R&B Singer Shanice talks life, new music and projects

The poet. We summoning the design design do we go, here we go, Here we go, here we here we here we go. What's going on y'all? That your boy Charles Gregory with the beautiful I mean, I'm trying to think of y'all, y'all question whether you're beautiful or not. I'm just saying. And the beautiful lazy Laurence Sizzle today she goes first. I make sure I step up. I step up, all right, So let's let try this one more again, one more again. It's your boy Charles Gregory with the beautiful Lady and the beautiful and the beautiful, and we are here. And we talked weeklies after the talk on w p P m l P Philadelphia one o six point five FM. We talked weeklies after the talking. We're just excited today we have a jam packed show. Yes, yeah, we do. Uh. You know, we was all for a little bit, you know, the radio station and a little slow so you know, we kind of took that as it means to do our little vacations, and so we had the opportunity to just kind of fall back just a little bit, you know, relax, recover and do some of the things that we should. Then you know, when we're working really hard. You know, when you're working really hard, they say that you got to take some time for yourself. So yeah, so we all took some time for ourselves. But you know, it's we come back into the war. We come back into the war. So because we have a lot of things that's coming up, you may see it's at a lot of places, you know, on a radar near you and the city near you, in a location near you want to be in la We're gonna be in West Philly, South Philly, North Philly. We're all over the place because they want us to kind of cover the good old things that the community is doing. Anything from place. We want some red carpets, some you know, events outside in them screets in the Greek in the greets, that's right. And while I'm mad at while I'm talking about the streets, boys and girls, boys and guys, you guys have to get it together out in them streets. It's wild out there. You know. We have to do something about this crime, this violence, all of the murders out there in the streets. Man, we're losing a lot of kings and queens out there, and so we need you guys to do a little bit better. We need you guys to you know, stay at live so y'all can teach the next generation, and so y'all can show y'all potential out there, because I mean, unfortunately, that's not what's going on right now. Just the other day, I'm off for sixty third. Just the other day, two days ago, young young King was shot killed. West Philly is wild, right now, wild wild? What's for real? So you give you all of us Phillies, all of us? How about that? All the Phillies. So we need you guys to you know, each one, touch one, each one, touch three and knock on their door. Hey, take a listen, take a listen to here. We need you guys to get it together. Come on, man, let's let's let's kill all this beef. You know, back in the day. I hate when I say back in the day. The bang in the day, man, we just used to take it outside, you know, just knuckle up, you know, put your hands and y you know, we used to do that. We don't do that anymore. So we need you guys to, you know, see how we can settle a lot of the issues that we have with one another, with communities, with neighborhoods with I mean, look, we need you guys to get it together. So without further ado, man, you know, before we doing anything, you know, I like to eks the ladies. How was your day? So classy lady, how was your day? Holler? It was good. I I did I I relaxed, I chilled a little bit. But I'm just really glad to be back in the studio. I missed you guys. I missed the people. Everybody sending dems like when all getting back at it. But you know, we had we got to take, you know, a break at times too. Studio was on slow down. So I'm just good and glad to be bad. That's pretty much my day was very productive. I got up this morning and I like made some dinner. I had made some chicken in our air fire that we've had for over five years. This is the last year we will be buying my dad anything for Father's Day and for his birthday. No, no, not, let me tell you about him. Can I read real quick? Let me read request? So he don't look at nothing, He don't pay attention to his own house, y'all. I did a deep clean and when I say a deep clean. I threw away almost half of the tubleware in our cabinet, and you know, I clean it up and he just be messing up. So yesterday I asked him, I said, is this good for you? Like? Do you need me to move stuff around you to get stuff? Because I'm hinting at your not keeping this cabinet organized like I've had it before. So he goes, no, and if you need to throw stuff away, go on a here, And I just looked at him. I'm like, have you not noticed that I've been throwing things away. I've been giving your stuff away. I have given all his appliances to my friends. Yes I have. I said, y'all, I'm doing a good will quick drive. He don't pass this and nothing. So I use that air drive air frying. And when I move next year, it's coming with me. He ain't gonna use it. That's come with me. The slow cooker's coming with me. Everything's coming with me. That whole kitchen will be mine. So I had a great day, right, don't you hear me? Try to upgrade your parents and then at all don't appreciate it. I said that to my I try to do that. You know, my mom remodeled the house and so she got all this new stuff up in there, and you know I'm trying to get them. You know, they be more savvy with technology. She even got her little Instagram account. Now please don't follow my mother. But anyway, so my dad wanted this Alexa. He likes the commercials and seeing people talk to him. So I got one. I said, higg higgle, y'all gets I got him Alexa. And all he does is talk to her all day. But he keeps calling me, telling me she's not working because he keeps calling her Alexis and she's not. She's not answering. Then you tell me she's not working. I got my mom a room, but I said, Mom, looking just you know, hit you a little button on your phone. Let it do the work for you. I said, if you want to set it, you could set it for the dude every night when you go upstairs, young, I worry about it. You can even tell Alexa to tell him to go right. I hooked them all up. Can I tell you many times? That thing? When year, probably like twice. And so I said, I wasn't I wasn't secure making sure that they were going to do it right. So I also put the app on my phone like a monitorat and now every you know what happens, I get alert from my phone saying the thing is stuck somewhere. And then I got to call her and say, Mom, don't get the vacuue. This day supposed to be collecting us, and its collected us. So I feel like you because I just told my girlfriend. Now I said, I'm taking it from She don't need it. She don't even know I'm taking it. I'm taking all my guess they don't deserve it. They don't. My money won't go to waste. No, I upgrade my house. I put my mama laptop. She used it once, said I'm going to the library for them to teach me. That was five years ago. Just take it so she won't know this. We be trying. They're not letting you take nothing, try letting you take it. I was your dasty man my day. This is usual. My uh my son and the little league. So oh yes, it was his first well not his first game. This is the first practice before the game. This is fall ball. So we're just getting together and there. So I had to wake up at the crack of dawn and get him prepared. He started his new school. Just busy, man, you know, one of those things, getting ready for the show, getting ready for all of the things that we got coming up. Man, it's just swearing me out. That's all right. We gotta get up. We got got my d they called blessings. They called blessings playing. We'll be tired, but it's a good it's a good readon, for sure, for sure, for sure. So you already know what's coming up next, man, you know what we got coming up next. We got to yo. She wanted to ride by looking at her. We got the good news in the bed, you go. We got the good news, bad class, Sparkle, give it to me early, yo. I wasn't even okay, all right, I'm ready now, all right. So Irene Gauka is a beautiful thirty two year old woman who left Nairobi, of the city in Kenya to move to the US to attend nursing school. So Irene met a thirty nine year old man named Nathan Heypman on Craig's List, like the Crazelist forum for dating. They were living together into Lett, Wyoming. According to CNN, the couple dated since twenty twenty, but had broken up several times. According to an affidative. Hypeman told the officers that he last saw Irene in late February when she came home one night. She supposedly packed all her clothes up in two plastic bags and left in a dark colored suv. He also told police that he hadn't heard from her since. He also said that he withdrew money from her bank account so she would be forced to contact him if she needed money. The family requested Hypeman to give Irene's passport and her other belongings, but he refused. Hypman is considered a person of interest and they he also transferred three thy seven hundred dollars from her bank account to his own account, and he's spent an additional thirty two hundred dollars his own on her credit card. This is what the court documents alleged. He's also changed her banking passwords and deleted all of her Gmail accounts. Oh my god. He purchased boots and a shovel with her credit cards. He has not, I repeat. He has not been charged in her disappearance, but was arrested for allegedly changing her bank account, her password, and deleting her email after she vanished. He's pleaded not guilty and was released on ten thousand dollars bond. His pre trial conference is scheduled for court in November. Can you believe he's a white male. She's a black woman from Africa. She moved to the US, went on Craigslist, met somebody on craizelist that she started dating. She's disappeared. He changed everything from her bank account, passwords to her emails, all of that delete it, can't recover it. Bought shoot boots and a shovel on her money, and he hasn't been arrested for her disappearance only because he changed her information? Is that crazy? Why is this not all over like other things that are all over there? Is this? Have you heard of this before? I haven't? So why why are we not hearing about this? Why is that? Like? Okay, I probably have some idea, but trash? Yeah, so what he meant? He met her on first of all? They should, but she's coming from Africa and Craigslist is still a very it's it's still something I mean, all RIGHTA PSA, please don't go on craigs. Let's trying to meet anyone. We have apps for that to meet and black people meet regular meet anything but Craigslist. And the reason why you go directly to act ladies and gentlemen is because they already do the vetting. They go through the vetting process, so at the very least you know everything about unless sticking them. You know, I'm sure they fluff the truth, but at the very least you you find out a little bit more more details about the gentleman or young lady that you're with. Please don't go on Craigslist trying to find anybody. Yeah, I just I feel sorry for her parents. I think her two brothers do live in the States and they've been talking to different news outlets and trying to get the word out for her disappearance. Unbelievable. Yeah, all right. The next story is a spinning wheel ride in an amusement park in India falls. So there's a very popular pendulum style ride that many people like to ride, but sadly in India, one broke in mid air. So according to the mayor's office, two people were killed and twenty nine others injured. India reports state that six people from the amusement park company have been charged with culpable homicide, among them the