WEBVTT - From Viral TV Blunders to Million-Dollar Money Mistakes

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<v Speaker 1>The toys.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a homegrown that knows a little bit about everything,

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<v Speaker 2>and everybody don't know if you don't lie about that.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, Hey, y'all, what's up.

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<v Speaker 2>It's Laura la Rosa and this is another episode of

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<v Speaker 2>The Latest with Laura l Rosa. This is your daily

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<v Speaker 2>dial on all things pop culture, entertainment, news, and all

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<v Speaker 2>of the conversations that shake the wrong baby. Now today

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna skip getting into the behind the scenes of

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<v Speaker 2>the Grind because we're gonna get right on into the Latest.

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<v Speaker 2>There is a lot going on, and honestly, right now,

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<v Speaker 2>behind the scenes, it's just a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>Happening, h a lot of like stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll give you guys an update of some family stuff

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<v Speaker 2>went down, y'all know. I'll let y'all know the things

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<v Speaker 2>and all of the all of the ins and outs.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, my behind the scenes to the ground right

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<v Speaker 2>now is looking like balancing being a daughter, granddaughter, work

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<v Speaker 2>while things that I was gonna say things is going haywire,

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<v Speaker 2>but I wouldn't. I'm not going to claim haywire because

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<v Speaker 2>God is God got us good. But you know, things

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<v Speaker 2>taking place, but we still push through and we believe

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<v Speaker 2>God at the end of the day. So yeah, I'll

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<v Speaker 2>be back with a check it at the top of

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<v Speaker 2>the week. Let's get into the latest. So there's a

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<v Speaker 2>lady that is going viral right now, y'all. This is

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<v Speaker 2>a QBC anchor and this woean. Her name is Tony Bretton. Wow,

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<v Speaker 2>that's crazy because I got a nlessor about Tony Braxton.

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<v Speaker 2>Her name is Tony Bretton. She had a little slip

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<v Speaker 2>up at work. Okay, she made a little oopsie at work.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's take a listen, because she was on air doing

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<v Speaker 2>her live TV hit. She's there, she's promoting you know,

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<v Speaker 2>QBC and for those of you guys who do not know,

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<v Speaker 2>QVC is.

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<v Speaker 1>A shopping network.

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<v Speaker 2>They promote you know, various products from fashion to beauty

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<v Speaker 2>to home throughout their throughout their segments. And it's so

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<v Speaker 2>crazy because I I tried twice to become a QVC

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<v Speaker 2>anchor just because like it was such a stable job

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<v Speaker 2>and you're on TV and it's right there, it's not

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<v Speaker 2>too far from where I'm from in Delaware, so maybe

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen to twenty minutes out, I was like, Okay, I

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<v Speaker 2>could do this. It is a very rigorous audition process.

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<v Speaker 2>They don't play about the look and feel of their host.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, so this woman is now going viral because.

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<v Speaker 1>Of a blowjob. Let's take a listen to.

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<v Speaker 3>Show the texture and this waves pattern again. It looks

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<v Speaker 3>like you went and got a blow job at your

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<v Speaker 3>blowout at your salon and it looks beautiful, y'all.

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<v Speaker 2>I know, I know, I know, baby girl was embarrassed.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, I think it was more like a funny moment.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's crazy because I'm one of those people that,

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<v Speaker 2>like my mind would be thinking one thing and then

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<v Speaker 2>like I'll literally do a whole another or say a

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<v Speaker 2>whole other thing, and I can't explain why it happened

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes like literally everybody around me. And sometimes this is

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<v Speaker 2>because I'm moving too fast, but everybody around me knows

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<v Speaker 2>this about me, Like that is very likely to happen

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<v Speaker 2>nine times out of ten with me. So her saying

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<v Speaker 2>blowjob over, she was trying to say blow out, like

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<v Speaker 2>hair blowout. They're promoting different hair products, and she's been

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<v Speaker 2>in the business for thirty years, and you know, she

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<v Speaker 2>tried to play it all. She like keeps going. She

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<v Speaker 2>pauses for a second. Y'all heard her like laugh a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit. Now what you guys can't see as she's laughing.

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<v Speaker 2>At one point, she like goes down, like she sinks

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<v Speaker 2>down behind like this like table that is set up

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<v Speaker 2>in front of her, because she immediately.

