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Speaker 1: Please welcome back to money making Conversation my friend Snoop Dillard. Hey, hey, hey,

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Speaker 1: thanks for having man. First of all, First of all,

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Speaker 1: of the tour of Snoop birthday celebration for the month April.

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Speaker 1: Did any of that happen? None of it? None of it?

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Speaker 1: Graduate Acting program at New York University. My guests is

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Speaker 1: a busy actor. We already know that. He's a I'm

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Speaker 1: That's what we're gonna find out about all these interesting

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Speaker 1: thank you, thank you for having me. How you Oklahoma?

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Speaker 1: That's where you're from? Oklahoma? Yeah, yeah, I was going

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Speaker 1: on the campus at the University of Oklahoma. So I'm

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Speaker 1: I'm Sooner born Sooner, breandham when I died Sooner That okay, Now,

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Speaker 1: I know. So so being the point in Oklahoma. No,

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Speaker 1: Trey Young, isn't he for Trey Young? Smoklahoma? Right? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: some Oklhoma Okay one of our oloom grades. Now as

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Speaker 1: an athlete, okay, athlete, Now you're an actor. You know

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Speaker 1: that the academics played the way Buck Nilsson wasn't an

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Speaker 1: an athlete. So let's talk about that. Was was was

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Speaker 1: the possibility of being an actor on the horizon or

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Speaker 1: just playing basketball on the horizon the amb when you

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Speaker 1: said that one more time, was I was being an

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Speaker 1: actor in the amby was being an actor? Was the

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Speaker 1: the goal for me, you know had always been um

550
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Speaker 1: basketball and and and and taking it to you know,

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Speaker 1: you know, taking it as far as possible, like and

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Speaker 1: you know, the dream of course is to play in

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Speaker 1: the NBA. Uh you know, but looking my father is

554
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Speaker 1: like you can put all your ads one basket. Something different.

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Speaker 1: You have to you have to find what what what

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Speaker 1: back on, and so I'm like, wow, I want to

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Speaker 1: fall back on basketball. Um. But while doing that, Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I did have other adventures that I was into,

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Speaker 1: you know, as far as the artwork. But I had

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Speaker 1: an uncle. I have an uncle who was a painter

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Speaker 1: In the meantime, I've always been active, but acting for fun,

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Speaker 1: And and it wasn't until I got when I saw

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Speaker 1: same time, I found myself on the stage, um, going

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Speaker 1: even though you had the physical traits and the physical

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Speaker 1: passing out scholarships, you know, they're not passing them out.

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Speaker 1: So if somebody looked at you on a regular basis

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Speaker 1: and so but as you went to college, how would

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Speaker 1: Like it's a time to like sit back and be like, Okay,

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Speaker 1: what do I want to do? What do I want

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Speaker 1: to do with the rest of my life now? Um,

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Speaker 1: you don't have to find the answer while in college,

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Speaker 1: but you can explore all the answers while you're in college.

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Speaker 1: And for me, you know, I started off as a

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631
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Speaker 1: up happening, I found myself, you know, auditioning for play

640
00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:08,480
Speaker 1: and getting cast in its senior year and uh, you know,

641
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,879
Speaker 1: because I was injured. And then my coach I told

642
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:12,839
Speaker 1: him I got cast in this play as you like it,

643
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:14,719
Speaker 1: and then he laughed at me and say, get the

644
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:17,520
Speaker 1: practice you're not doing that. So I was like, Okay,

645
00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:21,319
Speaker 1: all right, but there's something here. There's something about this

646
00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:23,880
Speaker 1: that I don't know what it is, but there's something

647
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:27,560
Speaker 1: here that I need to further explore. And then doing

648
00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:31,360
Speaker 1: the uh, the eulogy for the Marty Children by Monatha

649
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:35,719
Speaker 1: King Um for this um this gallah that was being

650
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:38,560
Speaker 1: put up about now my senior year, when I did

651
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:43,200
Speaker 1: that speech for for an audience, that's when I felt

652
00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:49,400
Speaker 1: completely me, completely where I was supposed to be, um,

653
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:52,640
Speaker 1: more so than I had ever felt even even when

654
00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:55,239
Speaker 1: I was, you know, playing at the top of my

655
00:34:55,280 --> 00:35:00,320
Speaker 1: game basketball wise. UM like that that that same freedom

656
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:02,319
Speaker 1: that I felt on the basketball court when I'm like

657
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:06,640
Speaker 1: completely letting go and at my best, you know, um

658
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:10,600
Speaker 1: not thinking, that's how I felt on the stage, that

659
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 1: level of freedom. And so it's amazing. Yeah, and I

660
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,360
Speaker 1: think basketball actually prepared me for that being an athlete,

661
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:20,880
Speaker 1: you know, it's just you know, uh, the you know,

662
00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:26,359
Speaker 1: the practices would be like rehearsal, Yeah, the discipline, all

663
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,560
Speaker 1: of that, man Like the things that you that go

664
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:33,960
Speaker 1: into becoming you know, the best athletes you can become. Uh,

665
00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 1: those those same things apply to to um uh not

666
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,839
Speaker 1: only acting, but to any sort of discipline that you're

667
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:45,840
Speaker 1: you're you're working on the the very foundation of those

668
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 1: different things that we work on. UH require that work.

669
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 1: That's really interesting that you bring it in, because it

670
00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 1: really is you know, whether you repeatedly practicing your free

671
00:35:56,560 --> 00:36:00,000
Speaker 1: throw where you were really practicing jump shots and pretty

672
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,560
Speaker 1: of the plactice drible try to get bit that that

673
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,040
Speaker 1: level of discipline, that's what we're talking about right now,

674
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,839
Speaker 1: when you're when we're talking about success of being consistently

675
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,520
Speaker 1: successful or trying to rise to a level that you

676
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,480
Speaker 1: can be successful. I wanted to ask this question because

677
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:17,480
Speaker 1: I do get athletes on my calls a lot, and

678
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:20,400
Speaker 1: and and you're an individual who got a college scholarship,

679
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:23,840
Speaker 1: so you had aspirations. I believe to be an NBA player.

680
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:25,640
Speaker 1: We all want to be Michael Jordan, we all want

681
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:27,720
Speaker 1: to be Kobe Bryant, we all want to be Charles Barkley.

682
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:29,319
Speaker 1: We always want to be If you got the boat

683
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,400
Speaker 1: to be a shock, what did at what point in

684
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:36,040
Speaker 1: your athletic career you realize, you know some I'm not

685
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:38,240
Speaker 1: gonna be at that level or did you ever realize

686
00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:39,520
Speaker 1: that and you said I was just gonna go in

687
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:41,640
Speaker 1: this direction to or something I feel I can I

688
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:47,160
Speaker 1: can excel in and for me, um, you know, I

689
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:50,000
Speaker 1: always wanted to be magic young. You know that that

690
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:54,759
Speaker 1: was my my my my favorite player of all times. UM.

691
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:57,480
Speaker 1: And I just assumed that I would going to be

692
00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:02,080
Speaker 1: six eight Um. When I stopped at six feeds, I

693
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:04,399
Speaker 1: think my body was like, you know what's good good

694
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,160
Speaker 1: at six feets you don't need that. You don't need

695
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:09,000
Speaker 1: to go any first just to see UM, but I

696
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:13,480
Speaker 1: won't be bad six see um. So UM, all right,

697
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,840
Speaker 1: six ft we're trying to work with this. Um. But

698
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:22,120
Speaker 1: then you know, uh, sophomore year in college, UM, you

699
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,040
Speaker 1: know it was actually a turning point for me because

700
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,960
Speaker 1: I actually wanted to transfer. I wanted to actually go

701
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:29,600
Speaker 1: someplace else, and because the you know, as far as

702
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:32,560
Speaker 1: silent play and relationship to coach just wasn't you know,

703
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,880
Speaker 1: I wasn't there and I wanted to. I wanted, I

704
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:37,960
Speaker 1: wanted to go somewhere else, but I could you know,

705
00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 1: I can maximize my skill set. And uh, and what

706
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:45,960
Speaker 1: was said to me then when I had spoken to

707
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:49,839
Speaker 1: the coach, UM actually put me in a place that

708
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:55,239
Speaker 1: made me and this is truth be told honestly, UM,

709
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:58,800
Speaker 1: made me fall out of love for playing organized basketball,

710
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,319
Speaker 1: because yeah, I mean, I love the game and I've

711
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,839
Speaker 1: always loved game that will never leave me. But there's

712
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,920
Speaker 1: something about organized basketball, organized sports that all of a

713
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:14,840
Speaker 1: sudden became, um it's no longer became the sort of

714
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:18,960
Speaker 1: a fun a passion for you. Thanks, yeah, the passion,

715
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:24,879
Speaker 1: yeah exactly, so um so yeah. So so that's when

716
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:27,080
Speaker 1: it started for me, because i mean, look, I'm you know,

717
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,800
Speaker 1: I'm working these basketball camps, were working Georgetown University of

718
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:33,239
Speaker 1: Basketball camp, playing with those guys afterwards, work in the

719
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 1: University of Maryland basketball camp, playing with those guys afterwards.

720
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:37,840
Speaker 1: If you think about it back then, that's when Steve

721
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:42,319
Speaker 1: Blake was there, when uh, when Juan Dixon was there,

722
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:44,680
Speaker 1: a lot of profit to come back and ball Tony

723
00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:48,280
Speaker 1: Massenburg with ball and and I'm balling with them, holding

724
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,200
Speaker 1: my own and then these guys are like, man, can't

725
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,239
Speaker 1: wait to see what you do about now, you know,

726
00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:55,800
Speaker 1: can't you know, can't wait, can't wait. And then I

727
00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,880
Speaker 1: get to school and then somehow something would happen that

728
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:04,200
Speaker 1: just you know, that didn't flow right because it wasn't

729
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:08,399
Speaker 1: it was no longer you know, working out it just

730
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:11,120
Speaker 1: maybe be like, you know what, I've got to look

731
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:15,279
Speaker 1: at this and and really and really see is this

732
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:17,720
Speaker 1: where I'm supposed to be. This is what I'm supposed

733
00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:20,120
Speaker 1: to be doing, you know. And the thing is is

734
00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:24,480
Speaker 1: that it Basketball is what what makes me happy in

735
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,399
Speaker 1: terms of it being my happy place. But I can

736
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:31,359
Speaker 1: play basketball and anywhere anytime I want to, you know,

737
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:37,600
Speaker 1: Um at six, oh you know what I mean, Leaven

738
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:42,080
Speaker 1: at five, I could so. Um, that's right, he's the man.

739
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,400
Speaker 1: He's been on the show. He's an athlete. And I

740
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:48,040
Speaker 1: always I love bringing people who are who on paper

741
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:50,239
Speaker 1: you see how they've made a transition in it in

742
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:52,920
Speaker 1: their lives, you know, because you could be so successful

743
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,240
Speaker 1: in one direction, and sometimes you can hold onto that

744
00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:57,880
Speaker 1: that direction for too long because you're afraid to make change.

745
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:00,760
Speaker 1: And when you're an athlete, you you can be driven

746
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:04,000
Speaker 1: by the physicality of That's what defines you. And that's

747
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:05,439
Speaker 1: why I love and that's why I wanted to bring

748
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:08,239
Speaker 1: you on the show. Neonb now me because you are,

749
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:10,680
Speaker 1: you know, you all that athlete. You are defined by

750
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,640
Speaker 1: the possibilities of what you could do as a physical person.

751
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:16,640
Speaker 1: Like you said, you were competing against the Steve Blake's

752
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:18,560
Speaker 1: and the Wale Dick and these are very familiar names

753
00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:21,880
Speaker 1: for me. Okay from that whole Uh you know Maryland,

754
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 1: Maryland George time era or the back then when when

755
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 1: they when they were just just winning on the regular.

756
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:29,120
Speaker 1: Maryland is still having it, has a really successful program

757
00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:32,080
Speaker 1: and Patrick human trying to bring back the Georgetown program.

758
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:35,160
Speaker 1: But more importantly, you understood that God gave you more

759
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:38,480
Speaker 1: than one talent. You understood that you you had multiple

760
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:41,239
Speaker 1: layers of opportunity. You just had to figure out how

761
00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:45,240
Speaker 1: to use those and acting came along. Let's talk about

762
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:48,920
Speaker 1: that transition to becoming a working actor. How did that

763
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:50,759
Speaker 1: all come about? You know, because you said you were

764
00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:53,040
Speaker 1: passionate about it. We could have a lot of passion,

765
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:55,440
Speaker 1: you know that, but you gotta have the brakes, and

766
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,400
Speaker 1: when you get the brakes, you gotta take advantage of it.

767
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:01,040
Speaker 1: Talk to us about that. Well, here's the thing. So

768
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:04,960
Speaker 1: for me, they when I made when I made the

769
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:08,840
Speaker 1: decision to be an um, it was made because I

770
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:13,439
Speaker 1: i or imaginatively I should say, um, but I could

771
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:17,040
Speaker 1: see myself doing it when I'm nineties, and I could

772
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:20,640
Speaker 1: see that every decision I made in terms of going

773
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:25,879
Speaker 1: to you know, Sell LaBlast going to the public theater

774
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:29,080
Speaker 1: Shakespeare Lab to study for summer um, you know, going

775
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:32,279
Speaker 1: to do regional theater, going back to school, going back

776
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:35,120
Speaker 1: to n y U to get my masters, to bin acting.

777
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:38,880
Speaker 1: All of that sum like a blip on that long

778
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:43,279
Speaker 1: scale of of my career that would last through the

779
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:47,440
Speaker 1: age of nineties. See. So by any of those decisions

780
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:49,520
Speaker 1: I was making, I knew that I you know, I

781
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:52,120
Speaker 1: have time. I have time. I have time. I have

782
00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:55,239
Speaker 1: time to be the best that I can be to

783
00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:58,799
Speaker 1: to figure this out to you know, I took you know,

784
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:02,960
Speaker 1: to do background where on all my children to do um,

785
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:07,439
Speaker 1: you know, background on on on um you know, law

786
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:09,759
Speaker 1: and order, just so I can see what it like

787
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:11,960
Speaker 1: to be on a set, you know, So like I

788
00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:14,440
Speaker 1: could take the time to do things like that, to

789
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:17,279
Speaker 1: to study my craft and see other people doing it,

790
00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:19,480
Speaker 1: to get us close to other people that do it,

791
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:23,080
Speaker 1: um you know, and you know, watch them, observed them,

792
00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:25,960
Speaker 1: and then be able to say for myself, Okay, that's great,

793
00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:29,319
Speaker 1: I know what that is. UM. I know that. Uh.

794
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:32,080
Speaker 1: And this has been fun. Every experience that I I've

795
00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:35,040
Speaker 1: I've undertaken. I try to have the most fun with it,

796
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,440
Speaker 1: and I think the you know, any undertaking that you

797
00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:40,560
Speaker 1: take on, uh, joy has to be a part of it.

798
00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:43,560
Speaker 1: And so even when I was a background actor, was

799
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:46,799
Speaker 1: like joy you know, it was was a big part

800
00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:49,279
Speaker 1: of it. But I said to myself, now that I've

801
00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:51,719
Speaker 1: done that, I know that this was a great experience.

802
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:54,400
Speaker 1: This isn't me, and so then I would move on

803
00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:57,279
Speaker 1: to the next thing. Um, you know, because I knew

804
00:42:57,400 --> 00:43:01,400
Speaker 1: exactly the sort of projects I want. I wanted to

805
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:03,200
Speaker 1: be a part of the type of actor that I

806
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:06,400
Speaker 1: that I know that I am, and if I'm not

807
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:09,000
Speaker 1: that yet, I was going to do the things that

808
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:15,440
Speaker 1: I needed to do to um to bring myself there. Um.

809
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:18,399
Speaker 1: So um, yeah, it's really it was. It was really

810
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:21,279
Speaker 1: a journey of just trying to figure out, you know,

811
00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:24,319
Speaker 1: who who am I? And then who am I in

812
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:29,719
Speaker 1: this business? But who told you you was funny? Though? Yeah?

813
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:32,080
Speaker 1: Who told you was funny? Though? Okay, this is a comedian,

814
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:36,400
Speaker 1: this is a professional comedian talking to you funny, you

815
00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:39,200
Speaker 1: know what's funny? So like I always knew that I

816
00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:42,600
Speaker 1: was funny when um, because when I was in when

817
00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:46,160
Speaker 1: I was in like high school, college, I was the

818
00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:49,640
Speaker 1: dude I was the quiet dude, but like at the

819
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:53,200
Speaker 1: same time somebody would say something I've heard and whispered

820
00:43:53,239 --> 00:43:55,239
Speaker 1: my friend and say something funny and then he burst

821
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:57,360
Speaker 1: out laughing, and everybody'd be like, well, well, what was happening.

