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Wait talk wait. Wait wait. Wait wait wait wait talk. Wait tek. Yeah bay wait. Wait Hey y'all, thank you for tuning in to week Talk Week please after the Talk with w pp M LP Philadelphia. Yeah. This is one of the hottest radio shows that talks Charles's favorite segment, love and relationships, whatever it is, the good news and the bad news and of course the latest and entertainment news with us this Alpe. To make sure you keep a lot till he taught me he's at the Talk with your boy, Charles Break the Beautiful Line Sizzle every Tuesday at seven pm on one on six. Life goes by, like the space of life. It's to see the things we real live. I know sometimes it seems like your dreams never be real. I know how you feel, don't you know that thing this pactical, that's what makes it so wonderful. You gotta believe. You tell the other one till I'm not gonna get anywhere. We go. Stumm ain't you because it's time to get exact we go, we go. Things can changing the ling going. 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We talked weekly after the talk on w PPM P Philadelphia wan on six point five film with your boy Charles Gregory and a beautiful. Lawrence's beautiful class Sparkles. And we're here, man, We're excited about being here today. We have a dynamic show for you today. We're gonna talk a little bit here. Jam packed. I like when we had those jam Pack shows. Uh. The reason I like that is because literally the time goes fast, but we get a chance to talk to a lot of people. You know, it's usually just kind of like a couple, right, but we get the opportunity to talk to a lot of good old folks and see some of the things that they're doing. But first and foremost, I gotta say happy June. Teens out there, absolutely absolutely don't go to work. It's supposed to no, seriously, it's supposed to be like a national holiday. Get paid for not going to work. You know, they don't go on I don't know. Did they change it from Columbus Day. There used to be a time that Indigenous people okay, yeah. Okay, but you still get paid. Yes, and the banks is closed. Oh yeah, so the banks and post office are closed. Don't go to work, yes, absolutely, and don't do service. Yeah. I'm against that, I really am. I think that people think that Juneteenth is a day of service, not for me, right, That's what we did during that time. I mean, talk to me about it. What y'all think? Oh yeah, I agree. You know, the the I worked for the city, and the city gave us off. And I remember last year. It was like so much talk in the office about what's Juneteenth then? And why are we getting this this day off, and you know this year kind of wanted to tell people go to work. If you your questioning why we have to have June, why is June teenth the holiday number one? Do your research? You know there's especially all right, we already know what American history. We learned that in school. You know, her version, her story, We learned that in school. And now people who did not learn about the real American history, minus the you know, the black history. You know, it's time to do your research. It's a new culture. Culture, it's a new day, it's a new era. Time to do your research. So those of you who are asking questions about Juneteenth, and you're asking questions about what is black Wall Street and you know all those things, do your research, do your homework. That's that's what I have to say about that. And black people do not do services. I just it seems like everybody pushes to do something like a servitude and I guess humanitarian type of approach, but that's that's almost like contradicting on what we went through. So yes, don't don't do anything that has service work to do. That's just my I mean, that's just my approach to it. Yeah, Yeah, I have a question for y'all. I know, see didn't ask us how our day was? You want me to wait? No, go ahead, so I would send you there. How would you it was? It was oh man, tomorrow's Father's Day, which falls on Juneteenth, and my sister, my little sister, did a Memorial Day for my dad, in a celebratory day for my uncle, in an observance of Father's Day. So she cooked all his food, all his friends came, she brought all them Father's Day gifts. I know, we what I'm about to say, it sounds crazy to some, but we watched his funeral, which was the first time I ever saw it. I broke down like three times. But it was people on there just just saying who he wasn't and what he meant to them. So today was it was packed. It was. It was a lot of emotions, y'all. Yeah, I was. I was at the funeral, and I was impressed with the stuff that people, you know, when they were getting up there and they were saying things like how you know he touched them and the things that he did, and you know, he was a father figure to them also, So I'm sure that you know, when. I saw y'all faces. I just cried more because I know that this is we We love our chemistry and radio, but outside of this, y'all, we are truly family there for each other. Thank you for that. Yeah, absolutely absolutely yeah, but shout out to see you're happy Father's Day to you. Happy Father's Day, big gee. But no, See is a father and to other chilldren drink because his background is in child development right and also a lot of things that he does as an instructor, Like everything he does he does with a teaching approach. Yes, that's what father figures are. Absolutely, let me show you something for sure, for sure, you. Know that's what I'm saying. Like he like, yo, let me show you now. He has the approach of don't give me a fish, give me the ride. I'm gonna teach you how to fish for yourself for life. Absolutely yes, yes, all. Right, well, no doubt. You know my day, I mean pretty much my day was cool. You know, a lot of tech, a lot of uh you know, a lot of tech, a lot of problems solving, a lot of uh you know, making sure that this show goes the way that it's supposed to do, you know, and what I'm excited about is we're the only ones in Philadelphia pointing in everywhere else that's doing a full scale production in the schoo studio. So I'm excited about that. When we talk about innovation, innovation and technology and we talk about just marketing and and all that good old stuff. I have a gentleman with whom I have a great transition. I'm good at what I do, Yes, you are, and so great transition to a gentleman with I have a tremendous amount of respect for I say that right, but that's literally like my brother, my big brother. I love him to death and he knows that, you know what I mean. He's I mean, he's seen me. He's seen me from the shoot. He's seen me a little rough around of edges, and you know, he's been molding me every since. And you know, when you have people in your life that have seen you like that, you grow to have so much respect from it for for them, and uh yeah, you just want to stay with them and stay up under them. So without further do, classy lady, who do we have today? Who do we have to date? Today? We have a man who loves his community, He loves his heritage, and when you love those things, it's hard not to share that love with others. James Elam has created a ceremony recognizing Juneteenth technology and media executive. He was inspired by the Jack Jewish Alliance of the ad L. Y'all know what we're about to do. Let's give a warm we talk weekly. Welcome to James. Ill My god, my god. Can you hear us? Over there? Bob and Claire. Here you guys, can you guys hear me as well? Yeah? Let me see if I could turn you up a little, but you kind of love Let me see let me. Can you hear me? Now? There we go. Yeah, we want to start off by stating my respect for you as well. Brother. Watching your growth is one of the favorite things in my life. I love it. I appreciate that makes me hit me too much. You can't hit me too much, man, I gotta do the show man. I really appreciate you, my brother, My brother. So how are are you? How are you? How everything that's you know? First of all? Yeah, that's how I want to know. How are you? You know? I like to start there because the times that we're in and all of the dynamics and the murders, the killings, the sicknesses, the it's so much going on in the in the city and the community, in the world. How are you right now, my brother. I'll try to keep it brief, but I'm great. I always one of my favorite expressions is I have of the world right. Where I want it. You know, I know we have a lot of very interesting things going on right now from a number of different perspectives. I think that one of the things that makes. It a little bit more intimidating and frightening for people is that when you don't read the tea leaves, so to speak, things seem to come out of the blue. But none of this stuff that we're seeing here is surprising. Everything that's actually happening makes perfect sense and in a lot of ways was foreseen for see a bull. And so we just have to take thoughtful approaches to getting ourselves out of this space as a Black community, as an American community, as a world really and we have a lot of work to do, but you know, one step at a time. Yeah, you know, uh, that's you know, yeah, yeah, brother, you know, I'm glad that you said that, And I want to make sure everyone knows this, brother, James Elam that he has done a lot for not only the community, but he is a member of uh If I may say, you know, Phoby SIY Incorporated, gotta I gotta shout that, gotta shout my brothers out, shout out to the divine. Now. Anytime that we can make sure that we, you know, shout them out, he gotta shot them out. But you know, culture for service, service for humanity and brotherhood is definitely in this brother right here. And you know, in doing that, I think that's another great transition to talk a little bit more about your initiative when we talk about you know, the ancestors, right and the true meaning of because it's a lot of debate and I know you were, you know, debating a little bit with people and really understanding what is Juneteenth or how should we recognize Juneteenth. What's your thoughts on that, And let's talk a little bit about your initiative as it relates to Juneteenth. Sure, So you know, I always love to talk about the fact that I grew up in Philadelphia public schools in the eighties and I think that we were peak public education. You know, we grew up highly educated, and so you know, we did a lot of reading, and so I was aware of Juneteenth at a young age. You know, we were reading, you know, we were buying you know, black history pamphlets at the clothes pin when we were in high school. You know, just you know, reading and studying and learning, and so, you know, learning about Juneteenth, but realizing it wasn't really recognized. Going to Texas as an adult, seeing that they recognized it, but under but seeing that it was just a different thing there. Like, you know, recently I met a bunch of older white people from Texas and they were talking with joy about all the June teen celebrations that they'd recalled throughout their lives. So in Texas is a thing that's been discussed and celebrated, but it's not something that's been properly acknowledged here domestically. So fast forward. I am a co founder of an organization called the Black and Jewish Alliance of the Anti Defamation League. And the Anti Defamation League is an organization created about one hundred years ago to defend Jews against anti Semitic attacks and to really push against anti hate across communities. Given their across communities initiative, we sought to create a bit of an ally ship between our commic communit of these knowing that we should learn much more about each other. You know, I explained to my Jewish friends that, you know, most black people really don't know what Jews even are. Like, we don't have really any real concept of what that's like saying you're a Catholic. It's like, I don't even know what that really means. You know, to most black people, they don't really have a grasp on Jews Jewish history with amongst other white peoples and non