1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: Now let's return to Money Making Conversations Masterclass with Rashan McDonald. 2 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,479 Speaker 2: He is coming up next, Sergeant Major Keith L. Craig, 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 2: the super connected Hollywood Whisperer. I'm gonna tell you something. 4 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 2: The word connected, the word relationship is why Hollywood works. 5 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 2: If you don't have the relationship, you don't know anybody. 6 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 2: Talent is there. Talent is important, but you got to 7 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 2: be connected. Where I'm talking to next in my next 8 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 2: break a connector a connector don't go nowhere? One Making 9 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 2: Conversation master Class with Rashan McDonald. 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You can click my HBCU story to 30 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 4: share your story. 31 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: Now, let's return to Money Making Conversations Masterclass with Rashaan McDonald. 32 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 2: Hi, this is Rashan McDonald. Welcome back to Money Making 33 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 2: Conversation Masterclass. I'm a dreamer, y'all. All right, Maybe you 34 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 2: don't know that about me, but I come from the neighborhood. 35 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 2: I come from an inner city, six sisters, two brothers, 36 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 2: And the interesting thing about me was that I watched television, 37 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 2: and television showed me a world that I wasn't living in. 38 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 2: It showed me the possibilities. And I used to always 39 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 2: watch Jaques Cousteau was my man when I was growing up. 40 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 3: I used to Joaques Gusteau. And when I went to college, 41 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 3: guess what. 42 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 2: I worked offshore because I wanted that. I wanted that experience. 43 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 2: I wanted to be in the ocean. I was working 44 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 2: eighty miles out in the Gulf on a on an 45 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 2: all rig. They would fly me out there on the 46 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 2: helicopter and I stay out there for two weeks. And 47 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 2: so I tell people, you know, if you don't dream it, 48 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,639 Speaker 2: you don't think about it, you don't make it a possibility, 49 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 2: then it cannot happen. Well, my next guest is a 50 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 2: person who that's what he does. He makes it impossible possible. 51 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 2: Sergeant Major Keith L. Craig, the super connected Hollywood whisperers, 52 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 2: a go to for independent filmmakers, producers, directors, development deals, 53 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 2: finance options, distribution and budgets. I don't want to lose 54 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 2: anybody on this because because of the fact that if 55 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 2: he doesn't do what he do, then you don't watch 56 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:16,679 Speaker 2: what you see on television. 57 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:18,359 Speaker 3: You need him. 58 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 2: This year, they have fifty new titles to be released 59 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 2: across digital platforms including Amazon, Google Play, Apple and Roku 60 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 2: and then select theaters in less than thirty days. Because 61 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 2: he in partnership poor to Craig clients, film will go Global. 62 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 2: Please welcome to the Money Making Conversation Mathclass. The one 63 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 2: and only Sergeant Major Keith L. 64 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 3: Craig. How are you doing, sir? 65 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 5: How are you doing? Thank you for the introduction. Glad 66 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 5: to be here. 67 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 2: Well, guess what, Sergeant Major, let's start right there. First 68 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 2: of all, thank you for the service. Let's get a 69 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 2: history there, because you let me know there's a military 70 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 2: in you. How did it all get started? 71 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 5: Long time ago? Age seventeen, I went into the military. 72 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 3: So it was a really long time ago. So was 73 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 3: landed last week? Can be last week? It was? 74 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 5: It was a long time ago, you see in a 75 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 5: storyteller already. 76 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 3: Absolutely absolutely do you think? Do you think sir? 77 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,039 Speaker 5: But yes, a long long time ago. Uh, at age seventeen. 78 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 5: My mom actually actually have to sign me into the military. 