822
00:43:57,600 --> 00:43:59,319
Speaker 1: And then he could be like, oh, yeah, I just

823
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:04,400
Speaker 1: said something funny. Yeah, then it wasn't. It wasn't until

824
00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:09,360
Speaker 1: later like acting all that whatever. Actually, I just you know,

825
00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:11,719
Speaker 1: it came out of my shell and I was just like,

826
00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:14,239
Speaker 1: you know, I just started being goofy and just like

827
00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:17,200
Speaker 1: saying whatever I thought and and you know, try to

828
00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:20,479
Speaker 1: make people laugh and and and bring joy to people,

829
00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:24,520
Speaker 1: even if it was you know, even if it is uh,

830
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:26,400
Speaker 1: you know, I'm soon born in the red out and

831
00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:30,480
Speaker 1: you know I'll sooner die whatever. So like, but like

832
00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:34,319
Speaker 1: saying those things just to like, um, you know, make

833
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:40,000
Speaker 1: somebody smile, like it's it's well, you know, I'm gonna

834
00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:42,960
Speaker 1: say this to you, you know, and yeah, you know

835
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:46,720
Speaker 1: about your your talents, because to make to be funny,

836
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:49,960
Speaker 1: it's very difficult to be fun. You know that to

837
00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:54,400
Speaker 1: be dramatic, it's still a talent, but you're not forcing

838
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:56,799
Speaker 1: people to react. See when you when you're being fun

839
00:44:56,880 --> 00:45:00,359
Speaker 1: you're forcing people to laugh or to smile. You could

840
00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:02,479
Speaker 1: do a dramatic scene for a long period and people

841
00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:06,279
Speaker 1: just can sit there and this internalizing emotionally and they

842
00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:08,640
Speaker 1: might not react. He may not cry, they might not

843
00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:12,160
Speaker 1: show any facial features. And so so when I look

844
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:15,440
Speaker 1: at your career and you're doing that, man, that's that's

845
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:18,120
Speaker 1: the compliment that I gotta throw to you. Very few

846
00:45:18,120 --> 00:45:21,759
Speaker 1: people that have done that in Hollywood very well. Robin Williams,

847
00:45:22,280 --> 00:45:26,040
Speaker 1: I think he did it fantastically. Kevin Hart, I think

848
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:29,120
Speaker 1: it's doing an amazing job of it. Jim Carrey has

849
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:34,120
Speaker 1: made those most monumental serious the comedic transitions on the

850
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:36,839
Speaker 1: on the on the big screen. And you're doing it too.

851
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:39,600
Speaker 1: Now with it with the good fight. Now. I don't

852
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:42,880
Speaker 1: want to steal any thunder from the show, but tell everybody,

853
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:45,120
Speaker 1: set up, everybody exactly what that show is. I got

854
00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:46,480
Speaker 1: it right in front of me. I can tell him.

855
00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:49,040
Speaker 1: But you know, I gotta start the show on here.

856
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:51,680
Speaker 1: You you got my boy Michael Boltman and there I

857
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 1: love him to death. On my Michael Bolandry Orlando that

858
00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:59,960
Speaker 1: name right there. Let you know you got some act

859
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:02,080
Speaker 1: think chops around you right there. You gotta bring it

860
00:46:02,160 --> 00:46:04,800
Speaker 1: when Darry Orlando is in the scene, and then and

861
00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:07,160
Speaker 1: she could sing and she could seem like the wind.

862
00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:10,840
Speaker 1: That's Ardra McDonald. So those are just three names, like

863
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:15,160
Speaker 1: because the show is based on a white talent being

864
00:46:15,239 --> 00:46:18,279
Speaker 1: introduced into a black world. So I've set it up

865
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:20,799
Speaker 1: explained everybody what goes on on The Good Fight, which

866
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:26,120
Speaker 1: is available on All Access CBS. Yeah, so like you know,

867
00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:28,080
Speaker 1: they answer your question before that, you know, as far

868
00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:31,920
Speaker 1: as like, uh, you know, comedy versus dramas, like the

869
00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:33,680
Speaker 1: way I say the people, it's just you know, the

870
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:36,439
Speaker 1: difference is that it's just when you decided to say something,

871
00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:40,560
Speaker 1: to say something. It's the timing, you know, it's literally timing, pitch,

872
00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:42,880
Speaker 1: all of those things, you know, and and and and

873
00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:46,279
Speaker 1: just surprising people. And I think when you surprise people,

874
00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:48,080
Speaker 1: it's like tickling them and there there and they laugh,

875
00:46:48,239 --> 00:46:51,319
Speaker 1: you know, and and I love doing that. I love

876
00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:53,640
Speaker 1: finding that, you know, just trying to surprise someone with

877
00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:57,320
Speaker 1: with with you know, a well timed joke, you know,

878
00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:01,879
Speaker 1: and and and then there's some elements that with even

879
00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:03,799
Speaker 1: with a Good Fight. But but you know, Good Fight,

880
00:47:03,840 --> 00:47:06,480
Speaker 1: the Good Fight drama. Uh, we got like you said

881
00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:11,759
Speaker 1: the amazing Delo Lindo, who is the the the head

882
00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:14,920
Speaker 1: of this law firm, Um, Reddit Bosman at the time

883
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:17,160
Speaker 1: when you first started ready Bowsman Colstad and we have

884
00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:21,759
Speaker 1: this um uh we have Christine Baranski, amazing actress as well.

885
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:27,880
Speaker 1: Beautiful she put the word beautiful, beautiful Christinauti. She's a beautiful,

886
00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:32,399
Speaker 1: wonderful Christine Baranski who they spent off from The Good Wife. UM.

887
00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:36,279
Speaker 1: As you know her character Diane Lockhart, and she was

888
00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:39,600
Speaker 1: going to retire, but then besides to come back because

889
00:47:39,640 --> 00:47:42,000
Speaker 1: you know, she gotta mix some money. Um. And the

890
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:46,840
Speaker 1: only people that would hire her we're we're Adrian Bozeman

891
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:50,320
Speaker 1: Dolor Lendo's character because they needed they needed a diversity

892
00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:54,960
Speaker 1: higher So so yeah, and so then this is us

893
00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:59,640
Speaker 1: now with with Christine, with Diane at our law firm.

894
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:06,520
Speaker 1: We're now at a traditionally um uh black law firm. Um.

895
00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:10,279
Speaker 1: Watching the ins and outs of this company over the

896
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:13,719
Speaker 1: next seven seasons. So it's um, it's actually amazing. I

897
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:15,560
Speaker 1: mean the actors that come through, I mean we've had

898
00:48:16,239 --> 00:48:19,839
Speaker 1: we had uh Luke Gotta Jr. H come through, which

899
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:24,800
Speaker 1: was great. Um. Who who is the head of the

900
00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:26,759
Speaker 1: law firm? You know, so he came in then and

901
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:29,080
Speaker 1: did it. Did an episode when we have so many

902
00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:32,800
Speaker 1: great guest stars that come through, like the rioting is incredible.

903
00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:38,480
Speaker 1: We're always we're always talking about what's current and and

904
00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:41,120
Speaker 1: and what's current and what's new. Something that went viral

905
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:45,360
Speaker 1: not too long ago was this video of Adrian Bozeman,

906
00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:48,319
Speaker 1: which is del Roy Lindo. It's from season two where

907
00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:50,560
Speaker 1: he's on a news outlet and they're talking about the

908
00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:53,520
Speaker 1: N word and then he's like, you know what, go ahead,

909
00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:56,040
Speaker 1: then say it. You know you want to say it,

910
00:48:56,320 --> 00:49:01,560
Speaker 1: say and and like and and you know, and it

911
00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:03,600
Speaker 1: went viral and people like, well, what is this? What

912
00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:05,359
Speaker 1: is this? And it was like, no, that was from

913
00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:07,280
Speaker 1: something two years ago that we shot on our shows.

914
00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:09,759
Speaker 1: A good fight and we're but we're always current. We're

915
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:12,239
Speaker 1: always current, hitting me with new stuff, hitting me with

916
00:49:12,320 --> 00:49:14,200
Speaker 1: the things that you that that people want to talk

917
00:49:14,239 --> 00:49:17,440
Speaker 1: about and should It's one of those uh I call

918
00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:19,759
Speaker 1: it a waterpooler shown. It's one of those shows where

919
00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:21,879
Speaker 1: you know, you act your water cool or you're thinking

920
00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:23,600
Speaker 1: about what you watched last night, and then somebody else

921
00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:25,040
Speaker 1: comes up to the water cool and get their water

922
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:26,840
Speaker 1: and you look at them and say, hey, see what

923
00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:28,839
Speaker 1: happened on The Good Fight last night. You're like, yeah,

924
00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:32,719
Speaker 1: you know, it's crazy. What is your character? Whats your

925
00:49:33,400 --> 00:49:36,759
Speaker 1: what is your investig on the show? Yeah? I played

926
00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:40,240
Speaker 1: Jade the Persia, the the in house investigator at Reddy

927
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:43,640
Speaker 1: Reddick Boseman Cold Status and for those who are up

928
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Speaker 1: to date, Reddy Reddy Boseman Lockhart and you know this

929
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:52,600
Speaker 1: cool dude somebody who just who who you know, gathers

930
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Speaker 1: all the information and he may he may not give

931
00:49:54,960 --> 00:49:56,440
Speaker 1: you what you wanted, but he'll always give you what

932
00:49:56,520 --> 00:50:00,200
Speaker 1: you need. Uh, you know, very mysterious, uh of the

933
00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:04,760
Speaker 1: um you know investigators, Uh, in terms of his methods.

934
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Speaker 1: But but um, but but reliable. You're a dope like

935
00:50:09,680 --> 00:50:12,360
Speaker 1: he's dope. Like you're just like he's dope. Like you

936
00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:15,200
Speaker 1: gotta you gotta watch this the show to understand what

937
00:50:15,239 --> 00:50:17,479
Speaker 1: I'm talking about. This in terms of not only my character,

938
00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:19,360
Speaker 1: how dope that you know, Jade the Persia is, but

939
00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:24,040
Speaker 1: then also they're just the world that these characters all

940
00:50:24,080 --> 00:50:27,160
Speaker 1: live in. But not only that, the great acting. Like

941
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Speaker 1: I said, you know, I don't want to gloss over

942
00:50:28,719 --> 00:50:30,960
Speaker 1: the fact that you're talented actor or young up and

943
00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:33,320
Speaker 1: coming when you compare yourself to a dari Row Lindo

944
00:50:33,400 --> 00:50:36,759
Speaker 1: or or the resumes that Michael Boatman has putting out

945
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:39,000
Speaker 1: that put out there over the years, over the decades.

946
00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:42,120
Speaker 1: You know, these guys are they're they're truly working actors

947
00:50:42,200 --> 00:50:45,000
Speaker 1: in this business. And from an African American standpoint, you

948
00:50:45,280 --> 00:50:47,320
Speaker 1: you look at them and realize that because it's difficult

949
00:50:47,520 --> 00:50:49,920
Speaker 1: just just to do anything consistently, But from an African

950
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Speaker 1: American standpoint, you can say, I work as an actor

951
00:50:52,840 --> 00:50:55,440
Speaker 1: for a living. That's a testament to your talent and

952
00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:59,160
Speaker 1: your testament to how you handle relationships, because relationships is

953
00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:02,800
Speaker 1: very important in all business, but especially in Hollywood. The

954
00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:05,520
Speaker 1: argent McDonald. But there's a little little NEGGETI of information

955
00:51:05,560 --> 00:51:08,799
Speaker 1: I wanted to say about this about Christine Baranski's character,

956
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:11,560
Speaker 1: Like she was doing well, really really really well. She's

957
00:51:11,560 --> 00:51:14,239
Speaker 1: about to walk out in the sunset. Her husband got

958
00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:17,120
Speaker 1: caught up in a made off type scam and when

959
00:51:17,120 --> 00:51:19,440
Speaker 1: he got call off for that madeoff type scam, he

960
00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:23,279
Speaker 1: lost all her money and his money too, So she

961
00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:26,359
Speaker 1: had to go find a job any would come close

962
00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:28,719
Speaker 1: to kind of maintaining her job, which kind of like

963
00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:31,920
Speaker 1: keeps her locked into this firm. They offered her a

964
00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:33,920
Speaker 1: job when nobody else wanted to hire because she had

965
00:51:33,920 --> 00:51:36,960
Speaker 1: a little attitude out there, people that untouchable. She was

966
00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:39,880
Speaker 1: a queen bee and so when everybody seems saw the

967
00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:42,600
Speaker 1: queen Bee get stung, they were like laughing, Oh yeah,

968
00:51:42,719 --> 00:51:44,560
Speaker 1: you don't ask me for a job. I have nothing

969
00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:47,719
Speaker 1: for you. Well, this African American law firm, law firm

970
00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:50,440
Speaker 1: offered her job, but guess well it didn't. It's not

971
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:54,279
Speaker 1: sitting very well with all African Americans at the firm.

972
00:51:54,960 --> 00:51:56,959
Speaker 1: That's the beauty of this show because of the fact

973
00:51:57,000 --> 00:51:59,840
Speaker 1: that I love it because their classic shows on t

974
00:52:00,120 --> 00:52:02,320
Speaker 1: V and you involved in one of the law or

975
00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:06,680
Speaker 1: the series Homeland series. I have watched this show and

976
00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:09,520
Speaker 1: and enjoyed the I'm gonna just tell you this, I'm

977
00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:12,400
Speaker 1: a fan of yours from a standpoint of just watching

978
00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:14,800
Speaker 1: you grow as a young man on the screen. I

979
00:52:14,920 --> 00:52:18,799
Speaker 1: do believe, Niambie, you have a career. In twenty years

980
00:52:18,840 --> 00:52:22,600
Speaker 1: from now, you'll be dere Rorlando, You'll be Michael Boltman.

981
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:26,320
Speaker 1: Because you're showing that you have a virtual palette. You

982
00:52:26,360 --> 00:52:29,239
Speaker 1: can play serious, you can play dramatic, and that's how

983
00:52:29,280 --> 00:52:31,160
Speaker 1: you last in this business. If you look at The

984
00:52:31,320 --> 00:52:37,320
Speaker 1: Orlando's resume comedy drama. Look at Michael Boltman's resume, comedy drama.

985
00:52:37,600 --> 00:52:41,480
Speaker 1: Look at niambie now resume comedy drama. Do not change,

986
00:52:41,520 --> 00:52:44,120
Speaker 1: my friend. You're on a path for long term success.

