1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to Money Making Conversations. It's to show that she 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:10,079 Speaker 1: has the secrets of success experience firsthand by marketing and 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,079 Speaker 1: Brandon expert Rashaan McDonald. I will know he's giving me 4 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: advice to many occasions. In occasion and notice, I'm not broke. 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,079 Speaker 1: You know, he'll be interviewing celebrity CEOs and entrepreneurs and 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 1: industry decision makers. It's what he likes to do, it's 7 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: what he likes to share. Now it's time to hear 8 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: from my man, Rashaan McDonald money Making Conversations. Here we go. 9 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: Welcome to Money Making Conversation Masterclass. I'm your host, Rashaan McDonald. 10 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: I want to hear from you today. I recognize that 11 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:39,599 Speaker 1: we all have different definitions of success. For you, it 12 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: may be the size of your paycheck. Mine has inspired 13 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: you to accomplish your goals and live your very best life. 14 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 1: It's time to stop reading other people's success stories and 15 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: start writing your own. People always talk about that purpose 16 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:53,279 Speaker 1: or gift. If you have a gift, lead with your 17 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: gifts and don't let your friends, family, or co workers 18 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: stop you from planning or living your dreams. We will 19 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: be discussing how to overcome the in life. My guests 20 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: on the show today represent people who did not let 21 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: stereotypes stopped them from pursuing their dreams. One is a 22 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 1: rising Hollywood actress on the hit comedy series Harlem. The 23 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 1: show streams on the Amazon Prime network. And my other 24 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 1: guests went from directing rap videos to now becoming a 25 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 1: university professor. They're making a difference in Black Hollywood. Our 26 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: theme today is that there is no perfect time to 27 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: start following your dreams. We found him. He's here and 28 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: this is an old friend, Greg Carter. I'm gonna start 29 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,399 Speaker 1: throw his name out now because this show also aris 30 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 1: in Houston, Texas. Okay, so I say Greg cart in Houston, Texas. 31 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: A lot of people are gonna come close to the radio. Oh, 32 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: gred He's a native of Houston, a graduate of Texas 33 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 1: and m So. He born in Bread which is school 34 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 1: born there, went to college there. It also produces a 35 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: very popular TV series in the city of Houston called 36 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: Fifth Ward. The airs on the Urban Movie Channel. When 37 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: I first met Gregg, he was one of the rising 38 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: rap directors in the city of Houston, Texas. I mean, 39 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: that's that's the early stage of rapper to get old 40 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: boars out there, my mind playing tricks on you. You 41 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, Bushwick Bill that was back in 42 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: the day part. But life is about the justin and 43 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: growing your brand. He is still directing movies and television 44 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: series in Hollywood, but he's also teaching students at the 45 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,679 Speaker 1: University of Houston. Please working to Money Making Conversations Masterclass. 46 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: Greg Carter, Greg, what's happening? Rich? Thank you for that introduction. 47 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: I'm so excited to be part of the show and 48 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 1: to be back again. And I just enjoy whenever we 49 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: have a time to sit down and talk about what 50 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: I'm doing and what's going on in the industry. So 51 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: so glad to be on this car. Hey, Greg, I 52 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: want to I want to. I knew we got to 53 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: go to break in the minute, but before we go 54 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: to break, I want to talk about the because we 55 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: know when you and I met, I had a comedy club. 56 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 1: I was a rising comedian back in the time this did. 57 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,079 Speaker 1: I just performed on Deaf Comedy Jam with Dave Chappelle 58 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 1: and Martin Lawrence and all that stuff, and you was 59 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: doing rap videos. That's all I remember. Greg Carter, Greg Carter, 60 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 1: Greg Carter, but today, man, I'm looking at you know, 61 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: take Off. He was just recently murdered in the city 62 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 1: of Houston. Nipsey Nipsey Hustle. You know. The person who 63 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: killed him, I think got sentenced to sixty years. And 64 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: we can go further back in the Tupac and go 65 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: back to a Biggie Small. But there has been a 66 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: rash of hip hop violence and being a guy who 67 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: who in the early nineties was right in the footprint 68 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: of it, you know, out there late at nights seeing 69 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: this lifestyle, or have you been able to conceptualize what 70 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: was really going on or just you just you just 71 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: throw your hands up and go, man, I don't know 72 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: what's happening. Well, you know, it's funny because the stuff 73 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: that happened back in the nineties is really about the 74 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: things that were going down between the labels. I mean, 75 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: the quote unquote violence black on black violence within the 76 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: hip hop game was really between the East and West 77 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: coast or south. You know, it was normally to find 78 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: our region or record label that had to be for 79 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: another label. Right. These random acts of violence, as you 80 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: want to call it, are just really a lot of 81 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: it is between people who are looking for cloud, because 82 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: if I can shoot this rapper, if I can hurt 83 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 1: this individual, it makes me seem like a bigger person. 84 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: I have bigger stature. Uh. And there's still some things 85 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:18,679 Speaker 1: that happened between different artists are different camps and or defense. 86 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 1: But you know, that's the thing. It seems like there 87 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: has been we have kind of digressed a little bit 88 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: about you know, when it comes to trying to lift 89 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: each other up and trying to solve problems without necessarily 90 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: those problems ending up in debt. I think it's uh. 91 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 1: And it's not systemic to just hip hop too it. 92 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 1: You know, the young brother at a at Alabama who 93 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: playing basketball there the fact that he couldn't you know, 94 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: he can't accept rejection from a young lady. He had 95 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 1: to do something that was you know, crazy and commit murders. 