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<v Speaker 1>Realized it's live. Like you can't take the words back.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, Let's take a listen to Tony Bratton, who TMC

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<v Speaker 2>did an interview with after this moment.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's take a listen.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you know, I've been doing television and the shopping

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<v Speaker 3>channels for like almost thirty years now, so you know

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<v Speaker 3>you would think it's old hat, and usually it is.

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<v Speaker 3>But I know, like in my case, sometimes you never

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<v Speaker 3>really know what's gonna come out out of my mouth.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, because when we're doing a show, you're always

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<v Speaker 3>your mind is going fifty directions. You're thinking of your models,

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<v Speaker 3>you're thinking of the mannequin heads going through the colors.

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<v Speaker 3>You're thinking of the next positioning to get all the

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<v Speaker 3>information out to the customers that they're wunning. Right, So

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<v Speaker 3>your brain is really kind of multi functioning, and you're

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<v Speaker 3>kind of in autopilot when you're talking because you've said

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<v Speaker 3>this so many times. So the fact that when I

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<v Speaker 3>said what I said, what I meant to say was

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<v Speaker 3>a blow out. Obviously it didn't come out that way,

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<v Speaker 3>and so at the moment it comes out, you almost

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<v Speaker 3>say to yourself, I just say what I think I said, right.

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<v Speaker 3>So it was one of those moments, and of course

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<v Speaker 3>you can't grab those words back. They're out there. So

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<v Speaker 3>at the time I was thinking and I tried to

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<v Speaker 3>real quick correct it and say the correct terminology a

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<v Speaker 3>blowout at Drew's salon. But by then, obviously everyone caught it.

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<v Speaker 3>I was hearing snickering, and then you know, when you're

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<v Speaker 3>not supposed to laugh, it just makes it that much

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<v Speaker 3>more funny. I got this morning the standard, Tony, we

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<v Speaker 3>understand what happened during your show yesterday, and we really

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<v Speaker 3>appreciate and they're so kind. I mean, I've only been

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<v Speaker 3>doing this for almost thirty years, so to have a

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<v Speaker 3>blooper like this just innocently come out, you have to

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<v Speaker 3>go with it. And as long as as we all

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<v Speaker 3>feel like we were respectful that nothing was intentional, and

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<v Speaker 3>of course it wasn't that in hindsight. They said, I

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<v Speaker 3>hope you're able to not be mortified, and that y'all

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<v Speaker 3>about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's say something.

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<v Speaker 2>People don't give it up for the girlies enough, who'll

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<v Speaker 2>be doing this live TV thing? I so we do

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<v Speaker 2>the Netflix live at the breakfast club. But then at

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<v Speaker 2>TMZ we used to have TMZ Live, which was kind

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<v Speaker 2>of live to tape, so certain things could be pulled out.

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<v Speaker 1>But live TV or live hits.

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<v Speaker 2>I used to do a live affiliate hits to like

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<v Speaker 2>the local news channels, to like DC. I did it

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<v Speaker 2>to Philly one time, or I would do Orlando a lot,

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<v Speaker 2>to like some of the Fox affiliates that TMZ had.

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<v Speaker 1>Live hits. Ain't no joke, man.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, granted I would have a prompter and I know what,

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<v Speaker 2>Like QBC, there's like prompter work and stuff like that

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<v Speaker 2>they do as well too. But a lot of it

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<v Speaker 2>is just like you have experienced the products, you've spent

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<v Speaker 2>some time with it, you talking through it.

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<v Speaker 1>It is not no joke.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a pretty funny moment though, And as y'all,

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<v Speaker 2>if y'all couldn't tell by her voice, she's a very

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<v Speaker 2>white lady. I'm glad it was just because when I'm glad,

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<v Speaker 2>it was just blowjob, she said, because y'all know, every

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<v Speaker 2>now and then on a hot mic with a you

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<v Speaker 2>know what, I'm saying, you get some words that ain't

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to be said for really, this is what I'm

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<v Speaker 2>talking about. Literally, that was so on point and not

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<v Speaker 2>even playing that he just walked in here because he

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<v Speaker 2>he poops every day.

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<v Speaker 1>At this time.

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<v Speaker 2>You just never know what's going to happen in this business.

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<v Speaker 2>But she handled it well though. But it's going super superviral.

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<v Speaker 2>Now let's get into Tony Braxton. Okay, Now, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if you guys remember, but some like time back,

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<v Speaker 2>Tony Braxton did Oprah, and I remember people were criticizing

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<v Speaker 2>Oprah for this. She was talking to Oprah about well,

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<v Speaker 2>Oprah was talking to her about her spending and.

