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Speaker 2: And that was Maya explaining why she quote unquote married herself.

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Speaker 3: It's the greatest disperse in entertainment. Connect you with every

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Speaker 2: My next guest really needs absolutely no introduction. But today

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Speaker 2: I got it. I have to begin just with I'm

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Speaker 2: All right, guys, we got to pay some bills.

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Speaker 1: You know what we do.

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Speaker 3: Every champion and care every champion has to be a champion,

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Speaker 2: that that translates in a lot of different ways. And

434
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Speaker 2: that's what I was going back to. You're very comfortable.

435
00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:09,880
Speaker 2: This is what you've decided to do, and it's work

436
00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:11,640
Speaker 2: we all do. We always have to do the work.

437
00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,760
Speaker 2: All of us every day have to do the work.

438
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:19,280
Speaker 2: And I think that message resonates with women such as

439
00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:21,680
Speaker 2: myself single. You know what I mean, I'm not married,

440
00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:23,720
Speaker 2: I don't have kids. What's wrong with you? And you're

441
00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:26,960
Speaker 2: like nothing, I'm perfectly fine, actually perfectly fine.

442
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:32,240
Speaker 1: Everyone's life is not supposed to look the same, so.

443
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,800
Speaker 2: It's not supposed to look the same. Yeah.

444
00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:40,280
Speaker 1: I embrace adversity. I embrace the place of love that

445
00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,800
Speaker 1: sometimes criticism or we can take as criticism comes from

446
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:47,320
Speaker 1: because maybe there is a beautiful experience that other people

447
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,320
Speaker 1: want you to share. And so correcting my thoughts as

448
00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:53,840
Speaker 1: well as I intake so many opinions of the world,

449
00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:58,800
Speaker 1: regardless of the topic. That's self correction and self assessment,

450
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,600
Speaker 1: which is also a part of that self love journey.

451
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,520
Speaker 1: Not beating up yourself or or I would say, being

452
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:10,000
Speaker 1: absorbed by the negativity that our thoughts can immediately go.

453
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:14,320
Speaker 2: To, and being kind, just being kind to ourselves, talk

454
00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:15,280
Speaker 2: nice to ourselves.

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Speaker 3: I love that every champion and carry champions to be

456
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:22,239
Speaker 3: a champion, a champion, and carry champion and carry chat

457
00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:24,959
Speaker 3: be out a champion and carried chapion and carried chat

458
00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:34,960
Speaker 3: entertainment and naked word, every champion and carry champions to

459
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:39,280
Speaker 3: be a champion, a champion, and carry champion, champion and

460
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:43,720
Speaker 3: carry champion and carried chatament naked word.

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00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:47,120
Speaker 2: This past August, you released another single. We just talked

462
00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,760
Speaker 2: about wine. I want to make sure I'm saying that correctly.

463
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:56,239
Speaker 2: Fine with Bounty Killer, talk to me about that single, uh?

464
00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:58,920
Speaker 2: And what that was for you? What was that that

465
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 2: message you were giving? Is it fun? Are we laughing?

466
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:02,400
Speaker 1: Are we sassy?

467
00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:04,160
Speaker 2: Are we all things?

468
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,560
Speaker 1: Well? A part of my healing journey takes place in nature,

469
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,480
Speaker 1: and that's real life for me. And what that looks

470
00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:15,719
Speaker 1: like is sunshine. What that looks like is good music, food, culture, friends,

471
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:19,560
Speaker 1: family or friends that become family. And the Caribbean has

472
00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:21,040
Speaker 1: been a part of my life since I was about

473
00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:24,160
Speaker 1: two years old. Every year and a part of my

474
00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:29,400
Speaker 1: earlier career was spent in Jamaica every year thanks to

475
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:32,280
Speaker 1: being a man and a lot of other collaborations throughout

476
00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:38,400
Speaker 1: the Caribbean. So my vegan retreats and the winners and

477
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:43,480
Speaker 1: the challenges the Caribbean and tropical environments where you can

478
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:45,760
Speaker 1: feel the love, you can taste the love, you can

479
00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:49,400
Speaker 1: smell the love, and your body thanks you for it.