96 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 1: So these are these are the things that I think 97 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: that I happen to be because you know, social media 98 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: has made it so important that you keep an image 99 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:11,239 Speaker 1: more so than show character when it comes to being 100 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: under fire and so uh, and we're all gonna be 101 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 1: on the fire one way or another, and some things 102 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: they're not going to go your way, but you have 103 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:19,919 Speaker 1: to be able to have the character to stand in 104 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: yourself and not try to react with something that the 105 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: shows shows that you you you you don't have control 106 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: of your your faculties. And that's the real sad thing. 107 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 1: We've lost a generation being in to control their faculties. 108 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 1: You know, we would have you know, we'd have those 109 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: situations where we get into a fight, but we wouldn't 110 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 1: go think I got to go get a gun and 111 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 1: sell it that way. Right, I'm talking to Great Carter, 112 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: one of the top directors in Hollywood, Houston native. Like 113 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: I said, our relationship goes back to the early nineties 114 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 1: when he was doing hip hop videos and I was 115 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 1: a rising starting the comedy scene. We'll were right back, 116 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: talk about this filth Forwards series, which has been renewed, 117 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 1: talk about his upcoming projects from movie projects. Also, he's 118 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: a teacher. He's a teacher. He's also doing that at 119 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: the Universe Houston. Guess who graduated from Universe using idea, 120 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,839 Speaker 1: Guess who graduated from Texas and m he did be 121 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: right back when More Money to Make Conversations masterclass, you 122 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: are now tuned into the money making conversations. Minute of 123 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: Inspiration with Rashaan McDonald. Hi Rashan McDonald for Money Making Conversations, Masterclass, 124 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: Weeacher Daily Minute of Inspiration. This week, I sat down 125 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: with the host of the History Channel series Adams Eat 126 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 1: the Eighties, food author and culinary entrepreneur Adam Richmond. He 127 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: talks about the importance of getting familiar with success, but 128 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: also getting familiar with the steps necessary to get there. 129 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 1: Bill Maher once said, we live in a guitar hero 130 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: culture where everybody wants to play the solo, but nobody 131 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: wants to learn the chords. Yes, and I think that 132 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: these are people that spend time in the trenches and 133 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: you don't realize how much sweat equity. You know, people 134 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: hear about the success, but they don't really pay attention 135 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: to what it to to get there. And I think 136 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: that that's that's the coolest part. If you want to 137 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: listen to this full interview with Ada Richmond, it's available 138 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: on Mortymaking Conversation dot com. Speaking to Greg Carter, a 139 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: good friend, good friend, UM, knowing him in the business 140 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: as a director known this the business, a writer, a producer. UM. 141 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: A lot of your projects don't have the massive budgets 142 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: tied to them, whether it's a television series or as 143 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: a movie series. How do you sit down and and 144 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: and apply budget to the project that you're trying to do? 145 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 1: Greg Carter, Well, I think a lot of times what 146 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: I try to do is coming from the standpoint of 147 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 1: where can I get the biggest bang for my buck. 148 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: I don't try to dial back on what I envisioned 149 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: as part of the story, but I just try to 150 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: find a place in people around me who can believe 151 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: in what I'm trying to do and all the local 152 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 1: locations where it works for the context of how much 153 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: money we have to spend and push through from there. 154 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: I've been very lucky and blessed that Houston is my hometown, 155 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: and my hometown represents all the time when I'm looking 156 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: for people to be in front of the camera, but 157 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: also looking for people who are going to be behind 158 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: the camera to help them make the movies and and 159 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: and that's that's where I draw my put my my 160 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: flag in the sand, which is, you know, trying to 161 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: try to find a place where you're going to get 162 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 1: the support and not all times you're going to find 163 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: people who want to see your vision or where you do, 164 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:39,199 Speaker 1: but most importantly, if you can if you can find 165 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 1: that place, that hometown where they got, where they got 166 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: supporting love for you. That's a big part of making 167 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,439 Speaker 1: any budget work. But other than that, you know, you're 168 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:50,680 Speaker 1: trying to work within the confines of the of the 169 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: unions like SAG and whatnot, and trying to figure out 170 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: things to make it most cost effective. Maybe you you 171 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: try to make sure your locations. Look, I have a fattist, 172 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: but the script you want to shoot, you know, don't 173 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 1: have a hundred locations in it right right? And also 174 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,559 Speaker 1: short the production window as well really helps out as well. 175 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: Exactly when you look at what you're doing, like you 176 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 1: have the fifth Ward series and then you have this 177 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 1: hip hop Christmas series it comes about, and so that 178 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: allows you to how has that affected your career? It 179 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 1: made you feel take a deep breath because you have 180 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 1: upcoming projects that you can count on, or it gives 181 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: your resume that allows you to go out and get 182 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:36,959 Speaker 1: other projects. Well, I would say to any young person 183 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 1: I teach. You mentioned that I teach at university. You 184 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:45,079 Speaker 1: see you're Alalatta, so I'm a professor there. I would 185 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 1: say that the one thing that I try to do 186 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 1: take my foot off the gas pedal always can continually 187 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 1: feeling like, you know, I've got to be making sure 188 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: that the job that I'm looking for is not one 189 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: that I'm just dreaming about. But whatever I go wants 190 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 1: to get to it and make it happen. I say 191 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 1: to myself, I want to do Marvel movies. I say 192 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 1: to myself, I want to you know, win an Oscar. 