WTW w/ Ashley Rae & Stephen Harper

All right, there you go. We talked weeklies after the talk from w PP MLP Philadelphia one O six point five FM. We talked weeklies after the talk, and we got a jam packed show for you today. I'm your boy Charles Greg with the beautiful Lawrence Sizzle and classy Lady Sparkles. Should be jumping on shortly, uh, and I believe Lady done. I believe I'm getting a couple. You know, chimes and alerts already saying we're jumping on and all that good stuff. But before we get into that, how was your day? So my day was good after I left the dealer getting my annual car maintenance, which and I know we talked about this probably last year when I got my annual car maintenance. But that just as sitting in the shop and waiting and waiting, and then you start seeing people, well call all your cars ready, the ones that came after, you're like, oh my gosh, I can't, Like I literally I'm like I can't. But I was prepared. I took my laptop, I got a little work done and all that. Afterwards, I kind of spent some time with family and then you know, now I'm here. That's right, yeah, man, and we definitely Yeah. I had a long day, long day, moving around, moving and shaking, shaky and moving, you know, trying to stay out the way, as they say. But uh, there's a lot of things happening in the city today. Yes, way too much, way too much. It is going on. Yeah, yeah, Doom Day is coming up. Yes, we got the Roots picnic. Yeah actually. Yeah, yeah. What's your thoughts on that? I mean, have you heard anything about people going? Have you heard anything about the picnic? What's going on? I did hear things about people going, and I think this year is black Lily, so that's huge. Yeah, that's huge and a lot of exciting people going to be there. I kind of wish I would have been had time to be in the building or you know, but yeah, I know it's going to be a great show. Every year they it never fails to, like, you know, each year, I feel like it sets the bar like a little bit higher than the year before. I think last year we had Usher here, right. Was it? I thought he was supposed to be coming this year. It was. I don't know if he performed, but he was there. Right, Yeah, because everyone everyone was talking about us, couldn't believe that usher was actually there. Beanie Stiegel, he's he's supposed to be there this year, Marsha Ambrosia. Hold on, wait so bean Bean's on the whole state property. As far as I know, Beanie Siegel. But you know, if he's coming, he might bring the the the guys. Out, bring the guys out. Yes, yes, And then it was Freeway Day yesterday, right or. Uh, I can't remember. You know, we actually had the opportunity to uh cover when they announced Freeway date free Weight Day, which was. Yeah for sure, yeah, yeah that was great. But then quest Love he's supposed to be in the building of course, and a couple other people, but yeah, it's gonna be it's going to be a a dope show. Today they're supposed to have Jill Scott. Nas not not yet. Yeah tonight and then tomorrow lol, Wayne in the Roots, Baby Baby Andre three thousand in the building and Gunna. So m and they be making Joker Andre three thousand talking about you know, he'd be playing on what's that the flute? The horn? I like him. I like him. Whether he plays his little don't matter are kind of the game. You can't say he ain't make his mark on On, uh you know, on the culture. Absolutely, there's there's no denying that. Uh yeah, but uh oh yeah, but it's it's gonna be a lot of a lot of people go there, baby face, Cameron will at you got, Adam Blackstone featuring Fantasia, Tasha Cobbs, Leonard, He's gonna be there, and just a lot of people. DJ Active Yeah, Diamond Cuts, she's gonna be there. I love her. I love her too, funk Flex Yeah. Yeah, it's a lot of a lot of people. Yeah, I got it. I got a problem. I don't get on my soap box. My goodness, do I. Want to get on my soap son? I just saw arm Wait a minute, how about I'm using her Mac machine and her mac. I don't even know. She said she didn't know you was home. Yeah it's the Mac is what it was, the laptop the whole time. Yeah, how old is? How old is? The computer? Doesn't need home? Mm hmm they not? They not over two years? Okay, yea new Let me see crazy, So let me see these are some of the people. All right, So beans, Marsian, I'm like, when I tell you, Marsha and Bruce, I'm in love with Marsha, and she's one of the most underrated, probably one of the most underrated talents that's out there. Shout out to Philly you know, uh love Thomas and uh who is this? Oh my Brown? Yeah, no doubt, no doubt, just gotten nods so so so that the headliners today and today she read. Okay you happy about Sexy Red? Yeah, I mean she she get get people hype, okay or what I see now that's the get ready to go out to turn up music for going out. Okay, Okay, you know that's what's up. Shout out the Sexy Red. I guess you know he put the I guess it's room for everybody out in and out there. You know the dream you know what I mean? DJ Diamond cuts. Who's Who's me? I don't know, No Smino, I haven't heard of sminauh Wiley, Wi Willow and Gilly Shout out the domho red Man Okay, yeah, Matthew Man and red Man, Black Thought, of course, shout out Black Thought, Marshall, Broster Court, Funk Flex October London. Not sure who that is October London. Uh, when did little Wayne names start going over? And the roots maybe they're collab list like that. I like Laura London though. God, that's that's