987
00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:46,880
Speaker 1: Keep winning and keep understanding that. I want to make

988
00:52:46,920 --> 00:52:49,480
Speaker 1: a quick shift, right quick, because I want to talk

989
00:52:49,520 --> 00:52:52,480
Speaker 1: about You've been a comic book aficionado. So I brought

990
00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:54,400
Speaker 1: that up early. I don't want nobody to say, Man,

991
00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:55,919
Speaker 1: he said he's gonna talk to me about those comic

992
00:52:55,960 --> 00:52:58,279
Speaker 1: books and didn't say nothing. Tell us about that, and

993
00:52:58,360 --> 00:53:07,480
Speaker 1: tell us about your gaming background. Yeah, okay, I'm actually

994
00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:10,320
Speaker 1: in many ways playing catch up because you know, we

995
00:53:10,400 --> 00:53:11,840
Speaker 1: moved around a lot when I was a kid, and

996
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:14,200
Speaker 1: so the stuff that I was into as a kid

997
00:53:14,360 --> 00:53:19,200
Speaker 1: were comic strips and cartoons. But I never I never

998
00:53:19,280 --> 00:53:22,800
Speaker 1: knew a comic book store existed. Not um. I was

999
00:53:22,920 --> 00:53:25,399
Speaker 1: in grad school and one of my classmates was like, kay,

1000
00:53:25,400 --> 00:53:27,360
Speaker 1: I go to the comic bookstore every Wednesday. I do

1001
00:53:27,480 --> 00:53:30,799
Speaker 1: this for another Wednesday. Why Wednesday? And He's like, yes,

1002
00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:32,719
Speaker 1: the babe, that comics come out And I'm like wow,

1003
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:34,279
Speaker 1: like that doesn't make sense. I was like, can I

1004
00:53:34,280 --> 00:53:36,000
Speaker 1: follow you do a comic book store? It's like yeah, yeah,

1005
00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:39,520
Speaker 1: So I follow him to Midtown Comics in New York,

1006
00:53:39,960 --> 00:53:42,400
Speaker 1: one of the largest comic stores in the country. And

1007
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:44,279
Speaker 1: I walked in there, man, and it was like it

1008
00:53:44,360 --> 00:53:47,520
Speaker 1: was candy Land. I could not believe all of the

1009
00:53:47,640 --> 00:53:51,600
Speaker 1: comics that I had missed, and that was like in

1010
00:53:51,719 --> 00:53:53,920
Speaker 1: front of me, and that had to be. That was

1011
00:53:54,760 --> 00:53:57,759
Speaker 1: That was fifteen years ago, and I'm telling you from

1012
00:53:57,880 --> 00:54:02,880
Speaker 1: then on, it's just been devouring comics NonStop, and so

1013
00:54:03,239 --> 00:54:06,120
Speaker 1: like like comments are a huge part of who I am,

1014
00:54:06,320 --> 00:54:10,640
Speaker 1: a part of of what I do. Um you know,

1015
00:54:10,760 --> 00:54:12,960
Speaker 1: I use it. I use it in terms of in

1016
00:54:13,160 --> 00:54:15,960
Speaker 1: terms of like foundational work, even for my acting as

1017
00:54:16,040 --> 00:54:18,319
Speaker 1: far as you know, as because I'm a sketch artist,

1018
00:54:18,760 --> 00:54:21,360
Speaker 1: So as far as sketching, I'll sketch, like if I

1019
00:54:21,400 --> 00:54:23,239
Speaker 1: see a scene and I see a scene where I

1020
00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:28,279
Speaker 1: may not you know, like you know, uh so in

1021
00:54:28,400 --> 00:54:30,600
Speaker 1: terms of what something may look like or or have

1022
00:54:30,719 --> 00:54:34,800
Speaker 1: a relationship to that particular object or relationship with that person,

1023
00:54:35,360 --> 00:54:41,200
Speaker 1: I'll draw the person. I'll draw the object in relationship

1024
00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:43,520
Speaker 1: with that person because I'm actually looking at the details

1025
00:54:43,560 --> 00:54:45,960
Speaker 1: of that object or the details of that person. So

1026
00:54:46,040 --> 00:54:48,560
Speaker 1: it's like really dope. Um, you know in terms of

1027
00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:51,680
Speaker 1: how comics have inspired that. Um, you know for meat,

1028
00:54:52,120 --> 00:54:54,439
Speaker 1: for comic strips that inspired that, and now it's comic

1029
00:54:54,480 --> 00:54:58,000
Speaker 1: books that are doing that for me. Um. And then um,

1030
00:54:58,239 --> 00:55:01,919
Speaker 1: what else do you do as a game? Game? Gaming? Yeah,

1031
00:55:02,520 --> 00:55:04,799
Speaker 1: hug game like the thing is, you know, I used

1032
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:06,319
Speaker 1: the game a lot of the kids and then again

1033
00:55:06,360 --> 00:55:09,479
Speaker 1: that brought me back into the fold. Was was Metal

1034
00:55:09,560 --> 00:55:11,480
Speaker 1: Gear back in two thousands, I want to say, two

1035
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Speaker 1: thousand two, two thousand three on the on the PS

1036
00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:19,520
Speaker 1: so I want to see the PS two things kids

1037
00:55:19,520 --> 00:55:21,719
Speaker 1: to maybe the PS one on p S one and

1038
00:55:22,440 --> 00:55:27,240
Speaker 1: and like like game like like you know anything and everything.

1039
00:55:27,400 --> 00:55:29,480
Speaker 1: You know, games like the you know, Class of Us,

1040
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:32,800
Speaker 1: Shadows mortor you know, of course played the two K

1041
00:55:32,960 --> 00:55:36,440
Speaker 1: games NBA two K P for cup Head, I'm playing

1042
00:55:36,760 --> 00:55:39,359
Speaker 1: again on my Nintendo Switch, one of the hardest games

1043
00:55:39,400 --> 00:55:41,919
Speaker 1: you've ever play, my boy. You know, we're arguing whether

1044
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:44,040
Speaker 1: or not cup Head. You know, the villains and cup

1045
00:55:44,080 --> 00:55:46,920
Speaker 1: Heads are as are as hard as Tyson from the

1046
00:55:47,160 --> 00:55:49,480
Speaker 1: from Mike Tysons punch Out. You know, that's something that

1047
00:55:49,560 --> 00:55:52,840
Speaker 1: we argue about you no daily so like um, you know,

1048
00:55:53,840 --> 00:55:55,560
Speaker 1: like gaming is a huge part of what I do

1049
00:55:55,760 --> 00:55:57,960
Speaker 1: in terms of just passing the time and just like

1050
00:55:58,239 --> 00:56:02,520
Speaker 1: engaging the mind, because you gotta engage the mind every day. Wow,

1051
00:56:02,960 --> 00:56:04,719
Speaker 1: I'm I want to take you and thank you for

1052
00:56:04,800 --> 00:56:06,839
Speaker 1: coming on my show. I'm talking to the Ambating the Ambi,

1053
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:10,480
Speaker 1: the star of the CBS All Assets series. Uh, the

1054
00:56:10,560 --> 00:56:13,040
Speaker 1: good fight, my friend. No, you have a home here

1055
00:56:13,080 --> 00:56:17,080
Speaker 1: with Ruean McDonald money Making Conversations. I enjoyed the conversation. Hope,

1056
00:56:17,120 --> 00:56:19,960
Speaker 1: we enjoyed the journey and allowed me to share a

1057
00:56:20,040 --> 00:56:23,000
Speaker 1: small portion of your life very quickly in my formattic

1058
00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:25,439
Speaker 1: called money making Conversation. I appreciate you coming on the show.

1059
00:56:26,560 --> 00:56:28,160
Speaker 1: Well man, thank you so much, thank you. Thank you.

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Speaker 1: My next guest is the CEO and owner Abella Sloan Enterprises.

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Speaker 1: His company not only helps you repair your personal credit,

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Speaker 1: but also educates them on the topic. In addition, his

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Speaker 1: company helps small to medium slash companies with funding via

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Speaker 1: their credit their bear, their bit business credit. His company

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Speaker 1: has been in operation for with thirteen years in the

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Speaker 1: Philadelphia area. He has turned his passion of helping others

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Speaker 1: into a thriving business. Please welcome to Money Making Conversation.

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Speaker 1: Herman Doshi, Good morning, Good morning, Thank you for having

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Speaker 1: me today. I appreciate you, my friend. Life is good

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Speaker 1: for you. And I'm assuming you're in the Philadelphia area

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Speaker 1: right now. Yes, I am. We all hunkered down right now,

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Speaker 1: have good Well, I'm hunkered down in Atlanta. I would

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Speaker 1: love that I got. I'm a Texas boy, so I

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Speaker 1: was born to raise in Houston, so I want to

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Speaker 1: get back to Texas. But you know, right now I

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Speaker 1: got all the family Atlanta dealing with this pandemic and

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Speaker 1: not allowing it to win. I want to read something

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Speaker 1: that I took from your website about your mission statement

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00:58:41,760 --> 00:58:44,280
Speaker 1: before we start the interview. It's a good, really positive statement.

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Speaker 1: Our mission is to help our clients reach financial literacy

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00:58:48,760 --> 00:58:52,800
Speaker 1: through through credit education and repair. In addition, we teach

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Speaker 1: and help entrepreneurs to obtain the capital and credit they

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Speaker 1: need to fuel their dreams. Whether you are just it

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Speaker 1: in your business are looking for millions in capital to expand,

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Speaker 1: we have solutions that can help you fund your endeavor.

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Speaker 1: That's your mission statement? Correct? What does that mean in

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Speaker 1: the sense as far as because you went from so

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Speaker 1: like you can go from the small businessman to the

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Speaker 1: multimillion dollar business is trying to move forward in a

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Speaker 1: stronger direction? How do you balance that that that that extreme?

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Speaker 1: So when when what what I like to do is

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Speaker 1: when I'm doing promotions or advertising social media, or when

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Speaker 1: I'm speaking in front of a group of people, I

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Speaker 1: like to present the end gold potential clients. So the

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Speaker 1: goal is to be successful in your business. We here

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Speaker 1: it's monetary or the amount of people that you're helping, right,

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00:59:43,280 --> 00:59:46,480
Speaker 1: and we're showing the you know, real estates or people

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Speaker 1: that are in trucking, the open restaurants. Right, So we're showing,

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Speaker 1: we're showing that future goal. Why I do that is

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Speaker 1: because in order to get to that goal where I'm

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Speaker 1: where I'm helping the small and medium businesses, we have

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Speaker 1: to backtrack to how they got there. And how they

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Speaker 1: got there was through financial literacy, which started with having

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Speaker 1: a budget, saving your money, investing it wisely, and also

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Speaker 1: primarily repairing your credit. Because that's how a lot of

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Speaker 1: my beginning entrepreneurs started to get the capital to fund

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Speaker 1: their dreams. It all started there. So that's why I

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Speaker 1: really push it for our community and all communities to

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Speaker 1: be really really literate and how the credit system works.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's really interesting to me when you're talking

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Speaker 1: about are we talking about business credit or just a

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Speaker 1: personal credit? All you're just talking about okay, because because

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Speaker 1: we all started we all start out with personal credit.

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Speaker 1: Were all we all start out there. You know, it's

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01:00:38,840 --> 01:00:41,720
Speaker 1: it's always a joke, you know how you know, people

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01:00:41,960 --> 01:00:44,840
Speaker 1: use their kids to co sign for loans, just running

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Speaker 1: joke within the you know, in the urban communities. And

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Speaker 1: if you might own a you might own a car,

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Speaker 1: didn't even know it, you know, because your mama, your dad,

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Speaker 1: it's your name in it messed up your credit. So

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Speaker 1: how just wanted for some reason I would tell you

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Speaker 1: this herm And for some reason, when I was eighteen,

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Speaker 1: I knew I had to have good credit. For some reason,

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01:01:01,120 --> 01:01:04,040
Speaker 1: I was very protective of my credit when and I

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Speaker 1: got my first serious card and you know, I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: call out some old credit card to Montgomery Ward, you know, man,

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01:01:10,440 --> 01:01:13,200
Speaker 1: I was happy, man J C. Penny And when I

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01:01:13,280 --> 01:01:15,960
Speaker 1: got there, a serious card. Back then, we got a

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01:01:16,040 --> 01:01:18,200
Speaker 1: serious card back there were just like getting a green

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01:01:18,240 --> 01:01:20,960
Speaker 1: American Express car that was like that was like the

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Speaker 1: bomb to get a serious card. So how does how

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Speaker 1: does one look at it today? How does one protect

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Speaker 1: their credit? First of all, and how there's one I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna ask you two questions. How do you want to

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Speaker 1: protect their credit? Personal credit? We're gonna talk about that first,

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01:01:33,040 --> 01:01:36,600
Speaker 1: and then how does one build their personal credit? So

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01:01:37,360 --> 01:01:39,880
Speaker 1: let's start with building it first and then we'll talk

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Speaker 1: about protection of it. So through building, um, the credit

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01:01:43,480 --> 01:01:47,560
Speaker 1: first again starts with you understanding it and being educated

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Speaker 1: on it. So the older year credit is, the better

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Speaker 1: it is and being educated on it. So I got

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Speaker 1: my first credit card when I was seventeen years old.

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Speaker 1: Thirty nine right now, so my credit is really really old.

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Speaker 1: So start early educate your aldren and your youth on

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01:02:01,600 --> 01:02:03,680
Speaker 1: credit and how it's definitely going to help them, um

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01:02:03,800 --> 01:02:07,000
Speaker 1: later on in life because um, as your credit ages,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna get credit limit increases. So like one of

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Speaker 1: my oldest credit cards is like fifteen sixteen years old.

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Speaker 1: It's an m X and it has like a dollar limit.

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Speaker 1: Now that type of credit card on my credit report

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Speaker 1: makes me look really really strong as opposed to someone

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Speaker 1: who's thirty five and they just started working on their

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Speaker 1: credit and they have like a secure card with a

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Speaker 1: limit of five hundred dollars. We both could have a

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Speaker 1: seven hundred credit score. But my profile looks better because

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Speaker 1: it's thicker and it's an older card. And that's not

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Speaker 1: the only one I have on there. I have a

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Speaker 1: car note, you know, I have a mortgage. I have

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Speaker 1: demonstrated to the banks that I have been responsible with

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Speaker 1: money over X amount of time. So that's why I

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Speaker 1: teach people to start building your credit young. The older

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Speaker 1: it is, more stronger it gets. Now, UM, protecting your

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01:02:53,600 --> 01:02:59,480
Speaker 1: credit is a daily, monthly um responsibility. I tell people

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Speaker 1: all the time, how UM like me. All my credit

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Speaker 1: cards are on auto pay, right because life happens, you

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01:03:08,840 --> 01:03:14,400
Speaker 1: will forget. I agree with you, you know, because I

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Speaker 1: feel I've resisted to that auto pay, you know, because

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Speaker 1: I hate people taking money without me controlling that. That's

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Speaker 1: the words. It's the words. But I don't care how

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Speaker 1: small it is. It's still bothers me. But I was like, no,

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Speaker 1: I want to log in and do it myself. But

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Speaker 1: what I what I will say though is um from

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Speaker 1: my This is a great tip for my new um

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Speaker 1: my new people who are new to building credit and

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Speaker 1: they had that habit that got them into um negative credit.

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Speaker 1: So I want to start new positive habits. And then

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Speaker 1: when you're responsible enough, Hey, you know I could log

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Speaker 1: in every day, then do that. But I give that

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Speaker 1: tip to you. Don't do it yourself, um right now,

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Speaker 1: So I mean put it on auto pay. So with

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Speaker 1: the auto pay, though, just put in the minimum them

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01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:04,200
Speaker 1: that's required. So say, for instance, you know that it

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Speaker 1: is a thousand dollars, right, just the minimum payment of

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Speaker 1: fifteen dollars a month, have them take it out, right.

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Speaker 1: You don't need to pay it all off, just if

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Speaker 1: you just pay the minimum. You've never been late, right,

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01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:18,240
Speaker 1: and as you pay down the debt and you throw

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Speaker 1: chunks at the air, I'm just gonna put it at

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Speaker 1: your two hundred other stimulus check came in. Let me

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Speaker 1: put this extra thousand. That's great, and your credit score

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Speaker 1: goes up the less debt, yurine. But as long as

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Speaker 1: you paid it on time every single month, that's something

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Speaker 1: that's the that's the most important thing on your credit

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01:04:31,360 --> 01:04:34,120
Speaker 1: is not being late. We'll gonna tell you something learned

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Speaker 1: something right there at the minimum. Because I'm a resistant guy.

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Speaker 1: You know, right now, I'm fortunate. And my credit score

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Speaker 1: I checked before I got on the interview, which was

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Speaker 1: eight hundred and thirty. That's my credit score, the most

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Speaker 1: the highest you can get, eight hundred and fifty and

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Speaker 1: so and so. But I also know that Rushan has

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Speaker 1: missed like this year, I've missed a couple of payments

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Speaker 1: because I've been resistant to my my because I have

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Speaker 1: my Chase card and and I have my City Bank card,

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Speaker 1: which you know, I can pay the minimum, like you said, okay,

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Speaker 1: and so, and I missed him a couple of times

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Speaker 1: where if I just did taking your advice and just reashing,

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Speaker 1: just be the minimum, just put the minimum auto, I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't even have missed. I don't know you can do that.

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Speaker 1: I always felt that when you talk, when you put

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Speaker 1: it on auto, you gotta pay the maximum of that month.

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Speaker 1: And that's why I've been very resistant. Okay, cool, got you. No, No,

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Speaker 1: not just the minimum. That's all you need to pay.

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Speaker 1: So whether the debt is still there or not, thirty

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Speaker 1: percent or credit score, the most important factors just paying

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Speaker 1: it on time. So you know, when you cross the

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Speaker 1: bench and you have that trunk to pay it down,

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01:05:36,120 --> 01:05:38,400
Speaker 1: and pay it down, but just don't be late. That's

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Speaker 1: the beauty of h talking to an expert. That's what

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Speaker 1: the harmord is. You're an expert. Let's look. I started

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Speaker 1: to ask you some general questions, and we know that

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Speaker 1: you've been and you've been in this business for thirteen years.

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01:05:49,720 --> 01:05:52,120
Speaker 1: You know that the name of your company is uh

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01:05:52,560 --> 01:05:56,080
Speaker 1: Bello Stone Enterprises. First of all, tell us, then tell

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01:05:56,160 --> 01:05:58,360
Speaker 1: us about that name, and then tell us about your business.