193 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 1: But I also know that that saying it and having 194 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:15,319 Speaker 1: a dream is one thing. You have to have goals 195 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: and try to work toward that. So I've been very 196 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 1: blessed and lucky to work with my good friend at 197 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 1: Torry Turner and Jamie Foxx movies with Vacom, CBS and 198 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:29,359 Speaker 1: to that extent MTV. I've had growing up for partnerships 199 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 1: with people like uh Brett Dismuch and All Black, and 200 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: you know, with my TV series fifth Ward, and you know, 201 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 1: as I get ready to maybe move and do and 202 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:42,679 Speaker 1: do series do a season three and four that's come 203 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: to fruition as well as as well as the other 204 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: stuff I'm developing, I've worked very hard to have the 205 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: opportunity to have a voice, a seat at the table, 206 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 1: and I think that's what you hope to have. You know, 207 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 1: nothing is guaranteed and show business. There's always an opportunity, 208 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: but you have to really go and drill and do 209 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 1: the work to make that opportunity to come to fruition. 210 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 1: And So another project I've been wanting to do for 211 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 1: a long time is people don't realize that slavery was 212 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: abolished twice in the state of Texas. Abraham Abraham Lincoln 213 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:25,559 Speaker 1: aboliship but people don't realize that Texas had slavery abolished 214 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: first by a black man. Texas was part of Mexico 215 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: and Mexico Mexican president. He was the first black president 216 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: in North America before Barack Obama. Limb was Vincenta Guerrero. 217 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 1: He was president of Mexico and he was the second 218 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 1: president of Mexico, and he basically abolished slavery in Mexico, 219 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 1: which included at that time Texas. And that story was 220 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 1: passed down to me by my relatives who lived in 221 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 1: East Texas Cherokee County, East Texas, of how we had 222 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 1: relatives who were made free and then they became slaves again, 223 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:09,200 Speaker 1: and then it was free again, uh, some almost forty 224 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 1: years later with Lincoln. So these are things and I 225 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: try that I relate to uh, that that have that 226 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,679 Speaker 1: speak to me that I want to be involved in 227 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: and tell. And so for that it means that I've 228 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 1: always I never take my foot off the gas pel, 229 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: you know, before we are wraptors up and I you know, 230 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: you're one of my favorite guests. And when you come 231 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 1: on and you you articulate what I feel my audience 232 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:39,679 Speaker 1: needs to hear a degree of honesty because you've been there, 233 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: done that when you're talking to students, and I think 234 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 1: that's really a blessing that you know, you always want 235 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: to stay relevant, you want to stay topical walking into 236 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: classroom and then teaching. Does that help you as a producer, 237 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 1: as a writer, as a director, being around young people, 238 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:58,079 Speaker 1: articulating conversation back and forth movement with these people, It 239 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 1: certainly does, I would blessed. I'm one of those guys 240 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 1: that started working on My Doctors seventeen years ago and 241 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: it took me just until last year to finish. But 242 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 1: I was working at You of Age starting at the 243 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: beginning of around the beginning of the pandemic teaching, and 244 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: so I just for me trying to show my journey 245 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: has never been just about me. My journey has been 246 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 1: about trying to help and up left others, whether it's 247 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: people who work on my film set or in this case, students, 248 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 1: and get them the real information they need to go 249 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 1: out there and be successful. I told my students, I'm 250 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:39,439 Speaker 1: not going to be satisfied until they can walk into 251 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 1: any situation and know that they can handle it. Whether 252 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:44,559 Speaker 1: they're going to be a writer, director, or producer, they 253 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: can have those skill sets. And I want to try 254 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 1: to build a film program at the University of Houston 255 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: that is on par with usc UCLA, a FI and 256 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 1: to school back in New York. So these are the 257 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 1: things that I you know, you know, what are the 258 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: things that you do so masterfully, Rushan is that you 259 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:03,719 Speaker 1: paint your legacy so that the world can see it 260 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 1: with all the things you've done and the brands that 261 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 1: you've helped build. And I just hope to be able 262 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: to do kind of like you to help build my 263 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 1: legacy through through education and upliftic young folks. But also 264 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: but I continue to make movies that and TV shows 265 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 1: that enlightened and entertain So yeah, thank you great for calling. 266 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: The end of day, we got to get you back 267 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: because of the fact that you have so much to say, 268 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 1: Greg Carter before we wrap up real quick, please kill 269 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: them how they can reach out to you, Great Carter, 270 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: And as we close out the show, yeah, please find 271 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: You can find me on my Instagram, Greg Carter Nexus 272 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: at Greg Carter Nexus and you can find me at 273 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 1: the same hand on Facebook as well. Thank you, sir. 274 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 1: We talked soon. I want to thank all the fans 275 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: who call in on a regular basis of the ones 276 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: who just listened to the show. This is rus Sean McDonald. 