managing director that runs the park. Fire officials are stating that the thirty two seat amusement ride that the pipe of the main chaft ride broke, causing it to fall. I think we have a yeah, unbelievable cool breakage, so to speak. It just slips from the top all the way to the bottom and crashes to the bottom. People run away, and not to be too graphic, but you can see people bouncing, and I do apologize. I should have gave a warning disclaimer before we showed it, so I apologize about that. But it's a thirty two seat amusement ride. And then two people were killed, so twenty nine others were injured and that was that was graphic. So yeah, I'm coming with a lot of bad news. I'm sorry, I got another bad one. This is called good news, I know, I know, Okay, So real old looker starts breathing at her own funeral. Camilla Roxana Martinez was declared dead by Selena's Basic County Hidalgo Basic County Hospital on August seventeenth, after the titler began vomiting and suffering from pain and a fever. The tyler was treated for dehydration and administered pain meds before being released. The mom said that her daughter got worse within the hour of being discharged. The local doctor insisted that the little girl be taken back to the hospital. The doctors later stated that the child had passed away from dehydration. The following day, the family gathered for the child's funeral, and the mother and others noticed that there was condensation on the child's coffin she had like a glass covering, and then the child's eyes were moving. Martinez was then transported back to the hospital via ambulance, where the child's heart rate dropped for a second time and she was declared dead again by the hospital. This time it was due to swelling of the brain. The mother is so in the hospital and says that she has no grudge against the doctors, but doesn't want this to happen again to someone else. Yeah. Wow, yeah, because I mean, we don't know if there was any additional damage as she was stuck in a coffin or anything, that's what so so, so I'm trying to understand this, right, Okay, So where was this? Yeah, India, No, no, this this the music. Yeah, this was in Selena's Hildago Basic County Hospital. I don't know. I usually have that information, so I don't want to miss We can look that up. So I want to say Mexico, I don't know. So what I would ask is, how did they declare mm hmmm, her being deceased without Okay, I'm not a doctor, but I would think that after you declare someone dead, right, you're you're somewhere for a minute, right, they just don't throw you nowhere, right right? Yeah? They said the funeral was the next day, So what did yob Where was she at the the funeral? Yeah? Yeah, And I don't think that they did any type of like embombing fluid in her. No, No, they did. Well, that's what I was going to say. That's what my first question was, where wastry was this? And get an idea? Yes, what is in Mexico? It's in Mexico if you google it. According to Fox News. Yeah, she's a little Mexican girl in Mexico. And basically not sure how they're when when people die, if they embomb or whatever. But it doesn't look like that happened because usually you get the blood dream from your body and get all of that other stuff. And yeah, so that's why I was when I said where are they? Because sometimes religion and stuff like that, there beliefs plays a big part in that. So if the fact that's why I like at the funeral when you said the funeral was the very next day, that made sense to Yes, it's not like how we right, so but still, like you're saying, see, I'm thinking from the town they declaire herd deceased in the hospital to the time of the funeral, Normally, wouldn't they have them like in a freezer or something like where where had been and for the next day. I'm not sure, but I think that it sounds also like she may have had and this is a theory, but she may have had a faint type of pulse, you know what I mean that they didn't recheck to make sure. But still, I mean that's what that's Again, I'm not Mexico, is You're not talking about a third world country, right, and so there are machines that can detect, right, So it's not like they're just looking at her, putting their finger on her wrists trying to see if they can find a post. I'm hoping that they didn't do that right, But machines will detect the slightest posts that you have. I have seen machines just recently blood Sugar low young lady passed out and the machine couldn't detect anything. So you had to restart and do it again. When you did it again, guess what the machine detected it. So for me, it's like, Okay, did you just do it one time and say, oh, well it's done and keep it moving, or did you do your due diligence? And so that's kind of that's why the parents are suing. They said they have no ill will towards or grudge. It's towards the doctors. They just don't want to have it into another all right, So this is some happier news. This next This next story. It got me doing the Harlem shit all night because this applies to men, all right. Biden announced that his student loan forgiveness plan pretty much. President Joe Biden announced that he's going to address student loan debt. Hey come on you in church, yes speaking, it's basically it's including for giving up to twenty thousand dollars from millions of borrowers and extending the payment freeze one final time until the end of the year. He says education is a ticket to a better life, but over time that ticket has become too expensive for many Americans, Biden said during the speech from the White House. This is one of the campaign promises that Biden assured to many Americans. Borrows who hold loans with the Department of Education and make less than one hundred and twenty five k a year are eligible up to twenty thousand dollars student loan forgiveness if they receive PEL grants, which are given to students from lower middle income families. Individuals who make less than one twenty five a year but not but did not receive a PEL grant are still eligible for ten thousand dollars in loan forgiveness. If you paid off your student loan during the pandemic, your eligible for a student loan forgiveness. Check. I mean my money. I didn't do that a lot, but I yeah, I need it. Report states a one time cancelation of ten thousand dollars for each bar earning up to one twenty five a year could cost the government nearly three hundred billion dollars. According to an estimate from the pen wart and budget model. So they're saying, although we're celebrating, it's still going to be paid by somebody, like they still gonna yeah, see shaking his head. Some say that the loan cancelation and won't address the root of the problem of college affordability. There's currently one point six trillion dollars of outstanding federal student loan debt. So if you guys need more information on this topic that I gave y'all with the good news, visit studenta dot gov for more information or go to we Talk weeekly dot com and we'll have this up there as well with the link. So this is the thing you're not you specifically classic sparkle, but you're making a big deal over how much money this is gonna cost. When I can probably name five things off the top of my head that they just literally gave millions and millions and millions and millions of dollars too to other countries. I didn't even get to the other countries, all right, tell me one of them. So the point that I'm making it, while we can talk about arms right now, we can talk about NASA, we can talk about all type of things. Right. We can talk about the oil pipeline, we can talk about let's talk let me think, we can even talk about the agent hate deal. We can talk about a lot of moneies that was sent into things that I'm not saying isn't needed. Right, But there's no huge topic of conversation to say, oh my god, we're going and that so much money has been So you asked me if I care or not that they are finally doing something that should be done anyway, because I believe in Switzerland or maybe the UK, I can't remember, college is free. Yeah, And so you're talking about something that will continue to uplift the community, something that continue to uplift society and create jobs given somebody. Your education creates jobs because now you have thinkers, you have critical thinkers in creating jobs, creating new models. So I'm not worried about moneies that should should be given to the community. Who has spent tons of money that you just try to go to school in the first place. Yeah, it's people literally that went to school are hundreds like some of our doctors, our PhD students and things of that nature that are hundreds and thousands of dollars in debt. It can't even afford a house because they're paying insurance, they're paying bills, they're doing all these different things. But you know what's one of the biggest bills. They pay student loans. So you can't even no, I agree, appreciate the future fruits of your labor. Yeah, but even outside of the doctors, you have people I believe that had the predatory loans for morbal assistancy, and I'm talking at a lower level that they either was like I said, predatory something that was six thousand, it was charging sixteen thousteen thousand, you know what I mean. Entry still right, and it's still not even paid off where they didn't get the certificate or whatever, or just getting a college education, right, like one book is like fine dollars now, is it? Yeah, it's crazy for a model for the addition that didn't change six seventh addition that's still similar to fourth edition, but they want you to pay for it or find it online for free. Don't get me started. Yeah, man, I'm still you know, having my little college woes of bills that I had to pay. But thankfully I took a job in education and service or in a job where A lot of my student loans were forgiven early, but still the bills are killing me. But still I think the American people deserve to have their student loans paid for with no question at all. This this should have this should have happened a long time ago, right here, and raising my hand like because you're talking about we're even talking inflation now, oh absolute, jobs are not even being are not even paying right what you should be paying? What is it? What is it? Uh? Living cost? What is it? What's the name of that cost? The cost of living? Cost of living? That ratio should balance balance out, it's not. Taxes went up, so now that pushes your salary. Now that the loan inflation is up, that further pushes you. And there's no there's the amount or percentage of first time college students has now increased. So it's almost like now getting your college degree is like getting a high school degree. So now they're telling you to push you to get this master's degree, which is even more expensive. For sure, for sure. All right, so is that good news and bad news? That was your good news and your bad news by Classic d So that was your good news and bad news with Classy Lady sparkle, and coming up next, we have someone with whom I intremendous amount of respect for. I'm super excited about this interview. I got a little story that I'm a win near in a little while after we talked to her a little bit. I don't know if this young lady remembers or not, but we're gonna talk a little bit. So before I go in anything, classy lady, who do we have today? Do we have to day today? I am so excited. She does not know that she is my sister in my head. I'm serious, from all her music to even her guest appearances on different television shows. I have a very lengthy bio. However, because I want to make sure that we get everything in this interview, I'm not going to read all of it because I want her to surprise us with some of this information from her interview. So today we have Shechanise. It