white people's because there's not even all just one kind of Jew, but black people. Like when I mentioned Jews to my mother, she was like, oh, the people from the Bible. You know, that was really her entire reference for what Jews even were. And so we created this partnership, this relationship, and it's grown. And one of the things that we did as a result of that is we had a joint satyar, a Jewish satar, which they used to commemorate Passover, which is when the Jews escaped slavery. And in doing that ceremony, it gave me a real understanding of what it meant to commemorate and celebrate something that was a somber occasion, and I really appreciated the fact that they could celebrate it. They celebrated it with their children, with their families. It was something that there was a beloved memory for even the senior members of their community because they made it something that was inclusive even though it was such a somber occasion. And as a result of that, I was inspired to create something that would commemorate Juneteenth. At the time, I didn't know that Joe Biden was going to kind of hamhandedly make it a national holiday without ever really any conversation around it. But that's kind of why we find ourselves where we are in twenty twenty two. People, you know, kind of just trying to make it a party and a celebration and you know, let's eat some watermelon and red cake and push it. Like they don't even describe it right, and almost in even the mos senior major media, they still is like June teenth, the day slavery was ended. That's not right, you know, And so I wanted it to be correct and thoughtful and just something that we could do as a community. I created a ceremony, a commemoration, and I ran and I did it over a year ago, and as Charles mentioned, I've been on a lot of focused groups, just testing, just running it by people, just getting their feedback. And I think it's in a form now that I'm very happy with and I hope that people will enjoy and adopt fantastic. So I have a question for you. If someone was to ask right the the million dollar question, what is Juneteenth and how should it be acknowledged? How would you go about answering that? Well, I mean, it's honestly a very serious ques question and answer, And the very bottom line is that Juneteenth is the date that enslaved peoples in America, in Texas in particular, were finally forcibly free by the Union Army the Emancipation Proclamation that happened a little over two years prior to that date, and as a result, before the Emancipation Proclamation, there was approximately ten thousand slaves in the state of Texas. After the Civil War, the Union Armies essentially eradicated slavery in all the remaining states, and Texas was the only one to hold out. Now Mexico also refused to allow slaves, so there was no slaves south of Texas either. Oh wow, so Texas found itself isolated. Now this is something that maybe perhaps a question. I have not done the hard research on this, but my understanding is that Mexico's president was black, and Mexico didn't allow slavery. The United States everywhere else except for Texas didn't allow slavery. So within the time from the Emancipation Proclamation until Juneteenth, Texas's slave population swelled to maybe fifty thousand. So basically, people walk their slaves to Texas in order to keep these people enslaved. So it's not just the Texas slaves that were denied freedom. Wow, many many, many, many more. Were forcibly marched to Texas in order to keep them enslaved. And that didn't stop until the Union armies reached South Texas. That's what Juneteenth represents that date. Wow, So that's heavy. Uh So you got. A question, Well, it was just I was going to add to that with se was saying, how do we celebrate it? Well, should it be a celebration? Yeah, you know question. Well, that's why I approached it the way that I did, and you know, and brief I thought that it should be something that is ceremonial, so to speak, and that's something that should be family inclusive. So there are ways to do it in lighthearted ways. But I had kind of several tenants, the first one being a level of sacrifice to acknowledge the pain that the ancestors face, further being enslaved and then being freed without anything, meditating on basically spending out time outside alone with nothing in your pockets, no phone, no money, know nothing. That's what they faced. Yeah, like sleeping outside right right right, and education, collective reading from a black author, building some levels of symbolic you know, it could be a you know, a fun little game for the kids, but some level of symbolic building, and finally supporting black commerce. I think you know, if you do those types of things, you can make it a celebration. Got you, got you? And that makes that makes uh, that makes that makes one hundred percent. That makes sense. You know, I would like to know because because I know that you you have to leave soon, how could because I'm sure it's going to be people who watch this and and rewind and listen to what's going on, how can they find more about this? Your tenants? How can they find out more about what you're doing and and support even your initiative if they would like to. Because I think that this, which is the reason why I wanted to bring you on, This was a really profound concept and idea. Right once I heard it, it made sense to me, right, because what I think black folks do and I'm and I'm guilty of it. I feel that we have been in such traumatizing accounts and times that as soon as we get an opportunity to celebrate, that's what we want to do. Right. We make horrorable circumstances, we pivot, we change that and make them into celebrations for us. Right, we use the we use the N word right and make it a term of endearment. Right. And so I think that that is the the ideas or that's the pedaglegy should I say that we're in when it comes to traumatizing situations and pivoting on that, you know? So so that said, how can they find out more and get in contact with you and you know, understand more about you know, Juneteenth and your tenants and all that good old stuff. Well, you know, honestly, I didn't come on here prepared to give all my social but I can. I don't. I don't mind the people. And as a matter of fact, you make me think because I hadn't even thought about doing this. But I'm gonna make a web landing page because all I want is for people to share it. I don't want I don't want you to send me money. I don't want you to talk to me. I just want you to share it and do it. I don't you know what I mean. It ain't about me like you know, and but I will share my information again. My name is James Elam. I'm on Twitter at James Elum. I vuse I'm James Elum the Fourth. I'm on Facebook as James Elam as well. Those are relatively easy social media ways to reach me. My website is Elemental dot com, spelled like my last name, e L A M E n t a l dot com. That's my agency where I do my business and my thoughts and express my talent. For sure, for sure. Well, I want to thank you, my brother, really dynamic conversation, really interesting concept. I'm and I'm super proud of you. And you know, uh, go ahead, sisl got one more question, holler. So I have another question before you leave, and it's been two years since after the murder of George Floyd, and in efforts to so called bring back healing to the black community and compensate us for decades of harm that they've done to us, corporate entities, entities they promise upwards of like fifty billion and things like venture capital and stuff like that. So a new legislation was created in all this, and you know, Biden made Juneteenth the federal holiday, all that good stuff. But now it's two years later, with your experience as an entrepreneur and an educator, what progress do you feel we have actually made since you know, all those promises were made, and you know what else needs to happen. You know, that's an interesting question, and I will try to fire a fastball straight down the middle because it's a complicated question. There's a phrase that I would encourage. Many to. Google. I would encourage all of your listeners to google and write it down right now. I'm gonna say it a couple of times. Meritorious manumission. Wow, you should look up the phrase meritorious manumission. Now, what meritorious manumission in short means is that manumission means a slave achieves his freedom. Meritorious manumission means that a slave has done something to achieve that freedom, and unfortunately, that typically means doing something to hurt other black people. And unfortunately, lots of the policies that have been enacted hurt other black people while seeming to help black people. And so we have to be careful of what's called progress and what's not called progress. And so when I say as a complicated question, I mean it's loaded like what like you know what I mean, like, so, what do you mean by progress? Like you know? And and so. I think that steps have been made. I just think that, unfortunately, historically, lots of the steps have been made have been to put people in position who would keep the status quo in place and not make too much noise and. Take a little money and be quiet. Hm wow. And so I don't know if we've progressed at all. That was profound to leave on. That that right there, like even even say if you could say the word again, because that just like struck me. It was like a dagger to the heart. Like, oh gosh, meritorious manumission m hm wow. I took notes. So what more do you feel like needs to happen as far as like you know, businesses, and I guess just the support like police reform and all that that. You know that, well, we could be on here all I think I would take. I would love to come back, like because you're about to try to ty to pull up some things. I don't mind coming back. I would love to talk. I I. We'll do this again. You're trying to open up some things now, like you know what I mean. So we could go and go and go, and I don't want to, you know, run this, you know, take over the show. But you know there's much to do. But I always suggest that you know, you can only do what you can do when you can do it, and so you take that first step and be satisfied with that work, and then take your next step and be satisfied with that work. Alrighty, thank you so much. That was awesome. Thank you. But do you have it? Ladies and gentlemen, mister James eat them, my big brother. I really appreciate you, my brother. I know you got a busy day. I kind of pulled you to the side and like you always do your service that you feel like you need to give to the community, to the people. You always do that. So I'm appreciative of you, and we'll be in touch because you know, we got talk some more NFTs and some crypto the meta versus live than meta versus live. We have lots of technive talk. And again, I'm so proud of you, bro. I love you so much, man, Thank you so much for your opportunity to be on your show. Ladies, is a pleasure to chat. With you all. Thank you, Thank you, my brother. So there you have it, ladies and gentlemen. I don't want you to go anywhere when we come back. We got another good friend of ours. When we talking listen, when we're talking about somebody that's nice, right, nice, I'm gonna just pivot. I ain't gonna say it right now because we got somebody that's gonna introduce him, right, But I don't want you guys to go anywhere. We'll be right back after this. Guys. Suck suck, suck up, he always says, all right, this next guest. His name is Alessandro Hamilton, but better known by his stage name mc n i c E. Mc nice, is a platinum chart topping recording artists and producer. He has served as a producer, writer, and recording artists, working with icons like Tupac and Niles and many more world known artists. He's currently starting in the Jammys, a novelist that started on Netflix, now on Amazon Prime and Ruku Inxfinity. We also want to talk to him about his flavors. And I'm not talking about his music. I'm talking about his seasoning