277 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 1: Every Tuesday, we'll be here on Money Making Conversation, Domestic 278 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: Lass and Greg Carter. Thank you for participating this week. Man. 279 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 1: I always believe in Yeah, and I trust you deliver 280 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: the information that my audience w to hear every time 281 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 1: you call my show. We're talking soon, Okay, appreciate you. 282 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 1: She's on the show to date because she's one of 283 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 1: the stars of the Amazon series Hallom Shaniqua Sunday. She 284 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 1: is a actress, singer, and up and coming fashion icon 285 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: from the East Coast who has been graciously sweeping entertainment 286 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 1: interest since she was three years old. Three years old, 287 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: that's when she realized you wanted to be there, do 288 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: this for a living. Shaniqua's character Angie on the show 289 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: Harlem has a big, sexy personality and a fashion sense 290 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: to matchup. I've known because I watched the first season 291 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: and I've called up on this season, So I am 292 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 1: a fan of the show Hallom and the show. Shaniqua's 293 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: character is always worrying about the series of high fashion looks, 294 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 1: who she's dating, whether whether it's the right man in 295 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 1: her life. But she breaks these serial type because it's 296 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 1: about fashion and love. The show hallms you're not familiar 297 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 1: with it shines to spotlight on four girlfriends, Angie who 298 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: all be interviewing an mini minute Camille played by making Good, 299 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 1: Quinn played by Race Buyers, and Ty who plays the 300 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: Who's played by Jerry Johnson, as they managed their careers 301 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: and loved lives in New York City. Please welcome to 302 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: Money Making Conversations master Class for the very first time, Shaniqua, Sunday. 303 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: How you doing this Sunday? Hey? I am wonderful, Thank you? 304 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: How are you doing? First of all, where are you 305 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 1: calling from? Just just get a base to you know, 306 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 1: or you in a weather area that's really heavy snow 307 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: or is it warm world yet? Right? Now, Shaniqua, I 308 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 1: am in a bizarre weather area right now. I'm in 309 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: LA and we are having a bit of a right 310 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 1: but from snow I'm hearing in other parties as well. 311 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: So global warming is real. Well you know that. There's 312 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 1: the funny point about that. I lived in LA for 313 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 1: fifteen years, so I never saw snow left living there 314 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: from nineteen ninety to two thousand, two thousand and five, 315 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: and so so when I heard that it was snowing, 316 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: and then a friend of mine sent me some photos 317 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:00,040 Speaker 1: of actual snow in the valley and the valley it 318 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: really is the hottest part of LA. I was like 319 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:06,639 Speaker 1: taking it back. So you really are experiencing that the 320 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: temperatures in the twenties and all these days. Give us 321 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 1: some give us your I'm in the bottom half of 322 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 1: the valley. It literally maybe twenty minutes from me. If now, wow, 323 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: because yeah, it's happening out here now. Now, where are 324 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 1: you originally from? Shaniquam. I was born in New York 325 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,439 Speaker 1: and Harlan, but I grew up in Virginia. I grew 326 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: up in Richmond, Virginia in the eight or four. Okay, cool, 327 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 1: well I got I got my youngest brother. He's in 328 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 1: the DC Virginia area of Maryland, DC area now and then, 329 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: so so I traveled there a lot. But I want 330 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: to get into your life, your story. I always like 331 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:45,640 Speaker 1: to slow it down. This is not a show where 332 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 1: I get to I show where I wanted to try 333 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: to ambush little Selasius question. That's not what you shows about. 334 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: This shows about your career. How did you get started? 335 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,880 Speaker 1: And also if you can, if you can in part 336 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:00,360 Speaker 1: them inspiring, you know, tipbits to tips to people who 337 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:02,880 Speaker 1: are listening to my show. So I want to go 338 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: all the way back to you wanting to be in 339 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: be in this industry because I always admire people who 340 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,119 Speaker 1: get it at a young age and then pursue it 341 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: as a dream. And in your bio I read that 342 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:17,400 Speaker 1: at the age of three, this is something that you considered. 343 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:20,199 Speaker 1: It was something that was inspiring or just motivated that 344 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 1: you wanted to do. Is that correct? Absolutely. I grew 345 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:29,199 Speaker 1: up in a household with music and arts and my 346 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 1: grand my grandmother is a writer, and we would sing 347 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 1: home from the Wiz and Little Mermaid of course right 348 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 1: all the time, all the time, And by three years old, 349 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:50,680 Speaker 1: I have sawlid in Love with the Tina turn of story, 350 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:53,400 Speaker 1: which I was too young to have been watching What's 351 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,160 Speaker 1: Love Got to Do with It? Way too young? But 352 00:18:56,560 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 1: I performed Proud Mary in a Mall talent show at three. Um. 353 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: So it's always been the artistry has been. It's the 354 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 1: way I communicate. I've always been very very clear as 355 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:14,359 Speaker 1: to what I wanted. A dreamer. Somebody say, but we 356 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 1: live in another streams now and still got someone to reach. Um. Yeah, 357 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:22,479 Speaker 1: artistry was always there, my my grandma, rights, my great grandpa. 358 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:27,400 Speaker 1: I played the heart of Monica. Um And I always 359 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 1: knew there were other ways to express myself even if 360 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: I didn't have words. Get something else for me to do, 361 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 1: to help, to help stories and to say all that 362 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 1: I'm feeling. And art became that. Well, you know, I 363 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 1: have to smile to hear a three year old doing 364 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 1: Proud Mary. You know, did you have the wig and 365 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:50,919 Speaker 1: everything back then? I did not. And I wish I 366 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 1: had some video because I would love to see me 367 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: screaming at three year because that's the one. At three 368 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 1: it was full. I was screaming right right, right right, 369 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,879 Speaker 1: we screaming. I was doing this. But you are actually 370 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: a talented singer. I read that in your body you 371 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: have a song that you've just released. Talk about because like, 372 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: let's talk about the fact that I'm trying to balance 373 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,879 Speaker 1: because obviously when you came into their business, it was 374 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 1: based on your acting. And then when you say you 375 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 1: want to do something like become a singer, what do 376 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 1: people do? What do you management your agents or people 377 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 1: around you. Do they question that or do they say 378 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 1: go for it? Or I know you come from a 379 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 1: family of talented people, but it's also an also world 380 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 1: that you have to deal with people who say, stick 381 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: to what you're doing, put all your efforts in one basket. 