1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: In today we have the infamous Janina. Hey, what's up, guys. 2 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: It's your girl Janina here with Colleen Wit and we 3 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: are eating will broke and making habbage soup. I'm super 4 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: excited and I'm super hungry. So I didn't see any 5 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 1: meat and this many this ingredients or anything, but I'm 6 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 1: still hungry and I can't wait for you to feed me. 7 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: It's going to be great. So what ingredients did you bring? 8 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: So here I have celery, carrots, bell peppers, onions, lemons, parsley, 9 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:38,200 Speaker 1: and cabbage. And then the vegetable broth. Wow, so this 10 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: far broke dish. This has a lot of moving parts, 11 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 1: which means it's gonna taste great. Oh yeah yeah. So 12 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: And and just so you guys know that are listening 13 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,160 Speaker 1: and watching, Janina already started. She she has a little 14 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: secret helper that came in before and helped already prestart 15 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 1: the broth. So you guys won't be here too long 16 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: or we won't starve to death while we're talking and 17 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: catching up. But I'm must sit and watch you do 18 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: do your thing, and I may just shoot off some 19 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: questions just to find out more about you and your 20 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 1: background on this about perfect. Yeah, I think I'm gonna 21 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: go ahead and add somemart broth. It's already boiling vegetable 22 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: broth we have here. Yes, So is this because like 23 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: growing up you were like a vegetarian or something because 24 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 1: there's no meat in this. Um, well, it was a 25 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 1: healthy meal and it didn't like I know meat back then, 26 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: like it's more money and so the vegetables were just 27 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: less for us to go ahead and like, honestly, it's 28 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: fulfilling the cabbage and it was just very like easy 29 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: to make for me and my sister. You know, when 30 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: my mom was working so nice and I'm taking your 31 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: mom talked to you guys this meal she did. My 32 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: mom teaches us everything. I'm like, I literally get it 33 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: from my mama. That's good. I'm gonna go ahead and 34 00:01:55,880 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: add that. I'm learning to start. So I know you 35 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: don't cook a lot now, right, I do not. I 36 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 1: am a person that loves to eat out. Now. Back 37 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: then we were definitely in the house with peanut butter 38 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: jelly sandwiches from the noodles and um. But now I'm 39 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: just like all four restaurants. Yeah, now I'm going to 40 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: add the bell peppers because I also want that to 41 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: soak in with the other vegetables. We got green bell peppers, 42 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 1: red bell peppers, yellow. It looks like it's gonna be 43 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: a very colorful dish. Oh yeah, oh yeah. So how 44 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 1: long on average does this dish take? Because, um, I 45 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: would say about all together, the whole process is about 46 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: thirty minutes. It's not that long, all right, And it 47 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: smells good so far. So you started like real young. 48 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: I want to move this out of the way. Um, 49 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: you started real, real young because I know you from 50 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: working really really music thing, always doing tours, always performing. Yeah, 51 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 1: and you were a killer. I mean, I'm sure the 52 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: boys would always have a heart attack when he showed 53 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: up to the school. It was a split, and it 54 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 1: was the split. The second she did a split, it 55 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 1: was like a rap. People were the nuts. It was 56 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:24,919 Speaker 1: a show time the second she did a split. But um, 57 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:26,839 Speaker 1: a lot of people, I feel like they don't know 58 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: that side of you. They don't know how long it 59 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: took before you're of the official Janina that everybody knows. 60 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: Yeah they don't. Because I feel like something that I 61 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: kind of like messed up on was like not really 62 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: incorporating my music when I got into social media because 63 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: it was just all about videos. Like as soon as 64 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: everyone got together, it was like, oh, what's your idea? 65 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: And I kind of like put aside of music instead 66 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: of combined it. And now I look back and I'm like, oh, 67 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: I should have done that. But and anytime I would 68 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: like go in the studio and record a song, they 69 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: would be like, why are these viners trying to do music, 70 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: And it's like, You're like, oh, stay other way around. 71 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: These viners already did music. You just didn't know that world. 