79 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 5: I heard you earlier say that, you know you're from 80 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 5: a community that was it wasn't it wasn't supportive as 81 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 5: far as launching you into you know, you're tomorrow so 82 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 5: with me, you know, uh, my mom and I was 83 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 5: once homeless, you know, so you know it's from there 84 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 5: that I actually you got my will to succeed, right, 85 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,919 Speaker 5: So my you know, I had some people in my 86 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 5: past once told me that I wasn't going to amount 87 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 5: too much because I didn't necessarily like to do what 88 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 5: you know, we were doing down there as far as 89 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,919 Speaker 5: shark sharecroppers concerned. But fast forward, I went to the 90 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 5: military and and just had some great assignments and and there, 91 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 5: you know, I learned the I learned discipline. I know, 92 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 5: you know, the power of you know, having morals and 93 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 5: values and integrity and honors, being honest and selfless service 94 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 5: to others. And that pretty much led me to have 95 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 5: some great assignments and actually was deployed six times, spent 96 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 5: over two years in Iraq. In one of those years, 97 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 5: I was part of intelligence brigade that actually gathered the 98 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,039 Speaker 5: intelligence that led to the captures of dam Hussein was 99 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 5: at the time Eman number one. Fast forward twenty ten, 100 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 5: I actually took three thousand men and women over to 101 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 5: Haiti for poor the Prince to help to sustain the 102 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 5: city that were you know, over there because of the earthquake. 103 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 5: Twenty eleven, twenty twelve, I was part of the logistical 104 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 5: unit in Afghanistan in between Kabul and Kandahar, where actually 105 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 5: supported to see a team six as we crossed the 106 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 5: berm into to take out of Summer bin Laden. So 107 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 5: as you can see, I've been around and with the 108 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 5: places I've been and the people I've met throughout the years, 109 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 5: I was able to excel in the military and make 110 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 5: it all the way to the top one percent, which 111 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 5: is a sergeant major. And for those those you listeners 112 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 5: who don't know what the sergeant major is, because Hollywood 113 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 5: has done an awesome job of teaching people what you know, 114 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 5: a colonel is or a general is or at role 115 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 5: is right, but they don't know that every one of 116 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 5: those rushan has a sergeant major as a senior advisor. 117 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 5: They don't make a move unless they you know less, 118 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 5: they you know, have dialogue with the sergeant major. You 119 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 5: know what I'm saying, So yes, and that's kind of 120 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 5: how that was my army career. 121 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,040 Speaker 2: Well, let's go down on that career because I think 122 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 2: it's important. It's one of the things that you know, 123 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 2: this big giant press releif people always say, how do 124 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 2: you get guests on your show? Vershan, Well, sometimes I 125 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 2: get these press reliefs to come out and I go, wow, 126 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 2: I need to talk to him because of the fact that. 127 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,159 Speaker 2: You know, we talk about options in our community, we 128 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 2: talk about the negativity of you know, sometimes I'm gonna 129 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 2: tell you some Sergeant Major, I look at television and 130 00:06:56,240 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 2: I see, you know, violence, and I'm just prayted not 131 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 2: going to put a black person's face on the screen, 132 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 2: because it appears far too often than I want to 133 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:07,840 Speaker 2: say it should. 134 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 3: And so and I remember once when I was really 135 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 3: an advocating military service. 136 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 2: You know, a lot of people in the black community, 137 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 2: like you know, trying to were resisting the values that 138 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 2: I was trying to say that a young person who 139 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 2: doesn't may not have the options to go to college 140 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 2: should at least look at it. 141 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 3: Don't just announce it. 142 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 2: Tell us about the values, because I don't want to 143 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 2: go past that, because because it still holds a lot 144 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 2: of tremendous values right now, and quite frankly, the military 145 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 2: community is struggling to enlist people. 146 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 3: To get people to that list. 147 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:49,239 Speaker 5: Okay, well, yes, obviously I actually hold an MBA now, 148 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 5: but you know I got that inside of the military, 149 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 5: you know, And I also have no suit of loans 150 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 5: because of that, because as a as a as a 151 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 5: soldier that's in the military, you actually have the ability 152 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 5: to go to school and get your education while you're serving. 