382 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: Talk to me, that is very much what people say. 383 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: And it's so surprising when we live in this like era, 384 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 1: or at least within the industry, there's so much belief 385 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 1: and so much and what you can't see. There's so 386 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,439 Speaker 1: much faith in a project that doesn't have a script 387 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 1: yet and all of these things, and where we know 388 00:20:56,359 --> 00:21:00,200 Speaker 1: everyone's an artists, where yet people want you to stick 389 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 1: was working in what the paycheck. They know in the 390 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 1: way that they recognize. And so you get a lot 391 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: of people who are supportive, but also a lot of 392 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 1: people are like, well, music won't take off until you're 393 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: a certain place in acting and focus on what you 394 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 1: don't want to be a jack of all trades and 395 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: a master of none all of these other things. And 396 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 1: I was like, well, what would I be if I 397 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: limited what my belief? I would have stayed in Virginia 398 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 1: and did something else. So why would I have as 399 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: much faith in my music as I have in my 400 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 1: acting when people said I wouldn't be able to do that? 401 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 1: You know, And honestly, what's so crazy to me is 402 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: that God wants me to be doing this and I 403 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:46,440 Speaker 1: say that, and I don't say that lightness. Literally every 404 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 1: role that's taken in my acting career that it's like 405 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 1: been pivotal in moving me forward, has been music related. 406 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 1: So I can't ignore what is destined down to Harlamam 407 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 1: playing us Anger the movie before that Body, I played 408 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: a battle rapper that was produced by eminem And it's 409 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 1: just like all of these things that these cookie crowns 410 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 1: that God has been given me a bread crome that 411 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:17,360 Speaker 1: leads to so much more. And and what's another thing 412 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 1: that's so interesting by people wanting to limit is that 413 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:23,160 Speaker 1: I don't know one artist who only does one thing 414 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,399 Speaker 1: right right now. You can't be an entrepreneur and only 415 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 1: do one thing. But specifically with art, I don't know 416 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: one person who says our own sing or I only right, 417 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:37,680 Speaker 1: our only act. Megan Good who directed my music video 418 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:43,159 Speaker 1: is also a director, you know, and Beyonce and everybody 419 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: else or any then alto my friends, I don't know 420 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 1: what a single artist who doesn't express themselves in more 421 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:54,440 Speaker 1: more than one way of the form. You know, that's important, 422 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 1: that that's important that you have those examples. Those are 423 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 1: important that you see people who are doing it and 424 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 1: they are to in turn until you go forward. But 425 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:04,920 Speaker 1: I think because of social media, how does social media 426 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:10,680 Speaker 1: player role in your success? Now? The social media has 427 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: been a very vanished official to me in a personal way. Okay, well, 428 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 1: in the business of it all, you have access to 429 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 1: people that you don't have access to. There's no gatekeepers. 430 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,679 Speaker 1: With social media. You can slide in open one free dams. 431 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 1: I don't know if she would see them, but you can, 432 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 1: you know, And so I love that right now, especially 433 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: in a place where there's a little bit of eyes. 434 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: It's kind of a social media allows the removal of gatekeepers. 435 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 1: You know, you don't have to have someone's pub of 436 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: publicist information or the agents information or managers. You can 437 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:55,959 Speaker 1: just literally reach out to them or build a rapport 438 00:23:56,119 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: through commenting and connect in that aspect. On a personal where, 439 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:07,360 Speaker 1: I was blessed by social media because I've been working 440 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 1: on taking up more space and I feel that I 441 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 1: do that with fashion and I do that with my dreams. 442 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 1: But I initially ran to acting because it was a 443 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: there was a place to hide as and as far 444 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 1: as like what I had to say, like my voice 445 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 1: wasn't as identifiable when you can put on Shakespeare's writing, 446 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 1: you know. And so what I like about social media 447 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: is it allows for you to take up space digitally 448 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 1: and to get into the practice of building the sales 449 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 1: aspect of you, which is the share, the tail, the 450 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:56,640 Speaker 1: building relationships and those things. I really stretched those muscles 451 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 1: with social media because it can be very hard for 452 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 1: me to talk about what I've done and all of 453 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,359 Speaker 1: the things that like the bragging, things that steel like 454 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:10,119 Speaker 1: bragging but are influential in uniquing further business connections. You 455 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:14,639 Speaker 1: have to talk about it, you know. And I find 456 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 1: that I'm strengthening that marketing and sales muscle with posting 457 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:22,159 Speaker 1: on Instagram and take our challenging myself to post on 458 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: Instagram and take talking about I love it. I love 459 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 1: it Well. I'm speaking to Shaniqua Shanda. She's one of 460 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,880 Speaker 1: the stars of the series, the streaming series called Harlem. 461 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 1: It's a comedy. It's on Amazon Prime. That's the second season. 462 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: It's just a new single out call something about you 463 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:39,359 Speaker 1: that you can get. But more importantly, it's about her character, 464 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 1: her ability to overcome stereotypes. When I watch that character, 465 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 1: you know, it's a very high energy character. And when 466 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 1: we come back from break, I wanted to talk about that, 467 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: but I also I wanted to talk about the fact 468 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 1: that La Everybody knows that this original character was supposed 469 00:25:56,560 --> 00:26:01,919 Speaker 1: to do nudity, and we're gonna discuss how Miss Shanday 470 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:05,159 Speaker 1: convinced them that that was not the path that she 471 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 1: was going to go and obviously she's delivering because she's 472 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:11,679 Speaker 1: into the second season Harlem. We'll be right back with 473 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:15,920 Speaker 1: more with Miss Shaniqua Sunday and her career and a 474 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 1: discussion of how she sees the future beyond television, beyond streaming, 475 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,879 Speaker 1: beyond music, more of a money making conversation hosted by 476 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: Rushan McDonald Masterclass. We'll be right back with more Money 477 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 1: Making Conversations Masterclass with Rushan McDonald. You are now tuned 478 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:44,920 Speaker 1: into the Money Making Conversations Minute of Inspiration with Rashaan McDonald. 