1 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to Money Making Conversations. It's the show that she 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:10,039 Speaker 1: has the secrets of success experience firsthand by marketing and 3 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,039 Speaker 1: Brandon expert Rashan McDonald. I will know he's giving me 4 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: advice to many occasions. In occasion didn't notice, I'm not broke. 5 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: You know. He'll be interviewing celebrity CEOs, entrepreneurs and industry 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,959 Speaker 1: decision makers. It's what he likes to do, it's what 7 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: he likes to share. Now it's time to hear from 8 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: my man, Rashan McDonald. Money Making Conversations here we come. 9 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:34,279 Speaker 1: Welcome to a very very special money making conversation. I'm 10 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: your host, Rashan McDonald. I recognized that we all have 11 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: different definitions of success. For some in succisable paycheck. Mine 12 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: is helping people wake up and inspiring them to accomplish 13 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: their goals and live their very best life. These are 14 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: my passion and that's what I'm going to do for you. 15 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: That's why I created money Making Conversations. I want you 16 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: to stop tripping over small challenges and prepared to rise 17 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: above bigger obstacles that life will present to you. Like 18 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: I said, this is a very special area of money 19 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: making comments station. It's a telethon a stream of thought 20 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: that we're doing in. My next guest is playing a 21 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:07,399 Speaker 1: very very important role of that. She's an actress, awarding 22 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: winning singer, songwriter, philanthropist, producer. Her name is Don Lewis. 23 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: We'll be talking about her career. She's an n double 24 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:18,040 Speaker 1: a CP Image Award winner, Trumpet Award, Grammy Award winning singer, 25 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: multiple b M I and Asked CAP award winning songwriter, 26 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: Film television stage actor, and he's series tra TV creator 27 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 1: and producer. Last time she was on the show, she 28 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: was starting in a Broadway musical called Tina, about the 29 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 1: legendary Tina Turner herself. She played Tina Thomas, Tina Tanner's mom, 30 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: Zelma in the Broadway musical I recently saw. In the 31 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: episode of the Boys I saw were part of a 32 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: fund raiser like I stated for Vorhese College. Vorhes is 33 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: a private historical Black college in Denmark, South Carolina. My 34 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: boy uh the Cary Sellers. His family is now from 35 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: the Denmark, South Carolina area, is affiliated with the Ephistical Church, 36 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 1: is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges in School. 37 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: Please welcome to money making conversations and I'm gonna up, 38 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get on her because I was supposed to 39 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: make a donation to her fundraiser, to her charity and 40 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: she never contacted me. Please welcome money making conversations. Don Lewis, Hey, 41 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: good morning with Sean. How are you how good? Just 42 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: in my own defense, we did reach out and we 43 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: were told something was coming and we filled out the 44 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: W two. So must have got okay, cool, Okay, that 45 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: would be fixed today because because I was like I said, well, 46 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: you know something, because I tried to be on top 47 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: of my game. You know when I say up here, 48 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,239 Speaker 1: I'm not. Things happen. And the fact that you remember 49 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: and you brought it up is that blesses more than 50 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,079 Speaker 1: you know. So we will make this work. We will 51 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 1: make it. Something must have gotten cross in. We will 52 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: get that straight. This week is the end of the year, 53 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 1: so you know, the end of the year then when 54 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: I'm always looking for nice tax right off? Okay, so 55 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: you we hit time again because you was this time 56 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: of year when we talked last year, like about it 57 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,399 Speaker 1: when you were starting on the broad in the Broadway 58 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: show Tina and you're playing Tina Termins mom and we 59 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 1: see what has happened in New York City right now, 60 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: Broadway has been completely shut down. Movie theaters have been 61 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 1: completely shut down. How has the pandemic before we get 62 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: into the Vorhees, Uh, stream of thron impacted your life? 63 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: And also while we're doing a charity fund raiser because 64 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: it's as in fact that HBCU schools and Vorhees is 65 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 1: an HBCU school. Yes, of course, of course, it is 66 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 1: so wonderful. Let me first of all say to be 67 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: able to speak with you again, and this time face 68 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 1: to face because the last time it's just the phone 69 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: conversation radio show. Uh. And it's my honor, my privilege 70 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: to be here in support of where he's. It's a 71 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: fabulous campus. I