153 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 5: So it's kind of like, you know, you it's a 154 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 5: win win for those who don't want a student loan, 155 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 5: you know what I'm saying. So, you know, oftentimes we 156 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 5: talk about society, you know how it kind of steers 157 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 5: us to it kind of presents a road map to us, 158 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 5: like you you should go to college. As you go 159 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 5: to college, that that will determine your job, but that 160 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 5: also determines a certain amount of debt as you as 161 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 5: you leave the university, you know. So, so I was 162 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 5: actually this past weekend speaking at the Howard University and 163 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 5: one of the things I spoke to people about was 164 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 5: professional score. You know, believe it or not, society is 165 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 5: keep the score of the things that you've done before 166 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 5: you leave college. As you enter college, for instance, it's 167 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 5: like what was your GPA, what was your NCAP score? 168 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 5: You know, what was were you a part of the 169 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 5: community out there? You know when you go to church, boy, scout, 170 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 5: girl scout? So you have to always build on your brand. 171 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 5: So the military, for to me, an opportunity to go 172 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 5: get educated and be able to have a launch point 173 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 5: to choose anything that I want to do from the 174 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 5: military because it's obviously it brands you to where it 175 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:07,839 Speaker 5: doesn't matter what color you're choosing, red or blue, whatever 176 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 5: side you're choosing, everybody accepts people have served their country 177 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 5: because we believe red, white and blue, you know. 178 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 3: You know. 179 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 2: So, so what when did you start to transition into 180 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 2: seeing Hollywood or entertainment as an option. 181 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 5: When I was deployed over in Iraq, I saw organization 182 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 5: that would bring over entertainment to try to take our 183 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 5: a mind off of combat for two or three hours, 184 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 5: you know, a year, because we spent three sixty five, 185 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 5: three and sixty five days in deployments. So but I 186 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 5: never saw any entertainment that looked like us, you know, 187 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 5: saying for as the minorities. Right. So it was at 188 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 5: that point as a as a senior advisor, a senior 189 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 5: soldier in an element soldiers came to me and asked me, 190 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 5: you know, sergeant major, what can we do to have 191 00:09:57,960 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 5: somebody that we like? 192 00:09:59,240 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 3: Right? 193 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 5: I started to reach out and and reach out to 194 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,319 Speaker 5: Hollywood and and meet a few people and then brought 195 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 5: over the likes of BB King and the temptations and 196 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 5: things that nature, and it you know, it kind of 197 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 5: felt good to make people happy. So that's what I 198 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 5: you know, I started. I got the bug right then, Like, okay, 199 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 5: so you so. 200 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:24,680 Speaker 2: You started out basically a promoter. You're producing shows, bringing 201 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,959 Speaker 2: in talent that was appealing to to an artist that 202 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 2: felt that they were not getting to they weren't. They 203 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 2: were they were happy to be entertained, but wasn't really 204 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 2: feeling the entertainment. 205 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:38,199 Speaker 5: Right, right, It's absolutely right. Were the most of the 206 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 5: entertainment was from Kentucky or Tennessee. If you understand the mean. 207 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 2: Right absolutely, Like I said, until you participate that you 208 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 2: put yourself in a position to be able to have power. 209 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 2: And like I said, as a as a position you 210 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 2: in sergeant major, you positioned yourself to be a promoter, 211 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:58,439 Speaker 2: to be a producer skill set that guess what people 212 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 2: do every day, you know, Promoters are just advertisers. Promoters 213 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 2: are just you know, companies that somebody promotes these grocery stores, 214 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 2: somebody promotes these cars, somebody promotes these football games, these 215 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 2: basketball games. That's all he was doing in the smallest stage. 216 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 2: But you were learning the skill, and that skill allowed 217 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:20,559 Speaker 2: you to start start seeing beyond what you were doing 218 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 2: in the military. 