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<v Speaker 1>It was people basically felt like.

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<v Speaker 2>Because she had Tony Braxton has filed for bankruptcy back

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<v Speaker 2>in nineteen ninety eight. You know, she went through a

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<v Speaker 2>battle with her record label over money. There's like people

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<v Speaker 2>you know, talking to her about her spending habits as well.

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<v Speaker 2>But Tony Broxen has always done well for herself. But

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<v Speaker 2>there's a story out right now that Tony Braxon has

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<v Speaker 2>just resolved a six figure taxling years after that infamous

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<v Speaker 2>bankruptcy battle. So there was a federal taxling that was

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<v Speaker 2>placed on June twenty second of this year, saying that

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<v Speaker 2>Tony Braxon owed the irs five hundred and ninety eight

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<v Speaker 2>thousand dollars. Now, the way that the debt was broken

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<v Speaker 2>down was there was a little bit over sixty nine

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<v Speaker 2>thousand dollars that she owed for twenty twenty two, a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit over two hundred and seventy eight thousand for

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty three, and a bit over two hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>fifty thousand that she owed for twenty twenty four, which

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<v Speaker 2>equaled that five hundred and ninety eight thousand, So a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit under six hundred thousand dollars, it's almost a

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<v Speaker 2>million dollars. But a rep for Tony Braxon is speaking

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<v Speaker 2>out saying that she resolved the bill, and I think,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, look, I know Tony Braxon also filed for

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<v Speaker 2>bankruptcy back in twenty ten because she was saying that

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<v Speaker 2>she owed a lot of money to creditors. It seems like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, that issue with her label and you know

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<v Speaker 2>that conversation like really kind of messed her up a bit.

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<v Speaker 2>She closed that second bankruptcy in twenty fifteen, though, But

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<v Speaker 2>to me, it seems like whenever I hear these stories

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<v Speaker 2>of people that are like dealing with the bankruptcy things

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<v Speaker 2>and trying to figure out things with money. It's like

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<v Speaker 2>a learning process in real time. Like even me for myself,

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<v Speaker 2>like when you set up business within everything that whether

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<v Speaker 2>you're on camera making these little bloopers, or you on

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<v Speaker 2>camera or behind a microphone like Tony Braxton, Like there's

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<v Speaker 2>a business to all of this, and a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>what you're learning in real time is literally in real

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<v Speaker 2>time because for a lot of us, you know, those

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<v Speaker 2>first hits of success, those first hits of those amount

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<v Speaker 2>of money, it's your first time experiencing it. And even

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<v Speaker 2>if you're in a family like the Braxton family where

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<v Speaker 2>you guys are able to pass down information and knowledge

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<v Speaker 2>and all of the.

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<v Speaker 1>Things, you're still doing things. You know, your situation is

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<v Speaker 1>different than other people's.

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<v Speaker 2>You're having to trust people to handle money, manage money.

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<v Speaker 2>Like that is the most frightening thing for me, Like

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<v Speaker 2>I think about it all the time, Like and right

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<v Speaker 2>now I'm actually trying to figure out you know, like

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<v Speaker 2>accountants and you know who I trust with taxes and

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<v Speaker 2>even with me, I was like I told my manager,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, yo, whoever do want my taxes.

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<v Speaker 1>I want the literal proof.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to know. I want to break down, and

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want it from the firm. I want what

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<v Speaker 2>they received from the IRS of what is old and

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<v Speaker 2>what it's to be paid, and then I want proof

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<v Speaker 2>that it was paid like science so delivered.

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<v Speaker 1>And I don't want it just from them.

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<v Speaker 2>I want us to have our own outreach like situation

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<v Speaker 2>we do to the IRS to confirm what the firm

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<v Speaker 2>is telling us. Because most of the people's stories I hear,

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<v Speaker 2>and this isn't the case with Tony Braxon because again

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<v Speaker 2>I mentioned, you know that she went through a battle

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<v Speaker 2>over money with her record label. But like a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of times when I hear people settling, like like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>tax lians and all the things, it's a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>it is like they weren't ain't her taxes because not

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<v Speaker 2>even because they just didn't have the money to pay it,

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<v Speaker 2>but they might have had the money but it was

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<v Speaker 2>being mismanaged or people were taking the money they were

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to be paying. I am so I'm so scared

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<v Speaker 2>to experience what I haven't experienced, although I'm so excited

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<v Speaker 2>about it because I hear stories like this and even

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the battle with Tony Braxtt and the label

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<v Speaker 2>in the late in ninety seven ninety eight, she sued

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<v Speaker 2>the Face Records and Arister Records Babyface, Babyface's label through

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<v Speaker 2>her first two albums, I'm Sorry She's in her contract.

