1: for himself and also being ostracized by his family. He 329 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: doesn't have mom and that anymore. Wait now I can 330 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 1: maybe I'll start this new life because sixty days later 331 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: I have to go and get it. I'm gonna be 332 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:56,160 Speaker 1: out of the halfway house and I have to make 333 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,959 Speaker 1: decisions on how do I become a man that is 334 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: that self of this ship And one of the best 335 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 1: one of my favorite lines in the whole show, and 336 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:07,399 Speaker 1: if you haven't seen it, you'll see it. If you 337 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:11,160 Speaker 1: have seen it, it's where Amp has it. Amp says 338 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 1: he's starving the dime and he says, but do you 339 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 1: think this is really me? And that one line shows 340 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 1: you who Amp is. He really, really, really is a 341 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 1: goal getter and he's gonna make it happen. But he 342 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 1: still has this underlining just morality thing like I'm gonna 343 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: do it, but a going to do it by enemies, necessary, 344 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:38,119 Speaker 1: gonna sacrifice, and I want to do it right. But 345 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,439 Speaker 1: she also asked you. She also comes back and ask you, 346 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 1: this is what you really want? Okay? Yeah, she challenges 347 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 1: you because she said, once you get in, you're not 348 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:50,119 Speaker 1: gonna want to go back, and there's a lot of work. 349 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 1: She reminds you that there is still work. It looks good, 350 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:57,919 Speaker 1: it's it's worked to entertain, it's work to make them 351 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: develop this clientele. That's the the of this whole conversation 352 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:04,120 Speaker 1: is that no matter what you do in life. That's 353 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 1: why I was able to take portions of the story 354 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:08,479 Speaker 1: and applied if you want to be a banker, if 355 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:09,879 Speaker 1: you want to be an engineer, you want to go 356 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:13,119 Speaker 1: to college, if if that's what you wanna do, you 357 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 1: you pointed your life in that direction. Work is tied 358 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:18,199 Speaker 1: to it. And that's the same thing with your career. 359 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 1: Despite setbacks, being homeless three times, being in a place 360 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 1: with U living with two people and on one bear 361 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 1: room which are similar to the halfway house, or you 362 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 1: had no problem with somebody is sleeping in the room 363 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,439 Speaker 1: with you because that was a familiar consciousness. That's why 364 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 1: I feel confordable with your character now that it is out, 365 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,399 Speaker 1: you know, the premier September nine, How has the public 366 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 1: reacted to your character and to the show man. I 367 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 1: will be honest with you and say that, um, we 368 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 1: had a brief chance to speak before we went live, 369 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 1: and the reactions have been so overwhelmingly positive. Right, it's such, 370 00:21:55,800 --> 00:22:01,399 Speaker 1: it's so gratifying. I literally walk around and I've been 371 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: in Atlanta for the past week and people say, oh, 372 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:09,639 Speaker 1: that's up, and some people and some people get offended 373 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: about that. I don't I've done at all because last 374 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,640 Speaker 1: year I was parking cars. I was valet parking cars 375 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,239 Speaker 1: from seven pm at night to in the morning so 376 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,919 Speaker 1: I could audition in the daytime to be able to 377 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 1: be blessed enough to get a role that actually um 378 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 1: has impacted people like I've forgotten countless DM say, Hey, 379 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 1: your story and your struggle has inspired me. Your character 380 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 1: inspires me because going back to what you said, anything 381 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 1: you want, you can do it, but it requires a 382 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 1: level of work and sacrifice, and you have to be 383 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:46,880 Speaker 1: okay with the working hard and sacrifice. That's really important 384 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 1: to understand that. You know, let's let's talk about the 385 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,719 Speaker 1: shift to this career here. You know, you know you're 386 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 1: a good looking guy. Are you in shape? You know? 387 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,159 Speaker 1: You know? And now you're on now, You're on Now 388 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 1: You're on the TV show where you really got to 389 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 1: be in shape because the guys like for real, man, 390 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:06,520 Speaker 1: for real, you know because you you look at guys, guys, 391 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: but you know when you walked in the room when okay, okay, 392 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 1: I got I gotta do a little bit more work 393 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 1: with these guys around me because they know I got 394 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 1: trainers after this, Hey, man, I said, I said, boy, 395 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: I said, that's why. That's why I enjoyed Man. And 396 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 1: I'll be wrong if I don't bring up Trouble. If 397 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: I don't bring up the Trouble character, we have not 398 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 1: done this interview correctly. I apologize. She's in. She's one 399 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 1: of the sweetest, sweetest people you ever wanted me. She's incredible. Yea, 400 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,440 Speaker 1: And Trouble is a character that comes into the show. 401 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 1: She's a female that you don't want to miss. Um Again, 402 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: the show is diverse. It allows you to share