has always been about the voice for Sheanese, boasting a five octave range, which she handles with beauty and ease. Nie began her career scatting with the late great legendary elephants Gerald for Kentucky Fried Chicken. At the tender age of eight years old. She went on to become the grand champion of Star Surge at the ripe age of eleven. Her first album was released when Sheanie was fourteen, but it was her worldwide smash I Love Your Smile, Oh Don't Kill Me Right, a pop hit in twenty two countries that bought her Grammy nomination, Germany Golden Lion Award and international stardom. A true artist at heart and self proclaimed reality show junkie, Shenise would then begin developing content for her own reality show. She and her husband Flex Alexander would star in her hit reality show Flex and Sheanize, which ran for three seasons on the Oprah Winfrey Network. There is so much to this star which we will dive into now. So let's give a warm we talk weekly Welcome to the beautiful and talented Sheanize. And before we do, let's hear this beautiful, beautiful star Sheanise survey so that I can't be solvey. So don't get me wrong, I ain't a man. Lady, ladies and gentlemen, without further dude, the beautiful shine knees. How are you? How are you? How are you? How are you? I'm good? Thanks, for having me. Can't hear you? Oh no, you can't hear me. Oh, we can't hear Let's see something's see something? Oh heard, let me see Oh my goodness, I see her lips smoothing technical difficulties. No, yeah, hear me. Okay, maybe she came. You can hear it? I can hear I can't. Can you hear me? You heard her? You know what? I can lock off and lock back on? What are you connected to? Is your WiFi? Is she? Is she talking? Now? Can you hear us? Can you hear me? We can hear you? Now? I was like, no, no, right, So first of all, I gotta ask you. You know one thing that I always ask the ladies, and uh, first of all, thanks for tuning in. And we talked weeklies after the talk on w p P m r P Philadelphia one six point five that film. We talked weeklies after the talk. Man, we're excited to have you on today. But the first thing I normally ask is you know, how was your day? How are you feeling? It's a lot going on in the world and miss COVID and miss a lot of things, crime rates jumping up, inflation and everything, So how was your day. How are you. I'm actually doing pretty good. I'm having a great day. The pandemic, you know, it was it was really tough on all of us. But what we did was my husband started, well he was DJing before the pandemic, but we we just love music, so we started getting online and and and Flex with DJ and uh, just listening to music and stuff kind of took my mind away from like what was going on in the world, and so that kind of helped. And today is Today is actually a great day. I'm sitting here, Jeffrey Osborne is about to perform my husband's Gary to introduced Jeffrey on stage. So I'm just here supporting Flex and talking to you guys, having a great day. Fantastic. So first I wanted to stay thank you because I know that you know it's a lot going on right now. You took this little minute to talk to you know, the good old folks. A lot of our viewers here we talked weekly. But you know, let's write in too, because I know you only have a little bit of time. Let's talk about just some of the things that you have going on today. I mean from music to shows to production. Let's talk a little bit about some of the you know, great things, projects and productions that you have going on with you. I'm so excited because in two thousand and six, I released a project, but I didn't like take advantage of the internet, so I kind of did it the old school way. We had it in the record stores, we went to radio, and so now that we have the Internet, I decided to re release my project, every Woman's Dreams. So it's on all digital platforms right now. People can download it. And I'm actually going to be in a movie on Hallmark. It airs on September eleventh. It's called to Her with Love, So acting is also is is definitely dear to me. I started out singing, acting, dancing when I was a kid. My mom, would you know, put me in a lot of classes like dance class, acting class, singing. So I enjoy all of it. And so I'm excited about the movie that's gonna premiere September eleventh on the Hallmark Network. So yeah, fantastic. I love the mom too, Give mam a hug. I love mom, Mama. Duke built it. When you see it, say you know, Charles Gregory from Philly says he'd love you and he just appreciates you. We'll talk and you know what, I'm excited because my mom just joined the Emotions. So I'm at a festival in auxin art and California, and my mom's going to be performing here tomorrow with the Emotions. So fantastic, she's done her thing too. Wow, well she needs I just love you and this is like a dream come true. So I mean, honestly, your voice is so angelic. Tell everyone, how did you like with all that you have going on with family and and you know, just Hollywood and things like that. How do you stay so beautiful and just youthful? What's your secret? Oh? Thank you? You know what. I try to take care of myself, like you know, I try not I distress sometimes. I try not to worry about, you know, the small things, and I try to you know, eat right, drink a lot of water, just you know, just try to take care of myself. And I try to laugh a lot. I think I think laughter is good for the soul. And you know, being married to a comedian like flexible laughing, like even when we're going we could be going through something like you know, hard or whatever, like he'll find comedy in that and you know, I think that helps a lot. That definitely, that definitely helps a lot. And I my question for you is, you guys have been married so long. How many years? Now twenty this uh in February is twenty two years, twenty two years. Congratulations on twenty two years of marriage, especially in two years of marriage in an entertainment industry. Is what is your secret to work life balance? Uh? You know, my marriage just work life balance in terms, Yeah, the marriage and home and deal with all the different projects that you had guys have going on. Because both of you are kind of busy doing different things. So how do you, you know, try to make sure you continue to make time. How do we manage it all? Yeah? We for each other because I think because we're both in the industry, we both kind of understand. Like I think if Flex was like a doctor and I was a singer and if I had to do, you know, travel and do all this stuff, he probably wouldn't quite understand it. But because we're both in the same industry, you know, we just we just understand and we you know, with the kids, like, you know, when I had to travel, Flex like, don't worry, babe, I got the kids and when he has to travel. I had the kids, you know, we had our family living with us at one point, so that helped. I think without the you know, they said it takes a village to raise children. So yes, I think without the help, you know, for our family, I don't think it would have been really difficult if we didn't have that support. So I got to give a shout out to my family for helping us as much as they did. Yeah, shout out to family. We always need, we always need that support. So shy nice. I just have a few questions. So before we get into this movie that's coming out tomorrow and you're rolling it, I wanted to know about this project that you have, well, every Woman's Dreams Part two. What was the thought behind and why did you come out with a part two and instead of doing something new, like a totally new album. Well, I am working on a new album, so that I am working on. And I just wanted to release every Woman's Dreams because I had so many fans hitting me up saying and I loved Everyone's Dreams. But I have to go on YouTube to hear it, like I can't download it. I can't, you know, So I was like, you know what, I'm gonna do this for my fans because so many people knew about the album and wanted to buy it, but they couldn't because we only had it in the record stores. So I said, you know, it's time to re release this project, and that's what I did. But right now I'm about to go back in with Warren Campbell. He produced and co wrote my song when I Closed my Eyes, So about to get back in with him. I just spoke to Damon Thomas, who's an amazing producer, songwriter, and just about to start on that on that next album. Okay, So do we have a feel for this next album or a title? No, I don't have a title yet. I don't have a title yet, but it's definitely gonna have. You know, I love They called me to turnover Queens. I like, I love to dance, so I'm definitely gonna have some banging up tempo songs, but you know, definitely the ballads and I like to I like to write songs that will encourage like women and not just women, just people. Because this lady years ago, uh, this, this really touched me. She was about to commit suicide and she heard one of my songs and literally put the gun down after hearing my music, and I said, wow, you know, I want to really contend. I want to continue to like encourage people not to give up, you know, because we all go through our hard times, but we eventually we get through them. So I just want to do music that will help other people and encourage people to live out their dreams and not give up. Okay, fantastic. Yeah, so we have the music, and you know you still a star with the acting. Can you tell us some more about to Her with Love that's coming out tomorrow in Hallmark nine p m ap of Central, because I'm excited. Yeah, you know what, I'm playing myself and I don't want to give up to too much information, but I played myself and and it's a you know, a girl who is a school teacher. She's a music teacher, and I was her mentor and I come into like, you know, mentor the kids. And I don't like to tell you the whole thing, but I'm playing myself in the in the movie. So will we be seeing you more? You know? Yeah? I mean I don't know if you know, but I was Eponine and ley Min's a rob on Broadway. I was the first African American to play Eponine on Broadway. And so acting is definitely like a passion of mine and I'm I'm definitely gonna do way more acting. This is just the beginning. Yes, Yes, fantastic, fantastic. So I got a couple of questions, Now, what was the class that you came in with during your time when you came I love I love your smile with smile? What was the what? Who? What class was that was that? Who was during that era your smile? Kevin Campbell? Oh yeah, yeah, the vocalist because you you came in with tons of vocalists in vocal Yeah, I mean you you, yeah, you were with you your your era was with a ton of others, like you said, vocalist, vocalists. And you know we've seen some ebbs and flows with what what is trendyar? What's cool? Right? So you coming from that era now coming into a brand new era and you still have those vocals with you, you know, you still have, yes, that you still had that you know, that songbird fill with you right because you know your music is happy, right you think about that smile? It just makes you happy. Yeah, right, and so I'm glad that you're doing that. So you know what, who inspires you now? You know, because you know you would see during that time, you would see you know, the Whitney Houston's and the right carries, and you know, like real, you know vocalists that you're like, not not to say that nobody else's vocals, right, but you would get inspired. Who inspires you today to say, oh, I got to hit that note, I have to get in and start writing. Who gives you that feel today? Oh? There's so many people out there, but growing up, you know, I just want to say my very first song I tried to sing ever with Shaka Khan's Tell Me Something. I was seven months. I was seven months singing the melody. I couldn't talk, but I could sing the melody. And so Shaka Khan definitely inspired me. Whitney Houston, you know, Aretha Franklin, Uh, who else? There's so many I love Beyonce. I think Beyonce is amazing. I think I think Jazz and Sullivan is dopezh God, it's so many people, right. Oh. I love Bruno Mars. I think he's so dope. If I could do, what do it? With somebody right now, I would I would definitely love to do a record with Bruno fantastic. So, but you're the icon too, They're like, yes, absolutely so when you So, if it was somebody that you can just snap your fingers and say I want to be on the stage tomorrow and perform with, who would that be? It would be Beyonce Queen. We should not want to do a songwork with her. I think she is just I think she's so oh. She can sing, She's the full package. She can sing, she can dad, she's pretty like, she has the full package. I would love to to definitely do something with Beyonce. Beyonce. Who else is out there? You mentioned Tevin Campbell. I'm so happy Tevin Campbell is back on stage. He's a good friend of mine. I was just talking to Nart to Michael Walden and we were talking about possibly trying to hurry up and do like a Christmas record, and it's not definite, but he brought up Tevin Campbell. He said, I would love to have you and Tevin on this Christmas song. So I don't know if he contacted Tevin or if it's gonna happen, but I'm actually gonna try to push that because I would love to do a Christmas record really fast with Tevin Campbell. Oh that would be cool. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I seen Mommy kissing singing the clothes. I love to hear something like that. That's crazy, Yeah, fantastic. You know, So during this time, right, you know, there's a lot of they have, there's a lot of conversations. Just pivoting the conversation real quick because I'm thinking about how long you and Flex has been together, right, and it seems and it appears that, I mean, you guys have such a dynamic and strong relationship. You know, we're in this era where you have you know, men, I don't know if I should be with these women and then you have women all, you know, I might as well just be by myself, you know, this whole red pill, green pill thing, blue pill. And so what is your take on how you know people can sustain and stay within great relationships and ultimately marriage and keep their relationship spicy? Yeah? I think for us, you know, I mean, there's no like one answer, you know, but I say, you know, with us, like prayer is key and just having whoever you're with, you gotta be friends, like you have to have a great friendship with whoever you're with. So I feel like with Flex and I, we have a great friendship. And when you hit a bump in the road and your relationship, when you go through your hard times, you just have to work through it. Like a lot of people are just quick to throw in the towel and say I'm over this, and you know, let's get a divorce or whatever. And you know, when we got married, we said divorce is not an option. So you know, I'm not saying we have a perfect marriage, because we don't, because there's no such thing as a perfect marriage. But I think, you know, just working through the hard times. We try not to go to bed angry and we just try to have fun. Like I think it's important to date. I think dating is important. Like a lot of times people get married, they get comfortable and they don't do the things anymore they did when they were dating. I think keeping it sexy and is hot and spicy. You know, you got it, Like you know what I'm saying, You can't get too comfortable. You know, it's marriages work, and if you're not willing to put in the work, then you shouldn't get married. But it's work that I enjoyed, Like, I mean, it's worth it. You know, I have two beautiful children and we just we just make it work and shout out to Flex. I think Flex is probably the most underrated entertainer. I don't I wouldn't even say comedian. I mean, he has such a broad range with him and I think he's not acknowledged the way that he should be. I mean literally, he was probably one of the first strong father figures on television, yes, as a lead with family right, and they didn't show that, and so he definitely needs to be acknowledged for that. So kudos to him. Let him know, I say kudos to him and everybody. And I agree. I mean, Flex is not just a comedian, you know flex, Uh, he writes, he produces, is television. He also he does drama, so you know, so he does comedy, does drama. He can do everything. So you are so right, I agree with you. I feel like, you know, Flex definitely they get how people say give people their flowers, Like I think they need to give him his flowers. And that's what I'm doing right now because he definitely deserved that, especially in these times of people just kind of getting left out and not really acknowledged, and I think Flex deserves that. Even with his hairstyle. He just wonder brought it out, had that hair. That's right, That's right. Yeah, I used to look up to him, like yo, I like him. Man, it wouldn't be like him, you know, for that's funny. And so a couple more questions because I know you have to go and see your hubby do his thing. One of the things that I do at the show, and I haven't done this in a while, but I'm gonna throw you a curveball. I want you to tell us something that I want you to dig in your purse real deep, all the way at the bottom right and tell us one thing that no one else knows about you that you can, you know, tell the good old folks. I mean even Flex. I don't want to get you, you know, the white people. Then white people don't that. The one thing that my family knows about me that the public doesn't know is I have these so called blond moments. Like my family they laugh at me and they know from Three's Company, and like I'll say things and then I'm like, oh my god, did I just say that like that makes no sense, Like it's so crazy. So I keep my family laughing because they said, you're such a blonde. Also, the one thing they don't know about me is I'm very sensitive. You know, the world can tell all that I'm very I could go to a stranger's wedding and cry my eyes out, you know. So I'm very sensitive, very giving. I feel like I'm very loyal to my friends and family. And yeah, I'm trying to think of anything else. I'm really scary, like everything scares me. I'm afraid of bugs. I'm terrified of bees, and I'm terrified of spiders and I'm terrified of bugs. That's one thing you don't know about me, all right, So I got one more one more thing and this is and I'll end with this because I mean, we had you on for half an hour. That cool. We could talk all day. This is what we do, right, So we talk one o six point five. That's film. We talked the talk and uh yeah, we have sh the beautiful I love your smile. And let me tell you this little story. Right. So, I'm a stylist in the Philadelphia area, you know, And I said, have a lot of celebrities, especially when it comes to some of those that's in Philadelphia, right. And so I was having a conversation with one of my clients and we were talking about, you know, some of the people who you would like to style, right, and this was this was a little minute ago. And I was like, you know what, let me see and they was just throwing entertainers and I said, you know who, I really loved the style one day because I have a crush on her. Now, let me tell you who I had to crush on for. So so I go in stages, right, and so right now my biggest crush is probably uh, well rerae Rihanna. I love Rihanna, right, I like her too. I like her. But in any event, before Rihanna, right before Rihanna, it was somebody who had a beautiful smile, right, And so my client was like, who would you like the star? I said, you know what, I would love the style niece one day, right, yeah, And and but but I don't know if you're gonna remember this. So somebody walked into my client door and I was like, oh my gosh, look who it is. And I love her smile. And you was like, oh, you'll have a bad one either. And so this was I don't know if you remember this. Well you said they had a bad one, you said, and you said, you don't have a bad one either. You don't have a bad smile either. Yes, wow, right, And the funny thing right, And what was funny is I was smiling so hard that they just literally took the picture. Was smiling and it was just a beautiful picture. How long ago was that? This was twenty sixteen, it's twenty sixteen. Maybe this was a while ago. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And so so my clients was kindred the family. So you came down for uh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I love now Yeah, yeah, for sure for sure. And so I had to I just had to bring that up. And so so glad you did I that. Yeah, for sure for sure. And so I just want to say thank you so much for tuning in and we talked weekly. We really love you down here. Gotta make sure you send us some music so we can play on the air waves down here, anything that you're doing. You know, we're your biggest fans. And one thing that I say to the show, once you come to the show, your friend to the show. So yam I appreciate. I appreciate you guys so much because without your support, I couldn't do what I love to do. So I'm thankful and I appreciate you guys fantastic. So before we let you go, why don't you I'm gonna give you the MIC and I want you to you know, all of your fans, you bodies watching, I want you to give kind of just one last word of you know, either encouragement or by or just tell them how they can get in contact with you, all that good old stuff. Well, I want to tell everybody out there, whatever your dreams are. And I know you know you probably hear this a lot, but never give up on your dreams. I mean, take it from someone that you know from my you know, my experience, like I've gone I've been on top, I've gone down, I've been back up and back down, and I just I'm just never going to give up. And I want you guys to do the same. And I want to tell you that I'm always on Instagram a little bit too much, So you want to reach me, you can hit me up on Instagram, Chinese online Facebook. I have two Facebook pages. One is just Shinese and one is Chinese Wilson. And then I'm on the Twitter and Shannese underscore online. My original Chinese page was Shinese Online and it got hacked and I never got my page back. So now I'm sure I underscore online on Twitter and on TikTok. I'm online fantastic. Well, thank you for coming to the show. We really appre I me see if I can find this picture before I let you go again. I just got I gotta see, because you know, this is what this was something that I was so happy about. Picture dab, no doubt, no doubt. So there you have it, ladies and gentlemen. The beautiful niece, well, we can't wait for you to come to Philadelphia. And kudos to your publishers. I mean, we love her. Yeah you know what I mean. She's she's doing some big things. That's right, that's right. And so there you have it, ladies and gentlemen. You boy Charles Gregory with the beautiful and the beautiful lady and beautiful lady so much. I love you, guys. I love you too. Funny and we got to hear y'all to go anywhere when we come back, we come back. We got a lots we got boy interviews. We got a lot to come, y'all, don't go to where were right back? After this heldo, shuns up, shuns up, snuck up, shucks up, shuck up, shuck up, shuck up, shucked up, stuck up, stuck up, shuck up, sun stock up. There we go. It's your boy. That was funny, Your boy charges Greg with the beautiful lady. Yes, we gotta get this together, beautiful and this is we talked weekly after talking w P M l P Philadelphia one six point five. Let's when we talked weeklies after the talks. Miss that's right, you know that