479 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 1: Hi and Rushan McDonald for Money Making Conversation Masterclass with 480 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: your daily Minute of Inspiration. This week I sat down 481 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:55,159 Speaker 1: with counseling psychologists and sports mental health expert doctor T. M. Moseley. 482 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:58,160 Speaker 1: She talks about the importance of changing the conversation around 483 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 1: mental health and getting rid of surrounding stigmas. Many of 484 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:06,880 Speaker 1: the aspects of mental health have been heavily stigmatized and 485 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 1: for us, we want to change the game and change 486 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 1: this conversation. We don't get to peak performance if we 487 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,879 Speaker 1: don't take care of ourselves or if we're going to 488 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 1: do things to make sure our bodies are well, we 489 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,400 Speaker 1: have to do the same things for our minds. So 490 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: there's a common misconception that when I say mental health, 491 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,120 Speaker 1: it's completed with mental illness or mental disorder, and that's 492 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 1: not the case. Everybody has mental health like they have 493 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 1: physical health, and we've got to do things to make 494 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 1: sure that we check in. If you want to listen 495 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 1: to this full interview with doctor TM Moosley. It's available 496 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: on Moneymaking Conversation dot com. I'm speaking with Shaniqua Day. 497 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,719 Speaker 1: It's one of the stars of Harlem, which a strange 498 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 1: right now in the second season. Very good, very good. 499 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:49,159 Speaker 1: It's about four ladies. Lead character is lead actress is 500 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: making good in this series. When the opportunity is presented 501 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 1: to you, shand to be one of the auditions for 502 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 1: this role, NWY was one of the what they do 503 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,719 Speaker 1: these outsides and they tell you Sometimes these sides, they 504 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 1: tell you what type of person they're looking for. They 505 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,200 Speaker 1: tell you, but they also tell you a certain certain things. 506 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 1: They might want you to be athletic. They might ask you, 507 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 1: do you know martial arts? He might ask you, or 508 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 1: if you know poetry, if you can sing. These type 509 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:21,239 Speaker 1: of things come out insides, but also inside sometimes they 510 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: tell you whether or not close or optional or they 511 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 1: would expect new, new new partness. This would happen, this 512 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:33,680 Speaker 1: was presented to you. Correct, Yes, yes, there was. Um. 513 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: I got the notification while I was at them all 514 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 1: and we do I like so And because the response 515 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 1: was just that quickly, of just that quick I saw, 516 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 1: oh it's an Unsie didn't even have a name yet, 517 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:53,400 Speaker 1: it was untitled Tracy Oliver Project, and every black actress 518 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: she just did Girls Trip was ready to work with 519 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: her right. Um. And then I saw that the role 520 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 1: required nudity. It's must do nudity, and immediately, well, um, 521 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 1: I already have kind of like an understanding with my 522 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 1: representation at the time that I don't even auditions for 523 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 1: us type of the world because you fear. Don't tend 524 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:17,400 Speaker 1: it to me because I don't want to be tempted 525 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 1: like all of those things. Um. And also to because 526 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 1: I'm like, you're gonna get so much time. You're gonna 527 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 1: get my tears, my vulnerability, you're gonna get my pain 528 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 1: and fears. You don't gotta get me naked too, So 529 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,320 Speaker 1: you gotta get me naked. I'm gonna give you. I'm 530 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:40,480 Speaker 1: gonna give your emotion. I'm gonna give you laughter, I'm 531 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 1: gonna give you I'm gonna give you my smile, video 532 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:48,920 Speaker 1: all day lessons, lead all of it. But we nobody 533 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 1: else has to get make it for their job. I'm 534 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 1: not doing it for mine. Um. And then so but 535 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 1: did you did you did you fear? But did you 536 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 1: not fear? Losing the opportunity because it's Tracy Oliver. Tracy Oliver, 537 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 1: I know she said go as Girls Trip. There was 538 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 1: a YID movie Tiffany had. This really made her career? 539 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 1: Was it made her the star she is today? Was 540 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: that movie that was done with Will Packer Production? Huge? 541 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:21,120 Speaker 1: You get this call yeah, Tracy, she makes made a superstar? 542 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 1: Mean traite. Tiffany was who she was, but the launching 543 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:28,719 Speaker 1: head and the show, the pedestal that was created around 544 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:32,160 Speaker 1: her with Girls Trip and just the amazingment of that 545 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 1: film and First Wives Clubs and everything else. Until seeing 546 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 1: First Wives Club and knowing that she shoots curvy body 547 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 1: you see you know very well and loves us itself, 548 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 1: it did feel like a big risk. Um. I had 549 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: literally maybe a couple of months prior, just came across 550 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 1: a message from another actress. She spoke at a church 551 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:57,160 Speaker 1: and I found a video like a Buena Finley I 552 00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:01,560 Speaker 1: believe her name is, and she um talked about an 553 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 1: opportunity where she booked the gig like actually had it 554 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,840 Speaker 1: was hers and then had to talk to the director 555 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:15,760 Speaker 1: about not wanting to do nudity, and I just believe, Okay, 556 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 1: let me get you straight. So so another actress booked 557 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 1: in the same role. No, no, No, This is another 558 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:27,880 Speaker 1: project she did a few years ago, and I came 559 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 1: across the video and she talked about how she had 560 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,680 Speaker 1: to talk to the director about not wanting to do 561 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:40,160 Speaker 1: nudity after she had already booked a role, and I 562 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 1: just it helped affirm me and give me permission to 563 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:49,040 Speaker 1: stand on my ground even more. And honestly, I feel 564 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 1: like anything that is swarming is going to come to me. 565 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 1: I don't have to push my moral adjust my morals 566 00:31:56,200 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 1: for it. Um. I definitely don't have to adjust my 567 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:04,680 Speaker 1: beliefs for it. It's it's supposed to