219 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,199 Speaker 5: Correct, absolutely absolutely as a and I was a senior 220 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 5: logistation in military. So when I got that call to 221 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 5: go out to Hollywood and and and meet some executives 222 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 5: out there, and I was looking around, you know, what 223 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:36,559 Speaker 5: could I do? You know, there was producer, there was 224 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:41,200 Speaker 5: there was distribution, there was you know, the justic things 225 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 5: that nature. The one thing that I saw that the 226 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 5: science connected and the science made sense to me. Logistics 227 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 5: and distribution is pretty much the same, right. You know, 228 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 5: there's a there's a need. Uh you know, there's a 229 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 5: component that needs to be carried somewhere and people need 230 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 5: that thing. So you have delivered that, so that that 231 00:11:57,360 --> 00:11:59,679 Speaker 5: made sense to me. So I just went to you, 232 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 5: you u c LA and got certified in the business 233 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 5: of entertainment and from there it started on my plight. 234 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 2: Now, now let's let's put it. Let's be honest about it. 235 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 2: This is this whole relationship. You're in the military, Sergeant major. Yes, 236 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 2: you cared a certain amount of respect when you walked 237 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 2: in the room. 238 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 3: People. I know, I'm gonna give you my respects. 239 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 2: Thank you for your service, because first of all, you 240 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 2: protected me and you don't even know me, So that 241 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 2: is that is a that's a mindset that people have 242 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:31,439 Speaker 2: to wrap their head around. There that somebody has chosen 243 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 2: to protect this entire country and parts that person may 244 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 2: never go or never see. And but that's a special 245 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 2: person that does that. But when you walk in the 246 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 2: room with these producers, these executives, these these individuals who 247 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 2: are decision making, do you feel that because you were 248 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 2: in the military allowed you a certain ability to make 249 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 2: a better make stronger relationships or create relationships you might 250 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:58,560 Speaker 2: not have had if you were not in the military. 251 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 5: I would say being in the military, it taught me 252 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 5: how to enter a room. 253 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 6: Right. 254 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 5: There's a certain way. There's a certain way as a man, 255 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 5: you know, oh woman, you have to carry yourself right, 256 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 5: you know what I'm saying. There's a strict there's a 257 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 5: certain dress code associated with that because, believe it or not, 258 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 5: we we we are always judged and scores always kept 259 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 5: on how we move. So it's very important that you know, 260 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 5: they always want to put us in a box based 261 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 5: on our pigmentation. So it's very important that you move 262 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 5: as a you know, like a professional, you know, because 263 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 5: you are being looked at. So it's it's it's it's 264 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 5: how you. 265 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:38,079 Speaker 2: Move and it's really and it's important that you people 266 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 2: hear that, you know, because of the fact that you 267 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,559 Speaker 2: know we could. We could, you know as young people. 268 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 2: We all were young. You know, I had to before 269 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 2: I lost all my hair. I had a big afro. 270 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 3: I remember. 271 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 2: In fact, we're going to go to break when we 272 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 2: come back and tell this a little short story about 273 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 2: how I didn't want to conform to my company's dress 274 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 2: code and guess what, there was no success for me. 275 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 2: Frustration and that's all he's talking about. Be right back 276 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 2: with more so as you major talking about. He's a whisper, y'all, 277 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 2: but he talks loud on my show. 278 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: We'll be right back with more Money Making Conversations Masterclass 279 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 1: with Rushawan McDonald. You are now tuned into the Money 280 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 1: Making Conversations Minute of Inspiration with Rashawn McDonald. 281 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 7: This week, I sat down with award winning actor, best 282 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 7: selling author, and entrepreneur Hell Harper. He stopped by and 283 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 7: talked about how his thyrout cancer diagnosis led to his 284 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 7: role as a health and wellness ambacheldor teaching everyday people 285 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 7: how to live healthier lives. 