was the beautiful shniece. Yeah everyone, Yeah, absolutely. We was excited to have everyone today. Yeah, so excited. I forgot who I was. Shout out the beautiful love though black love, you know, shout out the you know, real community. See, this is the thing when it comes to we talk weekly, Right, everyone knows me. I uplift and I continue to support my sisters, right, There's no doubt about that. But one thing that I'm very very strong on, unapologetic, is community love. Right. I love my sisters, but I love my brothers too. And we can't continue to talk about one side one side without talking about the other, collaborating in being one with each other. We have to do this, and so what I'm seeing lately is a division between the sexists. I don't get it, because we need each other, right, and so we just need to think about what it will be like if we didn't have each other. How would that feel? Oh, y'all will be in trouble. God, yeah, I know we would. I'm just gonna say, you know, because I need y'all to understand. I understand. You know, we came from the rib and all that, but I need y'all to know everybody. You know, y'all know how technology works. Y'all know how many our phones is out right now, right from where they started at like two or three and now we are like fourteen. Please understand when God made one man, that was the upgrade. Okay, you know how you get them messages like had to fix, you know, for the bugs and fixes and all that stuff they had to he you know, it was like, oh I forgot this, let me add this. Oh. We need a reproductive system. We need common sense. We need to be able to multitask tru we need to be able to elish all the stuff that y'all lacked. It was like, wait, he had to go back and I just so, I just want to let everybody out there know that, you know, we're your upgrade. And initially it was like, oh, we were supposed to be the helper. Oh, I need somebody. I need to create someone else to help them, to be their help because he already knew what they was like. And he said, wait, let me do this again. That here y'all would be in trouble, I'm sure, which which goes to the narrative of we need each other. I mean, there's no question about it. And so we have to start thinking that way. What you know, how can we work together, uh, in a cohesive way that's not so contentious. And I'm seeing a lot of that, you know. And you know what you're seeing right now when it comes to the manualsphere is a lot of brothers are you know, feeling marginalized. They're they're upset and they're acting out. And that's what I'm saying, you know, but we got to do better. We got to do better. We got to see how we can work together to put this you know thing in a great relationship, get our communities back and try to make some things happen because I love the ladies I love. I love my sisters, managed no question. I don't know what I would do without the sisters, man, But I know I don't know what you do without me. I'm just saying, like, y'all need the brothers out there, so it's need we do. That's right, that's right, that's why we love y'all, man. So that your boy Charles Gregory with the beautiful lady and the beautiful There we go, beautiful listen. We talked weekly after They're talking w p P m P Philadelphia one O six point five FM. We talked weekly after the talking some who mentioned Alexa. Let's let's go to who is that? Ley was venting about? You know Pop? Right, you know, saying, you know he don't even I talk like I love I like Pop. You know that's that's my man's right there, and uh yeah, that's my pot. Stop hating on Pop right there. I'm just saying, but I don't want to try to go anywhere I'm trying to find. Here we go. We'll be right back after the show. This is your favorite fly guy, Charles Gregory. We talked Weekly Listen. 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After the talk and see, I told you it's not that hard. Ladies and gentlemen. All you have to do is ask the right person, ask collects. Look, I'm out here. Thanks for watching, keep supporting, keep describing, keep telling people that Johnny were out here. Like last year, we just want to get a little background as to who the fantastic noises and the noisemakers if you can let us know, yes, absolutely so, once again, I am fantastic noise. I am the original noisemaker. So no one's gonna make as much noise as me. Okay, And right here we have the Noisemaker Band. This is only half of it. The other stuff are upstairs, the my Kevin, Kevin, Lamar, Lannie and Dobs who are the actual band members. These are the background singers and we can make some noise. Came to bring that noise today, So that's that's what we would do. That's that's right. How did you guys get together? Man? So it started with I've been doing this on my own for almost three years now, and man, I guess each of these people here have different background stories. Most of us went to the same church together and we just kept going. This one her, this is my one of my assistants said, one of like the my my biggest support of my biggest suitar to hear she's assistant. So we just been building and the same thing with upstairs with the band, just meeting through people, kept networking, kept seeing them. It was just like God or dang bab here we are awesome. Yeah. Well, could you guys do we talked weekly? A favor? Can you give us a drop in a melody type way, ameli type way? Okay? So we talked weekly. Okay, So we're gonna do something like this. We talk week. We come in here with us, we talk. We we come in here, them we talk. We we come in here them we talk. Come in here, we talk, come in here. Yo. All right you guys, Like she said, we got another special guest. So today we have twin sisters, Elion Lou be Evans of West Philadelphia, who have written and directed numerous short films and full lamp screenplays, produced multi cultural supernatural thrillers, and created the Mill Creek Documentary. They partnered with the Mill Creek Community and will now present the second annual MCCP Annual Hip Hop and Jazz Fast. So today we have the president, Eli Bevins, President of the Mill Creek Community Partnership. Let's give a warm we talk weekly. Welcome waiting, said little Helena. You talked, thanks for having we got Bob. Okay, that's a surprise. I thought only what was coming, President, vice president, President and vice president. Yes, okay, thanks for having us. Well, thank you guys for being here. You guys look lovely as always. So we are hype, especially Philadelphians, like this is the second annual one. The last year one was off the chain. We had a little a little storm. But now raina Sean, we're gonna be up in the house. So you guys, tell us what is everybody in soore for. Well, this year we have a much bigger lineup, a lot of local talent as well, and we have Philadelphia Philadelphia Freeway headlining this event this year, and we have a lot of community organizations. We're gonna have a kid area as well. We have so many different activities that's gonna be happening at this year's event in comparison to last year. So we're excited about growth. We're excited to provide the community with another amazing festival for people to come out and to gather to have fun. And also, you know, it's been a lot of negative energy out there in terms of the violence in our city. So you know, we're excited to have people come together and I think I think it's needed right now. Definitely, we'll have you know, vendors resources, which is probably the area I'm kicking it in honestly. Yeah, there's a lot of talent. But to Eli's point, you know, the climate, the violence in the city has been overwhelming to see that, say the least. So this is the opportunity to bring the city together, young and old, to kind of bond in the fusion of jazz and hip hop, yes, and the artists. So it's not just you know, one thing. We're going to have bands and it it'll be an opportunity to a lot of youth. Yeah, the youth coming out in jazz. You know a lot of people think of jazz as this old thing, but we're gonna have a lot of youth bands coming out as well. So we're excited about that. Awesome. And can you tell everybody the four letter word that's going to make this even more appealing that everybody can attend. What's that for a letter word? Oh? It is free. That's the thing we love. No not, I'm like, yeah, love too. It's filled with love. But it's a free event. Yes, that's major, something that's accessible, you know, and we wanted to make sure we provided that for the community. Absolutely absolutely, And Philadelphia is known for like our big concerts, we have the roots we have made in America. This is a huge deal, like especially in the Westladelphia area. Like you said, Freeway, Philadelphia native, been all over, well known, has you know, music with jay Z. Like a person who is well known is going to be headliner of this. So it's a major deal. And we have a lot of young people who still look up to a lot of these artists and this is what they imitate. And we are going to need to give a good impression as to you know, why you don't need to be out there killing each other, that there are arts that help save our youth, you know. Like, so tell us more about why you all decided to that this was something that especially Philadelphia, being the fifth largest city in the world, needed, right. I did want to also add that Freeway, including a lot of community members, will actually be honored at this event. We have lifetime Achievement artists honorees. We just wanted to highlight the impact that people are having on the community and the changes that they've been making just in their everyday lives. But this is really important for the community because if you just going back to the climate, you know, kids, youth need something to look up to, and we're just showing another outlet. And there's a lot of major things happening around the city and art and culture city, and oftentimes it's not in our neighborhood, it's not in our community. So we want to bring something of high quality experience to West Philadelphia, and there's a lot of art creativity just brewing right in that area. So we just want to encourage and inspire people to come out, bringing lawn chairs, bring the kids, bring the grandparents, because it's that type of interview. Yeah, and I think what also makes it very important is for the young people to see the unity. You know, this is a mild Creek was a very close knitted community back in the day when we noticed from doing the documentary, right, and so trying to bring some of that back and bridging that gap between you know, the young and the old so that they can see that we can come together and we can have a good time and not have to deal with all of the negativity that's out there. You know, plaguing in our city. So I'm hoping that that's also the takeaway, which is why we said, let's do hip hop and jazz. Let's kind of fuse it. He's just celebrating the art form of jazz and hip hop and all the cultural like amazing talent that comes with it right here in our city. And we'll also be performing. Yes, yeah, yeah, So you mentioned the climate and everything that's going on in Philadelphia right now with just the violence and whatnot. Was there any thoughts of pushback with this festival that you guys were just like, you know what, we feel like this is too much, especially because the summertime, Like, you don't know what to expect if we still throw on this festival, But you guys will you know what, We're just going to do it, like whatever not, whatever happens. But we already have high expectations that this is going to be a successful event where nothing goes down. Yeah, you know what, it's so unfortunate that we have to deal with this. But part of the reason why we're doing this is to give our youth and