72 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 1: So it was it was hard to like intertwine both 73 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: worlds once I was already established as a social media gure. Yeah, 74 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: but I'm coming back. I am coming back. I'm going 75 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: to get in the studio and start recording again because 76 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: I feel like I do have such a strong passion 77 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 1: with performing and just being on a stage. And so 78 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: now I'm like, i gotta get a team because I've 79 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: done social media. I've been it for six years now, 80 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: and it's right once a day in the life of 81 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 1: like an influencer, a day in the life of an influencer. 82 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,239 Speaker 1: So we like to stay healthy and like we also 83 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: create content when we do this. Um, we work out 84 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 1: in the morning, and then after that we go straight 85 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: home get ready for shooting, and then we literally shoot 86 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: all day long, and then we go home and we 87 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,719 Speaker 1: edit what we shot, and it's like it was a 88 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: repeated cycle back then when like Instagram's algorithm was popping 89 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: because we're like what four million views, Leanne was getting 90 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: like twenty two to thirty million views, and like it 91 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 1: was so exciting back then that we wanted to like 92 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: continue to create content. So I always meet people that 93 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: are are saying that. I always say, oh, I want 94 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: to be an influencer young people. I think I'll just 95 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 1: be an influencer. I'm like, I don't know. I tried 96 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: working out with you guys. As you know, I worked 97 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 1: out with these guys for I want to say it 98 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: was like six months and was insistent. I was consistent, 99 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: and it was to say the least, like first of all, 100 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,919 Speaker 1: you have to change your diet, and then their workouts 101 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: were horribly brutal. It was like training for the Olympics. 102 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: I lost. I think I went in weighing like a 103 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:57,599 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty and by the time I was done, 104 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 1: I was like seven within three months, Yeah, your come 105 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: doown was insane and that's how hard you guys work. 106 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, No, it's an everyday thing. Like yeah, so 107 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 1: when you see an influencer body, just so you know, 108 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: when you see an influencer body online, like at first 109 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 1: I used to think, Okay, maybe some of them are 110 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: enhanced or whatever. But the amount of work that it 111 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 1: takes to sculpture body to that level of perfection. I'm 112 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: still trying to get these games. I'm like, I'm so tiny, 113 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:32,280 Speaker 1: but i mean, one day super perfect body. I'm gonna 114 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 1: go ahead and add the celery and carrots to the 115 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: broth as well as the cabbage, so that could start 116 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: to soak softened up. Yeah, make it tender, nice good. 117 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 1: So on the business tip, though you've been technically in 118 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: business for yourself for a very long time. On the 119 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: on when it comes to being an influencer, how does 120 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: the whole money play into Is it like you just 121 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 1: pursue your your passion and then the money comes later 122 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: or do you grind for that too. So that's the 123 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: interesting thing about it all. I've been doing social media 124 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: for six years and I feel like within the last 125 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: two three years is when I just started to make 126 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: my money. It would literally be like I have two 127 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: million followers on Instagram and I'm still not making anything. 128 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 1: So then they came out with like waste to like 129 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: monetize your content. I know YouTube has been doing that 130 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: for years, but with Instagram, like you're doing You're creating 131 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 1: all this content and you're not getting paid unless a 132 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: brand reaches out and they're like, hey, we want you 133 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: to promote our product. Can you create a video or 134 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: a concept about it? And that's how Like recently I've 135 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: been like I get a lot and yeah, within the 136 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 1: last year, m two year or two, I've been working 137 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: with a lot of brands and like I got a 138 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: man that plays like a huge role in it because 139 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 1: she actually like consistently pitches me to brands. But before 140 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: it was just it was really hard. I'm like, how 141 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 1: long can I start making money? Like and then doing 142 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: like long shifts and then to not like so here 143 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: you are you're working say I'm guessing like a ten 144 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: to ten hour day minimum, and then you're still not 145 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: making money for the first three years and then you're 146 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: finally making money. That's crazy. It's insane, and um, I've 147 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: been blessed like to work with so many brands like 148 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: I did Victoria's Secret recently Mabel Lane, um like big brands, 149 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 1: and I'm like, I'm finally working with people I dreamed 150 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: of working with. So it's kind of like crazy like 151 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: to see like the whole process. But people are like, 152 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 1: you've got so much money, and I'm like, if only 153 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,079 Speaker 1: you knew, I just started making money. And it's kind 154 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,079 Speaker 1: of like figuring out ways to make money. Like a 155 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 1: lot of people don't know about monetization on TikTok or 156 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: Instagram and facebooks or you said algorithm and I was 157 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: like algorithm, and yeah, oh my god, it's switched up 158 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: on us drastically. We're like where are the views? Where 159 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,599 Speaker 1: are the likes? Where are the people? So are you 160 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 1: guys able to make money on like say when a 161 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: TikTok comes out, Like, um, so TikTok has a creator 162 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:25,199 Speaker 1: program now where you can monetize your content. It's not 163 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: like any crazy money, but you're still getting paid by 164 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: like I think it's her how many views you get? 165 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: I think, yeah, so, um, I think you could get 166 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 1: paid their. Facebook also monetizes your content. The footage has 167 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: to be three minutes long, though. I think it's like 168 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 1: that on Facebook and YouTube or YouTube maybe ten minutes 169 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: worth of content. So it's like you have to create 170 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: all this content for all these platforms and like try 171 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 1: to figure out how you can like make a rew 172 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 1: you know. So it's it's so it's so much to study, 173 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 1: it's so much to do. Like people don't understand, like 174 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: do you think it's easier for you to just do 175 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 1: a brand than did the monetization dollars or um? I 176 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 1: think I love working with brands, Like it's honestly easier 177 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: for me because they kind of give you a creator 178 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: brief and let you know what they want you to do, 179 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: and it's like okay, like I can knock that out 180 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:24,559 Speaker 1: as to me being like what do I shoot today? 181 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 1: You know, like what's gonna go viral? So it's just 182 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 1: like I just love working with brands in general, you know, Lemons. 183 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: So when you see when you produce like your dance 184 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: videos per se, like a lot of them look to me, 185 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: they look very pricey, Oh my goodness. Oh yeah yeah, 186 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: And but you're the business mine and the person that 187 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: cuts the check, right, I do it all. See. I 188 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 1: think a lot of people that yeah, I know, I scout, 189 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: I scout the talent. I go and buy the wardrobe. 190 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 1: Like I play all roles. Um when it comes to 191 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: like my content, Um, well, I don't shoot the video. 192 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 1: I have a video offer comes and captures that, but 193 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 1: I still have to pay him for that, you know, 194 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: Um locations, I have to pay for locations. So it's 195 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: just so much that comes to shooting a video, especially 196 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 1: in the dance videos, Like when I get a bunch 197 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: of girls, I have to buy all their wardrobe and 198 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: pay the choreographer and like it's so much, and I 199 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 1: don't think people realize that. So I'm like, I want 200 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: the video to do good so I could like at 201 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 1: least get something back, or even if it's just support, 202 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,680 Speaker 1: you know. I'm like, I think as a female, and 203 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: I hate to do this bring up the female versus 204 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 1: male thing, but I think when they see like people 205 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 1: see a pretty girl, they just say, oh, it's a 206 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 1: it's a it's an influencer. And I tell people all 207 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 1: the time, those influencer girls are badass, Like no, we 208 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 1: are definitely hustlers, you know. And then even back then 209 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: when we would have to attend events, like it was 210 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 1: always something like especially my main thing is like staying relevant, 211 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: you know, because there's in the influencer world. Anyone can 212 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,959 Speaker 1: do it now, you know. It's literally you start from 213 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,079 Speaker 1: being home like and having a phone, you know. So 214 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:17,319 Speaker 1: the market has become saturated so quickly that it's like, 215 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 1: all right, years are going by, and I even get 216 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: people like she's still around, Like are you serious? Yeah, 217 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: where's Janina been? I'm like on all platforms, you know, 218 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 1: like working. I'm twenty three. Yeah, Like that's what people 219 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:42,319 Speaker 1: don't like take into consideration, like you're twenty three. Yeah, 220 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 1: And it's partially because I was dating an older man, 221 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: But I mean it is what it is. I'm gonna 222 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: add more vegetable broths because this thing is getting alone. 