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<v Speaker 2>She sued the Face Records and Arister Records, which people

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<v Speaker 2>you know will instantly associate with Babyface to end her

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<v Speaker 2>contract so through her first two albums. Though her first

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<v Speaker 2>two albums generated and estimated one hundred and seventy million dollars,

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<v Speaker 2>her royalty rate left her making roughly thirty five cents

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<v Speaker 2>per album, so her high career expenses recycled advances kept

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<v Speaker 2>her in debt, leading for her to file Chapter seven

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<v Speaker 2>bankruptcy in ninety eight and then again I mentioned she

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<v Speaker 2>had to fill again in twenty ten, which was closed

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<v Speaker 2>out in twenty fifteen. So she was earning, according to reports,

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<v Speaker 2>thirty three cents to thirty five cents per album. So

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<v Speaker 2>despite being a multi platinum global success. And I say

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<v Speaker 2>that you know people will associate you know, ours, the

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<v Speaker 2>Records in the Face with Babyface and also La Read

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<v Speaker 2>as well too. But it is definitely worth mentioning that

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<v Speaker 2>her issue wasn't with Babyface. Babyface was actually extremely supportive

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<v Speaker 2>of Tony Braxton during the dispute. He actually testified in

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<v Speaker 2>court about her deal being unfair and helped her get

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<v Speaker 2>to a settlement that the two you know, were able

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<v Speaker 2>to help like it helped her, and they later went

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<v Speaker 2>on to collaborate successfully on their Grammy winning debut album, Love.

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<v Speaker 1>Marriage and Divorce and tell that you could put this part.

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<v Speaker 2>And now there were reports during all of this, during

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<v Speaker 2>like you know, that whole back and forth, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>ninety seven ninety eight when she was suing the label

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<v Speaker 2>of the Face Records and his parent company, ares to.

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<v Speaker 1>Be that.

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<v Speaker 2>La Read had actually stopped taking her calls, that they

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<v Speaker 2>had like you know, fallen out about this, but they

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<v Speaker 2>were able to resolve it. And again, as I mentioned,

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<v Speaker 2>Babyface actually vouched for her and testify for her and

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<v Speaker 2>reported that you know, her multidillion her multi her settlement,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm sorry, her contract that she signed was unfair.

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<v Speaker 2>And then there was a multi million dollar settlement that

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<v Speaker 2>people believed to later have been revealed as twenty two

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<v Speaker 2>million dollars in a restructured contract. She's had to sue managers,

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<v Speaker 2>like she's been through a lot. That's what I'm saying, Yo,

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<v Speaker 2>This business is so crazy. I reported a story about

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<v Speaker 2>Dame Dash and trustee over his current bankruptcy, who has

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<v Speaker 2>already stated that they don't really believe that he's bank Druppt.

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<v Speaker 2>And for those of you guys who don't know Dame Dash,

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<v Speaker 2>but you should, but not Dame Dash, you know a

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<v Speaker 2>former music executive he helped create Rockefellow with Jay Z,

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<v Speaker 2>discovered that you know, together they discovered Kanye West and

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<v Speaker 2>so many other major things, rock Aware, so many things. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>he's been dealing with bankruptcy and in those conversations and

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<v Speaker 2>recently as of July sixth, I'm sorry, as of August sixth,

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<v Speaker 2>there was a trustee in the bankruptcy who's been investigating

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<v Speaker 2>it that asks a judge to approve the cell of

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<v Speaker 2>his life rights and to kind of set up some

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<v Speaker 2>stipulations around what the life rights sale and or auction

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<v Speaker 2>would be, you know, when how it would go down,

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<v Speaker 2>if it would be a bid or auction or a sale,

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<v Speaker 2>all of that, and they presented some parties involved. One

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<v Speaker 2>of the parties, I think they're looking at anywhere from

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<v Speaker 2>like thirty two to thirty seven thousand dollars that it's

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<v Speaker 2>been offered for buying it.