different lifestyles, 403 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: accept different lifestyles, laugh at different lifestyle be brought into 404 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:04,479 Speaker 1: the emotional mistakes that we make, not only the lead character, Madam, 405 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:08,199 Speaker 1: but also the relationship that Blue has, and also the 406 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: relationship the decisions not only that the main characters make 407 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:15,360 Speaker 1: on the show, but the the the co starring characters 408 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:17,680 Speaker 1: make on the show. That's what I really like about 409 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 1: the show. I really like the fact that, uh, for 410 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: me to on a Sunday afternoon. I'm just telling you 411 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,880 Speaker 1: for real, now, I'm not a guy who likes to just, 412 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,360 Speaker 1: you know, just sit down and watch show after show 413 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 1: the show. I was brody. I if it would have 414 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:33,439 Speaker 1: been eleven, twelve, thirty four, I probably would have watched them. 415 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: I probably would. But Tim was it. Ten is an 416 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:41,119 Speaker 1: incredible number. So I gotta ask you that. Okay, we's 417 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 1: ten through twenty. Okay, well we're leveling through twenty. Where's 418 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 1: going on with that? Man, don't do me wrong? Now 419 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 1: say something crazy? Well, I guess that is up to 420 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 1: the people. Okay, And if y'all keep streaming to keep 421 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 1: watching it, y'all will prey to God from mine from 422 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 1: y'all wants to gods. Is in my mouth to God's is. 423 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 1: Get Tim through twenty and see in two, three, four 424 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: or five six seven, Like you know, um, anything, it's possible. 425 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:08,120 Speaker 1: But I do know that it's getting an overwhelmingly positive 426 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:13,639 Speaker 1: response and everybody's happy. So when everybody's happy, that's a 427 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 1: sign for soon hoping to contuning. You know, I'm waiting too. 428 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 1: I'm like, you know, all this This is a very 429 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:26,119 Speaker 1: physical show, you know, very touched, very close. We know 430 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 1: by COVID, we know about that the standards that Tyler 431 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 1: Perry himself implemented at the studio that he does. How 432 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:36,359 Speaker 1: was this tape and how was the testing process to 433 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:40,879 Speaker 1: make everybody in the cast feel comfortable? Um, so that 434 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: you know, it's crazy. I never feel the show outside 435 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 1: of COVID. When my career really kicked off, it started 436 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: with Sisters. So by the time I shot all the 437 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 1: Queen's Men, I had already film systems, so I was 438 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 1: very used to being comfortable at Tyler Perry Studios. I 439 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 1: always say Tyler perry Sudios for me is like a 440 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 1: dog did because, um, it's the safest place on earth, 441 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 1: because we tested even before we left our home states. 442 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 1: We had to quarantine and test. Then we had another 443 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,160 Speaker 1: test before we got on the plane twenty fours before 444 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,199 Speaker 1: then we had another test soon as we got there. Um, 445 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:21,159 Speaker 1: then we were sequestered to our own separate areas, and 446 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: then we tested literally I think every two to four days. 447 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 1: And now it's even testing more frequently just because you 448 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:31,439 Speaker 1: know the various um delta variants and all that stuff. 449 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 1: So you feel completely safe, and we were not allowed 450 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: to be outside of the actual studio property, so we 451 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 1: had everything you could be war I mean food trucks. 452 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 1: Tyler was even generous enough to give us after wrapping. 453 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: It was only after wrapping for two hours still alcohol 454 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 1: truck um and catering on catering grocery stores. So it 455 00:26:55,720 --> 00:27:00,640 Speaker 1: was very comfortable. Like nobody felt any kind of There 456 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: was no point, at no point where you scared or 457 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,119 Speaker 1: felt you were at risk. So it was incredible. I personally, 458 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 1: I like that way. I don't want to well, you 459 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 1: know the thing about watching your character, watching you develop, 460 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,679 Speaker 1: and uh, first of all, I'm I'm gonna do my duty, 461 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:19,879 Speaker 1: you know, and tell im I'm gonna feature on my 462 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: Motivational Monday segment because your story is a as a 463 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: dancer and h ballet training with Mr Copeland, the famous 464 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 1: ballet living based out of New York, you know, being 465 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:33,920 Speaker 1: able to share this state the lime light has already 466 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:35,400 Speaker 1: have been there. But I want to just talk about 467 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 1: making that transition because sometimes we get focused in this 468 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 1: is what I do, and then somebody comes along into 469 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 1: your life and say, you know you can do more. Indeed, 470 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,920 Speaker 1: but sometimes that doubt comes into our lives and say 471 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,160 Speaker 1: why you are well, because that means that you're you're 472 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 1: going into an unknown and that's what stops people. The 473 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:55,160 Speaker 1: unknown part. Now, Debbie Allen came into your life and 474 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:58,719 Speaker 1: push you talk about that, and so people who are 475 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 