be mine. It's 568 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,120 Speaker 1: going to come in the way that I'm able to 569 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:12,000 Speaker 1: receive it, um. And if it's not, then bless the 570 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:16,120 Speaker 1: woman who gets it. But I'm so grateful to Tracy 571 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:20,600 Speaker 1: because literally within ten minutes or so, I was still 572 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 1: in the same location, I got a message a call 573 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:27,160 Speaker 1: from my agents at the time, and they were saying, 574 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 1: you know, she doesn't want you anyone to feel uncomfortable. Um, 575 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:34,080 Speaker 1: you don't have to do nudity. And it's like she 576 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:37,080 Speaker 1: doesn't even know me. I haven't even auditioned for she 577 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,200 Speaker 1: hasn't seen my work, she don't know my name from Adam, 578 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 1: and would be willing to adjust the integrity of her 579 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,880 Speaker 1: character for someone she hasn't even seen read for. I 580 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:48,920 Speaker 1: was like, well, that's somebody I want to work with. 581 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,160 Speaker 1: You know, Well, here's the funny point about this character 582 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:58,640 Speaker 1: that she plays, because Angie hyper sext all she talks 583 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,520 Speaker 1: about is in jumping in and ill all the time, 584 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 1: all the time, all the time, all the time. And 585 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:07,360 Speaker 1: she's the curvy member of the team. And I bring 586 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,960 Speaker 1: that up because we have so many stereotypes in Hollywood 587 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:11,840 Speaker 1: saying that they need to look at a certain place. 588 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:15,000 Speaker 1: And then I read this article about this, this quote 589 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:19,000 Speaker 1: that out of You're saying being a dark, skinny, curvy 590 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:22,320 Speaker 1: woman with a gap teeth kids are heart So I'm 591 00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:25,280 Speaker 1: assuming as you, as as as a person who grew up, 592 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,280 Speaker 1: you had to deal with this look and maybe some bullying. 593 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:34,960 Speaker 1: Is that correct? Absolutely? Yeah, I was. I was traumatized 594 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:41,880 Speaker 1: of um. And it's like, you know, it's being curvy, 595 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,680 Speaker 1: it's being dark skinned, it's having a guy and also 596 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,719 Speaker 1: having the audacity to be who I am, which is 597 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:55,200 Speaker 1: someone who takes up space and so especially coming from 598 00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:59,800 Speaker 1: the South, where we are told to be as small 599 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,600 Speaker 1: as possible, like that those beliefs are still in Virginia. 600 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:11,120 Speaker 1: The monuments of slave owners and civil Civil War leaders 601 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:14,959 Speaker 1: that we are still celebrated, which was just pulled down 602 00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:17,240 Speaker 1: a year and a half ago, and that's because black 603 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:20,480 Speaker 1: young black activists did it in the city. So the 604 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,840 Speaker 1: through line of know your place is a big thing 605 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:31,080 Speaker 1: in Virginia. And I don't by those kind of rules. 606 00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:35,040 Speaker 1: So I got tortured because of it constantly now. But 607 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:38,759 Speaker 1: that but I said, in knowing who you are, and 608 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:42,239 Speaker 1: because we've all I know, I couldn't have examples of 609 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 1: me being bullied because when you are different and don't 610 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:49,960 Speaker 1: want to comply, people tend to want to personalize that 611 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,839 Speaker 1: by attacking you or trying to break you down. And 612 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:54,880 Speaker 1: when you look at Hollywood, you look at the character 613 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:57,719 Speaker 1: you play. Just give us your version of what your 614 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:00,720 Speaker 1: character is. Because I'm a viewer, I'm a I'm watching 615 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,600 Speaker 1: the show. But what do you like about your character 616 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:06,359 Speaker 1: Angie on Harlem? And then let's find out about that, 617 00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:09,160 Speaker 1: and then let's talk about the relationship of the other characters. 618 00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:13,680 Speaker 1: Did you interact on the show? What I love the 619 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:20,319 Speaker 1: mouth about Angie is HER's bravado. How she loves and 620 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:25,160 Speaker 1: values herself in spite of her circumstances, like nothing that 621 00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:29,719 Speaker 1: you could say to her out what we nothing regarding 622 00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:35,640 Speaker 1: her career, having seemingly nothing, being on her friend's couch, 623 00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:40,719 Speaker 1: being unemployed, she still knows who she is completely and 624 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:45,800 Speaker 1: utterly and requires the world to respond to that level 625 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:50,400 Speaker 1: of herself. She's a superstar, whether she got a record 626 00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:54,800 Speaker 1: deal or whether she's unemployed. And being in a time 627 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:58,600 Speaker 1: where we are so obsessed with looking at others, I 628 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:02,360 Speaker 1: think it's so beautiful to see a dark skinned, curvy, 629 00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:06,120 Speaker 1: confident woman who feels her own tank and it does 630 00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:10,520 Speaker 1: not um, It's not based on how other people see 631 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,200 Speaker 1: her at all. Okay, now that not explained to me 632 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:16,680 Speaker 1: the characters. Now you have your character and I'm just 633 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:21,839 Speaker 1: your character straight on the show, correct, Yes, Okay, then 634 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:24,799 Speaker 1: you have no, I'm not Actually, I'm like, do I know, 635 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:29,480 Speaker 1: I feel like there's been moments of shearing about Angie 636 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:34,239 Speaker 1: experimenting with women before, but I haven't seen it, right, right, right, 637 00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:36,520 Speaker 1: But I'm just talking about from what we've seen on 638 00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:39,320 Speaker 1: the show, and then you have Yeah, but I'm saying 639 00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:44,480 Speaker 1: there's been conversations because you you know something, we won't 640 00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:46,759 Speaker 1: get too detailed. We won't get too detailed because I 641 00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:48,879 Speaker 1: was about to bring up some other topics on this show. 642 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:50,840 Speaker 1: We probably lose our license messing with you on this 643 00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:54,719 Speaker 1: show to day and then and then Mega's character, a 644 00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:59,160 Speaker 1: good character is bouncing between two guys. She's confused from 645 00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:03,280 Speaker 1: a love perspective. And then m and then ties character 646 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:08,799 Speaker 1: she just divorced her husband and because she realized who 647 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,160 Speaker 1: she really is, that that was not the life that 648 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:13,359 Speaker 1: she wanted to live. And she's living her life as 649 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,279 Speaker 1: a queer, and so she's defining that now. The one 650 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:21,520 Speaker 1: character really is confused about is cute who is she 651 00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:27,600 Speaker 1: que Queen's Gimmy Quinn Quinn's character, who is she? You know? 652 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,920 Speaker 1: Because the last episode that I saw, you know she 653 