got to visit there. But as you said, 72 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: we're gonna get to that. But flip back, it's hard 73 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: to believe it's been a year already since we were 74 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: talking about Tina. Tina Turner, our musical opened actually a 75 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: year ago this past past Friday. It's hard to believe 76 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: it's been a year. We've been shut down for longer 77 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: than we were open. We were I had just finished 78 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: doing Quest Love Show, the Quest Love Love Supreme Shows 79 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: we were in the studio, turned my phone back on. 80 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 1: When I left the studio. It was on a Thursday, 81 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: March twelve. I will never forget it. I scheduled the 82 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 1: interview just in time to leave their grand a bite 83 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: to eat, head to the theater, which was like a 84 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 1: less than a mile away, and do my show and 85 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: keep it moving. My phone lights up with all these 86 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: bells and whistles. There is no show tonight. Don't come 87 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: to the theater. We will be closed for a month. 88 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: The theater will be open till five o'clock if you 89 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: need something out of your dressing room. And there it began. 90 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 1: So I quickly took a quick flight back to l A. 91 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: I thought I was gonna check on my house, you know, 92 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: I hadn't been here more than eight months because of 93 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 1: rehearsals and the show, and then fly right back to 94 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: keep working, only to find out that those three weeks 95 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: turned into third days, which turns into sixty days. Ninety days, 96 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: five months is what they were projecting. Then they were projecting, Okay, 97 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 1: Broadway is not going to reopen until sometime in March 98 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: at the earliest. Now they're projecting that the earliest that 99 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: will reopen is June, possibly even September. So we're talking 100 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:22,280 Speaker 1: about making money. We're talking about how realities and life 101 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: just happens and impact your life. And remember we were 102 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 1: talking about that when we did our radio spot about 103 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: how do you spend your money? How do you invest, 104 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: how do you save? How do you how do you 105 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:37,039 Speaker 1: maximize what you have and piecemeal it and budget it 106 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: so that you were prepared because life will happen. So 107 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:47,239 Speaker 1: for all of us who their primary income is live 108 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: performance theater, or you play in an orchestra or symphony, 109 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:55,679 Speaker 1: or concerts or recording artists who are make their money 110 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 1: doing concert venues and things like that, from most of 111 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: those people, they will be without a job for one 112 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: and a half years at the end of the day. 113 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: So unless you have opportunities or other revenue streams, this 114 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: is a very challenging time right now, an incredibly challenging 115 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:21,280 Speaker 1: time for so so many people, and we must lift 116 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: them up in prayer. We lift ourselves up in in 117 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: hope and anticipation, you know, with this news of a 118 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:31,159 Speaker 1: new vaccine and the possibilities of things, you know, getting 119 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 1: on a better track near the beginning or spring of 120 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: next year. Praise God for that, uh, in regard to 121 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 1: how it impacted me, Yeah, right there, right right along 122 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 1: with everyone you know, for a number of months because 123 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: everything is shut down because, as you know, the entertainment industry, 124 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 1: UH is based on people coming together, whether you're in 125 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: the theater. And in our show, there were a cast 126 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 1: of thirty three people in just the cast itself, the 127 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 1: performers on on stage, and only four of us had 128 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: our own dressing rooms. Okay, so everyone else is three 129 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,600 Speaker 1: to five people in a dressing room. So there's no 130 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: way to socially distance. There's no way socially distance on stage. 131 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 1: We can't sing with our masks on. We can't, you know. 132 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: I mean the audience might be able to sit with 133 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: a mask on, or skip a seat or two, or 134 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: wear gloves and et cetera, which is helpful for them, 135 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: but it doesn't really do much for those of us 136 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 1: on stage. The band was fourteen people in one room. 137 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: Those are old theaters. Most theaters can't accommodate everybody. Hap 138 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: Broadway doesn't change old exactly. And you go on a 139 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 1: film set, you're up in people's faces on camera, people 140 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: are touching you in between shots. All of that, uh slowly, 141 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: but surely the film and television industry is finding a 142 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: way to make its way back. We have very very 143 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: extensive COVID protocols on sets. We get tested anywhere from 144 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: every twenty four to every seventy two hours on our sets, 145 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: um with all kinds of ppe and people who don't 146 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: have to be near you are not near you, meaning 147 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: if you're the one on camera that has to take 148 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: your mask off from time to time, all those kinds 149 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: of things to ensure everybody is safe. Um. You know, 150 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: different people have been able to create bubbles, just like 151 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: the NBA, just like some of the sports leagues, where 152 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: once you're in and we're working on this project, you're 153 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: not going anywhere else. You're not going to a party, 154 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: You're not going to a restaurant, You're not going anywhere. 155 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:32,439 Speaker 1: We're keeping you right here, and we can keep you 156 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: in eye on. You will bring you your food, you 157 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 1: stay healthy, you will go home and see your family 158 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: when this is over. Absolutely absolutely, and I'm all for it. 159 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 1: I am all for it, um and gratefully. I also 160 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: do voiceovers animation, so sometimes when this all first happened, 161 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: I was able to every now and then do some 162 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: recording from right here at home. You know, those were 163 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: kind of few and far between, and then slowly in 164 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: the summer, you know, a couple of more opportunities came 165 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 1: up where they started sanitizing recording students. Just me in 166 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: the booth, the engineer at the board, and the producers 167 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 1: and directors direct me via zoom from wherever they are. 168 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: So again, no two people in the studio at the 169 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,559 Speaker 1: same time. Everything is sanitized before and after every performer. 170 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: So again, fortunately that and my songwriting has enabled me 171 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 1: to you know, slowly but surely be able to maintain income. 172 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: So let measine this Don. I'm talking to Don Louis 173 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:36,199 Speaker 1: of course, um, you know we're talking. We're doing a 174 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 1: stream of thought with for his college, HBCU College in Denmark, 175 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 1: South Carolina. That's why we were broadcasting the day because 176 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,679 Speaker 1: we're trying to raise funds, you know, as all things. 177 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 1: Like she said, COVID has shutting down the Broadway for 178 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 1: roughly eighteen months there. Yes, and we can get excited 179 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:54,599 Speaker 1: about the fact that fires that has come up with 180 00:09:54,760 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 1: any percent accuracy of vaccine, but that's not gonna be 181 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 1: distributed right away. You know, they said they weren't even 182 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: giving them the more testing to in the December maybe, 183 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 1: and so then they were saying that vaccinations for the 184 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: general population were probably hitting the second quarter. But again, 185 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 1: the city of New York has shut down Broadway has 186 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 1: shut down movie theaters. The state of California has shut 187 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: down movie theaters. Right now, the major litigation with Disney 188 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: about trying to open up the Disney Park because of 189 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 1: the fact that they're trying to generate revenue. Major corporations 190 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: are laying all people, and so that's why we're trying 191 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: to ask people, you know, to see past some of 192 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: these hard times and helper college like Vorheeses. Now, how 193 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: did your relationship developed with them over the years. Uh, 194 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 1: you know you you're so curiosmatic and you and as 195 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: they say, uh black don't crack. You're doing a great 196 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 1: job of carrying that slogan to the end. There, don 197 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: very very kind. One of the administrators at Forest R 198 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:02,079 Speaker 1: Herman Mason, I called Skip, Skip, give me if I 199 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:06,319 Speaker 1: put you on blast, which but I've known Skip for 200 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 1: a decade and when he got brought onto Vorhees, Skipper 201 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 1: was aware that I do master classes and workshops for 202 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: colleges and corporations all across the country and abroad. I've 203 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 1: been doing that for decades. Which when we last talked, 204 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 1: we were talking about my foundation, a New Day Foundation, right, 205 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: So Skip asked me if I would please come and 206 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 1: do one of my workshops at Vorhees and I said, man, 207 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 1: of course I will. I'd be happy to and I'm 208 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 1: so glad that I did. It's a beautiful campus. It 209 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: feels like a little intimate home, it really does. And 210 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 1: all of those students are so accomplished, and they're so personable, 211 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:52,199 Speaker 1: and they're so enthusiastic about their possibilities and their possibilities 212 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: through education. So I got to do a large assembly 213 