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Speaker 3: Right, Hey, y'all, what's up.

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Speaker 1: It's Lauren Rosa and this is the latest with Lauren

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Speaker 1: de Rosa. This year daily Dig on all things pop culture, entertainment,

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Speaker 1: news and all of the conversations that shake the room. Baby,

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Speaker 1: So bringing some conversations to you that are going to

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Speaker 1: Grammy Weekend here in la This year's Grammys, I mean,

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Speaker 1: But this year's Grammy's to me was very I'm root

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Speaker 1: for everybody black and they winning period. We had so

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Speaker 1: many different people nowmin native across categories from R and

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Speaker 1: B to hip hop to music scores with sinners. Shout

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Speaker 1: out to the Clip, shout out to Kentrick Lamar. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it just was a great year for the Grammys.

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Speaker 3: Everything.

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Speaker 1: The production of the show was great. We did a

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Speaker 1: full breakdown over at the Breakfast Club. Make sure you

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Speaker 1: guys check me out over there, but here exclusively and

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Speaker 1: only for you my podcast listeners. I have a few

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Speaker 1: interviews that I got a chance to do throughout some

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Speaker 1: a woman named Ashley Christopher. Actually, Christopher owns an organization

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Speaker 1: called HBCU Week. HBCU Week is an organization that is

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Speaker 1: that college fair, they offer over two thousand acceptances to

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Speaker 1: if you go and support something, support the people that's

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Speaker 1: to you guys, my lowriders. Let's listen to Ashley Christopher

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Speaker 1: from HBCU Week at the pre Grammy Brunch presented by

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Speaker 1: They did a lot to support Ashley within this event,

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Speaker 1: including raising fifty thousand dollars in less than four minutes

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Speaker 4: This is Ashley Christopher, founder and CEO of HBCU Week Foundation,

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Speaker 4: where our laser focus is to get Black students to

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Speaker 4: we have raised and awarded more than one hundred and

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Speaker 3: Brian Michael Cox.

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Speaker 4: His brunch actually turned twenty years old this year, so

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Speaker 4: it's very incredible to be even thought of or seen

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Speaker 4: He had tank raised fifty thousand dollars for HBCU week

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Speaker 3: You bring. We had Anthony Anderson Kane for the HBCU week. Yalla,

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Speaker 3: It's possible. You don't have to leave the boy's a

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Speaker 3: This is her first Grammys. What does you know?

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Speaker 5: That I mean, it's incredible for me because it's something

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Speaker 5: I think I mean I'm a product of HBCU, of HBCUs.

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Speaker 3: Hey, y'all, what's up.

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Speaker 1: It's Lauren Rosa And this is the latest with Lauren

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Speaker 3: We are in la It is Grammy weekend. Actually today

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Speaker 3: And I'm here with John B.

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Speaker 2: He Yes, I was just with you, actually.

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Speaker 3: You were so since i've seen you last Well, what's new?

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Speaker 2: Well, I got some time off, That's what's new. I

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Speaker 2: Well, I will say, man, stay in your labs, stay

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Speaker 2: what it's so really about, is just staying grounded with

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Speaker 2: You know for the days to come.

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Speaker 3: We love it. Thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: conversation piece that you guys have gotten to dive into

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Speaker 1: as we headed on out to the Grammy Awards weekend

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Speaker 1: in LA for the sixty eighth Grammy Awards. I'm Laurna

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Speaker 1: Rosa and my Low Riders. I tell you, guys, every

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Speaker 1: single episode, y'all could be anywhere with anybody, but y'all

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Speaker 1: choose to be right here with me.

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Speaker 3: And I appreciate y'all for that.

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Speaker 1: Every single time, every single episode, I will catch you guys,

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Speaker 1: and my next one