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,919 Speaker 1: found this guy? Did she realized that, Hey, I haven't 654 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:38,879 Speaker 1: found who I am? And and basically potentially she walked 655 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:41,799 Speaker 1: away from from the true love of her life. Where 656 00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,919 Speaker 1: is she seeking love and who is she? And does 657 00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:47,480 Speaker 1: she have a balance in her mind? Because her mom 658 00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,640 Speaker 1: played by the amazing Jasmine Guy. By the way, Jasmine 659 00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:54,319 Speaker 1: Guy is amazing, and that Whoopie Goldbert I can't get 660 00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:58,000 Speaker 1: enough of her on this series. She's just fantastic and 661 00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:01,719 Speaker 1: everything that she does with mega good, it's gold. If 662 00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:04,200 Speaker 1: you if you just watched the episode just to see 663 00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:07,920 Speaker 1: jas mcgoty pop in. She plays Quinn's mother on the show, 664 00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,080 Speaker 1: and she just lets her know that it may be 665 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,920 Speaker 1: a mental issue because she let her know about her father. 666 00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:18,040 Speaker 1: So these characters, with all these dynamic emotional threads, where 667 00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:22,160 Speaker 1: is from an emotional standpoint in relationships, does Quinn stand? 668 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:26,440 Speaker 1: I think, like you, I think you said it. I 669 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:31,200 Speaker 1: think Quinn is standing to find a relationship with herself. 670 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:34,399 Speaker 1: I think so much of who she is has been 671 00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:39,479 Speaker 1: determined by the boxes that she believes she needs to check. 672 00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:41,960 Speaker 1: For her mother, it was for her family was being 673 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,920 Speaker 1: as successful as possible, and she did that enough in 674 00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:49,640 Speaker 1: a financial industry and wasn't happy, and so she went 675 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:51,520 Speaker 1: to artistry and she's like, Okay, well, if I can 676 00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:55,600 Speaker 1: check this box about love on that will make me happy. 677 00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:59,000 Speaker 1: So she's been pursuing a partner as the way some 678 00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:03,320 Speaker 1: people pursue a co rear and realizing and completely neglecting 679 00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:06,360 Speaker 1: her own mental health and wellness. At the same time, 680 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:10,200 Speaker 1: she's the strong friend who is there to support everyone, 681 00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:15,920 Speaker 1: to be your sounding board and your support system in 682 00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:19,560 Speaker 1: place of encouragement, but doesn't quite have the voice to 683 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:22,360 Speaker 1: say when she needs someone. And I think you really 684 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:26,320 Speaker 1: get to see that in her battle with mental health 685 00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:30,560 Speaker 1: this season and finally having the courage to ask for 686 00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:35,480 Speaker 1: her friends and say she needs them. Ultimately, yeah, she 687 00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:38,280 Speaker 1: found someone she loves, but it came at a time 688 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:42,720 Speaker 1: where she's really needing to take care of herself, and 689 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:47,120 Speaker 1: I don't think she would be it would benefit her 690 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:50,800 Speaker 1: as a human being at all, knowing that her cup 691 00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:53,600 Speaker 1: is empty right now and that she's in such a 692 00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:59,799 Speaker 1: space where I'm trying to become mentally stable to jump 693 00:39:59,840 --> 00:40:02,520 Speaker 1: in relationship, and so I think it's actually very brave 694 00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:07,040 Speaker 1: of her to say, especially since she's been choosing and 695 00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:10,520 Speaker 1: wanting after men and wanting to be chosen so badly, 696 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:15,239 Speaker 1: to finally say, actually, the most important relationship that I 697 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:18,480 Speaker 1: have and can have is the one with myself. Well, 698 00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:21,399 Speaker 1: that's the beauty of this show. Yeah, that's the beauty 699 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:24,000 Speaker 1: of this show because of the fact that therefore women, 700 00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:26,600 Speaker 1: each one of you, each one of the characters, is 701 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:30,759 Speaker 1: definitely distinctively different than the other, each character the only 702 00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:34,640 Speaker 1: emotional baggage or relationship baggage. But their girlfriends and their 703 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:37,440 Speaker 1: girlfriends who And I was just thinking back back when 704 00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:39,640 Speaker 1: I was in college, you know, and I and you 705 00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:42,000 Speaker 1: know some I had some boys that I ran like that. 706 00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:45,040 Speaker 1: You know, we went out, we had each other's back, 707 00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:49,200 Speaker 1: we talked, we had our guide conversation, and we lived 708 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:52,879 Speaker 1: that life. And so but this is a lifetime relationship 709 00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:56,200 Speaker 1: that we see that's being presented out here. And the 710 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:59,200 Speaker 1: beauty of this last episode, I can't even reveal the 711 00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:01,680 Speaker 1: cliffhanger that they put on this last episode. Y'all just 712 00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:04,759 Speaker 1: gotta watch it. This clear finger they put on this 713 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:08,719 Speaker 1: last episode. I will not give that other way, Shaniqua. 714 00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:12,480 Speaker 1: They just gotta watch this past episode to be prepared 715 00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:15,240 Speaker 1: for the episode that comes out this week. But again, 716 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:18,319 Speaker 1: I'm so excited for you in this series as we leave. 717 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:22,560 Speaker 1: What other projects are you working on? I'm working on 718 00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:26,719 Speaker 1: music right now, dropping from new music. And you know what, 719 00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:32,200 Speaker 1: I've always been very very bold with my my ask 720 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:36,160 Speaker 1: of God. I want an international action comedy rics. I 721 00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:41,000 Speaker 1: want to be running through Morocco and Malan and laughing 722 00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:44,839 Speaker 1: and doing press all over this world. I think, Um, 723 00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:48,360 Speaker 1: I think it was really joyous and being able to 724 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:51,759 Speaker 1: experience some of that and this past season with the 725 00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:55,560 Speaker 1: physicality of Angie, Um, I want to do more of it. 726 00:41:55,640 --> 00:42:03,080 Speaker 1: I want to ride more bikes, play with helicopters. Faull jumped. Well, 727 00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:04,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be right if you can hold on. Men, 728 00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:06,040 Speaker 1: I want to ask you one more question for we 729 00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:07,680 Speaker 1: go after we come back from a break, because you've 730 00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:11,759 Speaker 1: been a fantastic interview and the whole importance of this 731 00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:14,080 Speaker 1: series is that I know there are a lot of women, 732 00:42:14,239 --> 00:42:16,800 Speaker 1: there are a lot of teenagers who watch into my 733 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,640 Speaker 1: show because there's also airs on twenty one HBCU stations 734 00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:22,480 Speaker 1: across the country. And I want you to just talk 735 00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,560 Speaker 1: about the empowering when people are negative, when people are 736 00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:28,799 Speaker 1: hitting you with stereotypes, how you react. 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