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,680 Speaker 1: and it blessed my heart. As soon as I walked 214 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: out on stage, everybody's it up and they started singing 215 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: the different World these so we were sitting there jam 216 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:07,839 Speaker 1: and it was it was great. It was absolutely great, Um, 217 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: which is such an honor to me that those words, um, 218 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 1: you know, talking about taking what you've learned and what's 219 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 1: been deposited in you to give you the foundation and 220 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 1: the courage to step out and like you said, be 221 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: your best self. Encourage people to be their best self 222 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: based on the lessons that they learned. Before they went 223 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: in a position to step out for themselves, which is 224 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:35,440 Speaker 1: every student at every HBCU, at every institute for higher 225 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 1: learning is doing So whatever it was you didn't know 226 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 1: or didn't know before you got there, you got a 227 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: big responsibility right now. So coming before he's it was, 228 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 1: it was fantastic. And RESI is donating and donating and 229 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 1: contributing to you know, because you had these big announcements 230 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 1: by the major corporations like Netflix they made a donation. 231 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 1: Uh uh, you know, Bloom made a donation and so 232 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: and so. But that that that's a trickle down donation 233 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 1: because of the fact that you have a hundred and 234 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 1: four HBCUs. And with that said, that means that you 235 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 1: need to we have students who need scholarships, we need 236 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 1: to books, we need to be able to pay the instructors. 237 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: We have Athletic programs are not operating, not just an 238 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 1: HBCU schools but across the country being shut down because 239 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 1: of the fact that they are not in a position 240 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 1: to participate. And so with that being said, a school 241 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: like Vorhees which is in Denmark, South Carolina, and uh, 242 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: it's like said my bark card sellers. You know, CNN. 243 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 1: One of the youngest UM congressmen elected officials in the 244 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: state of South Carolina was on the show. We talked 245 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: about it and the fact that the show, my show, 246 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,319 Speaker 1: My show broadcast money making conversation has been. One of 247 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,679 Speaker 1: the first schools that picked me up for consideration was 248 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: was Vorhees, which is an HBCU school. 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And I was one of those 291 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: kids where my grandmother used to say, you need to 292 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 1: stop doing that because one day your voice is gonna 293 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 1: get stuck. If my grandmama could see me now to say, 294 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 1: see Granny, I'm getting paid to come up with all 295 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 1: these crazy voices and act the fool and be people 296 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: that visually you would never hire me to be. You 297 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: would never hire me to be a seven year old boy. 298 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 1: You would even hired me to be a ninety year 299 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 1: old grandmother. You know what I mean all of that. So, 300 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: but uh, animation came about. I don't know if the 301 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: names Suzanne to Pass come on my girl, Suzanne to Pass, 302 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: sister sister was she hired me to be a writer 303 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:05,880 Speaker 1: for the Maori Twins Tina and then she okay, well, 304 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 1: that was how she and I met. She saw me 305 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:10,439 Speaker 1: sing at an event and said, who's working with you? 306 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 1: I want to work with you. She wanted to manage me. 307 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: That was when she was thinking about doing management. And 308 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: she was hired to do this new Kid in Play cartoon. 309 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: She brought me in and I played the little sister, 310 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:27,680 Speaker 1: the little annoying little sister in the Kid and Play cartoon. 311 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 1: And the voiceover community is a very tight knit community. 312 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: So once you're in, and by the grace of God, 313 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,399 Speaker 1: if you're able to get a good reputation either for 314 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:42,239 Speaker 1: your personality or for your ability to be flexible with 315 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 1: your voice, word gets around. So when I got hired 316 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 1: to do that, people like, but wait, who is who 317 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:51,640 Speaker 1: is that? I've not heard her voice before and she's black. Oh, 318 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 1: we need to get her. So word of mouth got 319 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 1: me from one job to the next job to the 320 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: next job. And uh, I worked for almost three years 321 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 1: like that before I got an agents and then got 322 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 1: an agent, and my career has been going this roll 323 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,920 Speaker 1: and now another one. You're acting made from different world 324 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: think with Cree Summers Cree Summer Cree Summer also does 325 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 1: voice over, and uh, I