blend. God is all over this man, So let's give a warm We talk weekly. Welcome to mc nice. Hey, what's going down? No doubt? My brother, My brother was going down in the paint. My brother, how were you? Oh man, it's all official. You know, God out here moving and I'm moving with him. So when I heard it was a week talk situation, I was like, yeah, we got to talk about it for sure. For sure, it's good to have you back, going up, you know, as we say, First of all, we got to shout out your publicist. Man, she a friend to the show. She be holding y'all down. Man, I'm scaling the building. Leslie was going down putting into work, man. I mean, I'm excited about. It absolutely, So I just want to jump right in first, thank you for coming back on the show. And yeah, you know. And you know, one thing that I have started doing now is just asking you guys. You know, before I go into the full interview, is how you How are you doing? My brother? Like? What's good? Like? Is everything okay? All the drama and everything that has been happening in the world today. You know, I got to ask you, how is your day? How are you? Man? You know? When you pushing purpose? You know what I'm saying, I'm pushing purpose. So I represent God in every facet of what I do. So I don't really I don't really look at any days as a bad day, and all my days of just prosperous days when I reflect upon you know where I'm headed and at the same time what I'm doing for the culture and the kingdom? Right for sure? For sure? Unbelievable. Can you you have been like this your whole time every since I known you, my brother, you have a purpose and you sit and live on it. To talk, I want to start right there, like, let's talk about purpose, right because it's a lot of folks out there that don't understand their purpose. How important is purpose to you? And when did you find your purpose? You know, found my purpose as a youth right when I first started going into church, and my whole objective was to just seek the kingdom for myself, you know, because you hear all these things, and you hear like the end times, and you hear all of this stuff, but at the end of the day, you don't really know, you know what I mean. Nobody really knows. It's all speculation based on one's perspective. So for me, it was about, Okay, let me come in, find out and whatever. I was actually shunned by the church earlier in the beginning when I did rap started rap, and it kind of like gave me church hurt. But then God was just like, you're not doing it for them, You're doing it for me, you know what I mean. So at the end of the day, it was like, Okay, once I understood the purpose, his thing was, you know, his agenda was like, yo, I know the plan I have for you, and this is your plan and I'm not gonna bring any harm to you. And if you understand, if you believe that wholeheartedly, then you will be prosperous. So for me, it was just like Okay. It was a hard lesson to learn because I was like, is it real? Is he not real? Is he real? Is he not real? Until certain things in my life happened where I was like, oh yeah, God is definitely real. So for me it was like I got saved, So how can I help others? But how can I help others without being preachy, overly preachy, or overly judgmental. It was just a matter of let me give in the word and let me show them by example, simply what Jesus did? You know? He didn't go when he hung out with all the all the nay sayers. And all that. He didn't come in there and be like, yo, you know, get God. He was like, this is who God is through me, And then you know, people turned around their lives. Nice. Nice. I have a question. So I love music all genres, hip hop, R and B, classics, jazz, you name it, I love it. Why is it that they have to break it up to call rap? If you're mentioning God, gospel? I mean, Kanye Is He's put God in a lot of his music. Why did they have to break it down like that? Why can't it just be all like just rap? But if you're rapping about God, why did they have to break it down or is there something that you want? No, it's a that's a fantastic question, right. So when you think about rap in the beginning, what it is started out being. It started out being spiritual to begin with. You know, when when it was all about the struggle, what was going on in the kingdom, in the in the in the communities, and you know, and pretty much it was ramped by the by Islam. You know, the one percenter is the five percenters, so you know, so it was been a spiritual situation. It's obviously when gangs the rap came into the fold, it changed the whole dynamic of rap. But the bottom line is. With with. Christian hip hop, you know, we in the society that don't really you know, they don't really they don't really Like everybody want to praise God, but don't want you. To talk about it, you know what I'm saying. So it's just like with us, I think Christian being a Christian hip. Hop or in gospel rap, at the end of the day, you upheld to a whole different standard. Like in the secular side of things. You can talk about God and and and and go do whatever you want. You can cuss, you can drink you can do whatever, but on the Christian on the Christian gospel side, you got to uphold morals because you got you got believers looking at you looking to be led. You got those that left, you know, the secular side coming in looking to be led. If you give them the same thing that they have over there, So why did they even come into the faith. So I believe that the reason being for that is to identify you know, the faith, you know, the faith the faith rappers that's gonna you know, that would minister to the people that is coming in and looking for it. Fantastic, fantastic, brother. When we talk about faith, that's something that a lot of people don't necessarily understand, right, you know, they think faith, you know, the first thing they think of is, you know, the church. You know, got to have faith. Right, But you know, Martin Luther King said something and I'll never forget this is a quote that I always remember and I stand by. The first step of faith is to take the first step. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. Right. And the environment that we're in right now, you know, people are nervous, people are losing faith, right, People are losing. You know, they're running away. You mentioned Islam. You know you're a Christian, and you know it's a lot of people running away from the church, running away from the mosque, running away from you know, religion altogether. You know, what's your thoughts and how would you inspire those to have just a bit more faith. Yeah, it's interesting because even in Christian hip hop, we have people leaving Christian hip hop because they feel like, you know, artists or not artists. But people don't appreciate that. But at the end of the day, how can if you're a Christian, you can't leave Christian hip hop because you're a Christian that's doing hip hop, So you're Christian hip hop. Right. There's been faith records coming out all the time, they just don't label them because of the different hierarchies that are in place. So for instance, Buster Rhymes dropped an album that was completely, you know, a year towards his beliefs, system and faith, but nobody called that a spiritual record. Kanye drops a record only because he's from the he's from a financial standpoint, he can attract masses. It won't get labeled as. Christian rat because of his statute financially, you know what I mean. So those that are leaving or those that are seeking situations, they have to actually ask themselves. You know, if you were. A believer, right, why are you leaving? Because God says to trust him, not man. You know what I mean? Even even religion, when you think about religion, religion was created by man, not by God. So if you truly believe, and you truly walking, God says, for I know the plan I have for you, said the Lord. And that's the plan for good and not evil, so that you should not parish. But haven't everlasted in life. So God saying, yo, you hold tight to me and you believe in Me, then I will look out for you. So if you being led from the church of Me, and then are you really doing your duties as a as a believer to uphold those faiths that you believe. I was happy you preaching, my brother, you. Know, but you have to believe because the way that the way the system is designed, we all look up even atheists look up to people. They have to look at you saying, so when you think about it, like I don't believe in God, but they believe in whoever is giving them those those that leadership. We all have leaders we all. Man is designed to look up, woman is designed to look up. We praise the flag, we look up to the sky. We designed to look up. See think about that, right, So at the end of the day, if you're going, if you're going, yo, well God has let me down? Did it right? Did you let yourself down? Anyway? I can go on, but yeah, that's why I'm mad with it. Man. We're gonna have to have a talk after this because you're preaching I love it, I. Love it Rappers seasoner. I was just about to go on now, I was just about to go so, you know, you know, great transition. You know, we gotta talk a little bit about what what is the world seem right now? Talk to us a little bit about this. So I have a I have a cooking show that's coming out this fall. It'll be on television. We're larrowing down the couple of networks that it's gonna be on. But it's going to be the first, one of the first hip hop mainstream cooking shows. So it's caught the Hip Hop Cookhouse with MC Knights. So I'm in the kitchen and I'm cooking. That's right. I'm on the grail, always say. When I'm not on the road wrapping the rock, keeping the rail, I'm behind the stove and the grail with the mills, you know what. You know. So it's me in the kitchen with a DJ because I'm every good cooking these theme music, you know what I'm saying. So and I'm just giving you like breakfast, lunch. Then there's sometimes brunch, but just simplistic, simplicity the way to do it, but with a complicated look, you know what I mean. So yeah, so that's the the show's coming, The Hip Hop Cookhouse with MC nice and I'm gonna be showcasing my new season. By the way, Nice. Blend it's available now, you can check it out. So it's Rosemary, Rosemary, onion, garlic and cumin. Wow. Oh yeah, it's fired all right. So now I'm gonna have to fuss up Leslie a little bit because she should have sent some down here. Hey we go, you know what, I make sure y'all get some. Where are you located, Nice, Where are you located? I'm in Los Angeles. Oh, we need to come out so we can have you know, how they did do the tasters and we set. Up well, you know, every every year, LA has a thing called the Taste of Soul. You know what I'm saying, Where you can just it's blocks upon blocks where you just tasting food. When when is it in the summertime? I would have to double check. I'll be quoting everything wrong. Right now. You got foodies over here. Oh yeah, I'm a foodie, you know what I mean. That's the funny. That's what people don't know is that even though I you know, I got records, records out platinums. You know what I mean. My whole I love to cook. So you know my first episode is what I call my Cali Brios French toast. Right, so I got you know, French toast on brios. But then I also got my golden double fried potatoes, you know what I mean, the yellow garlic onion crispy. Oh man, you can check my I g and uet feast your eyes on those, and yeah, you're gonna want to plate. Like y'all some of this, Uh, no doubt, no doubt. So I'm a vegetarian. You God for me, bro like you know, you got a special dish and meal for me. Yo, So I do this thing. I got my Cali mac and cheese right, well, I mean. Hold up, because that is when you say mac and cheese. Oh king about it? Now, mac and cheese only you and the bomb parties. I use three cheeses that ship. I don't need a million cheeses to you know, to uh to make mac and cheese. I use three cheeses and I guarantee, yeah, you're gonna you're gonna dig that. But you gotta have a certain secret recipe. Do you use cream cheese? Do you put like it's something in there you put it? I use, Uh, well, I'm gonna tell you there's, there's there's I use Yeah. I use a craft product. Let's just say there. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I used the craft product. But uh, but my one of the things I like to cook though is uh my uh lemon pepper garlic shrimp is absolutely fire buttered my brown buttered lemon pepper garlic trimp. Yo. Let me tell you something, can I don't be mad that I last year I finally had my taste on lemon pepper. I never I never even heard of lemon pepper. Now I'm addicted to it. You're talking to somebody who don't cook. Literally, right, you're talking about somebody. If it don't go in a microwave, I ain't eating it if I can't pull it off the if I can't pull it out the yard. It's kind of like yo. You know, so I didn't cook, but I had. When I tasted lemon pepper, I said, this is the only season and that I need, right until you showed me your seeing that. Uh you know you you on record. And guess what, it's no salt. Interesting. Yeah, so that's the that's the other part is no salt. So he says, you like lemon pepper. My next flavor is going to be a black garlic and red onion that. Has never hit the market. When you when you taste that first off, when you taste the first one, you're gonna be like, yeah, I'm in. Or when you taste the second one, you're gonna be like, I'm really in. So yeah, black hasn't even hasn't even hit the market nowhere. So you're sitting that down right now. But we're still developing that right now. Okay, all right, well you make sure you're sending that down too. I'm writing with less. I'm just saying, right, so listen, what's your what's your number one ditch or your your the dish that you prepare and it's just like this is it? Well, that's why I said. My brown butter lemon pepper garlic shrimp is absolutely phenomenal because it's it's crispy fried, right, but then it's also tossed in butter garlic, you know what I mean, lemon juice. Like it's it's real, it's real official. The wife and kids, I know, they be like, all right, dad, you cook? Is that your way of finding out wife. Sick? There's none of that. Well. The one thing with me is that every time, like Max husband or when I'm in relationships, I don't like the cook anymore. So I do find a man who knows how to found his way in the kitchen. I'm a great cleaner, but. I think I like too. Okay, the beauty about the beauty about it is I know how to cook, cook for real, for real. So they I don't just go in there and warm up pots, you know what I mean. I go in there and get down mm hmm. That's what I do. I wore up pots. That's awesome, you know. Uh uh Proverbs thirty one. You know. I got you, So give give some advice because you know you you dibble and dabble in a whole bunch of stuff. You know, you cook, clean, you want a mic, you dope on the mic, you clean? You know, give. Some some uh nuggets to those those men at home that they like. Wow, Well, always. Tell you know, for I mean, just in general, one of my models is for any great achievement, someone has to be the first to do it, so why not you? Right? So that's me is one. Another one is strive for perfection so that you limit your mistakes. No relationship is going to be perfect, you know what I mean, No one man or no woman is going to be perfect. But if you're constantly striving to be the best you that you can be, then you'll limit those mistakes that you've made because you're trying to be the best you that you can be. So you know on that that's on that front. Now, from a business standpoint, I use a I use a terminology called SWAT analysis. Right, So if you're familiar with developing a business plan, you know that SWAT analysis s w T strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Right, These are things you need to know in order for somebody to come in and invest in your business. But take that and make it applicable to your daily life. What is your strengths? What are your weaknesses? You know, put make that applicable to your relationship. What is the strength of this relationship? What is the weaknesses? Because that's the only way you're gonna persevere? And and and and and uh, I said, triumph through the trials. Absolutely. I love that you said. You know, you mentioned like the business and the swat analysis and all that, and and we were just discussing June teenth, and you know all the happiness that's come out of it, you know, and we're too years posts. We're in the post George Floyd error. And a lot of companies have promised to help out, you know, entrepreneurs and stuff like that. Have you received any support or do or if you know about, like any support that black entrepreneurs are receiving? And what do you think about the progress that's been made? One? The progress is coming along, But I think in order for progress to really be official, we have. To be willing to help one another. You know what I'm saying. We can't depend on no entity outside of us to help us when we're the strongest buyers on the planet. You know, when you look at the Nielsen understanding of consumers that are buying stuff is the African American consumer. That's that's spending all the money. But we're just not spending it with each other. See, that's the and I always call that a bad case of miism, Like me mind minds versus we, us and ours, you know what I mean. So if we adopt that mentality, then that that's where you know, that's where we'll triumph. So when I look at the. Progress of that, I look at the progress in regards to black businesses are starting to be you know developed. But the problem, the problem is are we really digging back and helping each other. And now it's not even on some racial thing. It's just a matter of we're not. Everybody else helped themselves, you know what I mean. The Latinos side of me, I'm Puerto Rican and black man. My Puerto Ricans go hard for Puerto. Ricans, you know what I'm saying. The Latinos go hard for Latinos, but blacks, Oh no, me, my mind, I can't. I don't want you to you know, and not knowing that there's a lot money. There's a lot of money to be had, and you'll never be richer than the government. They can crash a two billion dollar plane and be like, oh, we just crashed the B two, let's build another, you know what I mean, the two billion dollars. So at the end of the day, if we're not helping one another, we're not gonna move forward. We're just gonna be We're just gonna be complaining and complaining and complaining. The only way you can affect things is buy owning things and then making change within that ownership. Wow, that was that was dope. That was dope right there. You know, it's I do feel like there's a lot of work that needs to be done in the black community with as far as like us helping one another. We always not all of us. I'm not gonna say all of us, but a lot of times we have that crab in the bottom of the barrel mentality when it comes to supporting one another, and it's like when we see somebody getting the head, it's like we want to hate on them or you know, celebrate that person. It's enough room at the table for everybody, and then like if you're trying to get to the table and you can't you know, a certain table, build your own, you know what I'm saying. So yeah, but you know what it all, it all goes back to the swat. It's understanding what you're getting into. So if you are a business and you you're a woman and you black, well they got minority Scott, they got minority grants for that. They got There's a whole lot of things that that can be done for businesses if you really dive into what it is that you're doing, because there's money available. It's just that we don't tap in because we don't know about it. And the reason we don't know about it is because we're not really researching. We go, oh yeah, I want to braid here, so I'm gonna go open the braid business, but not knowing that you know, there's there's there's money available for that business if you add a component of teaching. Absolutely well. I had one more question your acting debut. Could you expound on that a little bit? Tell us a little bit more about that and it's on Netflix. Oh yeah, so I'm actually one of the creators of the cartoon it's a cartoon called The Jammis. H D A J A M. M. I E s The Jammis And it's the first African American animated music series that was on Netflix. It is now on Amazon Prime, ro Cool, Apple TV and I Believe Hulu. And so it's about five kids from the suburbs that sing dancing rap and their whole objective is to be you know, the next R and B hip hop stars while tackling you know, life as kids right in the sense of bullying, obesity, self awareness, Like we tackled all this homelessness. We tackled it in a way to where it wasn't overly preachy, but at the same time delivering the message because you know, what I notice is that watching while watching TV is a lot of wizardry and magic, but no real life lessons like the days of I Believe, like fat Albert and you know, all the you know, the things that had substance. There was no more substance, and so that was the whole objective for that. So me playing, I played the character novelist, which is nice. So nice stance for novelists is constantly evolving. Most of my peers know me as novelists. MC means I'm a lyricsist. So I'm a. Lyricist that's constantly evolving, and that's MC nice. And so I played the character novelists in the cartoon, and that's I'm the level headed one that comes in and and figures out a solution, you know, for everything, and and run with it. So it was really dope working with Kel Mitchell, Darris McCrary who's in it, Uncle Phil before he passes in it, d Bow before he passed is in it, Kim Whitley. You know, it's a lot of Curtis blow yo yo, I. Can go on. It's a whole lot of people, Darris McCrary and that that's a part of that. And the beauty about this is so this is a cartoon that I helped create. But my uncle was the first ever black animator at Disney, my husband, so you know, it. Was it was it's like passed on through. Even though I didn't go to him to do the cartoon, he now knows about it and he's even overjoyed because it looks like a Disney product and we didn't go through Disney to do it. Wow, that'sastic, that's fantastic. Man. You know what, every time you come on, man, you give us some great conversation. And I think you know it's hard to not appreciate, uh, not only your talent, but your intellect and how introspective you are. Right, And so before we let you go, time fu already we always we already at the top of the hour. But you know you gotta show us to sixteen or something. Bro, You know I gotta put you on the spot for that. You gotta give me something. Real. That's where we are. That's where we are, yo, I stay binging out on the word. Could have been a shooter with a glock in the ruga, but my life was deterred. Ain't no other ruler better than y'all shoe where y'all fraud is upsird, switching lanes when the weather change. Better understand his return, Better understand his return. I stay incredible like the Bruces. Yeah wa ain't banna and Willis do the glass. I'm a Jackson with the cruiser fix around my next one to protect any disrespect, you can spruce up, grab the keerrig slitch you' se up so your vision is with precision and the opposition can't rusty up. I gotta give you a round of a plus for that. That's my God right there, My God appreciate you. You already know how we feel about you and be talked weekly, and uh, you know, before we let you leave, why don't you tell everybody where they can get in contact with you. But I also want you to give a word. You know, we talked about faith earlier, and it's people that will be watching this and it may be down, you know, and may not, you know, feel there's any hope and you're you're you, you know you are full of it. You are full of faith, and I know that somebody can kind of benefit off of word. So I'm gonna give you. I'm gonna give you the mic, brother, and I want you to tell everybody