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01:05:59,400 --> 01:06:02,880
Speaker 1: So Bellaston Enterprises is um. You know, there's a difference

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Speaker 1: between having a hobby and running a real business. So

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01:06:06,760 --> 01:06:08,760
Speaker 1: you know I've been dibbling in dality and credit credit

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Speaker 1: for quite some time. Right, I had to put a

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Speaker 1: pen in that story. So Bellaston is the name of

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Speaker 1: my daughter, my first one, and um. When I was um,

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01:06:18,960 --> 01:06:22,200
Speaker 1: on my baby moon with my wife, we went to Italy. Right.

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Speaker 1: I was still working at the time, had a full

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Speaker 1: time job. Wonderful, amazing trip. We've gone for fourteen days,

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Speaker 1: travels all over Italy and we were on a train

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Speaker 1: to pizza, right, and I realized I was like, Wow,

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Speaker 1: I wish I could do this whenever I want right,

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Speaker 1: But what happened was I had to ask somebody permission

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Speaker 1: to be gone for fourteen days, and it bothered me

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Speaker 1: the entire trip. Got home, I spoke to my brother,

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Speaker 1: he's also an entrepreneur, has his own business, nine Business Consultation,

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01:06:50,800 --> 01:06:52,720
Speaker 1: and he was like, listen, the only way you'll be

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01:06:52,840 --> 01:06:54,960
Speaker 1: freeze if you own your own or you'll always have

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01:06:55,000 --> 01:06:57,040
Speaker 1: to ask somebody permission. And I was like, well, what

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01:06:57,200 --> 01:06:59,360
Speaker 1: business am I gonna start. He's like, listen, you've been

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Speaker 1: doing credit care for everybody for free because it was

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Speaker 1: just something important. It really, I was doing it for free.

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01:07:05,000 --> 01:07:06,720
Speaker 1: It was a skill that I learned a while ago

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01:07:07,280 --> 01:07:10,960
Speaker 1: when my father's UM information got on my credit report

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Speaker 1: and I had to write the letters to fight it,

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01:07:13,640 --> 01:07:16,240
Speaker 1: and he was like, you should charge people to do it.

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01:07:16,320 --> 01:07:18,320
Speaker 1: I was like, ah, like this is important. He's like, no,

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01:07:18,880 --> 01:07:21,960
Speaker 1: they're going to pay somebody, they might as well pay you.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. I was like, I was like, you know what,

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01:07:24,520 --> 01:07:26,840
Speaker 1: You're absolutely right. So I got a couple of friends

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01:07:26,920 --> 01:07:29,640
Speaker 1: I did their credit reports for free, and then I

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01:07:29,720 --> 01:07:34,080
Speaker 1: started posting their results on social media, and then the

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Speaker 1: business started growing and booming from there. And what else

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Speaker 1: helped my business grow is that giving in people valuable

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01:07:40,920 --> 01:07:45,840
Speaker 1: information for free. It's super important because if you're giving

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01:07:45,920 --> 01:07:49,360
Speaker 1: me such valuable information for free, imagine if I pay you.

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Speaker 1: So that's how I started building my business. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's really interesting because we do that. We're afraid to

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Speaker 1: charge people for services. Sometimes we're afraid to put a

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01:08:00,880 --> 01:08:03,200
Speaker 1: dollar amount because you're afraid to lose the relationship with

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01:08:03,280 --> 01:08:05,280
Speaker 1: if they say no. What if they start talking to you?

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01:08:05,640 --> 01:08:07,720
Speaker 1: But guess what if the only reason they're talking to

1289
01:08:07,760 --> 01:08:10,040
Speaker 1: you because you're providing the pre service, you might want

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01:08:10,040 --> 01:08:13,640
Speaker 1: to stop talking to them because they're using you. I'm

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01:08:13,680 --> 01:08:16,160
Speaker 1: really enjoying the conversation of talking to the CEO and

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01:08:16,240 --> 01:08:19,599
Speaker 1: on a Bella Sloan Enterprises. His company not only helps

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01:08:19,640 --> 01:08:22,360
Speaker 1: you repair your personal credit, but also educates you on

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01:08:22,400 --> 01:08:25,160
Speaker 1: the topic. His name is Hermann. Don't che We'll be

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Speaker 1: right back in our next break. We're gonna have a

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01:08:26,880 --> 01:08:28,600
Speaker 1: lot of more questions. You know when right now in

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Speaker 1: the middle of its COVID ninteen. You know every now

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01:08:31,400 --> 01:08:33,840
Speaker 1: is P P P. Is the government really gonna help

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01:08:33,920 --> 01:08:35,680
Speaker 1: us this time around? Because I know I missed out

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01:08:35,720 --> 01:08:38,439
Speaker 1: on that loan last time, so I'm not happy and

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01:08:38,479 --> 01:08:40,760
Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm not comfortable. I'm gonna get something this

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01:08:40,880 --> 01:08:47,000
Speaker 1: time around. Either. Be right back with more money making conversations. Hi,

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01:08:47,160 --> 01:08:49,799
Speaker 1: this Rashan McDonald and you're listening to money making conversation.

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01:08:49,880 --> 01:08:51,760
Speaker 1: Always having a good time on the show, always talking

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01:08:51,800 --> 01:08:53,920
Speaker 1: to individuals who come on the show to make a

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01:08:53,960 --> 01:08:56,439
Speaker 1: difference in your life. They have passion. They turn that

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01:08:56,520 --> 01:08:59,360
Speaker 1: passion into money. They turn that money into a career.

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01:08:59,600 --> 01:09:02,720
Speaker 1: They turned career into life, a future that they can

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01:09:02,800 --> 01:09:04,960
Speaker 1: control their own destination. I know there are a lot

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01:09:05,000 --> 01:09:07,360
Speaker 1: of people out there who are working for people. This

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01:09:07,520 --> 01:09:09,920
Speaker 1: is not a slam on you, but this is an

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01:09:09,960 --> 01:09:12,240
Speaker 1: opportunity to show you even if you're working a forty

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01:09:12,280 --> 01:09:14,800
Speaker 1: hour week job, you can be successful in that for

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01:09:14,920 --> 01:09:17,080
Speaker 1: the hour week job if you have the right techniques,

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01:09:17,120 --> 01:09:19,600
Speaker 1: the right understand it. But right now I'm talking to

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01:09:19,680 --> 01:09:22,599
Speaker 1: all entrepreneur who went for fourteen days on the trip

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01:09:23,160 --> 01:09:27,439
Speaker 1: and he was mad for four days. You have to

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01:09:27,520 --> 01:09:30,840
Speaker 1: ask for permission to be gold for fourteen days. You know,

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01:09:31,120 --> 01:09:33,880
Speaker 1: it's really great that something has to trigger that level

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01:09:33,960 --> 01:09:36,360
Speaker 1: of inspiration. You know something has to going off in

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01:09:36,439 --> 01:09:38,800
Speaker 1: your mind. You know something, Man, I can do better.

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01:09:38,920 --> 01:09:41,680
Speaker 1: I can be better. I can. I can. Uh, I'm

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01:09:41,720 --> 01:09:44,160
Speaker 1: not an a forty hour week guy. But it's also

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01:09:44,280 --> 01:09:48,040
Speaker 1: a fear that's tied to that. Isn't it a change?

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01:09:48,360 --> 01:09:52,080
Speaker 1: Talk about that they very much so, because you know

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01:09:52,600 --> 01:09:55,960
Speaker 1: there there is a safety net and if I do this,

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01:09:56,240 --> 01:09:59,840
Speaker 1: somebody's gonna give me this right that that work week.

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01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:02,519
Speaker 1: And you know, I'm not saying anybody's brain washed or

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01:10:02,840 --> 01:10:04,560
Speaker 1: you know what makes you happy is good for you,

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01:10:04,720 --> 01:10:09,240
Speaker 1: right then do that. Um. But what I realized was UM,

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01:10:09,280 --> 01:10:12,560
Speaker 1: when I started processing that trip and the permission of

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01:10:12,680 --> 01:10:15,960
Speaker 1: it all was that I was kept. They decided what

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01:10:16,120 --> 01:10:19,200
Speaker 1: my value was worth. I couldn't make more money if

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01:10:19,240 --> 01:10:22,320
Speaker 1: I wanted to write. But you know there are people

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01:10:22,360 --> 01:10:24,360
Speaker 1: out there that are actually doing it. Don't let me

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01:10:24,479 --> 01:10:26,720
Speaker 1: see that, because once I saw it and I was like, wait,

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01:10:26,840 --> 01:10:28,600
Speaker 1: this guy makes what I make in a month, or

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01:10:28,680 --> 01:10:30,560
Speaker 1: he makes when I move in a week, So it

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01:10:30,680 --> 01:10:33,000
Speaker 1: can be done. So now that I know it can

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01:10:33,120 --> 01:10:35,200
Speaker 1: be done, I'm going to figure out how it can

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01:10:35,280 --> 01:10:37,839
Speaker 1: be done. So I could, you know, leave a legacy,

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01:10:38,400 --> 01:10:41,880
Speaker 1: um for my children, so you know, um, everybody picks

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01:10:41,920 --> 01:10:44,400
Speaker 1: this credit. But learning how to build a brands, learning

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01:10:44,439 --> 01:10:47,600
Speaker 1: how to be give good customer service learning, how to

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01:10:47,680 --> 01:10:49,600
Speaker 1: be the best credit repair person I can be in

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01:10:49,720 --> 01:10:53,040
Speaker 1: show businesses, how to get funding is what elevated, um

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01:10:53,200 --> 01:10:56,439
Speaker 1: my business after that? Cool, now that's key right now. Okay,

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01:10:56,439 --> 01:10:59,080
Speaker 1: we talked about the personal credit. Okay, we all that's

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01:10:59,080 --> 01:11:01,479
Speaker 1: relatable to any because you have to go personally before

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01:11:01,520 --> 01:11:03,640
Speaker 1: you go to business. Now let's shift over to to

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01:11:03,680 --> 01:11:05,760
Speaker 1: the business side, because you know that was a part

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01:11:05,840 --> 01:11:08,000
Speaker 1: that confused me, you know, having to get it done

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01:11:08,040 --> 01:11:11,439
Speaker 1: in Bradstreet number, gott to establish all these difference, a

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01:11:11,479 --> 01:11:13,800
Speaker 1: lot of different techniques that you have to do, and

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01:11:13,920 --> 01:11:16,640
Speaker 1: you have to get people to you know, reference you,

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01:11:16,800 --> 01:11:18,880
Speaker 1: and they have to be tied to a certain amount

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01:11:18,880 --> 01:11:22,439
Speaker 1: of dons and active dons and Bradstreet number. So let's

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01:11:22,439 --> 01:11:26,200
Speaker 1: talk about that whole business. Credit and building out your

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01:11:26,280 --> 01:11:30,000
Speaker 1: business so you can bid on government opportunities or r

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01:11:30,160 --> 01:11:33,040
Speaker 1: fps and all that stuff, because it really is a

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01:11:33,160 --> 01:11:34,960
Speaker 1: lot of things that are happening out there. Whether you're

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01:11:35,040 --> 01:11:38,840
Speaker 1: established a bakery or establishing an I T firm or

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01:11:39,160 --> 01:11:42,479
Speaker 1: LLC or that's corporation. It really goes do you work

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01:11:42,560 --> 01:11:45,080
Speaker 1: with somebody s c P A firm or we're just

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01:11:45,160 --> 01:11:50,680
Speaker 1: talking about credit only here, So yes, um, Um, let

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01:11:50,760 --> 01:11:53,240
Speaker 1: me talk to you first about the business credit aspect

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01:11:53,280 --> 01:11:55,120
Speaker 1: of it, and then I want to go more so

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01:11:55,240 --> 01:11:59,160
Speaker 1: into the team aspect. The business credit is credit in

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01:11:59,280 --> 01:12:01,800
Speaker 1: your businesses name, not in your personal name. So that's

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01:12:01,840 --> 01:12:03,479
Speaker 1: one of the benefits for it. So you know how

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01:12:03,520 --> 01:12:05,200
Speaker 1: when you max out a credit card, it drops off,

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01:12:05,320 --> 01:12:07,880
Speaker 1: it drops your credit score. Because you have a business

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01:12:07,920 --> 01:12:10,280
Speaker 1: credit card and your your business owns that credit card,

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01:12:10,600 --> 01:12:12,880
Speaker 1: that debt doesn't show up on your credit report. So

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01:12:13,000 --> 01:12:15,040
Speaker 1: you can max it out for real estate deals or

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01:12:15,400 --> 01:12:18,280
Speaker 1: trucking or advertising, whatever you need to do to invest

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01:12:18,320 --> 01:12:20,639
Speaker 1: in your company to get a return, and it won't

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01:12:20,720 --> 01:12:23,160
Speaker 1: hurt you personally. That's the benefit with it. That's why

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01:12:23,160 --> 01:12:25,760
Speaker 1: I always preach it to my people, um, and to

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01:12:25,920 --> 01:12:29,120
Speaker 1: all communities where you know, get your LLC, get that documentation,

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01:12:29,200 --> 01:12:31,479
Speaker 1: get your done and brashreet number, and go get yourself

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01:12:31,560 --> 01:12:34,519
Speaker 1: some business credit cards. Um. Now, what was the other

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01:12:34,600 --> 01:12:37,519
Speaker 1: thing after that we were discussing, I wanted to touch face. Well,

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01:12:37,520 --> 01:12:38,760
Speaker 1: it was it was It was about It was It

1385
01:12:38,840 --> 01:12:40,960
Speaker 1: was about first of all, you answer the questions about

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01:12:41,000 --> 01:12:43,880
Speaker 1: the business, but also growing the business outside of the

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01:12:43,960 --> 01:12:47,040
Speaker 1: whole process of establishing yourself and getting the loans and

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01:12:47,080 --> 01:12:51,559
Speaker 1: getting the money and how does that okay? So after

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01:12:51,760 --> 01:12:54,840
Speaker 1: you get your initial business credit, like, I'll tell you

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01:12:54,920 --> 01:12:57,280
Speaker 1: how I did mine. I think I got like a

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01:12:57,880 --> 01:13:00,200
Speaker 1: one of my first business credit cards was like into

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01:13:00,280 --> 01:13:03,719
Speaker 1: two thousand dollars, right, because the limits and business credit

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01:13:03,800 --> 01:13:06,519
Speaker 1: are much much higher than personal credit. That's another reason

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01:13:06,600 --> 01:13:09,400
Speaker 1: to get it right. Um, it was zero percent interest

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01:13:09,479 --> 01:13:12,800
Speaker 1: for this card, and American Express gave me twenty months

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01:13:13,040 --> 01:13:15,800
Speaker 1: zero percent interest. So when I maxed out the card

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01:13:15,880 --> 01:13:18,519
Speaker 1: for a real estate deal, it cost me one hundred

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01:13:18,600 --> 01:13:21,519
Speaker 1: and eighty nine dollars a month zero percent interests. Right,

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01:13:21,960 --> 01:13:26,280
Speaker 1: So I was able to complete six real estate transactions

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01:13:26,400 --> 01:13:28,920
Speaker 1: in twenty months with that money. So I flipped that

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01:13:28,960 --> 01:13:33,800
Speaker 1: twenty thousand dollars six times before the interest rate hit

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01:13:34,120 --> 01:13:37,000
Speaker 1: that credit. Yeah, before it kicked in, but I already

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01:13:37,040 --> 01:13:39,040
Speaker 1: made my money. I paid them back their money. And

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01:13:39,080 --> 01:13:41,040
Speaker 1: guess what I did next when a zero percent ran out?

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01:13:41,200 --> 01:13:44,719
Speaker 1: I went out another business credit card now with Key Bank,

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01:13:45,320 --> 01:13:48,800
Speaker 1: and Key Bank gave me forty thousand dollars in business credit,

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01:13:48,920 --> 01:13:51,080
Speaker 1: zero percent interests. And I'm still working on that money

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01:13:51,160 --> 01:13:53,000
Speaker 1: right now, flipping in a whole bunch of times before

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01:13:53,080 --> 01:13:55,080
Speaker 1: that interest kicks in. So that's why I'm trying to

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01:13:55,360 --> 01:13:58,280
Speaker 1: you know, because I got my good credit right personally,

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01:13:58,640 --> 01:14:01,240
Speaker 1: I leveraged that to get isn't this credit? And now

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01:14:01,360 --> 01:14:04,439
Speaker 1: I'm using credit to make money and not to buy stuff.