honestly knew. You know that 326 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: the field existed because you grow up on cartoons, whether 327 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: it's The flint Stones or Jetsons, you know, whatever it was, 328 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:25,359 Speaker 1: So you knew somebody did the voices. But then then 329 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 1: you heard things like Hannah barb Barbara. It's like one 330 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: person doing eight or not, like oh my gosh, just 331 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 1: like bugs Bunny is Donald Duck is what is Yosemite Sam? 332 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 1: But called the same person. Oh my gosh. So when 333 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:46,159 Speaker 1: I got my opportunity, So right now, I'm on about 334 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:51,400 Speaker 1: ten different animated series. Congratulations, thank you. The newest one 335 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:55,920 Speaker 1: that just aired is CBS didn't animated Star Trek series 336 00:18:55,920 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: called Star Trek. Voice of Captain Freeman on that show. 337 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: In Futurama, Um La Barbara in um We're in the 338 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 1: World is Carmen san Diego. I'm the chief in Apple 339 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 1: and Onion, I miss Miss Patty, and I mean the 340 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 1: list just goes on. In Spirit, I'm Franny and Doc 341 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 1: mix stuff ins, I'm granting mixed stuff ins and it's 342 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 1: I consider myself very fortunate. And I'm gonna tell you something, 343 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 1: you know, I I love watching television Buyer people always 344 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 1: say you're trying. How do you do what you do? 345 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 1: And you seem seem to be able to watch TV, 346 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:32,399 Speaker 1: read books, go to movies, and stay abreast of everything 347 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:35,080 Speaker 1: that's happening. And so one of my favorite, uh sci 348 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:39,439 Speaker 1: fi series, a super superhero series is The Boys and 349 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:43,400 Speaker 1: so on Amazon. And so I'm watching Amazon. I'm going 350 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:49,240 Speaker 1: Don said Don Luis and the Beauty of Amazon. You know, 351 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:51,159 Speaker 1: you can put it on pause and they'll show you 352 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,920 Speaker 1: who who's in that scene? So how did that are 353 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: did that opportunity to come about? Wow? I am such 354 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 1: a fan of the show. It's crazy. It's a crazy show. Honesty, 355 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: I'm such a fan of the show. It is so wacky, 356 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 1: it is so irreverent, it is so many things. It's 357 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 1: hilarious to me and thought provoking at the same time 358 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: because some of that stuff is like you know what 359 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff season, specially this season is going on. 360 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 1: This season felt don't kind of like kind of like 361 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 1: a little bit about reality, you know, racism and not 362 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: people theory between racism, experimentation with genetic augmentation. I mean, 363 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: all kinds of things, all kinds of things. Um, So 364 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: I'm actually packing to head to New York to start 365 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 1: repousals for Tina, and I get a call it's like, 366 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 1: would you be interested, you know, and coming to play 367 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 1: with us in this in this episode of the Boys, 368 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:49,680 Speaker 1: and you can have called said will you be interested? 369 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 1: That's that's the call. No, I will you be interested? Yeah, 370 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: that's awesome, that's all. So when you get when you 371 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 1: get those calls like that, which is a blessing because 372 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 1: I know how to entertaining how this industry is. Sometimes 373 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 1: some of the things that drains a performer is always auditioning, 374 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,639 Speaker 1: always auditioning, and always getting rejected. We still do that too. 375 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: We still it's a whole new game right now. Since 376 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: no one's going in in person for auditions, you now 377 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: have to become your own producer, your own cinematographer, your 378 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: own sound person, lighting person who you have enough friends 379 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:26,120 Speaker 1: to come and read sides with you, Like I need 380 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:31,879 Speaker 1: a wall to do this audition? What in the world? 381 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 1: So now you're your own director, your own lighting designer, 382 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 1: sound person. It's like, Okay, this is way too much, 383 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 1: but that's now becoming the norm. And I gotta tell you, 384 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: while it may be practical, it's really not good for us. Actors. 385 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: It's very stressful. It really, it's it's very stress you 386 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,639 Speaker 1: great phone call? Are you busy? Are you get this? 387 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,920 Speaker 1: Called for the bars? Are you busy? Are you free? Man? 388 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 1: I was packing, was packing to head to New York 389 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 1: for a year and a half to start doing Tina, 390 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: and he said, we need you up here for like 391 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: a week or so. I was like, I can come 392 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 1: for three days because I'm sitting here, I'll be leaving suitcases. 