480
00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:51,520
Speaker 1: So I wanted to bring that to music, because that's

481
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:56,480
Speaker 1: really who Maya is in a very lighthearted, fun way.

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00:30:56,600 --> 00:31:00,360
Speaker 1: People love to see me dance, but I love havinginess

483
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:04,040
Speaker 1: and sometimes, you know, we get a little bit too

484
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,280
Speaker 1: much of the negativity on airways and I wanted to

485
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:12,240
Speaker 1: bring some balance independently. So in crafting such a song,

486
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:16,960
Speaker 1: that was the mission happiness togetherness. I love a celebration,

487
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:22,000
Speaker 1: but I wanted to it to feel like the world

488
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,600
Speaker 1: that we don't necessarily get in the cities all the time,

489
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:29,480
Speaker 1: and that's where I find my joy as well. And

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00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:32,640
Speaker 1: you can find me in the Caribbean every year or

491
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,280
Speaker 1: somewhere paratorial.

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00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:42,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, we appreciate that. We need that. So that's what

493
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:44,200
Speaker 2: you're giving us. That's the music that you're giving us.

494
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 2: Are you working on any other projects that you'd like

495
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 2: to share?

496
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,200
Speaker 1: Well, I don't want to go into detail, but there

497
00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:57,280
Speaker 1: are two finished projects that gone for quite a while, mixed, mastered,

498
00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:01,640
Speaker 1: and ready to go. But there's strategy behind, you know,

499
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:06,160
Speaker 1: releases from this point on and getting the teens together

500
00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:09,640
Speaker 1: as I've been doing it independently solo for a long time.

501
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,520
Speaker 1: My fans have spoken, hey, we want this, we want

502
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,120
Speaker 1: them when visuals, we want so much more and it

503
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:20,000
Speaker 1: takes time. But back to wine, you know, we shot

504
00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,600
Speaker 1: that in Kingston, Jamaica. Shout out to Bounty Killa, another

505
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:28,400
Speaker 1: dance hall legend, and it was important for me to

506
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:33,000
Speaker 1: create a song that allowed people to dance together again

507
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 1: because I don't see much of that happening anymore. And

508
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:40,720
Speaker 1: it's a cultural dance from Jamaica. And there's some dance

509
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:46,720
Speaker 1: content for that specifically coming very soon. For those challenge

510
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 1: and learning new things called.

511
00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:55,040
Speaker 2: Challenge, I'm ready to talk it. I'm ready.

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00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,280
Speaker 1: I'm one of the producer digal hard work. I've been

513
00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:00,920
Speaker 1: working with for a long time since twenty ten. He's

514
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:05,560
Speaker 1: actually Jamaican himself. And it's just very very nice to

515
00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:13,480
Speaker 1: be welcomed and just be reconnected to joy and I

516
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:15,960
Speaker 1: help people do the love and see the love and

517
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:17,840
Speaker 1: the video and on a sum.

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00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 2: And in your in your voice, you exudeed. So I

519
00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:25,920
Speaker 2: think that it's mission accomplished. I'm excited. Well this morning,

520
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:33,000
Speaker 2: I exude that. No, you sound you sound relaxed.

521
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:35,360
Speaker 1: This morning.

522
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:40,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, you sound relaxed. I want to do yoga with you.

523
00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:43,040
Speaker 2: I want to I want to go and eat vegetables.

524
00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:44,840
Speaker 2: I'm being silly, but you know, I'm like, where are

525
00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:47,680
Speaker 2: we at the vegan retreat? Where we're going? I'm ready

526
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:48,880
Speaker 2: to do it. What we're doing?

527
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:52,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's me.

528
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:55,440
Speaker 2: You deserve it all.

529
00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:59,400
Speaker 1: Now I have two different Why do you see that too?

530
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I can see that. I can see that

531
00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:05,680
Speaker 2: we are for the folks who are listening that we're

532
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:07,960
Speaker 2: recording in the morning, so we get it. Like, no,

533
00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:10,040
Speaker 2: I can see both you. I think that. And and

534
00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:12,120
Speaker 2: by the way, we're all things. We're all We're not

535
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:14,320
Speaker 2: just one thing. We're all things. As you said earlier,

536
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:16,560
Speaker 2: we are all things. Maya. It has been a pleasure.