286 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 6: We believe that a lot of the root cause of 287 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 6: cancer has to do with what we put on our skin. 288 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 6: Our skin is the largest organ on our body, and 289 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 6: everything that you ate it, your ender, consistent, your liver, 290 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 6: your kidneys have to deal with it. And they said, 291 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 6: the reason why I'll never be tested because the same 292 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 6: companies that make the lotions to contain the aluminum, the petroleum, 293 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 6: the parabis and the oils and all these things, the 294 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 6: same companies would make that are all the same companies 295 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 6: as a drug company, right, so they're never going to 296 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 6: do a long term study of the effects of their product. 297 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 7: If you want to listen to this full interview with 298 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 7: Hill Harper, it's available on money Making Conversations dot com. 299 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: Now let's return to Money Making Conversations Masterclass with Rashaan McDonald. 300 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 1: If you have a question or comments, called four O 301 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 1: four eight eight oho nine two five five. 302 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 2: I'm on the phone with He's here, Sergeant Major Black Panther. 303 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 2: I want to bring up that movie. I'm pausing because 304 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 2: I'm thinking about how how important that movie was for 305 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 2: me personally, how important that movie was for me in 306 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 2: the in the in the industry, because we had never 307 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 2: had a movie come out that that sold the tickets 308 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 2: that it's sold, that was directed by a black director, 309 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 2: and you happen to be a distributor probably the long 310 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 2: African American distribute on that movie. Tell about your tell 311 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 2: us about your role and some of the achievements that 312 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 2: you were able to grindbreaking achievements that you were able 313 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 2: to do with the movie Black Panther. 314 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 5: Yes, I was part of the team, and you're right, 315 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 5: You're correct, I was the only black guy that was 316 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 5: part of the strategy for distributing Black Panther. And what 317 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 5: I mean about distribution, Uh, you know, I was one 318 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 5: of the people that, uh designed the strategy as far 319 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 5: as what what demographic market area of Black Panther will 320 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 5: be released in right, and that's based on you know, 321 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 5: everything from Race Creed, you know. So yes, I was 322 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 5: a part of that, uh, that strategy on how he 323 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 5: was going to launch that and Black Panther went on 324 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 5: to make one point three billion dollars. So yes, at 325 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 5: the time when questions were asked of me, do you 326 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 5: think that this would be a successful movie, because like 327 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 5: you said, uh, it was directed by black you know, 328 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 5: Ryan Coogler, a black director, and it was the first 329 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 5: film in history to have an all black cast, which 330 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 5: was you know, Angela basket far As with a good 331 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:08,920 Speaker 5: chat with Bozeman, Michael be jordans On and so forth. 332 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 5: You know, it was a risk for the studios from 333 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 5: their vantage points, you know. So, but yes, all those 334 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 5: things were factors in it, and and even all the 335 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 5: way down to when we were talking about, you know 336 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 5: what months should we should we actually release it in? 337 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,399 Speaker 5: And uh, obviously you know, I see the month of February. 338 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 5: Why because it's Black History Month and that you know, 339 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 5: that means something to us. So absolutely, I was very 340 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 5: proud to do that, and also excited to get get 341 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:38,719 Speaker 5: phone calls from the likes of stars that were actually 342 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 5: renting out the theater so that the uh, the underprivileged 343 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 5: community could actually go and and and screen the movie. 344 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 5: You know what I'm saying, the ones that couldn't afford it. 345 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 5: So very proud of my of my people, if you will, 346 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:51,879 Speaker 5: my brothers and sisters who who did things like that, 347 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:55,919 Speaker 5: who had the means to to make that available to everybody. 348 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:58,920 Speaker 3: You know, Major, I'm talking to Sergeant Major Keith L. Craig. 349 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:06,160 Speaker 2: You know, I've been in Hollywood since ninety three, went 350 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 2: out there in nineteen ninety doing stand up comedy, actually 351 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 2: started writing on television shows in ninety four and been 352 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 2: fortunate to write on anywhere from The Parkers, the Jamie. 