393 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 1: So I flew from l A to Toronto. I worked 394 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:19,439 Speaker 1: my my three days, flew back to l A, finished packing, 395 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:22,879 Speaker 1: then flew back to New York alwaysin a week to 396 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:29,160 Speaker 1: start rehearsals for Tina. Now, let's let's always admire individuals 397 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 1: who are so casual about their talents. Okay, because you 398 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:36,199 Speaker 1: know Tina is a musical, Okay, And you're about to 399 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:40,120 Speaker 1: go into a very intense sci fi series called The Boys. 400 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: There's Arizona Amazon, and you plan a character is kind 401 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: of a low key character, but a character who is 402 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:52,640 Speaker 1: reluctant to be a participant and sharing information. So how 403 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,119 Speaker 1: so you get the script? How do you how do 404 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:58,919 Speaker 1: you build that character structure and incredibility even though you 405 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:00,880 Speaker 1: know you're limited on the out of time that they 406 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,640 Speaker 1: wanted you, and you have to deliver, like basically one 407 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:10,399 Speaker 1: take opportunities. You know, Um, there are certain stories that 408 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:15,679 Speaker 1: resonate for different reasons, that particular story coming from a community, 409 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:19,880 Speaker 1: being a person of color that witnesses uh crime by 410 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:23,400 Speaker 1: a white person onto a black person. There are generations 411 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: where you, as much as it's the right thing to do, 412 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,200 Speaker 1: people constantly are warning you don't talk, don't tell, because 413 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 1: it's gonna be bad for you. They're gonna come down 414 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: on you. Uh, this could blow back on your family. 415 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,639 Speaker 1: And which is the things that a lot of communities 416 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: still deal with today. When you see things happening in 417 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,520 Speaker 1: your community and you know what's wrong, and part of 418 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,160 Speaker 1: you really want to speak up because you know that's 419 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,680 Speaker 1: the right thing to do or the wrong is only 420 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 1: going to increase and ultimately overtake your community, and you 421 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,360 Speaker 1: want to do the right thing. But for different reasons, 422 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:01,679 Speaker 1: you get beat down. You get told not to be 423 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,120 Speaker 1: a squealer, you get told if you say anything, I'm 424 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 1: coming for you. But this woman sees the science and 425 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: sees the better part of Like, you know what I've 426 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: been holding onto this long enough? Absolutely I got to 427 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:18,159 Speaker 1: tell the truth and it gen it then shifts the 428 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 1: entire rest of the season, you know, And I'm not 429 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 1: gonna be a spoiler because I think I think we've 430 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:28,159 Speaker 1: done a good job here Don with the Boys, shaping 431 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 1: your character, not telling anybody how you came into the 432 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 1: how that episode was developed. But the fun part about 433 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:39,400 Speaker 1: it for me was to be watching television, deeply engrossed 434 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:41,879 Speaker 1: in the series, and then one of my favorite people 435 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: pops on the screen and they deliver in a role 436 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 1: that I would not have expected, you know, because you're 437 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 1: not made up. You're not I would give that away. 438 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:53,160 Speaker 1: She's not looking vivacious, you know, she's looking very ordinary 439 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 1: in this character that she's playing for the Boys, but 440 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 1: she delivers a magnificent sequence. Because my man lives Alonso, 441 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 1: which I think that episode really featured him, and he 442 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:06,879 Speaker 1: did an amazing job for that particular episode. He's a 443 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 1: good guy. I've known laws for a long time. And 444 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 1: Jack Quaid, who plays Hue, actually he's in the cast 445 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,199 Speaker 1: of Star Trek Lower Decks. He and I work a 446 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:20,199 Speaker 1: lot together, so uh yeah, so that was that was 447 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 1: very very cool that episode Lives. I was so proud 448 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 1: of him because he carried that whole episode, the whole 449 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 1: drive down. We found out about his father and a 450 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 1: lot of background information. And that's what makes a really 451 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: good serious and that what makes it when I when 452 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: I look at you, don you know, you know, just 453 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 1: out of respect, you're fantastic. You are an uplift. Just 454 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 1: in our conversation that I'm having with you right now, 455 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:49,919 Speaker 1: you know, there is a ray of not only just 456 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 1: natural beauty, but a ray of uplift. And that's that's 457 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 1: that's that's that's something just just natural within you. Like 458 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: I wouldn't use the word bubbly, but you're just energy 459 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:04,639 Speaker 1: to make people feel good. Uh. That's a That's probably 460 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:06,679 Speaker 1: one of the kindest things anyone could say to me. 461 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: And I absolutely appreciate that and receive that. And uh, 462 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,639 Speaker 1: I gotta give our glory to God. I really do. 463 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:16,439 Speaker 1: I really do, because we're living in a very scary place. 