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<v Speaker 1>And this would mean I mean, this would mean everything.

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<v Speaker 2>This would mean you get his image, his likeness, his voice,

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<v Speaker 2>you get to tell his story. The doc says, you

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<v Speaker 2>get rights and ownership over him, his likeness, his image,

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<v Speaker 2>his characteristics, and events of his life from his childhood until.

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<v Speaker 1>The petition date.

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<v Speaker 2>And they also believe that he has a ton of

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<v Speaker 2>different photos videos from the nineties up until twenty twenty five,

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<v Speaker 2>which would include a lot of that Rockefeller era. So

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<v Speaker 2>it's a really big deal if this goes through and

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<v Speaker 2>if this is sold. And the reason why they're doing

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<v Speaker 2>this is because he is over twenty million dollars in

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<v Speaker 2>debt at this time, across tax you know, unpaid taxes,

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<v Speaker 2>the child support that is unpaid as well too.

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<v Speaker 1>To one of his children's mothers.

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<v Speaker 2>Like Dame Dash claimed that the reason why he was

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<v Speaker 2>seeing so much debt, especially when it came to the taxes,

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<v Speaker 2>because of what I mentioned earlier, he had somebody paying

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<v Speaker 2>his bills that wasn't this is what he's clinton. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>sake a listen of when Dame Dash was on the

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<v Speaker 2>Breakfast Club some months ago. It's one hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 2>K and child support that's listed in the bankruptcy. That's

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<v Speaker 2>child support, right, Yeah, how did you get there with

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<v Speaker 2>having that amount unpaid?

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<v Speaker 4>I've been paying two hundred and fifty thousand dollars a

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<v Speaker 4>year in child support for the last twenty five years.

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<v Speaker 3>Tew you.

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<v Speaker 4>All my kids went to college for free. They all

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<v Speaker 4>living houses, and I pay a two fifty a year

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<v Speaker 4>in child support. So my kids salary is probably as

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<v Speaker 4>much as yours. And I'm broke. Yeah, I'm broke because

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<v Speaker 4>I give it all to my family. Rich people have

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<v Speaker 4>family offices. You don't put things in your name. You

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<v Speaker 4>have a family office. When I'm behind on child support,

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<v Speaker 4>it always gets paid, right. It went to jail.

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<v Speaker 1>The last time I was behind, it was a million.

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<v Speaker 1>I paid it.

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<v Speaker 4>That sounds broke to you. If all my children and

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<v Speaker 4>I pay their colleges up front, they don't have that,

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<v Speaker 4>that sounds broke to you. Every one of my baby

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<v Speaker 4>mothers has two or three houses, that sounds broke to you.

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<v Speaker 4>It's not about me. Are certain people I know, I'll

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<v Speaker 4>google them they have no money. I google the family

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<v Speaker 4>office ten billion dollars. Rich people don't put anything in

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<v Speaker 4>their name, but you don't know that, and I feel

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<v Speaker 4>sorry for you because you don't get to see the

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<v Speaker 4>day life.

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<v Speaker 1>I am not trying to get here.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know the guys Charlamagne Envy, they always say,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't laugh, you learn, And that's what I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>Like when I read these stories, always like okay, so wait,

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<v Speaker 2>what happened? What happened? Like how can I make sure

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<v Speaker 2>these things don't happen? And I always hear, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you just gotta get really good people around you and

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<v Speaker 2>trust people. But it's like I've heard stories of people

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<v Speaker 2>trusting people for years and years and years and still

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<v Speaker 2>getting you know what I mean, like things done to

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<v Speaker 2>them that shouldn't have been done when it comes to

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<v Speaker 2>their money and their money management.

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<v Speaker 1>Man, Like this is such a.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to trust industry full of people you don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if you can trust. That is the that's the

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<v Speaker 2>thing that is the you know, the conversation here in

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<v Speaker 2>the in today's episode. So yeah, we're all navigating, we're

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<v Speaker 2>all figuring it out at the end of the day.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Laura la Rosa.

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<v Speaker 2>This has been another episode of the Latest with Laura

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<v Speaker 2>La Rosa.

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<v Speaker 1>I tell you, guys, every single episode.

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<v Speaker 2>Y'all could be anywhere with any old body talking about

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<v Speaker 2>all of the things, but you guys choose to be

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<v Speaker 2>right here with me, my Lowriders.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll catch you in my next episode.