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01:14:04,760 --> 01:14:07,200
Speaker 1: And that's and that's what really people need to understand

1414
01:14:07,240 --> 01:14:12,719
Speaker 1: about leveraging credit, not your personal money, you know, leveraging

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01:14:12,840 --> 01:14:15,559
Speaker 1: credit money you can go get and and then all

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01:14:15,560 --> 01:14:17,320
Speaker 1: of a sudden, when you need it, you can go

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01:14:17,479 --> 01:14:19,479
Speaker 1: get it. And that's really the key because a lot

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01:14:19,520 --> 01:14:22,920
Speaker 1: of people they wait till they wait till till it's

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01:14:22,960 --> 01:14:24,920
Speaker 1: too late, you know, the data is on them and

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01:14:24,960 --> 01:14:26,559
Speaker 1: look at the square in the ass, and then they

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01:14:26,600 --> 01:14:29,679
Speaker 1: can't go they can't go anywhere to fix that problem.

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01:14:29,760 --> 01:14:31,720
Speaker 1: And you're talking about Rashaun, go out there and get

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01:14:31,720 --> 01:14:34,839
Speaker 1: the credit line of credit and zero interest. When it's available,

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01:14:34,880 --> 01:14:36,679
Speaker 1: you can go get it. It's called a line of credit.

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01:14:36,720 --> 01:14:38,760
Speaker 1: And so that's what I've tried to do in my life.

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01:14:38,800 --> 01:14:41,839
Speaker 1: You know, this is almost like a really powerful refresher

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01:14:41,920 --> 01:14:44,360
Speaker 1: course for me because the fact that you know you

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01:14:44,560 --> 01:14:48,160
Speaker 1: you even I'm considering the expert though Herman, that doesn't

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01:14:48,200 --> 01:14:50,720
Speaker 1: mean I'm an expert, because you know, if you don't

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01:14:50,720 --> 01:14:53,439
Speaker 1: do stuff all the time and keep keeping you know,

1431
01:14:53,560 --> 01:14:55,200
Speaker 1: like like if you don't if you know Spanish, you

1432
01:14:55,200 --> 01:14:57,080
Speaker 1: don't space to say Spanish, you don't speak it all

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01:14:57,080 --> 01:14:59,599
Speaker 1: the time, you're gonna lose it. And the same thing

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01:14:59,640 --> 01:15:02,200
Speaker 1: with these muscle memory you're talking about. Rashan, I have

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01:15:02,280 --> 01:15:05,160
Speaker 1: a business opportunity where I was. I was passionate about it.

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01:15:05,240 --> 01:15:07,000
Speaker 1: Then my brother had to slap me upside of the

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01:15:07,000 --> 01:15:08,960
Speaker 1: here and say, boy, what don't you just start charging people?

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01:15:09,240 --> 01:15:11,200
Speaker 1: And then that then you go, you think, and then

1439
01:15:11,280 --> 01:15:13,200
Speaker 1: then then the crazy question comes out of your mouth.

1440
01:15:13,400 --> 01:15:19,640
Speaker 1: You think they'll pay me, And that's that's when you

1441
01:15:19,720 --> 01:15:22,599
Speaker 1: start saying, what is my value? And that's the number

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01:15:22,640 --> 01:15:26,720
Speaker 1: one problem that people have and going into business. They

1443
01:15:26,800 --> 01:15:29,439
Speaker 1: do not understand their value. And that's when you have

1444
01:15:29,560 --> 01:15:32,240
Speaker 1: to do the research. You have to look at competitors,

1445
01:15:32,360 --> 01:15:35,120
Speaker 1: what they're charging and what they're offering, and then you

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01:15:35,240 --> 01:15:37,680
Speaker 1: fall in line. You don't have to match them, but

1447
01:15:37,840 --> 01:15:40,840
Speaker 1: falling the high and the low, fall in the middle.

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01:15:40,960 --> 01:15:42,960
Speaker 1: So you can get started and have a justification and

1449
01:15:43,040 --> 01:15:44,960
Speaker 1: say hey, if you don't, if you if you think

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01:15:45,000 --> 01:15:48,479
Speaker 1: I'm high, go over there, go over there. You know,

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01:15:48,720 --> 01:15:51,000
Speaker 1: you know, my my reputation of what I've done for

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01:15:51,080 --> 01:15:54,559
Speaker 1: you justifies me charging you this I for work history

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01:15:54,760 --> 01:15:57,479
Speaker 1: and so so that's really important when I'm talking to

1454
01:15:57,560 --> 01:16:00,240
Speaker 1: you and development it. But also you're gonna talk about

1455
01:16:00,439 --> 01:16:03,120
Speaker 1: remember the CPA side, the team side of it. Remember

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01:16:03,160 --> 01:16:04,720
Speaker 1: that was the other question side I wanted to find

1457
01:16:04,760 --> 01:16:07,720
Speaker 1: out because we started on you said, let me talk

1458
01:16:07,760 --> 01:16:11,320
Speaker 1: about this part before we get to the team side, right,

1459
01:16:12,000 --> 01:16:18,240
Speaker 1: So definitely get yourself a tax um professional or c

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01:16:18,479 --> 01:16:21,519
Speaker 1: p A. I think that's another thing that our community

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01:16:21,640 --> 01:16:27,200
Speaker 1: is definitely lacking. Understanding taxes also UM and UM and

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01:16:27,360 --> 01:16:31,040
Speaker 1: how to not always pay taxes legally, because that's another thing.

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01:16:31,120 --> 01:16:33,200
Speaker 1: Like it's one thing to make money, but you have

1464
01:16:33,320 --> 01:16:34,880
Speaker 1: to do your best to keep money. So I do

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01:16:35,000 --> 01:16:37,479
Speaker 1: have a professional that does work on my taxes and

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01:16:37,600 --> 01:16:41,360
Speaker 1: we actually have a bi monthly. Every other month we

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01:16:41,439 --> 01:16:43,840
Speaker 1: have a meeting to see what the company has done.

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01:16:44,160 --> 01:16:47,240
Speaker 1: Let's pay some taxes early. UM, here's some strategy to

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01:16:47,320 --> 01:16:49,519
Speaker 1: help you differ in keeping more of your money and

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01:16:49,600 --> 01:16:52,439
Speaker 1: paying less taxes so that when April comes around in

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01:16:53,240 --> 01:16:55,760
Speaker 1: one I'm in good standing. You know, the government just

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01:16:55,840 --> 01:16:59,479
Speaker 1: want their money, pay them their money. But also what

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01:16:59,600 --> 01:17:01,880
Speaker 1: I from what I realized from my mentors that are

1474
01:17:01,920 --> 01:17:04,639
Speaker 1: in my life is that there's many tax um rules

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01:17:04,680 --> 01:17:07,640
Speaker 1: and regulations that the government has in place for entrepreneurs

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01:17:08,200 --> 01:17:11,479
Speaker 1: business owners um that you can that you can help

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Speaker 1: keep a lot of your money. And if I could

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01:17:12,960 --> 01:17:15,559
Speaker 1: worry with just just a couple of them. So um,

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01:17:16,080 --> 01:17:18,439
Speaker 1: when I because I have that piece of paper that

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01:17:18,520 --> 01:17:21,800
Speaker 1: says I'm an LLC or business. So when I fly

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01:17:22,000 --> 01:17:24,000
Speaker 1: to Miami, I could have happened to me going to

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01:17:24,080 --> 01:17:27,559
Speaker 1: see my my aunt, right, but because I discussed business

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01:17:27,640 --> 01:17:29,360
Speaker 1: on that trip, I'm on the airplane and I give

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01:17:29,439 --> 01:17:32,000
Speaker 1: somebody my business card, I'm at the gas station, I

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01:17:32,080 --> 01:17:34,920
Speaker 1: talked about credit repair. Now I'm able to write off

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01:17:35,479 --> 01:17:38,760
Speaker 1: that plane ticket or that hotel because now it's a

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01:17:38,920 --> 01:17:41,160
Speaker 1: business trip. And there's a tactic that a lot of

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01:17:41,200 --> 01:17:44,680
Speaker 1: these fortunate five companies are using to keep a lot

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01:17:44,760 --> 01:17:46,640
Speaker 1: of the money that they earned. And we can do

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01:17:46,800 --> 01:17:49,360
Speaker 1: the same thing if we have that piece of paper

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01:17:49,400 --> 01:17:51,560
Speaker 1: which is an LLC and documentation and you are a

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01:17:51,640 --> 01:17:56,040
Speaker 1: real business. That's key, the real business terms. You know,

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01:17:56,320 --> 01:17:59,840
Speaker 1: you heard me kind of like jokingly complain about the

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01:18:00,080 --> 01:18:03,519
Speaker 1: you know, the pandemic that we are in. Really, when

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01:18:03,560 --> 01:18:06,240
Speaker 1: you're talking about trying to resolve or you can't just

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01:18:06,320 --> 01:18:08,679
Speaker 1: switch on the lights right now and fix the problem

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01:18:08,760 --> 01:18:11,240
Speaker 1: in this country because you know at four point four

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01:18:11,320 --> 01:18:14,960
Speaker 1: million people are applying for unemployment and you know the

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01:18:15,120 --> 01:18:17,720
Speaker 1: states are slowly reopening. We're talking about me a couple

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Speaker 1: of years before we even see a complete turnaround of

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01:18:22,320 --> 01:18:24,920
Speaker 1: the results of this turnaround. What advice are you giving

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01:18:24,960 --> 01:18:27,160
Speaker 1: to your clients and what are you giving to any

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01:18:27,200 --> 01:18:30,519
Speaker 1: potential customer that will come to you right now who's

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01:18:30,560 --> 01:18:34,000
Speaker 1: seeking opportunities to fall in the potential loans because we

1505
01:18:34,080 --> 01:18:38,200
Speaker 1: know they're tighter now, restrictions are tight. What advice are

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01:18:38,200 --> 01:18:42,280
Speaker 1: you giving them right now? Herman, So the obvious one

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01:18:42,640 --> 01:18:44,519
Speaker 1: without havings to the labor of the point is when

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01:18:44,520 --> 01:18:46,719
Speaker 1: you put yourself in position. I always say that first,

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01:18:46,760 --> 01:18:49,200
Speaker 1: when you're in position with good credit, a lot of

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01:18:49,280 --> 01:18:52,040
Speaker 1: these resources are still accessible to you. So I have

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01:18:52,160 --> 01:18:54,120
Speaker 1: a lot of clients who I think their credit or

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01:18:54,200 --> 01:18:56,799
Speaker 1: they came to me with good credit. They're still getting capital.

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01:18:57,080 --> 01:18:59,080
Speaker 1: It may not be as much as it was before

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01:18:59,760 --> 01:19:02,400
Speaker 1: um this prerecession area that we're in, but they're still

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01:19:02,439 --> 01:19:05,680
Speaker 1: getting capital to make some moves. Number Two, I want

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01:19:05,680 --> 01:19:07,639
Speaker 1: to talk to your entrepreneurs of people who are trying

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01:19:07,640 --> 01:19:10,560
Speaker 1: to get into this game is to be able to

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01:19:10,760 --> 01:19:13,560
Speaker 1: shift and pay attention to what's going on around you

1519
01:19:13,960 --> 01:19:18,040
Speaker 1: to make your business successful. So here's an example of this. So, UM,

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01:19:18,120 --> 01:19:21,280
Speaker 1: it was probably three weeks ago. UM, I'm in my

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01:19:21,800 --> 01:19:25,400
Speaker 1: home office um slash man cave, and UM, I hear

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01:19:25,400 --> 01:19:27,800
Speaker 1: a lot of rockets upstairs. I go upstairs and my

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01:19:27,880 --> 01:19:30,680
Speaker 1: wife is working out in the living room. I've never

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01:19:30,800 --> 01:19:32,840
Speaker 1: done that before, and I'm like, why are you, why

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01:19:32,840 --> 01:19:35,920
Speaker 1: are you making all this noise? And then I look over.

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01:19:36,280 --> 01:19:38,840
Speaker 1: She has her laptop open. The camera's pointing to her,

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01:19:38,960 --> 01:19:41,240
Speaker 1: and she's connect she's connected it to the flat screen

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01:19:41,320 --> 01:19:44,559
Speaker 1: TV and it's a workout class. Somebody's doing a workout class.

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01:19:44,840 --> 01:19:47,400
Speaker 1: I was like, Oh, that's really interesting. So I tap

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01:19:47,479 --> 01:19:49,720
Speaker 1: on the screen and it's a zoom call and there

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01:19:49,760 --> 01:19:52,160
Speaker 1: are a hundred and sixty five people from all over

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01:19:52,240 --> 01:19:55,400
Speaker 1: the world on this phone call, on this zoom call,

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01:19:55,479 --> 01:19:58,360
Speaker 1: excuse me, working out together to Caribbean themes. So everybody

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01:19:58,400 --> 01:20:00,760
Speaker 1: got their flags out there, dancing and work out, and

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01:20:01,040 --> 01:20:02,840
Speaker 1: I was so intrigued by it. I sat down and

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01:20:02,880 --> 01:20:05,640
Speaker 1: I watched the whole thing, and then the lady you know,

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01:20:06,160 --> 01:20:08,800
Speaker 1: gave everybody opportunity to dance with their families and made

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01:20:08,800 --> 01:20:12,439
Speaker 1: it a real community um situation because we're all stuck

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01:20:12,560 --> 01:20:16,200
Speaker 1: home together. I actually emailed the lady after we've been done.

1540
01:20:16,240 --> 01:20:17,479
Speaker 1: I was like, well, what do you do? Because I

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01:20:17,560 --> 01:20:19,720
Speaker 1: was so intrigued. She's like, well, I I own a gym,

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01:20:20,000 --> 01:20:21,720
Speaker 1: and of course nobody can come to the gym. So

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01:20:21,880 --> 01:20:23,439
Speaker 1: she's like, I decided to, you know, do this cell

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01:20:23,479 --> 01:20:26,200
Speaker 1: phone call to keep everybody motivated. And I was like, listen,

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01:20:26,320 --> 01:20:30,400
Speaker 1: when the gym's open again, right to continue, bring your

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01:20:30,479 --> 01:20:34,000
Speaker 1: laptop to your class, continue the same situation, and charge

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01:20:34,080 --> 01:20:35,920
Speaker 1: five dollars for the link for the zoom link. I

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01:20:36,000 --> 01:20:38,200
Speaker 1: bet you people will still pay for it because while

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01:20:38,240 --> 01:20:40,640
Speaker 1: people were locked in, you figured out a way to

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01:20:40,800 --> 01:20:42,760
Speaker 1: bring people together. And she's, oh my god, that's a

1551
01:20:42,800 --> 01:20:44,880
Speaker 1: brilliant idea. I was like, there's two people on this call.

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01:20:45,280 --> 01:20:47,360
Speaker 1: Imagine what it's going to be like when you open again.

1553
01:20:47,640 --> 01:20:50,360
Speaker 1: So being able to be creative and shift your business

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01:20:50,880 --> 01:20:55,000
Speaker 1: UM to something new, especially online um, is a great

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01:20:55,040 --> 01:20:57,479
Speaker 1: strategy for entrepreneurs to still be able to make money.

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01:20:57,680 --> 01:21:01,439
Speaker 1: That's what that's all they're doing right now. You know,

1557
01:21:01,720 --> 01:21:03,799
Speaker 1: you know, they're sitting up there, somebody's training. They're charging

1558
01:21:04,479 --> 01:21:07,240
Speaker 1: amazing numbers, and it's really smart. It's like, you know,

1559
01:21:07,360 --> 01:21:09,760
Speaker 1: your visionary from that standpoint, you see an opportunity to

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01:21:09,880 --> 01:21:11,720
Speaker 1: make money and you can tap it to it. But

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01:21:11,840 --> 01:21:13,479
Speaker 1: you know what she's doing the same thing we talked

1562
01:21:13,479 --> 01:21:18,160
Speaker 1: about early afraid to charge. She's providing a service. Say

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01:21:18,320 --> 01:21:20,280
Speaker 1: say she got a hundred and sixty people and she

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01:21:20,360 --> 01:21:22,920
Speaker 1: said ten dollars. She might go down the fifties. She

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01:21:23,040 --> 01:21:25,320
Speaker 1: might go down the fifties, but that's fifty she didn't

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01:21:25,320 --> 01:21:27,760
Speaker 1: have before, and she would get back up to it.

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01:21:28,040 --> 01:21:31,800
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, And it's really going to share.