464 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 1: Uh and for generations it's been a very very scary place. 465 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 1: And the irony that it's still meaning the America is 466 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 1: one of the best places to live on the planet 467 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:31,919 Speaker 1: to let you know what the realities are most likely 468 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 1: in other places, and we are now living through such 469 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 1: a shift in what the world's reality is, what our 470 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: country's reality and potential is. With this recent election and 471 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 1: veil being pulled off and people showing you very clearly 472 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:57,199 Speaker 1: who they are, very clearly who they are. So for 473 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: myself and other people who UM identify themselves as sons 474 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:06,920 Speaker 1: and daughters of Christ, of Jesus, of God, UM, it's 475 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 1: our job to reflect this is how it can be. 476 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:13,959 Speaker 1: This is how weak as individuals can be. God stands 477 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:19,880 Speaker 1: for love, forgiveness, grace, unity, community, um, servants of your 478 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: fellow man, and and a stewardship of those who are 479 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: less fortunate than you. So, if you're in a position 480 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 1: with the mindset that you have to have what it 481 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,199 Speaker 1: is you want and are accustomed to in your life 482 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 1: at the expense of someone else, that you call yourself 483 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 1: a child of God, you need to go back and 484 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: read the book. And I'm not you know whoever you are. 485 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:45,240 Speaker 1: You know who you are. If you believe that violence 486 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:50,359 Speaker 1: and killing and fighting and burning and obstructing justice is 487 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: the way to make sure that what you believe is insured, 488 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,920 Speaker 1: then you're not talking about democracy, you're not talking about 489 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 1: being christ Like. Absolutely, this is what's coming out of 490 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 1: people's mouths. They're doing what they're doing in the name 491 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 1: of democracy, not caring who lives or dies, not not 492 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 1: caring whose voices are listened to. And the it's mind 493 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:19,159 Speaker 1: boggling when you see the the contradictory statements were just 494 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 1: four years ago, these same people were accusing the Democrats 495 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:28,600 Speaker 1: of exactly what they're doing now. Absolutely, as I don't 496 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 1: even have to say anything, Let's just play the tape 497 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 1: of what you said just two years ago now and 498 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 1: y'all have a conversation. Let that person and the person 499 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: you're seeing you are now to have a conversation. And 500 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:42,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna step over here and do my job. So 501 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 1: for me, whatever light, whatever grace, whatever joy you see 502 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 1: is because um, I don't know any other way to 503 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 1: get through. And I'm telling you something. We need more 504 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 1: of that today. As you know what you just said 505 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 1: was unfortunately it was the truth. We have contradictory people 506 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 1: who say one thing but actually show their colors to 507 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 1: me and another but more than them, but more you 508 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 1: know them, that's correct. And so you know this is 509 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,880 Speaker 1: like our PPS moment. You know you've been watching PBS 510 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 1: and you you see a great uh singing moments and 511 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 1: then they cut away and they have these two nice 512 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 1: looking people I could call us Don and Rashan, we're 513 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 1: too nice looking people who come back and tell you, 514 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:27,280 Speaker 1: I'm sure you enjoyed that. Well, the only way you 515 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:30,920 Speaker 1: can continue to enjoy such great entertainment is by donating. 516 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,800 Speaker 1: And we're asking you during the three mouth streamer thon 517 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:36,640 Speaker 1: to donate to Vorehees. Is. That's how that was a 518 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:44,440 Speaker 1: pretty good pitch. There was that phenomenal seen. I've been 519 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:47,920 Speaker 1: watchings absolutely right. What we're talking about, what we are 520 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 1: talking about, protecting democracy, protecting positivity, protecting potential is we 521 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 1: have to invest in it. And for a lot of 522 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 1: people right now, it's probably one of the worst times 523 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 1: you can ask them. Can you spare a dollar? Can 524 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 1: you spare five dollars? Can you spare fifty, a hundred, 525 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:10,400 Speaker 1: whatever you can spare, think about it this way, if 526 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:14,120 Speaker 1: at all possible, If this is your community, if these 527 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:18,160 Speaker 1: are your kids, if these are your friends kids, this 528 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 1: is our future, please support Vorhees. Please support the HBCU 529 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:27,720 Speaker 1: in your community. But if you're watching this today, we're 530 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:32,240 Speaker 1: checking you for Vorhees. Whatever you can possibly give, and 531 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 1: sometimes it's money, sometimes it's services. Maybe you don't have money, 532 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:39,680 Speaker 1: but maybe you work for a company that makes computers. 