community something to see, something to do other than you know, the violence and gain violence. I think during the and this is just my opinion. During the pandemic, with everyone being home, there was a lot of after school programs that were closed down. You know, there was a lot of youth that had to be home throughout the year, and I think they had a big part to do with it. We kind of see what happens when we aren't able to express ourselves and have creativity, you know, with the youth, and so bringing some of that back, I think it's important. In providing more opportunities for our youth is important. I think the less opportunities we have for them, the more you know, crime we're going to see. And so hopefully this is something you know, that we can duplicate. Maybe this is something that we can actually involve more in our schools and whatnot. So yeah, I think the negativity can overshadow anything, but when enough community people come together, we can make change. And there's gonna be a lot of community activists and also organizations at this event providing resources. So I think all of us coming together makes us a lot stronger. I was gonna add that that program is built to show unity. If you just look at you know, we have amazing hosts, we have amazing partners and sponsors. We've got s type productions. We have collaboration with Black Souls Summer of Us. So outside of the honorees and the music, you have community members, organizations, companies, resources, activations, art and culture. There's like a you can paint at our event. Like so there's so much going on and I hope that we need that release, yeah, that artistic yeah, because you know, if you for seeing all that we're talking about, then their voice might be in creative expression, you know, so that they don't turn to these other avenues and that they see they can be honored for you know, doing amazing work or lifetime achievement or you know, artwork. So that we're here because you know, I think our fear of not doing it is that we submit to the violence, you know what I mean, if it can shut down events, if it shut down and prayer forly everything goes well and that you know, without a hitch. But it's sort of that shutting down is sort of kind productive to what we want to do, like our messages to stop the violence. So if the violence stops us, then it's sort of like you know what this is one more note I wanted to say was also, this is our fundraiser, right, and so MCCP pre Community Partnership has been around for fifteen years, is founded by Cassandra Green, and we do grassroots work throughout the year. We're highly involved in community providing a lot of free workshops and resources throughout the year. So this fundraiser allows us to also do that, to do that yearly. Because this is a one day event, we still have to survive and live to the next day, right, and so you know, fundraisers like this allow us to continue to serve the community absolutely. So for everybody. Now we know Mill Creek is in West Philly, but let us know exactly where it is, the time frame, you know, all that good stuff on on so people that want to know how to get there and be a part of it. Yes, So it's at the Lucian Blackwall Center Park right at forty seven from Brown in that area, and it's from one to seven, so we have countless of things happening. Literally from one to seven, it's action Pack and you know you can come out and and just you know, food and show just from one to seven, just straight party, straights, great vibes, great energy. Yeah, I mean that's that's pretty much the just of it. We do have MCCP community dot com for more information if you would like to, you know, register r s v P. It's free, just you know, log onto our websites. Follow Mile Creek Community Partnership on Instagram or Facebook, and we also have a MCCP Community Hip page so you can also follow that page where we'll be releasing photos and information, lineup, schedule, layout, and it's gonna be an amazing event. I'm so glad I never had to do this part. I know. I was like, I think you guys the right info. Yeah, you guys are amazing you. I mean, you just love your city and we can feel it and we thank you. Like, I mean, this is gonna have like vendors, they're gonna have food trucks, arts and activities, DJs, live music and performances, awards and press. Yes, yes, we talk weekly. We're gonna be up in the house. You got Charles Gregory fashionably yours Charles Gregory, who's going to be hosting roxy Fab Like you said, s type production. So it is going to be a movie. It's going to be so epic and I know it's going to be an amazing event, and I'm excited. Say I'm excited because everything that Eli and Lou are part of it just it's like golden So this is this is gonna be great. Thank you so much for man and thanks for this platform to be able to amplify our voice and get the word out to the community, and that means a lot to us. Absolutely. So you guys mentioned that you have a much bigger lineup this year than you had last year, So I want to what was the process in vetting more vendors. I don't know if we have more vendors this year, but more vendors and more people in the lineup, how did that go? Well, you know, the first year you're testing things out. In the second year, we wanted to be a little bit more intentional about allowing more community artists to perform and have a platform to do so. And as Lou had mentioned, it's not too often that you see an outdoor, large festival or concert where community artists also get to take the stage. So we have a blend, you know, of different talent, and so I think that was the main reason why we want to expand. Same with vendors. It's also supporting the people who work live in the community, right, so in having them be a part of it, we listen to the different voices and feedback from last year, and so from there we just wanted to grow. I think we have more everything this year. Absolutely. And now how about the the is this being broadcast? Like I know that we want our community to change, and when we come from our community, we have to make the change. Are we getting this out amongst the airwaves? And are they you know, showing the sponsorship for this event. Yes, we have new Millennium on the project. It's going to prove provide great, great sound and everything that will also allow for this this to be like you and Mike, I would say documented. I look at it as a sort of a documented process. But this will also be available online for others who cannot make it to be able to watch. And in addition to press and you know have thing you all we talk week when another press come and kind of document this process and just every It's gonna be so much to unpack that we can't be in one more than one place at a time from you know, the activations and events that's also happening within one event. So we have a lot that will be documented that we can go back to and look and just pretty much review for next year in the year's all right, that is awesome. Okay, So as we wrap up this this conversation of this amazing hip hop and jazz festival, I had one last question, go ahead, Leliam, So as president and vice president, how are you guys feeling during this entire process, like just from the beginning of having the titles to now having to put everything together. What what's going through your mind? Yes, well one, let me. I want to I have to shout out the team, all the team, the volunteers, producers, Stacey Charell, Cass Green. I won't want to start naming people Derek Pratt with the whole MCCP team for coming together to pull this off. It's not an even because there's a lot going behind the scenes that you'll never know why when you just arrive. But we like, it's nothing we can do without a team behind us, and we're definitely not doing this alone. So I wouldn't even want to put that out there. It's a whole team and force behind this, people just lending their time to something that they want to see grow. I think that's the most beautiful thing. And having community members reach out and say, hey, how can I be a part? So watching the process, it's interesting whenever you know, you get to see something starting, then to see it, you know, finished, and we're excited because it's next week so we're finally here. You know. Similar to the Roots picnics, So the audience and everybody listening those is similar to that kind of style. So as you guys are coming out, make sure you bring your blankets, your lawn chairs and that sort of thing. Because we have a whole kids section. That's something that's in the kids section. So if y'all see this, it's going down, y'all see me in the kids section, jumping on. Last year, y'all had like a dance off, like people were like dancing, like they were break dancing. There was hip hop dancing. Is that going on again this year? Yes? That's that was brought to you by the Tame Arts, which is happening again this year. So yes, we are bringing back some dance components opponents because I think you know, dance is just a big part of hip hop, so we just had to have it back. You know. I just want to add that it's the whole hip hop and jazz experience, from the art, from the art, yeah, graffiti to dance, just everything is just an experience that we wanted to bring right here. And that's our culture. Yes, when someone asked what's your culture, that that's my culture, right, So poem coming on, y'all go blast us and saying it's a setup for people to come to the event. There it is. You gotta give them a taste, though, y'all, y'all gotta give them a little taste, taste, tease what you're thinking about. I think they should come. It's part of marketing. The manager just sent me a text. She said, we shout out to us because I don't think people know how much behind the scenes work lady that does. There's so many different areas, she wears, so many different heads, and a lot of our projects and things that we work on will not be what it is without her so much love. Yeah, you're welcome, You're welcome. But that was that was just diversion. That was diversion. The request is I just need to let y'all know the request. It's coming from the man behind the curtain. So mister Gregory, so I don't know because I've been we've been preparing for Saturday that that's the only thing in my mind right now in terms of delivery. And I think we let me see, I think we gave you guys a lot that I don't want to give too much away for Saturday. Came on. We don't want them out, you know, but I do want y'all. I do want y'all to I want you all to come out. I want everybody to make sure that they support all the local events that's in the community. Uh, we're trying to uplift everyone's spirits for trying to pivot from everybody's emotional spiral right now as that relates to the crime and all of the negative energy that we have been going through. But I just want to say kudos to you ladies. I appreciate you guys for thinking about how you're going to put this event together in so many dynamic ways. But I do have a quick question, what made you What made you piece hip hop and jazz together? What was that thought process of saying that, because little dude people know jazz and hip hop has a tight connection. But I do want to know what made you guys say you know what, let's let's do hip hop and jazz versus like hip hop and R and B or you know what, you guys choose those two genres of music. I have to give that credit lead to Derek and Cass Green, and the reason behind it is that that they are two different generations, you know what I mean, introducing the youth to jazz and vice versa. And when we speak of hip hop hip hop, a lot of times was it company by jazz or a live instruments, which is something you don't hear too often these days. So this is a fusion of all of that together to