223 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 1: I love that you in Storm. I don't know your 224 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: guys situation. I'm not going to get into it, so 225 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 1: I don't want the commis shift to it. But I 226 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 1: love that you guys still remain very well. If you 227 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: guys are back together book obviously right, but but cordial, 228 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 1: very cordial, and you still keep the working supportive relationship going. 229 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 1: Oh yeah. I mean Storm played a major role um 230 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: with my career, and I feel like a lot of 231 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,320 Speaker 1: the things I know I wouldn't know if I had 232 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: never met him. You know, I learned how to edit, 233 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 1: I learned how to come up with ideas. Um and 234 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: his work ethic is like insane. Oh yeah, and he's 235 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 1: so helpful. Like that's one thing about that man Um 236 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: that like you just can't like not acknowledge. He has 237 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: helped so many people, like from King batch Le and 238 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: v Hannah Stalking and so it's always like we like 239 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 1: thank him so much and appreciate him so much because 240 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: he's played a big role in all of our careers. 241 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 1: So yeah, now he he also brought up the whole 242 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: Vines situation and that's where it was that the first 243 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: platform that you got on. Yeah, Vining was the first 244 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: platform I got on because it was popping back then, 245 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: and it was so easy to grow on Vine because 246 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 1: everyone was coming together and they were collaborating and everyone 247 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 1: was just shooting videos. And before it shut down, I 248 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: got to half a million followers. And so when it 249 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: shut down, we all transferred over to Instagram, and I 250 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 1: believe back then it was fifteen second videos. Yeah, and 251 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 1: then there's like no, it started to be like all up. 252 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 1: It's just fascinating to me and I want everybody to 253 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: hear or see this, like to really understand because obviously 254 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 1: being in l A, you people talk about influencers like 255 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 1: I just want to be one, or or oh it's 256 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 1: just a hot chick or or or maybe even fake 257 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: boots or fake this, and it's just like I know 258 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 1: you guys, and I'm like false, Like this girl is 259 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: a badass hustler. Yeah, we're not giving enough credit. No, 260 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 1: That's why I'm so excited to have you on the 261 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: show because people need to see, like, you're entrepreneur. These 262 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: women are entrepreneurs. They're working ten twelve hour days. They're 263 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: the creative and the business, which usually you don't get 264 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: in business. Usually you're either a creative or business. You 265 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 1: have to manage both. Yeah. Yeah, and sometimes we even 266 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 1: like we're the director, you know, like we will have 267 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 1: a director to shoot our series, but we know what 268 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 1: we want at the end of the day, and so 269 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: we're the director, the producer, the creator, like every we 270 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 1: play every role. But it's it's I think social media 271 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 1: is beautiful and the reason why I say that is 272 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: because it lets you be you. You know, you have 273 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: control of what you do. I noticed when I was 274 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: in the acting world and the music world, I was 275 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 1: always depending on someone and like, at the end of 276 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: the day, if I want to be like I want 277 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 1: to shoot TikTok's all day, I have my phone. I 278 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: could do it by myself, you know. And so I 279 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: like the fact that I have control of what, like 280 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: my career now, you know, if I want to put 281 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: up create a business, go get people and be like 282 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 1: this is what we're doing, you know. So I just 283 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: love that social media like you have the ability to 284 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 1: do that. Do you feel like social media helps boost 285 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 1: your confidence in your all? Like I guess, um, what 286 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: is it like self? Yea, yeah, no, definitely, because I 287 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: remember in the acting world, when you go to these auditions, 288 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: you take all this time to learn their scripts. You 289 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: go in they actually to read give you some direction 290 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: and then I like have a good day. Then you 291 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 1: sometimes you don't hear back from them, and it's like 292 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 1: I just spent all this time doing this and I 293 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: don't even know if I'm going to get the role. 294 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: So I felt like my self esteem back then was 295 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 1: starting to get low and like like almost hitting a 296 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 1: little depression, like why am I not getting anything? And 297 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: it was just a tough world. And then it's like 298 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 1: some people have bad days and then they're taking it 299 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: out on you, like casting directors, and I'm like, I'm 300 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 1: just here in my roles. So it's just a lot 301 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 