533 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 1: Maybe you work for a company that has digital space. 534 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 1: Get that company to start donating. Get your bosses to 535 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:51,440 Speaker 1: start donating. Be a voice of encouragement and of change 536 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 1: and of support. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are given 537 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 1: away by by corporations every year to all kinds of organizaation. 538 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,760 Speaker 1: Talk to your boss, talk to your philanthropic arm of 539 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:07,320 Speaker 1: where you work, of who you serve to say, please 540 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 1: please consider this college. It's gonna make a huge difference 541 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:16,840 Speaker 1: to each and every one of these students. Done. Wow, 542 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,520 Speaker 1: Thank you for coming back on money making conversations. Thank 543 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:23,680 Speaker 1: you for being part of streama thon for hes. More importantly, 544 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:25,880 Speaker 1: you know, like you said, this was annual year. Because 545 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 1: remember I was supposed to be in New York watching 546 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 1: you on Tina, and that didn't happen. So when this 547 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 1: pandemic slows down. In fact, I'll be in l A tomorrow. 548 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:35,840 Speaker 1: I got some meetings in flying from Atlanta, but I'm 549 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:39,040 Speaker 1: only there for one day. But more importantly, you're part 550 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:41,240 Speaker 1: of my life, and you're part of what I believe in. 551 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 1: Your part of the the approach that I have of 552 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 1: trying to give people free advice, free uplift and uh 553 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:52,240 Speaker 1: making him feel good about themselves doing doing downtimes don't change. 554 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,680 Speaker 1: I really appreciate you, Don, thank you, thank you so much, 555 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 1: and thank you Rashan, Thank you boy, he's thank you 556 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 1: to everyone who is watching. The fact that you're here, 557 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 1: I means you're already on the same page and you're 558 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:07,520 Speaker 1: already hitting in the right direction. Thank you for everything 559 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 1: you've already. This is what we're gonna do. This is 560 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,440 Speaker 1: what we're gonna do done next year, because the next year, 561 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:13,959 Speaker 1: I'm gonna we're gonna talk to them. We should look here, well, 562 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:16,560 Speaker 1: we need to do alive. You and I because I'm 563 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:19,520 Speaker 1: enjoying it because you you're You're something special. You you're special. 564 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 1: And then I want to do something just like they 565 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 1: do with PPS. We're gonna just we're gonna just uh 566 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,040 Speaker 1: because I got a lot of friends in the business 567 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:27,680 Speaker 1: and you've got a lot of friends in the business, 568 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:32,360 Speaker 1: and we're gonna host I'm telling what he's I'm volunteering 569 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:34,520 Speaker 1: right now. And my girl Don, she's on the same 570 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:36,960 Speaker 1: page with me, and we're gonna do We're gonna do 571 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 1: a streamer thon and we're gonna invite different friends that 572 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:44,120 Speaker 1: we know in the business to call in via stream 573 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:47,520 Speaker 1: and then we'll get this generate this, get these donations flying. 574 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,840 Speaker 1: Because I just found out about this recently, I would 575 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,920 Speaker 1: have been much more engaged. But the most I can 576 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,400 Speaker 1: give is what we're doing right now. This great interview 577 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 1: I'm delivered with you that will air on the Wild 578 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 1: Air doing the string the thon. But let's here, let's 579 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:05,040 Speaker 1: let's have them contact my people, they contact your people 580 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:07,560 Speaker 1: if you feel great about this idea, but let's host 581 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,960 Speaker 1: something to use our resources in this industry to really 582 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:16,160 Speaker 1: make next year's three months three monthon to be an 583 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:21,480 Speaker 1: amazing uh uh financial endowment for the school. Your thoughts, yep, 584 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:32,000 Speaker 1: I'm in with you, remember lou Ros. Absolutely it was fantastic. 585 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:37,200 Speaker 1: I did that telethon uh several several times, but were 586 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:39,120 Speaker 1: en then, my friend, thank you for coming on the 587 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:43,480 Speaker 1: show by making conferenceations. We're talking okay, And thank you 588 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:47,480 Speaker 1: again for your ongoing support of the New Day Foundation. Absolutely. 589 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,320 Speaker 1: Oh girls, you know I'm writing to check today. What 590 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,760 Speaker 1: you're not gonna do is me talk to you again. 591 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:55,600 Speaker 1: Without knowing that it was on me that the check 592 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:57,880 Speaker 1: was not delivered. You send all your information and it 593 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,440 Speaker 1: was on Rashad McDonald. Well, I'm a kes all that 594 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:13,080 Speaker 1: this week. I appreciate you. 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