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01:21:31,880 --> 01:21:35,240
Speaker 1: Everybody's going to share the link. Absolutely, Yeah, but you're

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01:21:35,280 --> 01:21:37,080
Speaker 1: it's really interesting. I would you tell people, you know,

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01:21:37,479 --> 01:21:39,479
Speaker 1: you can let people come into your business for free

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01:21:40,200 --> 01:21:42,040
Speaker 1: and you can charge a dollar. They're coming with a

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01:21:42,080 --> 01:21:45,280
Speaker 1: different attitude. Yeah, if they want to know what they're

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01:21:45,280 --> 01:21:47,960
Speaker 1: spending their money on. And so if you're charging people

1574
01:21:48,000 --> 01:21:51,720
Speaker 1: for this workout, then guess what you're presented differently as well.

1575
01:21:52,600 --> 01:21:55,200
Speaker 1: But also they'll understand the value of what they're getting

1576
01:21:55,240 --> 01:21:58,400
Speaker 1: out of it, and they are shared more than saying that, Hey,

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01:21:58,479 --> 01:22:00,200
Speaker 1: you know, I'm just doing this thing over here. It's

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01:22:00,240 --> 01:22:02,840
Speaker 1: for free. People don't promote free as much as they

1579
01:22:02,920 --> 01:22:05,360
Speaker 1: promote something they get out of something they pay for.

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01:22:05,880 --> 01:22:08,920
Speaker 1: In this case, you're just understanding that that my listener

1581
01:22:08,920 --> 01:22:11,799
Speaker 1: should understand this. How can I get in touch with you, Herman?

1582
01:22:12,080 --> 01:22:14,000
Speaker 1: And also how can you give me a banner? I

1583
01:22:14,040 --> 01:22:16,559
Speaker 1: got a weekly newsletter goes out to ninety thousand people

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01:22:16,600 --> 01:22:19,519
Speaker 1: every Friday morning at nine am. Definitely love to promote

1585
01:22:19,560 --> 01:22:21,800
Speaker 1: your brand, promote your business because that's what money Making

1586
01:22:21,800 --> 01:22:23,840
Speaker 1: Conversations all about. But tell us how to reach out

1587
01:22:23,920 --> 01:22:26,800
Speaker 1: to you, so Um, you can reach out and call

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01:22:26,920 --> 01:22:30,640
Speaker 1: my office. We're open Monday through Friday nine am to

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01:22:30,960 --> 01:22:34,000
Speaker 1: seven pm Eastern Standard time. Our phone number is six

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Speaker 1: O nine eight three two three five five two. That's

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Speaker 1: six O nine A three two three five five two,

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01:22:40,720 --> 01:22:44,160
Speaker 1: and you can email me at info at Bella Sloan

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01:22:44,400 --> 01:22:47,800
Speaker 1: Enterprises dot com, BX info at b E L l

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01:22:47,920 --> 01:22:51,479
Speaker 1: A s l o A N Enterprises E N T

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01:22:51,640 --> 01:22:55,160
Speaker 1: E R E R I s C S dot com.

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01:22:55,720 --> 01:22:57,240
Speaker 1: My man, I want to thank you for coming on

1597
01:22:57,320 --> 01:22:59,880
Speaker 1: my show, Money Making Conversation. He's the CEO and all

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01:23:00,520 --> 01:23:03,920
Speaker 1: Um Bella Sloan enterprises. Definitely, Um, I want to hear

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01:23:03,920 --> 01:23:05,519
Speaker 1: from me in the future. Definitely get that banner to

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01:23:05,640 --> 01:23:07,479
Speaker 1: me so I can promote you on my social media

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01:23:07,720 --> 01:23:11,120
Speaker 1: as well as in my newsletter. Thank you, sir, Thank

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01:23:11,160 --> 01:23:13,040
Speaker 1: you so much for having you have a great If

1603
01:23:13,040 --> 01:23:15,400
Speaker 1: you want to hear more episodes of Money Making Conversations,

1604
01:23:15,479 --> 01:23:18,799
Speaker 1: go to Money Making Conversation dot com. I'm with Sean McDonald.

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01:23:19,040 --> 01:23:22,320
Speaker 1: I'm your host. Hi everyone, Al Roker here as a

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01:23:22,360 --> 01:23:25,519
Speaker 1: guy with his own catchphrase. I appreciate that Smokey's only

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01:23:25,640 --> 01:23:29,280
Speaker 1: said only you can prevent wildfires, but I'm filling in

1608
01:23:29,439 --> 01:23:32,200
Speaker 1: because there's a lot more to report, like when they're

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Speaker 1: parched or windy conditions out there. You gotta be extra

1610
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Speaker 1: careful with things like burning yard waist. After all, wildfires

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Speaker 1: can start anywhere, even in your neck of the woods.

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Speaker 1: Go to Smokey Bear dot com to learn more about

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Speaker 1: wildfire prevention, brought to you by the U. S. Forest Service,

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Speaker 1: your state Forrester, and the ad Council. And we're live

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01:23:51,840 --> 01:23:55,120
Speaker 1: here outside the Perez family home, just waiting for the

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01:23:55,400 --> 01:23:58,439
Speaker 1: and there they go almost on time. This morning, Mom

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01:23:58,600 --> 01:24:00,920
Speaker 1: is coming out the front doors wrong with a double

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01:24:01,040 --> 01:24:03,800
Speaker 1: arm kid carry looks like Dad has the bags. Daughter

1619
01:24:04,040 --> 01:24:07,120
Speaker 1: is bringing up the rear. Oh, but the diaper bag

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01:24:07,280 --> 01:24:12,920
Speaker 1: wasn't closed. Diapers and toys are everywhere. But Mom has

1621
01:24:13,000 --> 01:24:16,080
Speaker 1: just nailed the perfect car seat buckle for the toddler.

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01:24:16,560 --> 01:24:18,880
Speaker 1: And now the eldest daughter, who looks to be about

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01:24:19,000 --> 01:24:21,840
Speaker 1: nine or ten, has secured herself in the booster seat.

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01:24:21,920 --> 01:24:26,000
Speaker 1: Dad SIPs the bad clothes and they're off. But looks

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01:24:26,040 --> 01:24:28,280
Speaker 1: like Mom doesn't realize her coffee cup is still on

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01:24:28,360 --> 01:24:32,160
Speaker 1: the roof of the car and there it goes. Oh,

1627
01:24:32,640 --> 01:24:35,599
Speaker 1: that's a shame that mug was a fan favorite. Don't

1628
01:24:35,600 --> 01:24:38,120
Speaker 1: sweat the small stuff. Just nailed the big stuff, like

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Speaker 1: making sure your kids are buckled correctly in the right

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Speaker 1: seat for their agent's eyes. Learn more n h t

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Speaker 1: s A dot gov slash The Right Seat Brought to

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Speaker 1: you by Mizza and the ad Council. What grows in

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Speaker 1: the forest trees, Sure you know what else grows in

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01:24:55,800 --> 01:24:59,960
Speaker 1: the forest, our imagination, a sense of wonder and a family.

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01:25:00,120 --> 01:25:05,439
Speaker 1: Bonds grow too, because when we disconnect from this and

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01:25:05,600 --> 01:25:10,479
Speaker 1: connect with this, we reconnect with each other. The forest

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Speaker 1: is closer than you think, find a forest near you

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Speaker 1: and start exploring. I Discover the Forest dot Org, brought

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Speaker 1: to you by the United States Forest Service and the

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01:25:19,560 --> 01:25:25,679
Speaker 1: AD Council. My next guest was a former track star. Okay,

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01:25:26,040 --> 01:25:29,439
Speaker 1: it's really important to note she's an athlete because she's

1643
01:25:29,439 --> 01:25:33,120
Speaker 1: starting in a new episode new series that she's very athletic.

1644
01:25:33,680 --> 01:25:36,200
Speaker 1: Was discovered on a on YouTube as a singer. Not

1645
01:25:36,360 --> 01:25:40,160
Speaker 1: that here he was a former track star now, but

1646
01:25:40,320 --> 01:25:43,680
Speaker 1: was discovered on YouTube as a singer now. She's a

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01:25:43,800 --> 01:25:47,520
Speaker 1: model because she's very attractive, a rioting actress in Hollywood,

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01:25:47,560 --> 01:25:49,920
Speaker 1: because you know, somebody patched her in on the interview,

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01:25:50,080 --> 01:25:53,160
Speaker 1: she just called me director. Somebody patched her in. So

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01:25:53,320 --> 01:25:56,840
Speaker 1: she's big timing. You've seen her work on f on

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01:25:57,040 --> 01:26:00,280
Speaker 1: f X at Lata BT s American Soul, the movie

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01:26:00,320 --> 01:26:03,519
Speaker 1: super Fly, and Fox Music Scho Drama Star. She's on

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01:26:03,640 --> 01:26:06,240
Speaker 1: the show to talk about her career, huh, which I

1654
01:26:06,360 --> 01:26:09,639
Speaker 1: really love to talking about hashtag love and lightheart, Love

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01:26:09,720 --> 01:26:13,600
Speaker 1: and Lightheart and soul, scholarships, the ups and downs of Hollywood,

1656
01:26:13,680 --> 01:26:15,800
Speaker 1: and her new sci fi series which I am in

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01:26:15,960 --> 01:26:19,680
Speaker 1: love with, Vagrant Queen. Please welcome to Money Making Conversation.

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01:26:19,960 --> 01:26:23,479
Speaker 1: Adrian Ray Hello, Hello, Hi, thank you for having me.

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01:26:24,160 --> 01:26:26,000
Speaker 1: First of all, thank you for coming on the show, Adrian,

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01:26:26,680 --> 01:26:29,439
Speaker 1: I'm happy to be here. Now where are you based

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01:26:29,479 --> 01:26:33,599
Speaker 1: there right now? And based in Los Angeles? Okay? Cool? Now?

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01:26:33,880 --> 01:26:39,599
Speaker 1: Um the TV show, M I love it. Are your

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01:26:39,880 --> 01:26:43,680
Speaker 1: character Elita is? Uh? First of all, I don't want

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01:26:43,680 --> 01:26:45,479
Speaker 1: to drop the gun because you know, when you see

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01:26:45,520 --> 01:26:48,840
Speaker 1: something you tend to overtalk the show a lot. Just

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01:26:48,960 --> 01:26:54,600
Speaker 1: tell me about your character Elita. Well, Elita is a

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01:26:55,439 --> 01:26:58,880
Speaker 1: young queen. She was deemed queen at a very young age,

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01:26:59,240 --> 01:27:03,519
Speaker 1: queen and denied though right when you say that, No,

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01:27:05,400 --> 01:27:09,559
Speaker 1: she's Um. She's a young queen who at a young

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01:27:09,640 --> 01:27:14,280
Speaker 1: age her monarchy was overthrown, and because it was overthrown,

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01:27:14,720 --> 01:27:17,400
Speaker 1: she was you know, cast out, and she's been on

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01:27:17,479 --> 01:27:19,840
Speaker 1: the run for all these years of her life. And

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01:27:20,720 --> 01:27:24,400
Speaker 1: by the Republic's overthrowing her monarchy that she led to

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01:27:24,479 --> 01:27:27,320
Speaker 1: the death of her mother and her father. So, um,

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01:27:28,160 --> 01:27:32,360
Speaker 1: she has resentment towards you know, the monarchy and and

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01:27:32,720 --> 01:27:35,920
Speaker 1: the crown in general. Okay. So so that means that

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01:27:36,320 --> 01:27:41,439
Speaker 1: you are a reluctant queen. Yes, okay, cool? Not now

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01:27:41,560 --> 01:27:45,200
Speaker 1: you have two sidekicks on the show. You have I

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01:27:45,320 --> 01:27:48,080
Speaker 1: want to say she's uh. First of all, Isaac, he's

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01:27:48,120 --> 01:27:52,680
Speaker 1: a person who you um uh stole his ship and

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01:27:52,800 --> 01:27:56,960
Speaker 1: he shot you, okay, And then you have a May

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01:27:57,479 --> 01:28:00,880
Speaker 1: and a May character is interesting because we know she's gay,

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01:28:01,560 --> 01:28:05,000
Speaker 1: but then it always seems to be a moment that

1684
01:28:05,160 --> 01:28:08,560
Speaker 1: there may be something else between you and her, but

1685
01:28:08,760 --> 01:28:12,880
Speaker 1: somebody interrupts. It's kind of like a it does she

1686
01:28:13,160 --> 01:28:16,479
Speaker 1: like a maid? Is she trying to flirt with a maid?

1687
01:28:16,520 --> 01:28:19,320
Speaker 1: Because we know what made which way she rolls, but

1688
01:28:19,439 --> 01:28:22,800
Speaker 1: we don't know which way Elita rolls. And so the

1689
01:28:22,920 --> 01:28:26,519
Speaker 1: first five episodes got your board, meaning Rashan McDonald going

1690
01:28:26,560 --> 01:28:31,160
Speaker 1: over here, m M, is that potential romance between Elita

1691
01:28:31,360 --> 01:28:33,799
Speaker 1: and a maid? Can you give me that to dot

1692
01:28:33,880 --> 01:28:36,680
Speaker 1: dot dog? Or do I need to keep looking at

1693
01:28:36,720 --> 01:28:41,160
Speaker 1: the various episodes to find out. Well, as you continue

1694
01:28:41,200 --> 01:28:44,000
Speaker 1: to watch, it will become more clear. I mean, it's

1695
01:28:44,080 --> 01:28:47,040
Speaker 1: it's the view that we've given to that UM. In

1696
01:28:47,120 --> 01:28:49,080
Speaker 1: regards to the show, we literally gave it the seeing

1697
01:28:49,160 --> 01:28:52,360
Speaker 1: you as the character, so the audience see how this

1698
01:28:52,560 --> 01:28:56,880
Speaker 1: goes just like the characters do. UM. But I would

1699
01:28:56,920 --> 01:28:59,080
Speaker 1: safe to you the keys to look at Elita in

1700
01:28:59,160 --> 01:29:01,400
Speaker 1: a May when and they're not looking at each other,

1701
01:29:01,720 --> 01:29:04,000
Speaker 1: or they don't like want amazed looking away. Look at

1702
01:29:04,000 --> 01:29:06,280
Speaker 1: Alita and see I'll be looking. I'm looking at girl.

1703
01:29:06,320 --> 01:29:11,080
Speaker 1: I'm looking. I'm looking. Definitely a little a little a

1704
01:29:11,160 --> 01:29:14,960
Speaker 1: little sexual tension and things like that. Elina is a

1705
01:29:15,000 --> 01:29:20,800
Speaker 1: pan sexual. Um, so yeah, there's definitely some sexual tension

1706
01:29:20,840 --> 01:29:25,040
Speaker 1: in some googly hard eyes. And it's always that moment.

1707
01:29:25,280 --> 01:29:28,200
Speaker 1: Good writing, as they say, good writing because and you're

1708
01:29:28,200 --> 01:29:30,479
Speaker 1: a very good actress, by the way, I won't compliment you.

1709
01:29:30,840 --> 01:29:32,839
Speaker 1: You know, when you found out your mother was alive,

1710
01:29:33,280 --> 01:29:36,240
Speaker 1: you know, a tear dropped immediately and I went and

1711
01:29:36,320 --> 01:29:37,880
Speaker 1: you know it wasn't one of those you know, I'm

1712
01:29:37,880 --> 01:29:39,320
Speaker 1: gonna tell you some I'm a type of person when

1713
01:29:39,320 --> 01:29:41,600
Speaker 1: I cry. You know, I can't talk and cry at

1714
01:29:41,640 --> 01:29:44,200
Speaker 1: the same time. So you know, I do want to

1715
01:29:45,320 --> 01:29:49,040
Speaker 1: type crying and talking, okay, and so and so I'm

1716
01:29:49,120 --> 01:29:52,320
Speaker 1: looking at you just dropping these tears and still maintaining

1717
01:29:52,479 --> 01:29:57,559
Speaker 1: vocal control. How do you do that? Adrian Um actually

1718
01:29:57,600 --> 01:30:03,559
Speaker 1: worked with a vocal coach, and you know that's right,

1719
01:30:04,200 --> 01:30:07,800
Speaker 1: that's a skill you have to learn right, well, not necessarily,

1720
01:30:07,880 --> 01:30:10,600
Speaker 1: but it does help to have diaphragm control. Regardless of

1721
01:30:11,000 --> 01:30:13,240
Speaker 1: in your breast control. It's all control of the breathing.