1: of energy in that world that I feel just was 302 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 1: almost like, I don't know, a little toxic. So social media, 303 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: you don't, you don't really have to deal with that. 304 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 1: You know, you deal with people and like it's either 305 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:16,639 Speaker 1: you want to work you don't. You know. But now 306 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 1: if you were to cross over to mainstream, and I've 307 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 1: seen some of you guys like Melvin Greg was able 308 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:26,159 Speaker 1: to if you came from your guys squad, And do 309 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:28,399 Speaker 1: you feel like there's a hindrance or there could be 310 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: a hindrance going from influencer to mainstream, Yeah, I do, 311 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:39,119 Speaker 1: because the thing I hear the most is mainstream doesn't 312 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 1: really take social media influencers seriously. So I like, if 313 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 1: you only knew these social media some social media creators 314 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 1: actually did mainstream before, but they just weren't known, you know, 315 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: Like I was an actress before social media. I could 316 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 1: still read a script, but because I'm an influencer, I'm 317 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:00,639 Speaker 1: not going to be as like taken SERI like, you know, 318 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 1: so it's it's definitely harder to cross over, like I've 319 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:07,159 Speaker 1: tried to like get agencies and like be like, oh 320 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 1: I want to work with you guys, and it's still tough. 321 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 1: Like I'm like, I have this whole platform and it's 322 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:17,479 Speaker 1: it's still hard, you know. So it's definitely what's the 323 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: hardest thing that you think in your career you face 324 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: where you thought about maybe given up or where you 325 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 1: were like in the crossroads of like the dark side, 326 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,439 Speaker 1: you know, jump it off the cliff, you know, staying 327 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: on on the mountain, like you're right. Um, with social media, 328 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: I don't really think I've come across that. With acting. 329 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: In music, I feel like I did again. I just 330 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: feel like the energy in that world is just a 331 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:45,959 Speaker 1: little darker. And um, I don't know, I'm gonna say this, 332 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 1: but you guys can get off you want. I feel 333 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:52,640 Speaker 1: like there's a lot of pedophilia and music and acting, 334 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 1: you know. So it's always like you do this for me, 335 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 1: I do this for you, you know, and then that's 336 00:18:57,760 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: for both guys and girls, because guys do get it. 337 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah absolutely, But I think that 338 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,440 Speaker 1: was just my thing. Yeah, that's interesting you say that. 339 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: I like that you said that because nobody ever talks 340 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,479 Speaker 1: about it. Yeah, no, it's it's a thing. And like 341 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 1: I remember, like I went to this meeting, like this event, 342 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:21,919 Speaker 1: and I was so disgusted because I'm like, wow, social 343 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 1: media is so different than this. And this guy comes 344 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 1: over and he's like, what do you want to do? 345 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 1: Whatever you want to do, I got you. I'm like, okay, 346 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 1: Like I'll pitch you my ideas. And then it went 347 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 1: down this path and I was like, you're nasty. I'm 348 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: not doing that. I'm gonna stick on here and be 349 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: on TikTok and my good gram. So it's just it's hard, 350 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: like as a woman and like any world honestly, but 351 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 1: in social media you don't really encounter like weird people 352 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 1: like that, you know, because you're you're basically taking the 353 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:58,120 Speaker 1: tools that everyone has accessible to them, but you're exploiting them, 354 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:02,160 Speaker 1: I would say, exploiting them to grow your business to grow. 355 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 1: Do you think that the secret to being an influencer 356 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: or to having success is really being yourself or creating 357 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 1: a character. So I think it has you have to 358 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 1: be yourself with social media because I remember you remember 359 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 1: when I used to wear contacts, I used Oh my god, 360 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 1: the storm at that time was like you don't want 361 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:29,160 Speaker 1: to start social media like being this character because they're 362 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 1: always gonna want that, you know, So it's just better 363 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 1: to be you instead of kind of like my desireus. 364 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 1: Hannah Montana like, I just think it's better just to 365 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:40,400 Speaker 1: be who you are because you can always be you. 366 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:42,639 Speaker 1: At the end of the day. When you're playing a character, 367 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:44,879 Speaker 1: it could become a little exhausting and everyone knows you 368 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:46,879 Speaker 1: as that character and it's like, hey, guys, I'm actually 369 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 1: myself and nobody takes you serious as yourself because they 370 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 1: know that character. So I would say just to be 371 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 1: you all the way, and then if you want to 372 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 1: play characters, play characters, but don't have it be your 373 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 1: like main focus. You know. Do you think the secret 374 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 1: is how much you like quantity over quality or quality 375 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: over quantity when it comes to social media because it 376 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: is competitive landscape that looks so good camera above, I 377 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: hope I wish you could see this. It looks great. 