how they can get in contact with you and give somebody a word out there. Yeah, So you can reach me at mc nice l A. So that's E M c e E n I C E l A on Twitter, Instagram, mc nice music on Facebook at mc nice dot com. Also shout out to other Spin Awards. I was nominated for six awards this week, so uh, and then I won three Gospel Hip Hop Awards. A couple of weeks ago, so you know, shut out, you know, shout out to that and yeah, so the I guess the word I leave is that, you know, it's always the word impossible, right, everybody thinks, you know, life is impossible because you can't get this, get that. But if you change the mindset to impossible, you can achieve everything. Right, so impossible to impossible and never look at the glasses half empty, look at the glasses half full, and that you're almost there. Wow wow, Yeah then you go. Man, that just made me think of one more thing. And I'm sorry because we've been holding you. Up, but like that's all good. Yeah, top of No, I'm sorry, you got it. Just you're listening to w p P m l P Philadelphia one on six point five FM. We talked week least after the talk and we at the top of the hour with my guy mc. N I c E. Since holl it. I just was thinking, like, you know, you you've topped the billboard charts with some of the you know, the legends out there right now, the Travis Greens and all that, Like did you expect anything like that when you were you were a youth and and you were shunned or you know, pushed away by the church. Did you expect like this great success that. You have, not not for myself? Because you know, so let meet a little inside. I started out with the first Latin rap group in the history of rap music, Crack the Billboard Charts called the Lighter Shade of Brown. Right. We did a song called Hey DJ. Once you play that song, keep them dancing all night, right, So we had, you know, we started that record. We put out the greatest hits, but it wasn't like my personal I was just in the in the in the in the group. And then when wed when I produced Tupac, you know, it was just like the It was an iconic record, Thugs Mansion, the acoustic version, right, so that was iconic. It was just Pock and some some guitar, you know what I mean. So and it was just like okay, but it still wasn't my record. And then when I put out the record with Stacy Dash and got co signed with by Russell Simmons, I thought. Y'all, we on our way. It's going down, you know what I mean. And that didn't happen. But when God brought me into Christian hip hop and He was just like, I need you to go over there and make this happen. I was like, oh, life is over, you know what I'm saying. But I'm being obedient. Lord, I got you. And then when I came in because all that knowledge I gained from, you know, the secular side of it, I was able to propel myself to five number one records on the Billboard charts, including the number one gospel album as an independent artist. You see, it wasn't no major dollars involved. And then not to mention that the church side of it, the gospel side of it was they attacked me. No full born. It was just like, yo, I'm over here, you know, doing the Lord's work. But it did you know when the way they came at it was what it is. But I stayed stadfast, you know what I mean. I stay focused and purpose driven, and God pulled me through the storm. Wow. True, that's awesome. There's no greater like self raedification than being obedient. And and you know, seeing the blessings that that come back from your obedience, like that's. Just it's no greater. Amen. Yeah, absolutely, congratulations. On all your I appreciate that and make sure I get y'all some of the season, and so y'all, can you know, holler back at me and be like, yeah, Nice, we love you. Just the time for some ribs for the summer time. I know that, right, I know that's right. Well, shout out that's my boy, my guy. Shout out to Leslie Logan too. I told you I'm at it because she knew you was coming on for a little to send me some of that. In all fairness though, okay, you as you're defending her now, huh. Oh heck yeah, and all feelings. She did ask me, and this is the work. This, I mean, I put my hand on it, you know what I'm saying. She did ask me for season and to send out to you know, to people's and y'all, yeah, I'm sure that was you was on that list. But we're gonna make sure y'all get it so that way you'll be like, yeah, my god, that's my guy right there. MC Nice and your boy Charles Gregory we talked weekly after the Talk on w pp w P P m l P Philadelphia one on six point five FM. We talked weeklies after the Talk with your Boy Charles Gregory and. A beautiful and a beautiful and my guy mc nice in the building all day and don't go anywhere. We'll be back, ladies and gentlemen. Man, we having a dynamic show for you today. We had my guy on mc nice. Man. We'll make sure that he come back and we'll make sure that he brings that season and over here. You know what I mean, you're talking about some magic cheese. I'm gonna have to have him send some all away from LA. But I want you all to go anywhere. We'll be right back after this show. Man. Yo, I wasn't something that season though. For real, I'm just talking. We'll be back, y'all. Don't go nowhere, We'll be right back. It's your favorite fly guy, Charles Gregory. We talk weekly. Listen. Everyone always asks in the box movie email. Me on type of we're trying to find a podcast. I mean, we can find videos everywhere. All we have to do is go to we Talkbig dot Com. All we need to do is go to ut or. All we need to do it up turn on Good Dolly Channel, turn on Higher than seven, turn on we can find you. But sometimes I just want to work out and I wanted to see to your podcast. 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What's what we got coming up now? Alright? Alright, so we're doing like this right, So what we got coming up next? Man? We got the good news and the bad. We got the good news and bad news. Ladies and gentlemen, give it to me no better. All right? Did y'all know that Elon Musk was hit with a two hundred and fifty eight billion dollar lawsuit for allegedly being part of the Dodgecoin cryptocurrency pyramid screen. In a complaint filed in Federal core in Manhattan, playing of Keith Johnson accused Musk, Musk, the electric car company Telsa Tesla, and space tourism company space X of racketeering for tarting dodge coin and driving up its price, only to then let the price tumble. Defendants were aware since twenty nineteen that dodgecoin had no value yet, and promoted dodge Coin to profit from its trading. The complaint said Musk used his pedestal as world's richest man to operate and manipulate the dodge cooin pyramids scheme for profit, exposure, your and amusement. Ain't nobody forcing nobody do nothing? These people? I mean, I can understand that he does have influence, but ain't nobody telling y'all to put in your bids? Ain't nobody forced to do that? No? No, no, yeah, it's crazy. I think. I don't know what y'all think. Do y'all, Oh, I'm sorry, go ahead, do y'all think Elon. Is gonna be like a target because now he's like acquired Twitter and all the stuff. You think he's trying to create this free speech thing. Y'all think he's going to be a target. Absolutely absolutely. And I think he has Aspergers, So he doesn't really have I did not know that. Yeah, yeah, so he. His social cues are a little off. And I think his mindsets as something as with aspergers, are very meticulous and and and execute, and they're driven to certain things that are non emotional. So I think that, yeah, I believe that it's not it may not be a pretty outcome. Yeah. I feel bad for him because he's like a genius, you know. I don't feel bad for him. Well, I. Don't know. He knows exactly what he's doing. You purchased in Twitter out of here smart. All right, So this next story, I'm gonna ask you all this question, or it's not a question but a comment. Imagine drinking honey, but you thought it was apple juice. Well, well imagine all right, somebody says, hey, Charles, you want some apple juice, but it's really honey and you don't know it and you start drinking it. The consistency and everything, but you took a go. It's like what, you probably don't like honey after that, or apple juice because somebody told you it was all right. Well. An elementary school in an Alaska acts dentally served students floor sealant instead of milk. What An investigation into how twelve elementary school students in Alaska were served floor cealing instead of milk at a childcare program has revealed that the chemical was mistakenly stored in a food warehouse where the school district officials said They said that according to reports, in the spring of twenty twenty one, there was one palate of floor cealant and it was delivered as part of the shelf stable milk shipment. It seems that when the staff ran out of milk, someone pulled the sealant from the warehouse, and after several complaints from the children, they quickly found out that it was a slightly scented liquid floor cealant resembling milk the district set so these kids then drank it like this don't taste right? Mmmm, this is milk. It don't taste right, but you still drinking it. That's why I said the honey, like where was this at in Alaska? That this really doesn't make sense. Well, okay, so I'm gonna just say this. America Philadelphia is something that's called like Keystone stars, right, and they kind of in short, because I won't go too deep in it, they're kind of like the overseer of childcare sinners to say that you need a certain benchmark of guideline, right. And part of that is of course being, uh, your food is up the par for kids and X, Y and z, and that all of the people serve and say serve and you know, it's just this big situations are on it. So that said, it doesn't make sense to me that they were even able, right because kids just don't need anything. They have to get food approved, even what they drink. So that's what this is. Saying that the cealant was placed where the milk usually go. No, that can't happen. They're saying that the warehouse construction people put it in the wrong place. It can't. It happened. See, it happens. It just doesn't make because so you're saying that. Floor floor foor. Celant, Yes, was goals, goals. And another part of the warehouse. Is how it's refrigerated. What milk it could have been in the freezer. Milk is refrigerating. I'm saying the palette could have been in the freezer area. The milk could have been in the area where you have pallets of it in a big freezer. You know, you you can walk into a freezer. This cealant was placed where the stable shelf milk was placed. Okay, aren't And that's they're saying that they went back at the where they went to go get the overstock of where they thought the milk was and it was actually ceiling slightly scented at that all, right, on to other news. When I say black woman magic, that's exactly what I mean. Super Mom Tunisia Petty Jones stands up in a wheelchair in the lobby of the er and gives birth to her child. As a mother too, she has previous experience to draw from, but however, that experience may not have prepared for the birth of her own baby that she delivered in the hallway. Did y'all see this? So a mother is standing up. You're bringing it up. See, oh you should have because she acts. No. Seriously, if you see this woman just type in tunisiha t O N I s h A petty Jones giving birth. She's in a wheelchair. They take her into the lobby, all the nurses everything. She's in contractions. This woman stands up, takes her tights she had on black tights, pull her tights down to her knee, and then the baby's coming and literally pulls the baby out and just holding the baby while everybody is looking at this beautiful black queen in amazement. Wait, you just saw sizzled face. Listen like everything you're saying. I'm like, I've had four children four three were vaginal. Is that to you? Min and then one was a C section? And I appullaud this woman with my whole being for her. I've seen it and I was just