1: listening and watching the showing understand the value of people 476 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:06,199 Speaker 1: seeing a person's greatness and then acts asking them to 477 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 1: act on it. Yeah. So, um, some years ago when 478 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,160 Speaker 1: I um, when I used to ask the rod carry 479 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 1: Mrs Allen was the artist and director and choreographer, and 480 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:21,200 Speaker 1: even before that I had done some work with her 481 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:25,160 Speaker 1: and she slipped at me and she said, honey, you're 482 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,960 Speaker 1: an actor. I'm gonna make you an actor. And I said, now, 483 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,360 Speaker 1: you're not. That's not me. She said, honey, you don't 484 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 1: know who you are yet. And she was so right, 485 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 1: and she literally from the beginning she took me under 486 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 1: her wing and she gave me parts in her stage place, 487 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 1: and it was it became this kind of like, oh, 488 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 1: this is cool. But then with the training and everything 489 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 1: like that, I started to find this kind of I'll 490 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 1: be honest, it became an obsession for me. And sometimes 491 00:28:56,160 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: I always put God first, and that's just me. Sometimes 492 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:02,960 Speaker 1: you have to surrender to what you think you want 493 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 1: and follow what will God has for you in your life. 494 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 1: And I always say when I pray, specifics matter because 495 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: I remember being a kid and I was like, I 496 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 1: want to be on TV. I want to be a star, 497 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,480 Speaker 1: I want to do it up and actually I wanted 498 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,920 Speaker 1: to sing. But when I prayed, I prayed, I said, 499 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 1: I want to be on TV and that was my destiny. 500 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 1: And I felt like God gave me an angel in 501 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 1: Debbie Allen to notice what was already going to be 502 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 1: my destiny down the line and walk fully in purpose. 503 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 1: And I'm a true believer of that, and it is 504 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 1: the best feeling ever. I never personally planned to be 505 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 1: an actor, but I'm so glad that I was able 506 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 1: to acquiesce to the prayer for my life and and 507 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 1: and after I acquiesce, I'm not gonna say it was easy, 508 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: because there's a lot of nose, there's an the rejection, 509 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,720 Speaker 1: there's a lot of this. Like again, nothing worth happening 510 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 1: is easy. Nobody makes it. Overnight, I was watching an 511 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,760 Speaker 1: interview with Denzelians and years of being over that success 512 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:18,080 Speaker 1: and it took, and it took me about so um 513 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 1: again sometimes you gotta listen. You gotta listen. When you 514 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:26,720 Speaker 1: do listen, keep going. Yeah, I hope you all of 515 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:32,040 Speaker 1: you listening to me. Man Great, you're super talented, you're handsome, 516 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: you're humble. It comes across on the screen and uh, 517 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 1: you gotta probably out there. Man. I was, you know, 518 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 1: thoroughly entertained. And you know, I'm just so happy that 519 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,760 Speaker 1: television is allowed with the streaming platforms allowed for black 520 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,080 Speaker 1: content to be shown like this. Because we was under 521 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 1: the old four Man great, content like this would not 522 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 1: be seen because he was in the streaming allows this 523 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:57,120 Speaker 1: format to come out, you know, all the Queen's men, 524 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 1: you know, my man Sky that's the black is a Star, Okay, 525 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:06,720 Speaker 1: And ten episodes I watched one after the other. After that, 526 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:10,080 Speaker 1: I laughed. I was entertained. I was like, man, this 527 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,240 Speaker 1: is really really good. And and thank you man for 528 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:14,720 Speaker 1: coming on money for a good conversations. So thank you 529 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 1: for having me now. I'm so grateful. I am so 530 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:19,440 Speaker 1: grateful for your time because I know, you know, everybody 531 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:21,280 Speaker 1: has something to do in today, So thank you for 532 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:23,200 Speaker 1: the morning to talk to you. I appreciate it. Oh no, 533 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:25,280 Speaker 1: it was worth it because I, like I said, man, 534 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:27,840 Speaker 1: I would like said, I always a joy what I do, man, 535 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 1: but I always have a good My energy level goes 536 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: up when I see young talent like you that that 537 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:35,400 Speaker 1: I involved in really really cool project. I think that 538 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:38,280 Speaker 1: a groundbreaking I think this is a groundbreaking series. And 539 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 1: to see the guys and definitely I'm gonna reach out 540 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:42,680 Speaker 1: to get more of them on my show so I 541 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,480 Speaker 1: can help promote this. I wanted renew. That's my goal. 542 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 1: My goal is to get a renew. Okay, Scott, thank 543 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 1: you for coming on Money Making Conversations. Okay, thank you 544 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:55,120 Speaker 1: so much. I appreciate If you want to hear or 545 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,480 Speaker 1: see any of my interviews on Money Making Conversations, please 546 00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 1: go to money Making Conversations dot com. I ro Sean McDonald. 547 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:06,200 Speaker 1: I am new host. Amen, thank you brother. 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