353 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 3: Fox Show, The Sister Sisters, the. 354 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 2: Robert Townsend Show, The Parkers I mean Robert towns to 355 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 2: your Parenthood as well as Arsenial Hall and that whole 356 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 2: period of writing. And I hope put It is distributing 357 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 2: the whole put relationship. Tell everybody, what exactly is your 358 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 2: role in Hollywood? 359 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:37,639 Speaker 5: Well, my role in Hollywood is, like you say, I 360 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 5: think the young people call a plug, right, because my 361 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 5: clients are the networks when you talk about hbos, the 362 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:49,640 Speaker 5: Stars to show Times, you know, the netflixes and all 363 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 5: of those along with it, broadcasting the digital pieces of it. 364 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 5: You know, I have the ability to when people have 365 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 5: finished films, to get their content, to find they find 366 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:00,439 Speaker 5: a good home for their content. 367 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 3: Right. 368 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:04,400 Speaker 5: I think that's very, very, very important. And I also 369 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 5: you mentioned earlier why they called me to Hollo Whisper. 370 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 5: I think it has something to do with us trying 371 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 5: to protect the filmmakers, because you know what we speak 372 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:17,640 Speaker 5: to five and six filmmakers every day, and what we're 373 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 5: noticing is they go into the filmmaking piece of it 374 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:27,439 Speaker 5: with understanding that it's three pieces to filmmaking, the pre 375 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 5: production and production and post production. So the flowing that 376 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 5: though is by the time you finish post production, your editing, 377 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:37,200 Speaker 5: so and so forth, you actually are out of money, 378 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 5: you know. So it's what my partner and I, Jeff Porter, 379 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,640 Speaker 5: what we do is we teach people there are six phases. 380 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 5: Maybe teaches the wrong word, but we we coach teach 381 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,440 Speaker 5: to mentor that there's six phases. You know. The additional 382 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 5: three phases is branding, marketing, and then distribution. So it's 383 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,919 Speaker 5: very important that you say almost a third of your 384 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 5: budgets that you looking at as a production budget to 385 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 5: make sure that film actually it does the business that 386 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 5: you wanted to do at the box office. 387 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 2: Now, let me ask you this, because you know the 388 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 2: streaming is out here. You got a big old writers 389 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:11,359 Speaker 2: strike going on, and you and you're in distribution, and 390 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 2: then you got all these titles. You know, I look 391 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 2: at a lot of streaming channels out there and that 392 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 2: go and they say the word free, and then I 393 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 2: see all these these movies, these blockbusters from back in 394 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,360 Speaker 2: the day, and they start to collect all these catalogs. 395 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 2: As a distributor, how do you align yourself with certain 396 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 2: channels or streaming channels to say this is where I 397 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:34,639 Speaker 2: want to take your product or do you wait for 398 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 2: them to ask you for the opportunity to distribute your products? 399 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 5: Do you mean the filmmakers, Yes, sir, No, you know, 400 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 5: we we both right, we we we look for films 401 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:48,439 Speaker 5: that we you know, that we're interested in, right and 402 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:51,119 Speaker 5: also you know, filmmakers look for us people that are 403 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 5: interested in getting results. Because as we make a name 404 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 5: for ourself obviously my my resume, you know, mixed pep. 405 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 5: You know, let's let's at least just check these guys 406 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 5: out and from there we just do good business, you 407 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 5: know what I'm saying. We, like I said earlier, we're 408 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 5: all about transparency and integrity, things that nature. And we 409 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 5: have direct relationships with these platforms. So if you bring 410 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 5: a film to us, it's not a it's not if 411 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 5: you can get it there. We have relationships. We know 412 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 5: what these networks of these digital platforms are looking for. 413 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:23,399 Speaker 5: You know what I'm saying. Even when we sit on 414 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 5: a monthly basis with these broadcasters, these network stations, right, 415 