like, wow. But did you know after our research that women were at one point standing and said that's it helps with healthier babies. The birth rate is better, the heart rate is better. You literally should be standing versus lying on your back to have a child. So she actually did it the right way. Did you bring it up? No? I didn't. Oh, okay, all right, all right, well it'll be on our site, all right, this last story I got, Well, well you'll tell me if I can do another way. When children go to the doctor's office, they always ask a lot of questions, so a huge they do they do so. A Houston family is suing Texas Children's Hospital after a four year old child was given an unintentional aseectomy during a surgical proceeds. Wait what. According to Fox eleven, LA and attorney Randy Sorels, representing the family, says the child was supposed to only have a surgery for a hernia in the growing area, but was also given a vasectomy. The lawyer stated that you expect things to happen in life, but not unnecessarily at the hands of a surgeon who was simply to cut, who simply cut the wrong piece of anatomy. The surgeon, we think, accidentally cut the vast different difference one of the tubes that carries the reproductive seamen. It could affect this young man for the rest of his life. It's also reported by the attorney that he believes the child may be able to have surgery to ensure that he can have kids, but it will require more surgery, was he black. I don't know, Siszel, I don't know. I don't know about that, all right, Lessory, gas is a scarcity, and maybe water will be too. An eighty two year old Spanish engineer and ben in the machine that could produce drinking water by extracting it from the air. This machine works by cooling the air to point out to the point of condensation, transforming it into water so it's ready to be collected. It's the same system that creates condensation in the air condition that. His name is Enrique Vega, and he invented the drinking water extractor in the nineties to combat the droughts in southern Spain. But at that time the device couldn't withstand temperature of a forty degree sell you celius, y'all know what I'm trying to say, And it could only work with humidity below eight percent. Celsius, there go. I had to get it out. Yeah, Celsius, got it, You got it. But yeah, there it is. We can have gas and water from the earth and don't need to be having these gas prices and all this other stuff. We can plan our food for free, but we might be going into a recession because of all those things. So that's another conversation that will have it another time. For sure. That was your good news and your bad news from Classic Lady Sparkles. And that was your good news and bad news for Classic Lady Sparkle. Man. He trust Gregory with the beautiful and the beautiful. And when we come back, we have a gentleman. Listen. We had told you we got jam packed show. We're gonna give him his opportunity to talk about dynamic event that's coming up and we're excited about potentially being a part of the playing the part. So don't go anywhere. We'll be right back, y'all. What's going on you guys, This is Bridge Kelly and you are locked into We talked weekly his favorite parts. It's our next guest who he has a tremendous amount of respect for. Yeah, that's what she was going to say, all right. Our next guest is Arthur H. Burgus II, the co founder of Philadelphia Christian Fashion Week, a Christian fashion house that promotes faith based clothing, artists, business and creatives. We specialize in training models, Christian content and music, and teaching fashion from a Christian perspective. He's also the co founder of We Can Do All Things Creative nonprofit. There's a plethora of what this man of Christ does and we're going to dive right in. Let's give a warm we talk weekly. Welcome to minister husband, father fashion design are much much more. Mister Arthur H. Burgus, the third, Why how are you? God bless you? Nice to meet you, My brother, my brother, Howard you you I'm doing well? There you go. I've been a far time hearing unfortunately. Oh man, Let's see if we can turn this up just a little bit. Can you hear me a little better? But we got you. We're going to make this thing work right for sure? For sure. Now what I'm excited about, Right, we talk about fashion. That's probably my favorite of all things. Right, I'm going to talk a little bit about what you have going on and what can I guess America expect. I mean, we're really excited about this whole situation, this whole event. Talk to us a little bit more about what this is and what you have coming up. Right, So we are following up your Christian Fashion Week. We are now the only Christian fashion week operating in the United States currently are either. Coming up next week is Philly Christian Fashion Week Kids event and it's called a Different World and it is pc FW University. So it is a HBCU themed fashion show. And on top of that, we are really just showing how we can spread the love of Christ by using fashion. I love that. I love that. Uh you said HBCU. And so when you say it's HBCU, I think of the beautiful black kings and queens out there. I think of fraternities and sororities. How is that incorporated in this fashion show? Yeah? See all right? So I am a proud Lincoln University of Love, so a big puma school. Yeah, being from an HBCU, and then also working with these amazing kids. We have every age group from five to about seventeen, and I just wanted them to have experience outside of what they normally see when they go to fashion shows or have casting calls and different things like that. They get to not only experience the love of God, but maybe some of them had no idea what an hbc you felt like or what the experience is going to be like. So we decided to incorporate so many different things, like a drum corps or a band, or a step team or a dance team. I don't know if y'all ever been to an HBCU homecoming, but it's one of the biggest things ever. And you know, we just got a chance to show them what that it's like. Oh, fantastic, fantastic. I think it's important two uh, for you to show the youth that kids that right because one thing that you know, even in you know my training and when I'm lecturing and when I'm talking to the kids, the one thing I say is that school isn't for everybody, but education is right. And if you're going to go to college, at the very least, go for the experience and then you'll appreciate the education and what you're learning school then. And so the fact that you're giving these these youth, you know, the community, this experience by way of fashion, I think you're on something, you know, and so kudos to you, my friend. What else can we expect that such a dynamic event? Okay, So one one of the music things about what we do is is that there are a lot of Christian. Gonna trauma us to pull up. We're gonna try to pull up and show you a little bit more about this event, and there you go. Right, there you go. Now now we can hear you. Did you hear my last question? Yes? I did. I can hear you loud and Claire. All right, perfect, perfect, So to let everybody know what else we can expect from this event. Okay, So, because we are a a Christian platform where we want to fully represent all things Christian and faith based we are, we are allowing people to VND. We have over I believe eighteen vendors who are all Christian, who all have businesses who represent Christianity. We also have designers. Every single last designer is a faith based designer, a Christian designer, which all the represents price in some way. Even from the dance teams there are Christian dance teams. Are our drum course step team, uh major atte squad all and you're pouring all these things together to make one big event. So you're going to see a show. You're going to see a show, and everything is going to be there. There's no stone left un turned when we talk about this. Evon, Oh fantastic you know bring Oh okay, I thought somebody else was going chiming. Well I'm gonna bring somebody else and that's gonna talk a little bit more. Who can talk a little bit more as to you know, some of the things that's gonna go on. My brother, Jeremiah, how are you, my friend? Hey? What's up? Bro? How are you there? We go there, we go, good to see you. What's going on. On? Absolutely is my pleasure. My brother is my pleasure. So, I mean, you heard a little bit of the conversation. I want you to just add a little bit as to you know, what we can expect, what the world can expect, because I mean literally, right, we have over I mean we're in over five hundred thousand households in the Philadelphia area, right we are, We're on all video on demand channels, we're live on the radio right now, right, And so we want everybody to have an opportunity to hear this dynamic event. I'm super excited. It looks like we talk weekly. We might he supposed to even be there and show up. So talk a little bit more about you know, what we can expect and what you know the community can expect when they participate or come. Well. Yeah, so this is actually round two for us in our second historic event, our first historic of doing the kids in teen show. So we're really excited about what's going to happen. We're really excited about what God is going to do. We're really excited about just doing something. And like me and my brother often talk to talk about this all the time. I'm really excited about doing something that's Christians and not showing the world that we are going to compromise. And that's really big on us. I think a lot of times in the church or Christian culture, you know, as you may have it, there's an expectation of compromise, right, it's kind of like expected now. And what my brother and me we talk about, well, if we do this or we don't do this, then we'll just be just a regular fashion week would just be a regular fashion show. And we only want to be God, We only want to be Christ. It's not about the walk, it's not about the models, it's not about the show, it's not about the other days that we have going on in the fashion week. It's about the souls. And we're really excited. We're really excited to see somebody get saved. We're really excited to see somebody involve God into fashion. And so that's one of the things that that we're really excited about and the things that people can expect, expect coming to it for an encounter and an impact in a way where you didn't think that could be possible. Uh, you know how the saying says, it's like, uh, you have like the fear unknown, and then you don't know what you don't know, So come with a mind like, look, i don't know what's about to happen, but I'm open to a move, a move of God happening. And that's something that we've been preparing for since March. This has been spiritual battle for us this go around with bro We could definitely attest for that, but we're really ready and we're really excited. And shout out the New Covenant Church. Shout out to Keith Lockett, don't have the pastor Bob Oliver there. We're at for. Trusting in us to come to one of the biggest churches in the city. We're going to be at New Covenant Church. So you know, that church is known back in the day for doing a lot of big things, so we wanted to do something big at that church. So just thank you fantastic, So you know, when when we talk fashion, right, and we talk about a fashion show, right, there's an expectation of certain looks, right, there's an expectation of you know, imagery. For those who don't know and they come and you know, they want to come and see this, what can they expect once they sit down from you know, the beginning to the end, what can they expect? Yeah, so they are going to expect some different interesting styles from some different interesting people who also love God. Well am I still there? You're still okay? Okay, all right, all right? Yeah, so yeah, they can definitely different I'm sorry. They can definitely expect some different, different style styles that they never had before. I'm really