show that, you know, how many different forums we have in our culture, and to introduce a younger generation to that art form. Yeah, I think that's definitely the main reason. Yeah, for sure. For sure. I challenge a lot of you guys who's watching the day to look up Gangstar and look up nas and now you know, pay homage to his dad, you know him being within jazz and a lot of the music that has been out there today. So, without further ado, I appreciate you ladies for coming on today talking about some of the things that you guys are doing for the community. We really appreciate you. But you know, as we say, you know, well you already know you friends to this show. I usually a righty here, right, but I do want you to let everybody know how they can get in contact with y'all, how they can get in contact with more information about the event, and why don't y'all give one last word. Yes, this is very important to continue to one support events like this. Numbers do matter, it's it's the way we can move after this happens, and we can say, hey, look at how many people came out to this. It shows that we can we want this, and in terms of funding, that helps us when we go back and week to the table and we need a bigger act of hey, you know this Mill Creek West Philadelphia community and all of Philadelphia really came out to this event. We need more funding for programming, year around programming and to just do more for our community. So I just wanted to add that. But mccpcommunity dot com is the website Mill Creek Community on Facebook, Instagram. As for ourselves, we're Eli lou Eli Twins on Instagram. I don't know if you want to add anything. No, I think you did pretty good. But no, in terms of the last words, I won't do the contact part, But in terms of our last words, I just want to echo again with Lou said it. Because mil Creek Community Partnership we are a nonprofit and so you know, the donations and sponsorship, those things help us to continue serving the community. I just want to echo that again. And yes, please come out and support use the registered lank because those numbers really do matter when we tell the city, you know, we're here and that we have support, and this is what the community wants to see. We talk a lot about gun violence in our city. Give the youth something to do. You know, they already took arts out of our public schools. Why not invest in the arts because I think it's it's art therapy. You know, it allows a lot of people to look at things, definitely through the lens of a paint brush, through the lens of some rat bar or an instrument. So you know, continue to support MCVP and in that way because we need it. We can't. Really we're a group of community members who's doing it for the community. Fantastic, fantastic. See. I don't want to I don't want to get on my soap box. But this is the reason why we push steam. Ladies and gentlemen. Without the arts, arts make steam sexy, make stem sexy. You know, arts is everything. Arts is everything that you see. Look Phil arts. Without the arts, you have nothing, period. All you have is words. The arts kept the world together through the pandemic. Yes, yes it did, Yes it did, and that's why we have verses to that. Yeah, yes, right, I thought that was going to be over once. All right, world open up, you can stop now it's going to keep on going, keep on going. So then you have ladies and gentlemen and your boy Charles Greg with the beautiful lady and the beautiful and the beautiful and the beautiful doubtout. So I want you guys to go anywhere. When we come back. We got some music by Lee Lee. Man. We'll be right back after this, y'all. Wait wait wait, wait wait wait. We would like to think Lee Lee for her background, her background version of We Talked Weekly, our theme song. So, without further into lately, I let you what's up, y'all with up y'all share girl Leelee We Talk Weekly. If you are loving everything you are hearing right now, please go and subscribe to all of our chances. Go to our Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, website. We talk weekly everything everywhere, and like y'all heard, we had a dynamic interview. We had the second annual MCCP Hip Hop and Jazz Festival happening September seventeenth, one pm. So you know what that means. Leave the drama at home for your mammy and your pammy, because we're gonna have a good time, all right, because we're gonna sing and ass. And speaking of singing and dancing, y'all, I have finally been released from the choke hold because I ain't playing nobody album, I ain't playing nobody singles, but BEYONCEA Beyonce has held me in a choke hole. But almost two months, y'all, two months. But we got some music coming up, because right here is none other than the remix. I know y'all heard n F Glorilla and Hi Kid got Little and j T on the remix. The song is dope and y'all knows it's the it's the the spelling song f R E E yes, Oh yeah, yeah, that's the song. Remixes Popping, j T and litter. They definitely did they think on there, so much, so much going on. Now we have Coyle Brad Coiler. Red dropped her single fly Ish. It's a cute bop, mis besides it's not that Yeah, it's pretty cute. I listened to her earlier. I was like, all right, she dropped a little single like night Man. Yes, Q, it's cut, it's bro cutet is she on it? No, she's not on this. It's all right, it's not my favorite. It's cute. Hi, y'all, this is what I've been waiting for, and I'm an I'm gonna be eye. I did not listen to the original Super Freaky Girl with just Nikki, but the remix, excuse me, excuse me, the Queen the Queen Mix. Miss Mama's got five Threemil rappers on here. We have JT from Miami. We have Bea, who's from Boston down on the left. That's our bar from Atlanta in the middle with the red that smileable Mitch from New York. And then we have Katie Got Bands from Chicago in the Blue. Y'all, I don't know if you listen to what I think it's don't I think everybody came in spit their bars what they need to do left no crumbs. Everybody ate. I feel like Nikki really did it with this one. I wasn't sure who was gonna be on the Very Much girl Power. I wasn't sure who was gonna be on the Queen Mix, but I was like, all right, it might be one or two, but five and everybody ate, and it's number one on us I Tunes. Charged So shout out to Nikki and the girls. Shout out to nick and the girls. This is all the girls first times having number one on us I tunes in the US, So like, shout out to all of them. All right, y'all all my Bryce and Telor fans. Yes, your boyd dropped the single because We Outside. It's samples the ying Yan Twins Whisper song, so that one's on this yeah. Yeah, So it's it's samples the Whisper song and it's we Outside. So I like it. It's too bad. I like our advice is Rice then, you know, and advices don't really have no missus. But I like this one. Okay, yeah, I like this one. So so other honorable mentions we have Ari Lennox. She finally gave me albroum Age sex location y'all. She has chlobe and you know she got your girl child Summer, come on hercules, that's my girl, y'all. Let me let me give you a little pal quick. Go ahead. I need some some sexy music. We need some sexy music. I cannot dear Summer. I know you're gonna miss me we come together like, come on, man, all right, I'm gonna leave it alone. Bars definitely hit up our girl Ari Len and the song with her and Summer is called Queen's Face. So yes, definitely listen to Age sex location. I love it. Okay, you're want to finish. I don't think I don't think she will listen, but go ahead. Do you make a call. You're gonna miss me when we come together like my ears and Chris tease As starts for Polo Fleeces, Purple Giar you finished some of some of that was for Youth Booth. Anyway, boy, take that. Take that. I'm that I'm not alto some message some more music. Jo Legend dried his ibill call. You know what, make sure you tag you when you put this video out. Tag Summer Walker everything. If you're listening, please tell Summer Walker I'm looking at the camera. Charles Gagery is in love with her tag in my Life I Can't so music legend his ilbum legend. And then we have Nave who also dropped the album called Demons predicted by a Jews and he had some features on their Little Baby Little Uzzi don Tolliver. So that was some some hot albums and singles that dropped out this week, besides our favorite, our favorite girl Beyonce and has Part two. Uh, every girl on Madriam's Part two was out on all platforms, so definitely check that out. Yeah, that was your music. We didn't hear nothing else about who what's her name? The one that was made at Beyonce. That was mass Okay, we moved on. I would think that she would put something out by now she was. She didn't put music out. Yeah, she's still she gotta be in the studio. She got it. Are just still in the studio. The last thing I've heard from Kalise was because y'all know the fires, is it? She live in California. Yeah, but she still performs, like on her Instagram, she can you can tell she still do performance. I don't know if she's doing her old music, but she still do a live performance. She got I'm sure she got a cot for five. Y'all used to love Kalise. Y'all y'all hate me, So what is that right now? I ain't loved Kalise, I'm no doubt. I mean other than that, I ain't really know much else. Well, I hate you too much right now. I think when that came out, I didn't even know it was her right right away. Yeah, So I mean unless you I don't know. I can't really talk about it because to me, it was like I ain't know what she was doing, I know where she was at, I ain't know nothing about her music. I only knew the one song. So in my mind it was a one hit wonder and it was I ain't know much about her. Mm hmmm, so what so? So that was? That was your music? Yeah? That was all? That was top music this week, no doubt, no doubt. Appreciate that was Leelee Man. If we talked we after talk on w p P m P Philadelphia Want six point five f we talked weekly after the talk. So what what because we got a little bit of time, What's what music is out there or isn't out there? That y'all would like to hear right now, like who would you like to hear that? You haven't heard anything from me? Who I haven't heard anything from? Like John was going to say, oh, Miguel, he has job any day. I feel like five years she's been doing a lot with her makeup. She has she but she he still said he I think we should look in the camera. You will never ever hear music from her. Rihanna back out. I think I think you're crazy. You're crazy. How can you sit there and say that right now? I have been We've been way patiently. I think done because that's had a baby and she got a lot to talk about now right, she got a lot to talk about now right here. She probably do, Yeah, she does. I feel like we might not get another album. We might get some singles out of her, we might not get an ebum. A song is fine the way you went so hard because a cameo and like in a music video, like like she can do that, but we need to really break this down. So do you want a cameo with her just in a video not saying it, or do you want a single from her? Single? Okay, so everybody wants to single something, yeah something? Is it the one or the other. Let me tell you, Leadi, you know what your energy is equivalent to right now? My energy. When people were talk to me about Lebron get another ring, he's done, it ain't had, it ain't going nowhere. Y'all want a cameo, y'all want to see him with the USA team or something. But no, like but that album, No, she done and it ain't had it? Like, why don't think we get an album? We've been We've been ware for an hour patiently, but I really feel like we might get a single. Yeah, when was her last time auntie? What year was that? Twenty twenty seventeen? Come on, don't do that? And that