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 5: the conversation is, you know, we're looking for a boc 416 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:32,880 Speaker 5: These are the components what we're looking for right now, 417 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 5: whether it be all female lead driven cast with humor 418 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 5: you know what I'm saying, Or is it are you 419 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 5: looking for, you know, horror with some mystery in it. Well, 420 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 5: we know what those we know what those apps are. 421 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:49,159 Speaker 5: So when we come back once we find a filmmaker 422 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 5: that we we think either they're going into making the film, 423 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,760 Speaker 5: you know, with with with those components you know of 424 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 5: that production there, or we you know, we take what 425 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,399 Speaker 5: they have, we find what they already have, and we 426 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 5: shot and we bring it to the networks and they, 427 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 5: you know, we sign a licensing deal. 428 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:06,159 Speaker 1: We know. 429 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 2: It's interesting because I'm really trying to wrap my head 430 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 2: around this because you know, it's like, you know, as 431 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 2: a writer, I knew I got a check for writing 432 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 2: there's a stand up. I got a check for telling 433 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,640 Speaker 2: my jokes. As a manager, I got commission check. How 434 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 2: does it you know, I'm not trying to get in 435 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 2: any detail, but how does a person like you make money? 436 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 2: So people can understand how the process works. 437 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 5: Sure, As as a distributor, right, there's obviously there are 438 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,159 Speaker 5: services fees. Right, so when you bring a movie, a 439 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 5: finished a finished movie to us. Whatever. There's a there's 440 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 5: a services fee attached to that based on how we 441 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,440 Speaker 5: service you. You know what I'm saying. We get your film 442 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 5: on Netflix, then you know, become a partner. It's a partnership. Okay, 443 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,160 Speaker 5: so you said you say, you know, you say, STARTINGT major, 444 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 5: starting major, Craig, I have a film. Okay, send me 445 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 5: over screenlink, just take a look at it. You know, 446 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 5: Once we look at that film, we say, okay, we 447 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 5: think we got a home for that film. Let's let's 448 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 5: send it over to talk to you know, this person 449 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,440 Speaker 5: with this network. See what they say and from Once 450 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 5: we get the the the A A from that network, 451 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,360 Speaker 5: we come back and report to Rason this is this 452 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 5: is the offer. 453 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 6: You know we got to offer. 454 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:13,360 Speaker 5: We're going to do a counter and ask for these 455 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 5: type of you know, these changes, these stipulations. 456 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 2: Let me ask you this now you got my mind flowing. Now, okay, 457 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 2: So do you do? Do you do like specials like 458 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 2: music specials if it's produced, could I bring that to 459 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 2: you or you just do films a series? What what 460 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,400 Speaker 2: can one bring to you? 461 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 5: Well, you could bring everything for us to take a 462 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:38,440 Speaker 5: look at it, right obviously, Uh, the full features are 463 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 5: the most sought after things by the broadcasters. But and 464 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,399 Speaker 5: when you're talking about the music productions, right, obviously you 465 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 5: have to have their clearances associated with that, right, So 466 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 5: you got to make sure all your homework are done. 467 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 5: If you got song that somebody else owns, well, you 468 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:54,919 Speaker 5: got to go get clearing right, right for all of that, 469 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,199 Speaker 5: you know what I'm saying. So, and we were we 470 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 5: would require all of that. You got to make sure 471 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 5: you got e ANDO insurance arisonal missions insurance. This is 472 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 5: the insurance is to cover you if somebody assues you 473 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 5: because you didn't get total clearance. Are your work or 474 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 5: your move too fast I'm saying. So it's very important 475 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,199 Speaker 5: you know, to uhh, just check all your blocks out 476 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,399 Speaker 5: and we'll make sure. If you're bringing something to us, 477 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 5: first of all, it has to have the production value 478 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 5: based on what you say in the budget was right, 479 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 5: you know, optically, these people are professionals, so they know 480 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 5: what something costs or did not cost, you know what 481 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 5: I'm saying. So we looking at the production value to 482 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:28,879 Speaker 5: make sure you got the red cameras or the or 483 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 5: the black magics, and so on and so forth, and 484 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 5: and and the alent you know, acting the talent. Everything 485 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 5: is you know, uh a component of for successful you know, partnership. 