378 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,360 Speaker 1: I'm like, should let me just throw a little more 379 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 1: for it? Some pep worm. So do you think it's 380 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 1: quality over quantity or quantity over quality um? I think 381 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 1: it's quantity over quality because if you have more quantity, 382 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:42,200 Speaker 1: quantity and people don't care for the quality stuff honestly, 383 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:46,880 Speaker 1: like when I shoot like high deaf videos and like 384 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 1: the more serious stuff, they don't really relate to that 385 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 1: because they can't really do it. But ut quantity, you 386 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:55,680 Speaker 1: are consistent and it's more and they know that they're 387 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: gonna continue to get more from you. So I definitely think, 388 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,920 Speaker 1: why is that like a tongue twister for me? Quantity 389 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 1: over quality? Are you going to diversify? Diversify like as 390 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:11,120 Speaker 1: in like all different industries. Are you just gonna stay 391 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: like music and entertainment and I'm doing everything. Yeah. Now 392 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 1: that I've like under like understand social media and I 393 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 1: feel like I hadn't fully mastered it, but I feel like, 394 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 1: very what's going on here? Don't start a fire? Um um. 395 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 1: Now that I feel like more comfortable in social media 396 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 1: because my main thing was just having money, you know, 397 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: and being able to support myself and my family if 398 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 1: maybe you know. So now that I finally have reached 399 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 1: that state, which is recent, I'm able to branch out 400 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,119 Speaker 1: and be like, oh, I want to do movies and 401 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,359 Speaker 1: like get back in the studio. So I definitely want 402 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:57,160 Speaker 1: to accomplish all the worlds because I feel like look 403 00:22:57,160 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 1: at j Lowen Beyonce and so like they've tapped into 404 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,159 Speaker 1: every market and that's something I want to do for 405 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 1: myself too. Oh nice, Well, I think I definitely think 406 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 1: and no, you have the capability of doing it between 407 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 1: your work ethic, your talent and your looks. You know, 408 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 1: maize my hands and you and your your looks hot mama. Um, Yeah, 409 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:30,159 Speaker 1: you can definitely do it, you know. Yeah. What is 410 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:33,640 Speaker 1: like some advice that you would give to someone that 411 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 1: like has held you through the this whole journey, Because 412 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 1: I've seen you through. I've seen you through your highs. 413 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:45,400 Speaker 1: You're I don't think i've ever seen you low low, 414 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 1: but I've seen you through. I've seen you through different 415 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 1: amountains in different chapters. No one we first met you, though, 416 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:53,919 Speaker 1: Like even though we were performing, there was still like 417 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 1: a struggle, Like my parents got divorced like around that time, 418 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 1: and like there was just a lot of like back history, 419 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: like outside of the scenes that we were still going 420 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 1: through and like I was trying to figure it out, 421 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: like how can I start to like make money for 422 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 1: my family? Like if times are hard and it's expensive, 423 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: it's so expensive, and like back then we were like 424 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,399 Speaker 1: my family was like putting so much into my career 425 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 1: that I'm like, I need to do something, like I 426 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 1: need to pop off, like I need to become a star, 427 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:32,160 Speaker 1: because everyone I felt at that time was like depending 428 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,439 Speaker 1: on my career to take off. You know, do you 429 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: felt like your parents because your parents were helping you 430 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 1: get your help? Yes, but you felt like, as a 431 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 1: young person, like I need to pay back. Oh yeah, yeah. 432 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:46,400 Speaker 1: And I know maybe that's not like the right way 433 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,520 Speaker 1: to look at it, but at that moment, I was 434 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 1: like I need to like come up for my family, 435 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 1: you know, and me as well, like I wanted to 436 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 1: be a star. So it definitely I felt like a 437 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 1: lot of pressure, you know, and like when I wouldn't 438 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,120 Speaker 1: get the gig and things like that, it was like 439 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 1: that's when I say, like you hit like a little 440 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:08,879 Speaker 1: depression and stuff like that. So I think that's all right, 441 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 1: it's not. It's because yeah, I think it looks pretty, 442 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 1: it looks stunned, got worry, I don't mind chopping. Okay, alright, 443 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:25,640 Speaker 1: to eat guys, drum roll. There's a little role. Can 444 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 1: I do a little like test out? Really did the pandemic? 