537
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:18,799
Speaker 2: Thank you so much for taking the time to talk

538
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:23,200
Speaker 2: to us. You're really truly stunning, and I just appreciate

539
00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:25,799
Speaker 2: you just being yourself and being honest and who you are.

540
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:27,960
Speaker 2: It's hard to do that completely naked.

541
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:33,239
Speaker 1: I appreciate you. And it looks a beautiful fresh face

542
00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:33,840
Speaker 1: this morning.

543
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:36,320
Speaker 2: Can I see you? The whole time, I was like,

544
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:39,600
Speaker 2: I ain't put on no makeup for mine. I was like,

545
00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:44,279
Speaker 2: I should have. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'm

546
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 2: truly naked.

547
00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:47,479
Speaker 1: I was up until like four o'clock in the morning.

548
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:51,560
Speaker 1: I'm like, I should probably put on a little sunk

549
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:53,359
Speaker 1: you can see there.

550
00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:56,279
Speaker 2: No, but it looks it looks natural, it looks great.

551
00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:59,000
Speaker 2: But you know what, I didn't expect anything less, and

552
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 2: and more importantly, I wasn't kidding. I've been a fan

553
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,480
Speaker 2: forever and I really do appreciate you just being true

554
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:08,640
Speaker 2: to who you are, quieting out the noise and remaining

555
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,000
Speaker 2: a true artist. That is what you choose to choose

556
00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:13,120
Speaker 2: to do, and we see it and we receive it.

557
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:14,000
Speaker 2: That's staying.

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00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:17,040
Speaker 1: That is yet to come. And I appreciate this AA

559
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:21,240
Speaker 1: man to discuss they're all going to honest.

560
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 2: Thank you you you, I must be honest. When I

561
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 2: interview people of note, or when I interview people that

562
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:32,560
Speaker 2: I am legitimately a fan of, such as Maya, I

563
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,160
Speaker 2: get a little nervous because I don't want to be intrusive.

564
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:39,719
Speaker 2: I don't want to go overboard in my questioning. I

565
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:43,000
Speaker 2: really try to pick up on people's energy, and that's

566
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 2: what leads these interviews. And she had a very peaceful spirit.

567
00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:49,400
Speaker 2: I wasn't just saying that, and I thought that was special.

568
00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 2: I can see how she moves the way she does.

569
00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:57,879
Speaker 2: I can understand rather why, in fact, she has kept

570
00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 2: her life extremely private and moves in a way that

571
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 2: she wants to move in this industry, and that has

572
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:09,000
Speaker 2: to be tough, because I can even imagine being a

573
00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:12,759
Speaker 2: solo artist around the time Beyonce came out right, or

574
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:16,279
Speaker 2: being an artist in general. You got Destiny's Child at

575
00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:18,400
Speaker 2: the time when she started to pop, when Maya started

576
00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:20,160
Speaker 2: to pop, you had all these different girl groups, and

577
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 2: it's always so hard to sift through that world. But

578
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:27,400
Speaker 2: she has had staying power because I believe she's just

579
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:30,239
Speaker 2: stay true to who she is. Congratulations on a twenty

580
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:34,080
Speaker 2: five year career. Congratulations on all the things that make

581
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:37,439
Speaker 2: her her, and she's so comfortable in her own skin.

582
00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,400
Speaker 2: Let me just say this too, she is fine, super fine,

583
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:44,120
Speaker 2: like fine fine, like fy n e fine, like I

584
00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:47,120
Speaker 2: know you guys have seen the photos, but she's fine fine,

585
00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:50,200
Speaker 2: even though she doesn't consider herself the sex symbol. How

586
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:53,120
Speaker 2: is that even possible? How is that even possible? Anyway,

587
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:56,759
Speaker 2: enough of that, I'll see you all next week on

588
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Speaker 2: Naked

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Speaker 4: OA