1722
01:30:13,479 --> 01:30:15,439
Speaker 1: So you're saying I'm a loser. Mis right, that's right there,

1723
01:30:15,520 --> 01:30:18,200
Speaker 1: saying a loose. I can't because because I can't cry

1724
01:30:18,360 --> 01:30:22,280
Speaker 1: and maintain vocal control. You know, I have these these

1725
01:30:22,439 --> 01:30:27,200
Speaker 1: these heavy breathing. You just gotta you just gotta control

1726
01:30:27,320 --> 01:30:31,240
Speaker 1: that diaphram So tighten up the gut, tighten up the gud.

1727
01:30:31,720 --> 01:30:34,400
Speaker 1: But see, I have not. I was not a track star.

1728
01:30:34,960 --> 01:30:37,120
Speaker 1: I didn't have that, you know, because one thing about

1729
01:30:37,120 --> 01:30:39,559
Speaker 1: a track star. You have that diaphragm right there, that's

1730
01:30:39,560 --> 01:30:42,679
Speaker 1: six pack. When you turn that corner, the knees coming

1731
01:30:42,720 --> 01:30:44,920
Speaker 1: up near that chest, you're gonna be right now. So

1732
01:30:45,200 --> 01:30:49,519
Speaker 1: don't you do me on my own show. Now, this

1733
01:30:49,640 --> 01:30:52,000
Speaker 1: interview is going bad for me right now. She's already

1734
01:30:52,040 --> 01:30:54,479
Speaker 1: told me, am out the shape. I can't keep my breath.

1735
01:30:57,800 --> 01:31:00,880
Speaker 1: So let's talk about this series now. First of all,

1736
01:31:01,479 --> 01:31:04,080
Speaker 1: you know, um, when the when the opportunity came for

1737
01:31:04,200 --> 01:31:06,880
Speaker 1: me to interview you, you know, you know, we were

1738
01:31:06,960 --> 01:31:09,560
Speaker 1: in the meeting and I looked you up online and

1739
01:31:09,640 --> 01:31:12,320
Speaker 1: I just started. I knew her from Atlanta, and I

1740
01:31:12,400 --> 01:31:16,240
Speaker 1: knew from American soul and of course star. Now you

1741
01:31:16,439 --> 01:31:21,280
Speaker 1: are the star of this series, Vagrant Queen. That is

1742
01:31:21,439 --> 01:31:25,880
Speaker 1: an enormous responsibility. Talk walk us through the steps of

1743
01:31:26,560 --> 01:31:30,639
Speaker 1: auditioning and when you first was realized when it told

1744
01:31:30,680 --> 01:31:32,000
Speaker 1: you you was going to be the star to show

1745
01:31:32,040 --> 01:31:34,280
Speaker 1: and you've been cast as the lead. Talk us about that,

1746
01:31:34,320 --> 01:31:37,080
Speaker 1: because this is something I would let me tell you

1747
01:31:37,120 --> 01:31:39,160
Speaker 1: something before you answer the response. I just want to

1748
01:31:39,200 --> 01:31:43,519
Speaker 1: tell you something honestly, when I watch you, you're so talented. Secondly,

1749
01:31:44,200 --> 01:31:47,479
Speaker 1: I realized that there's a high level of innocence in you,

1750
01:31:48,080 --> 01:31:51,080
Speaker 1: that you're doing what you love and and and you're

1751
01:31:51,080 --> 01:31:55,080
Speaker 1: being blessed to deliver it in this show. And the

1752
01:31:55,160 --> 01:31:57,280
Speaker 1: fact that you're doing it at such a young age

1753
01:31:57,920 --> 01:32:01,360
Speaker 1: and uh on a show that's high profile, a high

1754
01:32:01,439 --> 01:32:05,160
Speaker 1: budget and a lot of sets. It's really wonderful. Now

1755
01:32:05,240 --> 01:32:10,240
Speaker 1: you can respond, thank you. Um. So, I got the

1756
01:32:10,800 --> 01:32:14,000
Speaker 1: audition from my manager and he sent over the sides.

1757
01:32:14,040 --> 01:32:16,840
Speaker 1: I immediately tried to get into the world of Vague

1758
01:32:16,840 --> 01:32:19,439
Speaker 1: and Queen. So I read the comic, I read the sides,

1759
01:32:19,479 --> 01:32:21,560
Speaker 1: and I read the pilot script, which really all of

1760
01:32:21,640 --> 01:32:26,000
Speaker 1: it health because the writer Jim Um She's she's amazing

1761
01:32:26,080 --> 01:32:29,360
Speaker 1: and amazingly talented, and she really did a great job

1762
01:32:29,400 --> 01:32:32,439
Speaker 1: but taking that comic book because it's an adaptation, to

1763
01:32:32,640 --> 01:32:35,320
Speaker 1: taking that comic book world and really turning it into

1764
01:32:35,360 --> 01:32:39,599
Speaker 1: a TV adaptation, and you could really find the two

1765
01:32:39,680 --> 01:32:42,600
Speaker 1: worlds to be the same when you go from the

1766
01:32:42,640 --> 01:32:47,960
Speaker 1: comic to the television series. So I really found, you know,

1767
01:32:48,040 --> 01:32:50,200
Speaker 1: the comics to be very helpful. So I went and

1768
01:32:50,280 --> 01:32:53,200
Speaker 1: built my character and instantly fell in love with her,

1769
01:32:53,200 --> 01:32:56,560
Speaker 1: instantly resonated with her words. I was off book as in,

1770
01:32:56,840 --> 01:32:59,519
Speaker 1: um my, the words that they gave me to audition

1771
01:32:59,600 --> 01:33:03,720
Speaker 1: with memorized very fast, and um from doing that, I

1772
01:33:03,800 --> 01:33:06,360
Speaker 1: did my audition. You know, I just went out there

1773
01:33:06,360 --> 01:33:08,760
Speaker 1: and I had funds, and I did what I thought.

1774
01:33:09,120 --> 01:33:11,479
Speaker 1: You know, it was funny and fun and you know

1775
01:33:11,560 --> 01:33:13,280
Speaker 1: what I wanted to do, what I wanted to bring

1776
01:33:13,320 --> 01:33:18,320
Speaker 1: to the character. And luckily and amazing who he well,

1777
01:33:18,760 --> 01:33:22,200
Speaker 1: the whole creative team. They really liked my audition. So

1778
01:33:22,280 --> 01:33:24,280
Speaker 1: they call me in for a callback with some tweaks,

1779
01:33:24,960 --> 01:33:27,400
Speaker 1: and I sped over another tape because at this point

1780
01:33:27,760 --> 01:33:30,879
Speaker 1: our show, Lenner was in South Africa and I located

1781
01:33:30,920 --> 01:33:34,120
Speaker 1: in Los Angeles, so he did it be a self

1782
01:33:34,160 --> 01:33:35,960
Speaker 1: tape to self tapes. And then I get a phone

1783
01:33:35,960 --> 01:33:40,400
Speaker 1: call from my manager and he tells me, he says,

1784
01:33:40,520 --> 01:33:43,240
Speaker 1: can I speak to Alita? And I just started freaking out.

1785
01:33:43,280 --> 01:33:45,160
Speaker 1: I'm in rals. I gotta get out there. I gotta

1786
01:33:45,160 --> 01:33:47,360
Speaker 1: get out the store, like raph is the grocery store

1787
01:33:47,360 --> 01:33:49,839
Speaker 1: in Los Angeles. But they're just be staying like Ralphs everywhere.

1788
01:33:49,960 --> 01:33:52,720
Speaker 1: Raps aren't everywhere. Ralphs is a big It's like Crowgers

1789
01:33:52,800 --> 01:33:55,599
Speaker 1: or Publics. It's based in Los Angeles. Five. I've really

1790
01:33:55,640 --> 01:34:02,360
Speaker 1: lost fifty. It's really big. Okay, continue, I'm um, I'm

1791
01:34:02,400 --> 01:34:05,479
Speaker 1: in the grocery store and I get out and I

1792
01:34:05,600 --> 01:34:08,439
Speaker 1: have to, you know, have my whole moment and then

1793
01:34:08,520 --> 01:34:10,240
Speaker 1: tell me that I book it, and you know that

1794
01:34:10,720 --> 01:34:12,720
Speaker 1: that was feeling was just amazing and and none of

1795
01:34:12,760 --> 01:34:15,680
Speaker 1: it actually hit me that I was the lead in

1796
01:34:16,520 --> 01:34:18,719
Speaker 1: a woman of color lead and a sci fi series

1797
01:34:19,280 --> 01:34:22,400
Speaker 1: l g pt Q plus representation. None of that really

1798
01:34:22,520 --> 01:34:24,560
Speaker 1: hit me in the moment. All of it was just

1799
01:34:24,720 --> 01:34:29,120
Speaker 1: like home, man, I booked a show, and that's just

1800
01:34:29,360 --> 01:34:31,160
Speaker 1: like where I was living in the moment. And as

1801
01:34:31,280 --> 01:34:33,720
Speaker 1: I got you know, to South Africa, as I got

1802
01:34:33,880 --> 01:34:37,800
Speaker 1: started getting into costume, it all started like unraveling and like,

1803
01:34:37,880 --> 01:34:40,599
Speaker 1: oh I am I am the actual lead. I am

1804
01:34:40,960 --> 01:34:43,800
Speaker 1: the leaguing queen. I am a woman of color leading

1805
01:34:43,840 --> 01:34:46,920
Speaker 1: a sci fi series. And you know, but as much

1806
01:34:46,960 --> 01:34:49,920
Speaker 1: as it could seem, you know, scary to someone, um,

1807
01:34:50,479 --> 01:34:53,080
Speaker 1: it wasn't. It wasn't terrifying or scary to me because

1808
01:34:53,120 --> 01:34:55,639
Speaker 1: I didn't see it as like something that could possibly

1809
01:34:55,680 --> 01:34:58,200
Speaker 1: turn negative at all. So because of the way I

1810
01:34:58,280 --> 01:35:02,040
Speaker 1: embraced it, it really a allowed me to, um just

1811
01:35:03,040 --> 01:35:06,160
Speaker 1: live in that space and embrace it and flourish within it.

1812
01:35:06,800 --> 01:35:09,559
Speaker 1: And I'm just super grateful and humble to be able

1813
01:35:09,560 --> 01:35:12,720
Speaker 1: to play such an impactful role and powerful role that

1814
01:35:12,800 --> 01:35:16,040
Speaker 1: has so much representation on so many different levels. You know,

1815
01:35:16,160 --> 01:35:18,759
Speaker 1: you we're living in the era of the Black Panther. Okay,

1816
01:35:19,120 --> 01:35:22,040
Speaker 1: well we know that. You know, when you're giving an opportunity,

1817
01:35:22,160 --> 01:35:24,880
Speaker 1: you have to shine because you know, we never know

1818
01:35:25,160 --> 01:35:27,439
Speaker 1: because everybody, you know, if a failure at that high

1819
01:35:27,479 --> 01:35:30,680
Speaker 1: profile level can deter other opportunities at their level. And

1820
01:35:30,800 --> 01:35:35,479
Speaker 1: so Black Panther delivered and over delivered and uh and

1821
01:35:35,600 --> 01:35:38,439
Speaker 1: also open doors. I'd like to believe for opportunities like this.

1822
01:35:39,040 --> 01:35:41,000
Speaker 1: And when I see what you're doing, you know, I

1823
01:35:41,040 --> 01:35:44,400
Speaker 1: saw the first episode, and it's like, if you're a

1824
01:35:44,560 --> 01:35:48,439
Speaker 1: fan of Guardian of the Galaxy, this is a tone

1825
01:35:48,520 --> 01:35:52,840
Speaker 1: the character type tone because she's an anti hero. She

1826
01:35:53,280 --> 01:35:56,519
Speaker 1: she she's a reluctant hero and uh. And as each

1827
01:35:56,600 --> 01:36:00,080
Speaker 1: episode goes along, she starts gathering her her band, in

1828
01:36:00,240 --> 01:36:03,760
Speaker 1: her group, her her teammates, her sidekicks, you know. And

1829
01:36:03,880 --> 01:36:07,320
Speaker 1: Isaac is a reluctant sidekick who is from Earth but

1830
01:36:08,000 --> 01:36:10,400
Speaker 1: watched serious who you can get his backstory. And then

1831
01:36:10,439 --> 01:36:12,960
Speaker 1: a Mayde she picked him up, she picked her picked

1832
01:36:13,000 --> 01:36:15,479
Speaker 1: her up. And a may is kind of like she's

1833
01:36:15,479 --> 01:36:17,400
Speaker 1: along for the ride. You know, she's been supposed to

1834
01:36:17,400 --> 01:36:19,200
Speaker 1: be a person that was supposed to be just dropped off.

1835
01:36:19,280 --> 01:36:22,320
Speaker 1: But hey, she she she sees some opportunities just to

1836
01:36:22,400 --> 01:36:26,160
Speaker 1: be creative. She's a she's a geek. She's a she's

1837
01:36:26,200 --> 01:36:29,600
Speaker 1: a guru in the in the mechanic room. She is

1838
01:36:29,720 --> 01:36:33,280
Speaker 1: the she is the Scotty Scotty. We need more power,

1839
01:36:33,560 --> 01:36:39,479
Speaker 1: we need more power of Star Trek corrects the glue

1840
01:36:39,520 --> 01:36:42,320
Speaker 1: that holds us together, for sure, but more importantly, you're

1841
01:36:42,360 --> 01:36:46,559
Speaker 1: the glue. The fifth episode, you know, each episode gets better.

1842
01:36:46,760 --> 01:36:50,320
Speaker 1: The fifth episode may be mad because it really you know,

1843
01:36:50,560 --> 01:36:53,879
Speaker 1: what's what's what's the villain's name? Last us? What's the villains?

1844
01:36:54,000 --> 01:37:00,920
Speaker 1: The villain's name Lazaro, Lazaro. You know he is an evil,

1845
01:37:01,040 --> 01:37:03,400
Speaker 1: evil guy. Now, i'mnna tell you something. This series is.

1846
01:37:03,560 --> 01:37:05,680
Speaker 1: You know, they beat up people. There's some blood in

1847
01:37:05,720 --> 01:37:10,200
Speaker 1: the series now, and there's some campiness which which should

1848
01:37:10,240 --> 01:37:14,439
Speaker 1: be called humor. And there is uh teamwork. There's a

1849
01:37:14,520 --> 01:37:17,040
Speaker 1: lot of backstabbing, there's a lot of lying, there's a

1850
01:37:17,120 --> 01:37:19,479
Speaker 1: lot of I thought you said this, I thought you

1851
01:37:19,640 --> 01:37:23,679
Speaker 1: was this is a lot of unforeseen directions for the characters,

1852
01:37:24,080 --> 01:37:26,639
Speaker 1: and you think you're going into the direction their lives

1853
01:37:26,680 --> 01:37:29,200
Speaker 1: that are lost, their lives that are lost, and the

1854
01:37:29,320 --> 01:37:31,800
Speaker 1: more lives that are lost, and then it windles it

1855
01:37:31,960 --> 01:37:35,680
Speaker 1: all down to where you're at right now. You're you're

1856
01:37:36,240 --> 01:37:39,719
Speaker 1: out the episodes five. I'm believing you're ready to save

1857
01:37:40,240 --> 01:37:46,280
Speaker 1: the galaxy. Correct. I can't speak on that. Oh my goodness,

1858
01:37:46,960 --> 01:37:49,439
Speaker 1: I sent you off, Adrian, and you're just gonna leave

1859
01:37:49,479 --> 01:37:52,120
Speaker 1: me hanging out there. I don't think I'm telling the series.

1860
01:37:52,479 --> 01:37:56,160
Speaker 1: I think i'm epsde five, not episode fine. I would

1861
01:37:56,240 --> 01:38:00,599
Speaker 1: think that's the attitude you're gonna have moving forward. Raising man,

1862
01:38:00,920 --> 01:38:04,000
Speaker 1: he got the orb that you you didn't have time

1863
01:38:04,040 --> 01:38:06,080
Speaker 1: to get the information on how to use it. And

1864
01:38:06,160 --> 01:38:07,920
Speaker 1: then I was saying he knew how to use it.

1865
01:38:08,240 --> 01:38:10,960
Speaker 1: Now he has ultimate power. I don't even know how

1866
01:38:11,040 --> 01:38:14,439
Speaker 1: you're gonna tackle him, because even though you are blood,

1867
01:38:14,880 --> 01:38:17,000
Speaker 1: you have the blood of the of the Kingdom, of

1868
01:38:17,080 --> 01:38:20,800
Speaker 1: the Queen or the king or whatever, you still on

1869
01:38:20,920 --> 01:38:24,040
Speaker 1: have the orb. He has it now. So now episode six,

1870
01:38:24,120 --> 01:38:26,240
Speaker 1: which I have to watch this Thursday night at eleven

1871
01:38:26,280 --> 01:38:28,519
Speaker 1: o'clock on Sci Fi Channel, I'm just I'm talking to

1872
01:38:28,600 --> 01:38:32,000
Speaker 1: Adrian Rage. She should starve frankon Queen A great, great series.