excited for our bro, David Gardner. He was a designer and. He's also a secretary for Philadelphia Christian Fashion Week. He's he's also a designer. He designed at the first show, so now he's doing a joint segment with another designer. So I'm really excited. Uh. He was one of the most favorable designers that we had last year, so he's coming back, you know, with some brand new styles that he's dropping and. It's it's just gonna be mind blowing. We have uh, Sabritti. There was actually my cousin Cashe she is an interesting line dope line. We have a hot mess by Ta Cora Lineberger. Uh. She the ways that she has, like these interesting fanny packs and book bags. You guys just got to see it. Uh she made my own brand book back Prosessica wait a while for me. Uh like that probably three years ago. Uh. So I'm really interested to seeing the things that she's going to drop in the fresh and new look for uh for a fashion show, because what she does, I've never seen that a fashion show before. So we also have fine for the kids, uh Andre Nicole coming call them coming out from Islentown. So you know, we got plenty of designers with different styles and a different flow, and one of the main things is that everybody loves God beautiful. Are you all looking for any new models. For the for for the June twenty sixth show. Yes, no, no here we're like full fully capacity for the June twenty sixth show, but we are casting for the adult show for October second, so people will be able to cast at the show for October and. I guess at the end once Charles has more questions you'll let us know how to do that because I know some young ladies who would definitely be interested. In this, Yes, ma'am. Yes, So this June twenty sixth show is our kids in teen. Show, okay, but the October is the adult. So that's the one, yes, ma'am. Yup, I would love to spread this information. Too, Yeah for sixteen years old and up? Yeah, okay, great, fantastic. So the idea that you know, this is geared toward the youth, right, we know that, you know, the current situation has been happening in the city has been you know, targeting the youth, you know, and a lot of it, you know, arguably can be that they are not engaged and they don't have events like this. How'm I poor? And do you believe this show is to the youth? And why did you target the youth in particular? We targeted the youth because well, one of the things that we actually what we really wanted to do. We really wanted to target kids in the foster home as well, and we always wanted to The Bible says that the enemy comes at the younger ones because they're strong. That a lot of kids, a lot of us have strength, but we don't know it. Sometimes we need a little push, We need a little guidance to know that the muscles that we have, you know, not just physical muscles, but the mental muscles. You know, some of us are maybe our ris at a really young age and they need that push. So something about this show is given them that push. Given them that get. Giving them that fire that they probably didn't know that they had, meeting them at a level of where like. Where their parents probably neglected them at. We deal with a lot of kids. We have sixty kids, and we have been through some stuff already with the children, you know, so mentoring takes place. Just being a model for them. You know. I had an opportunity to take a few of the kids out for I call it the Philadelphia Christian Fashion Week outside experiences. We did two of them. So we met up a love park, we met up a different parts of the city, and we took pictures and I got them to see meeting a different light and not just the guy kind of you know, you know, because you're dealing with kids and teens, so some still, you know, some kids and teas will you know, try to try you right, so you know, and you gotta let them know, like all right, yo, like this ain't this ain't chuck e cheese, you. Know what I'm saying. So you know, but don't get it right, you know what I mean. But you know it's Uh, it's one of the things where just really embracing the kids, like yo, like we really love y'all, you know what I'm saying, And we have to come from a different perspective, a different perspective, or. Maybe maybe they're not coming from home. Because a lot of people doesn't come from the oh like I love Jesus perspective, you know what I'm saying, especially even in the home. And look watch this, even even in even in the so called Christian home is not getting there right. So if they can really have time to come to rehearsal and like just uh let down their hair, you know, take off some of their armor, then we want to create that space for them to do that, you know what I'm saying. Or you know what, mister Arthur, or mister Jeremiah, Miss reidma, miss Iris, mister Josus, somebody that I can go to, Mister David, somebody, somebody that I can go to, uh, doing something that I'm actually interested in, you know what I'm saying, something you know that I think is cool. Maybe I can. Share some something personal to them, you know what I mean. And that has really impacted us and and I know it has impacted them. One of the young girls, when I interviewed them, they said that she she said, you know what, Jeremiah, this is like off topic, but it wasn't off topic. She said that, I really love that we pray in and we pray out, and those are one of the things that we stand strong in on. It is because look. Like a lot of times when people do these other fashion shows and stuff like that, it's like, look like they don't have nothing to do with God, you know what I'm saying. So that's that's something that we want to bring to the table. And that's something that we did bring to the table. So we showed them something different. Interest. So I just want to, you know, want you to kind of talk about why it's so important that you know, people support the arts and fashion and things like that. You know, last year, we had five hundred and sixty two homicides, a historical number in the city, and you know, unfortunately a lot of them were young people. We just came off of the South Street. What they're trying to say mass shooting, but we know you know what I mean, Like, yeah, we just came off of that. So why is it so important that people support the arts funding wise and all of that and just like pour money into what you guys are doing. It's really important that people support because it gives people another alternative, you know what I'm saying, Like, give people something to do, give the kids something to do. Send them the camp, you know what I'm saying, And check out some of these camps before you go there, you know, do real research on these people. Do real research on flidup Ay, Christian Fashion Week, you know what I'm saying, Like, come and talk to these people like support because you know, the other alternative is can save your life, you know, and we got a lot of older people that can really uh attest to that, you know, because look, you're your alternative probably will be painting and not sports, you know what I'm saying. So and that's a major alternative, especially for like our young boys. One of the huge fights for us is to get male representation, you know what I'm saying, young and old for these shows. You know, we already know the ladies be there, but they'll be like okay, cool, where the men at right? So as we keep pushing and setting the example, you know what I'm saying, then those things will happen. But it's really to you know, you know, when people so in the so into these arts, so. Into the into these ministries like this, it's really important because you're gonna change their narrative and you're really going to be pushing to give people other options. You have options like let like let drugs and we be an option to where you be like, yo, you know what, it's not an option anymore, you know what I'm saying, Like yo, Like that's like that that's dead to me. You know, I don't have to go down that road because I have other options. You know, I have other alternatives to do things with my life. It's called an honest hustle. It's called an honest grind, you know what I'm saying. And those are one of the things that I really want people to understand. Fantastic, That's awesome. That's awesome. Man. I'm sitting here listening. I'm sitting here in the back just listening. Brother. It looks like I mean, you guys are on top of it. You know. I appreciate that you're targeting a community that's underserved. I appreciate that you recognize that these kids need something to do and they need something to look up to, right and be to be able to anticipate. I like the idea of you even saying options and having options because you're giving somebody another choice, right, And so kudos to you with that, my friend and Tim Flyop, Tim flies Man, Before I let you go, I want you to why don't you for those listening to you and because you're you're you are one of faith, I want you, I want you to give a word to someone who may be watching, who may have lost faith, who may have been feeling down, who may have might be a child or youth and feels that no one cares and no one you know is over for me. What would you say to that person? What? What what word would you give to that person to you know, get them inspired again or get them to think like you know, there's other choices that I have. M I want to I want to start off by saying this, it's not your life to get rid of for ones that are contemplating suicide. It's not your life. You don't just live for you, You live for other people. There's somebody always looking at you. You model and you teach without you knowing it. You know. Some people eat with. Their mouths clothed, you know, but they're learning something. You're always putting something out into this world. So if you don't know Jesus, get to know him. If you do not know Christ, get to know him. And it's really important that somebody really needs you, somebody really needs you. You don't want to be another one to where, you know, just let life gets to you. You know what I'm saying. I've I've had bullied experiences, but I never let those things get to me to a point where you know, I was ready to come in suicide or I was just ready just to give up, you know, and I just wanted to just give in to what people assumed who I was. You know what I'm saying. Some of us get called the word weird, right, you know what I'm saying. Look, I need you guys to look up any millionaire, any billionaire, anybody. That's really successful, that somebody that you probably look up to. I promise you that they were called weird and they were probably laughed at and made fun of or look crazy one percent one. I thank you for that very powerful and inspirational words there. How can someone get in contact with you or find out more about the event, and you know, let us know what the event is again, give us some times, give us all that good old stuff. All right, Yeah, let's get it. So. You can find us at ww dot pcfweek dot com ww dot pcfweek dot com and you'll find all our ticket information there. The show is June twenty sixth, This Sunday, This next Sunday, I'm sorry, next Sunday, June twenty six at six o'clock. So shopping will start at four o'clock. The show will start at six, so make sure you guys come pull up. You know what I mean. It's gonna be amazing. Adult tickets at thirty dollars. Kid tickets are fifteen dollars. We're really excited. We also have three days that's happening before the show, so we're starting to fashion week off with the skating party. Right. You can find all this information on our website and on our Instagram. Skating party. The next day is going to be a give back boutique and a. Thirday Saturday, Yeah, Saturday, the twenty fifth, that's gonna be Prayer in the Park with a host Erico Montgomery and Brian Montgomery coming from Houston, Texas. So this is gonna be really big. We're really excited to have you all. You can follow us on Facebook and flip off your Christian Fashion Week and on Instagram Piller Christian Fashion Week. And yeah