when Beyonce just dropped something for the first time after like five was her? Her last album was twenty sixteen. We Need You to Your Auntie came my twenty sixteen, okay, And Beyonce's last album was twenty sixteen before she just dropped it on this year, So don't do reasonel, don't you really like that? No? People was giving his about Beyonce coming out with music, and Beyonce was also doing other stuff she did to be alive this William Sisters movie. You know what she did before Break My Soul came out. It was something that she did. But she been hitting that stuff so like we've been paying attention. We heard nothing really as quiet as a mouse. Come on, I need listen. I need you listen to you. Oh my god, Harry go you just she's going with Miwalke. Nah she really? She married? Now? Oh my bad? Yeah, sure, y'all, I ain't know y'all broke up. Well, I'm all right, all right, come on, we need some music from you. That's my girl. But I will have I will have an ounce of faith. I will that we will get a single some twenty twenty five. Oh I'm sorry, it's twenty twenty three, not ended twenty twenty two. But see, you don't even know where you are. You don't know where you are, you don't know who you are. That's funny. But yeah, Miguel and Read would be two people that I would like to care. I wanted to go to do a joint album. Him and J Cole are like man, yeah, they go together so well, so so well, what rapper would need to drop? Something that DJ hollid One was nice, that was would would have been on that one though, it was no se I would have said. I definitely would have said I wanted to hear something from whof but then I said, he just that's all I needed from forever. But that's what I'm saying about Rihanna, Like if she even did something like you say, like a cameo or something, I said, something like just to give us something, you get fulfilled with it and you can run off of it for a little longer. But Hope is different though, because Hope dip and dive, like he come in and out of stuff, like he's on the future. A year go by, he come back out. So it's like it's different with WLD. But but if you talk a whole albums, you know we're getting there. Do you think we're gonna get album from a Hope? Now, I'm just saying we talked about whole album. That's about whole albums. But you just went in on Rihanna. I'm fighting she's been playing games. Somebody over here mad. That's all that she mad. So she's going hard on you because we made you. But I'm still playing antie like I've never heard her before. So it's so what about all right? So all right, what about Kelly? What about Dustney Child? No, you don't want to hear like a Dustney Child album? Oh absolutely, I would. I would. I feel like I'm still waiting, okay, like I just don't know, you know, I don't know. Yeah, I think a tour definitely needs to happen. Child, all right, I'm not Yeah, no, Dustiny, Well I can now I'm gonna say, I probably understand you're feeling around that sparkle. And and I'm gonna tell y'all minds Destney Child fan, I listen, I'm still I'm still banging writings on the wall. That's me every time I'm on my road trip. I put the whole listen to it from beginning that. But it changed for me in the later years. I think I'm still a lover of the original group. Okay, I think that's what it is for me. Okay, yeah, you talk my one. It was just Michelle Kelly when it was the four before, right, the first I'm saying, but one is Michelle Kelly. And and yeah, the music was changed, the music changed, ship it was a little different. Now, I still rock on my escape And you know, don't like I like what you just said about the originals. It's like I go back into the volt and can listen to them, but I still listen to all the music has changed. So what's what about the what about the fellas? Like? Who would you like? Who would you want to hear something from Kelly? But I ain't going to the jail at the jail much going on, but a man, I don't know you. I do have a quick question. I do have a question. So did he I was unjail because I'm always going to jail for saying what other people be thinking? You said? Did he what that finger? Because I'm gonna go from there to trade songs. You know, Uncle ron you know I adopted him as my uncle with my Ronald listen. Soo, man, Uncle Rono always dropped new musical. He really is. He'd be getting it, he really You see his new bunny. He always keeps beautiful. I think he's like forty years older than her, right, Yeah. And his wife, I think I know more. He was somehow cute little, but his wife was. His wife was a lot younger than he was. His wife was. I think he married backup singer. She was in like her thirties, was like early Yes, that I think if she probably the same woman's probably forty now. But when she married, right, because when he came home from jail, he had then he had a kid because the son is he was, he rest right right as soon as he came out, he married her and they had a kid. So step fast. So how do y'all feel about did he went and did this? I g video with other people and he was saying R and B is dead and what I want to know your thoughts? Did he was saying that, yes, he said R and B is dead? Well, this is alright. Where where are all the R and B singers? R and B? Yeah? If you think of R and B, well we'll no, no, it's all good. If you think of R and B, who comes to mind, like when you think of his error, you think R and B. Who do you think? I think of Usher? You think you think of R Kelly, you think of us? Sure, you think of J Blige? You know you think of you think of groups? You think a group boys von So if you think of that, who compares to that? Right now? Which? Which? Which would probably be where you should start in the context of thinking is R and B D Of course a younger generation. I feel like that's so. I think that's what. But that sound is different than the sound were used to when you think about Lennox, though she's still she still keeps that sound, Sullivan, but I think it has to change because our music is different from the generation. Everybody raves about this Jasmine Sullivant lady. I don't feel like I know none of her music. I guess I gotta go on on and listen to. But it's great about So I'm gonna just say this right now. I love jazz. Jasmine is dope. But what I think I know her name when I know her music. I know her name. You just didn't talk about so jazz. Because Jazmine Sullivan come from the whole that's to break your windows out the car, lady, but the whole black literally, the whole neo soul error, that's what she comes out of. And so she started young, you know, so she kind of grew up with music and you know jazz. I mean, she is probably on par as being one of the greatest vocalists of all time, one of them. Yeah, I guess I listen to that. Yeah yeah, but she's because I don't get it from everybody says she's that's just to stay in context with R and B. I mean, she she's here. Music has as you stated, but that's the generation thing. So if you think of that, would you just said when a different generation B is de Yeah, because something else it's born. Well, it's jazz, dad is you know what I'm saying. But see, they keep If you listen to jazz now and jazz back then, like fifty years ago, it's still similar. You still you still get some of the scatting. It's just a little different. You still got the same rips, the same nothing is different. It's not like if you listen to safe example, I was playing with LL, right, But if you listen to something like some of LL old music I don't know, Mama said, knock you out right, and then listen to like, I don't know some of this Roddy Rich, Roddy Rich stuff. I like Roddy Rich actually, But if you listen to like some of this drill stuff, like, it's different. Yeah, it's just different. It's just different, right, And so it's I guess it was some people that I wouldn't listen to back then that I liked, you know, I like different music within the same genre and certain stuff like I listen to Roddy Rich, I like g Herbo. You know what I'm saying. I like a meet, I like I like certain people within music, but certain people I'm like, what the I don't. I don't. I'm not a fan of it, right, but I understand that it's just different, right, And so I think we just have to to answer the question. If I'm thinking within the context of what did he was saying, jity, Yeah, if I'm a stay in that box. In that context, I would say, yeah, thinking about all the things that you just said, because when you after naming all those people, my first thought that comes to my head is where the boy bands at. Yeah, we had a bunch of boy bands from Ensync. Like I said, I think Evands is over state, Like, what's that? It's a I think they broke up with something like that. Yeah, I mean, I know in Vogue is they're torn again, you know. So you got a lot of the old ones that are just still working, you know. But the sound of music that you hear every day when you turn the radio on, it is it is different. I mean, I think, which is why because I am an r and B fan, I don't know any new R and B, so I always gravitate to the old stuff, you know what I mean. Like, well, like I'm gonna say, when I when I when I put on I have my my favorite like Pandora station I listen to is is Solange, And when I put her station on, I get a mix of everything from like her, you know, from her and Laurence Hill. So I get a mix of yeah, you know you missed that stuff. You know, I get a mix of that kind of stuff, which is why I love that particular station. But normally, like if I just have to play my own music off of my devices, so I usually I yield to my my tray songs, my tank you know. Even so, in the context Lely y'all would say, it definitely definitely is dying. However, however, however, you do have a lot of people who grew up on that music listening to their mom and singing and it sounds like that stuff like you can't. I'll just say give it some time, because everything comes back around. Yeah, everything comes back around, and you're gonna hear. You're gonna hear like a little another young Kanye K like not Kanye Kanye, Yeah, from boys. You want to hear another young yan Ye, you want to hear another young you know, I don't know, like Retha like or something like that. I don't know, but it was that era music R and shooting and when you're thinking about like the Christopher Williams and like if you listen to all of that area, Stephanie Nils, it was tons of R and B out there. It's it's I find the state band coming out, a new boy banded, a new boy band. It probably won't work this time, but it might. I mean, you have girl bands coming out that's kind of like the TLC is she kind of thingy? But who it's a girl band though, well they's I feel like I personally don't feel like R and B is dead. I feel like R and B definitely has evolved, but I could see where where you grew up, what you what you're used to listening to if you're like now, I don't know who's out. So yes, R and B is dead, but I feel like you definitely have to go out and look for that because they're out there. Like, how do we find out R? How do we hear about her? How do we got Miguel, how do we hear about ro James? Like, there's many artists that are still had that soul full sound that people are just not going out looking for. And you gotta also think about a lot of the older artists kind of are trying to work with the new R and B artists and that dope like. But then he made the comment, I was like, you have a song with Brice and Taller. I don't think R and B is dead. Bryce is hot. He's R and B? Right, isn't Jack isn't he R and B too? Kind of? Yeah, yes, so many dope R and B. We have to talk a w you want six twenty five film with the beautiful and beautiful beautiful and we gotta get out of here, y'all just for that. You heard the scratch? Yeah, An it's still live.