445 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 1: Did you? Did you survive the pandemic gracefully or did 446 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 1: you did you hit some rough pop? Um? I feel 447 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 1: like digital was doing great during that time. It was 448 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 1: like our content everybody stuck at home. Yeah, and the 449 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,879 Speaker 1: Black Lives Matter was going on at that time. You 450 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 1: guys did a lot. Yeah. No, we were out there protesting, 451 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 1: Like it was my first protest, and I was like, 452 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 1: I gotta get it out there. Like I was so hot, 453 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: like I was heated and so upset with what I 454 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:07,359 Speaker 1: was seeing. And I also noticed, I'm gonna say it, 455 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 1: because I'm like an open book um brands felt the 456 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: need to collaborate with more black creators. Heck yea. So 457 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: it was definitely a more come up time and like 458 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 1: that was a time where I really like started to 459 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: generate revenue. So it's crazy, but I mean, and I'm 460 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 1: just curious, like how do you feel about that? Because 461 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 1: I noticed that during Black History Month. Traditionally, Black History 462 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,359 Speaker 1: Month has been downplayed, I think for plenty of years. 463 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 1: But this year was the first time I stepped into 464 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 1: Target and I had seen like right when you walk 465 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:44,639 Speaker 1: in the door, I had, you know, a display of books, 466 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 1: and I was shocked that I was taken back, like 467 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 1: even took a picture of it, like, wait a minute, 468 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 1: we're actually getting this lot recognition and it's not in 469 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 1: the back. I was, and I remember not two months 470 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,399 Speaker 1: ago there was. Yeah, you know, we were definitely pushed 471 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,360 Speaker 1: it to the front. Yeah, we were. And it's one 472 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 1: of those ironic catch twenty two. It's like you're you're 473 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 1: kind of like, dang, it took this much a lot 474 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 1: to get this far. But at the same time, for 475 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 1: the black community, it's like you would have to be 476 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: foolish not to like take advantage of finally being acknowledged 477 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 1: for this type of distribution. Right exactly, exactly, camera on top. 478 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,360 Speaker 1: Look at this dish. This looks like I could pay 479 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: for this at a restaurant. Look, just so you know, guys, 480 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,479 Speaker 1: we're gonna see her cooking ability. I don't know if 481 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: she's sing one or not, but here it is. Here 482 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:44,120 Speaker 1: we go. I clean after I cook, so we're gonna 483 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:49,640 Speaker 1: see because I've been cleaning after every episode. Alright, definitely, chair, 484 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 1: chair chair. It looks so delicious. Here we go. But 485 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 1: good taste, great mm hmm. And this is a broke dish, yeah, 486 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 1: being broken so bad. Oh my god, No, I think 487 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 1: we have the best food, to be honest. You ever 488 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:15,919 Speaker 1: go somewhere and like pay a lot of money for 489 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 1: food and it come out like, yeah, mediocre. Yeah, that's 490 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: the worst, especially people that get their food delivered. You 491 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 1: haven't tried the restaurant. Oh my god, I'm really so mad. 492 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,920 Speaker 1: I ordered pasta from this place, and I said, this 493 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,040 Speaker 1: is horrible. Why did they do that to me? Because 494 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 1: they literally put a bunch of pasta on the bottom 495 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:38,480 Speaker 1: and then chicken and vegetables on top, like nothing was 496 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:41,280 Speaker 1: mixed together or season. I said, they're so wrong for that. 497 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 1: They are. That's horrible. Yoh, this is really good. You're like, 498 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 1: I'm impressed with you. I'm really impressed your little ratitude 499 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 1: e what's her name? Sidekick gratitude? What does she say? 500 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:00,080 Speaker 1: I don't even know. You know she was on it. 501 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 1: She was definitely on it for the readcast. She only 502 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:05,800 Speaker 1: cut your stuff. That's it. You get all the credit 503 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 1: for this. Thank you. I appreciate it. But this is 504 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 1: so good. I don't have to take this home. Yeah, honestly, 505 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 1: I manage thank you to thank you for coming and 506 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: feeding me. On another episode of Eating Wall Broke Um 507 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:25,000 Speaker 1: check us out online or watch this video and Hopefully 508 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 1: you guys took notes on how to make this suit 509 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: because it's absolutely delicious healthy. Thank you, and thank you 510 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 1: for being like so transparent with us. Thanks for having me. Yeah, 511 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 1: I hope you guys learned a lot on this episode. 512 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,280 Speaker 1: For more Eating Wall Broke from I Heart Radio and 513 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:46,880 Speaker 1: The Black Effect, visit the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcast, 514 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:48,959 Speaker 1: or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.