486 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 2: Wow, Hey, Sargeant Major, please tell people how they how 487 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 2: they can reach out to you. 488 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 3: Was it website? 489 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: Is it? 490 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 3: What number? How can you reach you? 491 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,640 Speaker 2: Because I next time I bring you on, We're gonna 492 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 2: start this different. We're gonna take some phone calls because 493 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 2: you you pushing that information that people need to know 494 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:56,360 Speaker 2: because don't. 495 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 3: Nobody know where to go. 496 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:02,120 Speaker 5: Understand, I'm saying you can find us that pcfmimedia dot com. 497 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 5: That's pcfimimedia dot com. I'm on Instagram at official Keith 498 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 5: Alcraig Official Keith al Craig all one word. I also 499 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,119 Speaker 5: have a website Keith Craig dot org or r G 500 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 5: or you can email me at Keith dot Craig at 501 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 5: pcfmimedia dot com. 502 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 2: Okay, I slow that down. That gonna get busy. That 503 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 2: that that gonna get busy right now. So because your role, 504 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 2: if somebody has projects, don't just be emailing sergeant may 505 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 2: just be emailing him. If you got content that you 506 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:35,160 Speaker 2: don't know where to take it, content that you want 507 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 2: to some advice on where to distribute it, then Sergeant 508 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,119 Speaker 2: Major can get you that. Can you give out that 509 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 2: email address one more time, Sergeant Major. 510 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 5: Sure, that's Keith dot Craig at Pcfimanmedia dot com. That's 511 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:53,120 Speaker 5: one word, Pcfimanmedia dot com. Spell it out, one word, 512 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 5: keep dot Craig at Ppgimedia dot com. 513 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 2: Wow, you know you whispering to me now? You're not 514 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 2: even whispering. You talk to me right now because because 515 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,640 Speaker 2: I'm just telling you man, as a black person. 516 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 3: We don't know where to go. We don't know where 517 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:06,439 Speaker 3: to go. 518 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 6: We don't know. 519 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:08,959 Speaker 3: We're just being creative. We're making stuff. 520 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 2: At least we're getting a professional person telling us this 521 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 2: won't work, or this work, or you need to do 522 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 2: your homework, do better production, invest more timing. You got 523 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 2: the wrong cameras, You need to get your license, you 524 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 2: need to get everything your least release on all your talents. 525 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 3: Stuff like that. 526 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 2: We don't know, but if you contact him, he'll get 527 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 2: you started in the right direction. Suji Major, thank you 528 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,119 Speaker 2: man for coming to my show. And I want to 529 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 2: bring you back man, if you don't mind, I want 530 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,640 Speaker 2: to take phone calls so people can ask you questions 531 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 2: and let's do it like a class on money making. 532 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:38,720 Speaker 3: Conversations master Class. 533 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 5: Good with that, I would I would love to come back. 534 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:43,879 Speaker 5: I would love raseean please. It's been an honor and 535 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,399 Speaker 5: you know, a gift to come on. Thank you so 536 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 5: much for having me. 537 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 3: I appreciate you. He's the whisper, y'all, but he talks 538 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 3: real loud. 539 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 2: Such a major Thanks for coming on Money Making Conversations 540 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 2: Master Class. We talk soon with my friend and I 541 00:26:58,119 --> 00:26:59,880 Speaker 2: want to thank everybody for listening to my show mate. 542 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:02,160 Speaker 2: I cannot do this show without you, guys. I get 543 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,120 Speaker 2: up tired, but when I get to this show man, 544 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 2: I am fired up. Talk to you next time on 545 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 2: Money Making Conversation Matter Class. This is Rashan McDonald. We 546 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 2: be out. 547 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 1: Thank you for joining us for this edition of Money 548 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 1: Making Conversations Masterclass. 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