that's it. There you go, then you have. Yeah, so I want to give you a round of applause for all of the work that you're doing with the youth. I thought that's why it was important for you to come on and talk a little bit about you know, what's going on man, the youth is that's that's the future man. And you know, we like to amplify those voices of people who are doing some great things in the community. Man, And that's why we wanted to make sure that you was on to give you this platform. But yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we lost. And where did he go? That's all good, all good, that's your brother, right, yes, sir, yeah, yeah, Well tell him that we missed him. We wanted to give him a another world last word, But tell them that we talked weekly. Again, you're a friend to the show. Once you come on the show, you're a friend to the show. And so let's get it. That's right. That's right. So you're more than welcome to come back on on your next event or talk about some of the great things you're doing for the community, because that's what our platform is geared towards. So my God will really appreciate you. Make sure you stay tuned in. And ladies and gentlemen, I don't want you to go, guys, go anywhere, because when we come back. Man, when we come back, you already know we got the sizzle. Man, don't go nowhere. We'll be right back after this. Wait, so pa. And we're bag. That's right, ladies and gentlemen, that's your boy, Charles Gregor with the beautiful Laurence and the beautiful and this is We talked weekly after the talk with w P P m l P Philadelphia one o six point five fil We talked weeklies after the talk. Man, we just had good brother Jeremiah doing some great things for the community fast to show that we're definitely gonna drop by and his brother and his brother Authur. He had a little technical difficulties. I wanted him to come back on. Man, he has some great things to say, and he up there ministering, pastoring and all that good old stuff talking to the good old folks. But you know who else about to talk to the good old folks. I'm good with these transitions, that's right. So we got the sizzle. Man, You ready for me? Yes, no doubt to me early, All right, y'all. So yes, I didn't get my little I got spark holding me down with this, but yes, yes, so you know we talk weekly is on all social media platforms. So we want you to go and follow us on all social media platforms Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, all podcast platforms, Spotify, Spreaker, iHeartRadio, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, DS or just follow us. Okay, we are everywhere. If you're not, if you don't find us, and you're just not looking all right, y'all. So how you doing? Wendy Williams fans probably not so good after hearing this news. Wendy Williams her self titled syndicated talk show has been officially canceled. This is after nearly fourteen years. But Wendy who is fifty seven. You know, she's been fighting some health battles. She was diagnosed diagnosed with Graves disease. So back in March of twenty twenty two, she did an interview with GMA when she was saying that she would be coming back to the show and it was going to be bigger and brighter than ever. Well, unfortunately that did not happen. The premiere episode that was set for October eighteenth of you know, of this final season was delayed. Due to her. Reported slow recovery health recovery issues. So the producers, you know, of the last season, they had several guest hosts that came on, one of which was Sherry Shepherd, and they, you know, had eventually announced that she would be replacing the Wendy Williams Show. So Sherry had just debuted her trailer for her new talk show and it looks like it's going to be pretty good. So you know, congrats are in order for Sherry, and you know, unfortunately, my condolences to Wendy Williams's co host because you know, she affectionately called her audience a co host. So that's you know, sad for her, so sad, but you know, Wendy. That's you know, I think different though, I do they they could have just canceled Wendy and then for Sherry out, but they're making it sound like she's well, she has replacing her. But Wendy, no matter who likes her or not, is definitely a part of the culture. She's an icon. She started tabloid talking and all of that, and she she should get her flowers. Absolutely, absolutely, I totally agree with that. It was kind of messy, you know, that whole little uh uh, you know, separation or whatever, because I think Wendy felt some type of way about well not I think I did hear her saying that, you know, reports that. She felt some type of way about it. It's it's it's just a tragic end to her, you know, show and the legacy of the show. So I don't know, you got some people are saying, like, you know, you read what you said. Whatever, you know, I'm gonna leave that alone. I'm gonna leave that alone. But Tyler Perry, he was at the Tribeca Festival in New York City and he got the chance to chat with Gail King when the topic of Will Smith's infamous Chris Rock slap at the twenty twenty two Oscars came up. He wanted to clarify some things. He basically, you know, so Tyler Perry has twelve namesake sound safe name sake sound stages. Say that like ten times straight. But he has twelve namesake sound stages at his studio, and the sound stages are named after people the Tyler admires. So during the interview, Tyler was he was asked if Will Smith would keep his name sake stage at the Tyler Perry studios. So Tyler, you know, he was quick on his feet, he was good with that when he brushed the question off, and he was just like, if I talk about it, then it becomes overshadowing of everything else we talked about. That would be the headline for sure. But Tyler Perry did want to clear up the air that he confronted Will Smith, that he comforted, that he comforted Will Smith offstage with Denzel Washington and Bradley Cooper. So I'm sure he was kind of catching, you know, some flak about that, like, you know, why are you comforting Will Smith? He's going to slap Chris Why? But he said, there's a difference between comforting and de escalating. That's number one. And I left early to get Chris to make sure he was okay. Being friends with both of them has been very difficult because because the slap was wrong under you know, it was wrong in no uncertain terms, and I made sure I said that to Will, and I'm looking at this man in his eyes, going what are you doing? This is your night? And to get all the way to this moment winning an oscar, that was the one that was one of the crowning moments of his career that he wanted so desperately and to have something like that happen, I think he is very much in reflection of trying to figure out what happened. Said that, you know, he believes that the joke Chris. Rock made about Will's wife, Jada Pinker Smith triggered something and Will, you know, I think we all kind of agree with that, Like, you know, he was definitely that was not. His character at all. And on a recent episode of The Red Table Talk, Jaden's said, my deepest hope is that these two intelligent, capable men have an opportunity to heal, talk this out and reconcile. But as you know, Chris Rock has actually been incorporating this incident and a lot of his comedy acts as he's been touring. So his sales went up, you know, his shows have they've been selling out. So I don't know that would would he want to reconcile knowing that he's using this in his act to. Kind of boost the sales and stuff. I don't know. I don't know. A lot of people were also kind of like they're still kind of. Side eye and Jada, you know, they was like that response, like that's what we get when the Red Table talk. But I don't know, I don't know. I'm gonna leave that alone. But the Celebrity. Sizzle Award of the Week, all right, So in the spirit of giving credit to where credit is due, you know, we give out the Celebrity Sizzle Award of the Week to a celebrity who is doing something, you know, giving back or doing something positive, because you know, in entertainment news you can always hear something negative, but let's kind of highlight the positive. So this civil award goes to the forty sixth President of the United States, Joe Biden. On June fifteen, twenty twenty two. Biden signed a historic executive order aimed at advancing lgbtqi plus equality during Pride Month, so you know it's Pride Month. The key components of the order include addressing discriminatory legislative attacks against lgbt qi plus children and families, Directing key agencies to protect families and children, preventing so called conversion therapy with a historic initiative to protect children from the harmful practice, safeguarding healthcare and programs designed to prevent you suicide, Supporting lgbtqi plus children and families by launching a new initiative to protect foster youth, prevent homelessness, and improve access to federal programs, and taking new additional steps to advance lgbtqi plus equality. So this executive order is going to combat legislation such as the Parental Rights and Education Bill, which proponents of the bill have called it the Don't Say Gay Bill. You probably heard that, but the bill with that bill was signed by Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, and it says basically, classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade three or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards. So according to studies, and this is why a lot of people were concerned. According to studies LGBTQ youth, they face a higher rate of youth suicide as opposed to when they're given the right to identify as they choose. So in a ceremony at the White House, Biden said, my order will use the full force of the federal government to prevent inhuman practices of conversion therapy. This is the first time the federal government is leading a coordinated response against dangerous, discredited practices. So shout out to Biden and his administration. And I'm your girl, Lawrence Sizzel And that was the sizzle. And that was ladies and gentlemen that she boy charged Gregory, the beautiful. M Laurence Sizels, beautiful classic. Lady Sparkle, miss your boy, Charles Gregory. Man, listen. If we cannot be complete unless you listen to or watch. We talk, please believe it. Baby, go ahead. I had a question, this is what I was gonna ask at the top of the hour when we started. And then I started talking on the tangent. Did y'all the commercial from Burger King about Pride Month? So they have two burgers and they were advertising it for Pride Month and it was two bottoms or two tops. Do you all think if you google it you'll see it. Do you think that they do this on purpose just for marketing? You know how they say as for permission, last or forgiveness. How does that saying go? Hold on? And I'm just like, I honestly think that they get more money because of the viralness of something going viral or recognition, do you know what I mean? Pride Month? And then they literally had the burger with two tops and then they had the burger with two bottoms in observance of Prime month. If they are doing that, they must feel very confident about not losing like they it is. It has to be there. Did you look it up? No time? Oh? I see it like you brought it up? Yeah it. Put it on me, Put it on me, I mean put it on this camera like we still got. The whole two minute or one and a half. Yeah, Like what's going on? They know what they're doing. This is intentional marketing. Two bottoms and two tops, just like Sparks said, stop it, stop it. You just know I can't either. And you know what a lot of companies are trying to capitalize off of things like you know, lgbt U like juneteen history months. So we got a goal, leading gentlemen, man like this is optics, optics, optics. Uh, this is why we have our show diversity, equity inclusion. Listen, man, make sure you follow our show bus listen to our shows. Man, you can find us everywhere. 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