1873
01:38:33,960 --> 01:38:36,240
Speaker 1: Are people reacting to you like I'm reacting to you

1874
01:38:39,680 --> 01:38:45,120
Speaker 1: every different? Okay, okay, how am I reacting? You know?

1875
01:38:45,200 --> 01:38:47,400
Speaker 1: I don't want to be like a little a little fan.

1876
01:38:47,840 --> 01:38:51,760
Speaker 1: I don't know what I'm talking about, am I am? I? Okay? Cool?

1877
01:38:51,920 --> 01:38:56,000
Speaker 1: Thank you because you have a great series. Now, before

1878
01:38:56,040 --> 01:39:00,160
Speaker 1: we got to the great series already, nor Bio, you

1879
01:39:00,240 --> 01:39:05,840
Speaker 1: were discovered on YouTube as a singer. How does that happen? Uh?

1880
01:39:06,240 --> 01:39:09,439
Speaker 1: Divine intervention. I was supposed because I had like no

1881
01:39:09,640 --> 01:39:13,000
Speaker 1: YouTube subscribers or anything like that. I was just singing

1882
01:39:13,080 --> 01:39:18,160
Speaker 1: in my house, the house I poked it on Instagram.

1883
01:39:18,920 --> 01:39:21,759
Speaker 1: No one followed, and uh, they went to the YouTube

1884
01:39:22,000 --> 01:39:25,360
Speaker 1: and checked out the song, and then they actually worked

1885
01:39:25,520 --> 01:39:29,800
Speaker 1: at um they worked at Radar, which is a subdivision

1886
01:39:29,920 --> 01:39:33,720
Speaker 1: of Ethic Records, and they showed their boss and their

1887
01:39:33,760 --> 01:39:35,840
Speaker 1: bosses like Burger and let's let's have her sing for

1888
01:39:35,960 --> 01:39:38,519
Speaker 1: us and let's talk to her, and uh, yeah, we

1889
01:39:38,640 --> 01:39:41,160
Speaker 1: learned from there. But that's that's literally how I started

1890
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Speaker 1: getting into the entertainment industry. And from there, you know,

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Speaker 1: I I being boss some sets and things like that.

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Speaker 1: I found out about acting and because I was in Atlanta,

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Speaker 1: you know, that's black Hollywood, and um, I remember being

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Speaker 1: on a video set and doing acting like as like

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Speaker 1: like lead acting, and they were you're pretty good at this,

1896
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Speaker 1: and I was like, I don't know what I'm join

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Speaker 1: and they're like, you know, you should really try because

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Speaker 1: you're in Atlanta and she's at least just you know,

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Speaker 1: give it a try since you're here. So I was

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Speaker 1: like okay. And then I found my mentor, Carl Payne,

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Speaker 1: who yeah, and he took me under his wing and

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Speaker 1: it's taught me so so so very much, and I

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Speaker 1: forever grid of the Carl and uh he started me

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Speaker 1: with you know, Standislavsky, Sella Adler and those those techniques.

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Speaker 1: So the first thing Carl did with me was trained.

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Speaker 1: I know often people when they turn and they say,

1907
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Speaker 1: I want to be an actor, and that's that's fine

1908
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Speaker 1: if that's your passion. That's a beautiful thing that you

1909
01:40:35,840 --> 01:40:38,960
Speaker 1: found that. But the first thing is not I needed.

1910
01:40:39,080 --> 01:40:41,000
Speaker 1: I need to get hit shots and find the find

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Speaker 1: the agent and go book a role. The first thing

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Speaker 1: you need to do is train because um as i

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Speaker 1: uh as I read in a beautiful interview by Brittany

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Speaker 1: who is one of the stars of Boomerang. She said,

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Speaker 1: it is it is your talent. It's like an agent

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Speaker 1: will get you in the room. Yeah, but your talent

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Speaker 1: will keep you in the room. Your talent will get

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Speaker 1: you booked. So that's that's the important thing that you

1919
01:41:07,720 --> 01:41:11,920
Speaker 1: really need to call today. Well, let's go back to

1920
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Speaker 1: the show now. I'm a bounce back and forth because

1921
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Speaker 1: at different points I went back. Now the sets, Now,

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Speaker 1: this is what has impressed me about the show, because

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Speaker 1: when you do a show like this, you know, one

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Speaker 1: of the things that can destroy shows the sets, uh

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Speaker 1: which was tied towards the acting. The the I guess

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Speaker 1: the fight sequences, the special effects, and your show does

1927
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Speaker 1: a phenomenal job. Talk about the sets that that and

1928
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Speaker 1: where you guys are shooting the show, Well, the steps

1929
01:41:42,080 --> 01:41:44,479
Speaker 1: are absolutely phenomenal, like you said, and we shoot and

1930
01:41:44,680 --> 01:41:48,559
Speaker 1: kicked out South Africa, which offers just a huge variety

1931
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Speaker 1: of terrains to work with. I mean, from episode five

1932
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Speaker 1: you see the dunes in Atlantis and then all the

1933
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Speaker 1: way to the beautiful mountains that you see in episode

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Speaker 1: three where I Gonna meet Clive, all of these are

1935
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Speaker 1: actual mountains and doings. They're not c g ied. I

1936
01:42:02,560 --> 01:42:04,960
Speaker 1: mean the most c g irc is like extra moons

1937
01:42:05,040 --> 01:42:08,320
Speaker 1: added into the sky. So um, you know, it looks

1938
01:42:08,960 --> 01:42:17,040
Speaker 1: of another galaxy, not yours. But we sure know, we

1939
01:42:17,240 --> 01:42:19,200
Speaker 1: for sure had a lot of fun filming in all

1940
01:42:19,200 --> 01:42:22,679
Speaker 1: these different places, and it was just beautiful that one

1941
01:42:22,720 --> 01:42:27,480
Speaker 1: place in the Motherland had so much to offer regarding

1942
01:42:27,720 --> 01:42:31,080
Speaker 1: not just the scenes and the sets, but also the talent.

1943
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Speaker 1: There's a lot of South African actors who are a

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Speaker 1: part of our casting crew, a part of our cast. Yeah,

1945
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Speaker 1: and it was just it was just a beautiful, beautiful

1946
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Speaker 1: thing to experience. Well, you know, I'll be remiss if

1947
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Speaker 1: I don't talk about the makeup because the makeups phenomenal,

1948
01:42:47,320 --> 01:42:50,679
Speaker 1: The makeup design and all that is crafted very well.

1949
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Speaker 1: And that's why that's what excites me about to show

1950
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Speaker 1: our First I'm a sci fi person and you're watching

1951
01:42:56,000 --> 01:42:59,800
Speaker 1: sci fi, but but to support you as a lead

1952
01:43:00,000 --> 01:43:04,639
Speaker 1: on an incredibly well produced, crafted series is important because

1953
01:43:04,680 --> 01:43:06,920
Speaker 1: of the fact that you're good. You're really really good

1954
01:43:07,040 --> 01:43:10,000
Speaker 1: at what you do. Now, there's a lot of physical

1955
01:43:10,760 --> 01:43:13,320
Speaker 1: fight scenes, there's a lot of running, there's a lot

1956
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Speaker 1: of jumping. Talk to us about that training process. Well, luckily,

1957
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Speaker 1: like you said, stated, I've been an athlete all of

1958
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Speaker 1: my life. Um, I've been playing till hockey since I

1959
01:43:23,400 --> 01:43:26,840
Speaker 1: was five, running track, basketball, all these things. So I

1960
01:43:27,000 --> 01:43:30,320
Speaker 1: was able to have you know, that coordination, center of gravity,

1961
01:43:30,360 --> 01:43:33,479
Speaker 1: all of those things naturally within my being. But I

1962
01:43:33,560 --> 01:43:38,080
Speaker 1: had an amazing stunt like crew, and you know, they

1963
01:43:38,240 --> 01:43:40,360
Speaker 1: trained me. I had a personal trainer as well, who

1964
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Speaker 1: training with boxing and kinesthetic and dynamic training the kickboxing,

1965
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Speaker 1: and you know, as actors, it is our job to

1966
01:43:47,360 --> 01:43:49,519
Speaker 1: make sure that we stay in shape. But I didn't

1967
01:43:49,520 --> 01:43:51,880
Speaker 1: know I was going to get an action hero role.

1968
01:43:52,160 --> 01:43:54,840
Speaker 1: So you know, my my training had this shift from

1969
01:43:54,880 --> 01:43:57,280
Speaker 1: just going to the gym and doing cardio to actually

1970
01:43:57,439 --> 01:44:00,320
Speaker 1: like punching and kicking and working out and then different

1971
01:44:00,320 --> 01:44:03,840
Speaker 1: way and more athletic building a way. So, um, that's

1972
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Speaker 1: what my training consisted of. Uh we shot six days

1973
01:44:06,880 --> 01:44:10,599
Speaker 1: a week. I trained three the five times a week,

1974
01:44:10,960 --> 01:44:13,800
Speaker 1: and I had one day to myself every day. Very weak.

1975
01:44:15,439 --> 01:44:19,880
Speaker 1: Now with that being said, did you get any bruises

1976
01:44:20,120 --> 01:44:22,640
Speaker 1: or did you get thrown off on any of the uh?

1977
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Speaker 1: N of the acting? The physical scenes are because I'm watching,

1978
01:44:26,640 --> 01:44:28,400
Speaker 1: I'm trying to it's that her fighting is that? How

1979
01:44:28,479 --> 01:44:30,360
Speaker 1: making that kick? Is that making? How make that throw?

1980
01:44:30,520 --> 01:44:32,760
Speaker 1: Is she being thrown around? How did that work out

1981
01:44:32,840 --> 01:44:37,479
Speaker 1: for you? Physically? In all the action scenes? Um, I

1982
01:44:37,600 --> 01:44:45,640
Speaker 1: actually did of my stunts. Okay, come on, So I

1983
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Speaker 1: did nine percent of my stunts, and I did injure myself.

1984
01:44:49,520 --> 01:44:52,479
Speaker 1: You know, there's there's small little injuries like uh cuts

1985
01:44:52,600 --> 01:44:55,280
Speaker 1: or things like that that happened, But I've never I've

1986
01:44:55,320 --> 01:45:00,439
Speaker 1: never really like genuinely hurt myself like badly. Right, I did,

1987
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Speaker 1: you know, some bumps and bruises, but all of which

1988
01:45:04,080 --> 01:45:06,360
Speaker 1: I'm just I didn't even tell anybody about it because

1989
01:45:06,360 --> 01:45:10,120
Speaker 1: I wanted to continue to do. My stunt was just

1990
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Speaker 1: just just manned up from there. Hey, don't worry about

1991
01:45:12,320 --> 01:45:15,559
Speaker 1: I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. Yeah, I'm good. Well, well,

1992
01:45:15,600 --> 01:45:17,920
Speaker 1: I'll just let you know that this is I'm just

1993
01:45:18,040 --> 01:45:21,360
Speaker 1: having fun talking to you because you know, I'm talking

1994
01:45:21,400 --> 01:45:25,920
Speaker 1: to the start of the series and you're answering inside questions.

1995
01:45:26,000 --> 01:45:29,519
Speaker 1: Except you know what's going to happen after episode five.

1996
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Speaker 1: You know that's the only thing you see. You're not

1997
01:45:32,080 --> 01:45:34,400
Speaker 1: gonna which I'm cool. I respect that we're gonna get

1998
01:45:34,439 --> 01:45:36,839
Speaker 1: a relationship going here. You know, ventual on future interviews.

1999
01:45:36,840 --> 01:45:38,160
Speaker 1: You know you're gonna let me in a little bit

2000
01:45:38,200 --> 01:45:41,479
Speaker 1: more secrets. Let's talk about your scholarships. You know, the

2001
01:45:42,080 --> 01:45:43,840
Speaker 1: shift here because this is the side of you that

2002
01:45:43,920 --> 01:45:47,240
Speaker 1: I always like to talk with my especially people in entertainment.

2003
01:45:47,439 --> 01:45:49,599
Speaker 1: I call it a balance life, you know, being able

2004
01:45:49,640 --> 01:45:52,120
Speaker 1: to you know you're focused on your career, but what

2005
01:45:52,240 --> 01:45:54,640
Speaker 1: are you doing for the community? What? What? What? What?

2006
01:45:54,840 --> 01:45:58,959
Speaker 1: What keeps your mind active when you're not acting or entertaining.

2007
01:45:59,080 --> 01:46:02,960
Speaker 1: It's called the ashtag love and light heart and school scholarship.

2008
01:46:03,000 --> 01:46:07,559
Speaker 1: Tell us about that. Yeah, so this scholarship, I must say,

2009
01:46:07,840 --> 01:46:11,280
Speaker 1: is so so so close to my heart. Um. As

2010
01:46:11,320 --> 01:46:15,479
Speaker 1: I previously stated, I am a certified laboratory scientists and

2011
01:46:15,600 --> 01:46:18,120
Speaker 1: I went to school and studied position assistant studies as well,

2012
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Speaker 1: so I have degrees, and I know what it's like

2013
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Speaker 1: to be a first generation college student. I know what

2014
01:46:23,840 --> 01:46:26,760
Speaker 1: it's like to go to college and your parents are like,

2015
01:46:26,920 --> 01:46:28,800
Speaker 1: that's amazing. I don't. We don't know how we can

2016
01:46:28,840 --> 01:46:30,680
Speaker 1: pay for that, but that's amazing that you got in

2017
01:46:31,160 --> 01:46:32,960
Speaker 1: and you just try to figure out a way to

2018
01:46:33,200 --> 01:46:35,880
Speaker 1: make this work. I remember that anxiety that I had.

2019
01:46:35,920 --> 01:46:38,720
Speaker 1: I remember the stress that I had every semester in

2020
01:46:38,800 --> 01:46:41,360
Speaker 1: the midst of finals, because that's when it's a winding down,

2021
01:46:41,680 --> 01:46:43,679
Speaker 1: worrying about what if I'm going to have enough money

2022
01:46:43,720 --> 01:46:46,200
Speaker 1: to live on campus, if I'm gonna have enough money

2023
01:46:46,200 --> 01:46:48,920
Speaker 1: for books, cannot even pay my scholarship, my tubition will

2024
01:46:48,960 --> 01:46:51,560
Speaker 1: be able to come back. That's just the fear. I

2025
01:46:52,360 --> 01:46:56,439
Speaker 1: genuinely I didn't like it at all, And as someone

2026
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Speaker 1: who has been blessed to be able to live in

2027
01:46:59,760 --> 01:47:03,920
Speaker 1: my passion and have the financial stability to give back,

2028
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Speaker 1: I feel like it's my duty to actually help students.

2029
01:47:07,360 --> 01:47:09,559
Speaker 1: They don't have to go through these things. And if

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Speaker 1: I can do something about it, I'm going to help.

2031
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Speaker 1: So the Love and Light Media, Heart and Soul Scholarship

2032
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Speaker 1: is my way of getting back to the community in

2033
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Speaker 1: that way. So the Heart Scholarship is for the heart

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Speaker 1: of our country, and it is for students who are

2035
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Speaker 1: interested in things in the medical field, whether that's nursing,

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Speaker 1: p a OT, occupational therapy, UM as a doctor, as

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Speaker 1: a nurse practitioner, all of those things. And it's for

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Speaker 1: people who you know, come from underprivileged areas. You have

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Speaker 1: to have a certain criteria for U G p A.

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Speaker 1: And then you had the Soul Scholarship, which I've all

2041
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Speaker 1: used for the soul of our nace. You know, it's

2042
01:47:47,520 --> 01:47:50,960
Speaker 1: just the art. The art s feedure soul. So for

2043
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Speaker 1: those of those people who want to go into you know, cinematography, directing,

2044
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Speaker 1: they want to go into school for theater, that's a

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Speaker 1: scholarship that's available for them, and we're working very hard

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Speaker 1: to get that off the ground. Amiss, this COVID nineteen pandemic,

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Speaker 1: but we're really working on it to get it off

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Speaker 1: the ground. My friend, I want to thank you for

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Speaker 1: and they're fantastic. I laugh. I enjoy um. First of all,

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Speaker 1: your wonderful interview. By the way, I want to let

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Speaker 1: you know your your job. We could talk forever, but

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Speaker 1: again we all have time limits, and I will support

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Speaker 1: I also have a ninety thousand fan club, a group

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