my girl right there. Let me see Native Range run. I know Willow Smith. She was on a Tiny Desk right she. Was on the the one where where Black Thought is on there and Black Thought and the band played for her as she's sang Jimmy fallon Jimmy. That was really good that band. She just did. She just did Tiny Desks too. That went viral ver. Yeah, like it was like raw talent, Like she really is talented. Yeah, she really is. Yeah, Yeah, I definitely know our big brother, will You gotta be very proud of her because she's like our music. I could see it. You don't sleep on all of the all of the Smiths. All to have a whole band. But you know, you know Jada used to have. A band, and yoh, Jada. I'm not talking about Jada. I'm talking about the kids. About the kids, man, I can't. I'm talking about the kids. Man. We're not talking about Jada right now. Uh uh. But yeah, I've seen jays and what is jaydon right en? He uh he was he was torn for a while. Yeah, the creator and all of them. I always little Willow Willow from Uh with My Hair mm hm was my girl. I was like, she killed that, she came out they and so she gives me this, you know, this new this new kind of music feel. She's kind of coming into her own. Wait a minute, I'm looking at that list, Fantasia, it's going to be there. Hold on, I missed that. I know that's your girl. That's why I was like, wait, you. Try to put her back, hold on, let me pull her. Need some screen time? There she go, she needs some screen time. Who's she featuring with. On tomorrow? Mm hm, Oh that's gonna be nice. Yeah, okay, it's this whole weekend is gonna be such a vibe, like on so many different levels, like R and B, hip hop, neo soul. That's that's like the that's what you want. That's what you want. Honestly you get, you know, go through l a. Ghost facing Amyrie. Oh my gosh, I used to love me something. Oh man, I love you. That was my girl. She just disappeared. I'm glad she's doing music again. Yeah yeah, I think do a lot, but I liked her. Tell You're out, Yeah, you can't can't. You can't go wrong with well, there you go. There you have ladies and gentlemen. I got that was just like a look you you dropped off for a minute, Sparks. So how was your day? And Danil, why don't you give us your good news and bad news? Jump right into that before we have our guests. Come on. All right, my day was it was all right. I mean I went and I went and got an oil change and I was like. Yeah, but the thing is is I went on groupon and was like, let me get my let me I get there, and I'm like, what the heck did I even do groupon for? It was like, oh it's. I said, oh this is it's like click b Yeah. It was like I don't even going groupon anymore because of that. So that they should complain about that. For sure. Yeah. So but outside of that, I mean, it was a gorgeous, gorgeous day. It was beautiful, beautiful all right. So we ready. All right, I ain't hear no music. You know you had. Early all right, Yes, we got some good news on this one. Earlier this month, Mayor Cherrell Parker signed an executive order to clean every block in Philadelphia this summer. On May thirty, first, the city unveiled it strategy led by Carlton Williams from the Office of Clean and Green Initiatives, involving. Multiple city departments. We are One Philly, a united city, was the rolling cry that everyone was saying. That you know from Charrell Parker. She says that the. Goal of making Philadelphia the clean, greenest big city in America. Williams emphasized the importance of maintenance. He says, if you're allowing things to go unkept and undone, chaos and other things will follow. The initiative started. It's starting on June third and Kensington. It'll a dress the litter, illegal dumping, graffiti and other issues. They're going to use an app called quick Capture to document the progress. Mayor Parker stated that. All Philadelphians want a cleaner say for green or Philly, and this is what I mean when I say one Philly. The project will involve a team of thirty eight people and the week of June tenth is going to focus on hunting and park Aloni, fern Rock, East, Oaklane, Felton and Franklin neighborhoods. So do y'all remember when they did this, They used to make you not park on the block. Remember that when you could to move your car, your car gets told things you don't remember. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, you had to move at a certain time. Yeah. So it's not like it's like, you know, brand new type of rocket science. They used to put the red and white signs up and yeah, be on one side of the street or yeah, so I need that. Well that's what's coming back trip you your car will be told or you will be tickets. Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait, hold on wait wait, I just need for you to explain explain it to me. Won't one more time? So they are doing a clean initiative, that's. And and what's the what's the okay, so what's going to happen now initiative? Because maybe I wasn't listening, so the problem with that. Go ahead, I'm gonna listen. The problem, but just just go through it, okay. All right, Well we'll talk about it after I'm at the end. All right. The next story is about your boy, both of y'all boy. DT Donald Trump number thirty four, YEP, number thirty four. Number thirty four counts. Yes. Donald Trump was convicted on thirty four felony counts falsifying of falsifying business records related to hush money scheme. For the twenty sixteen election, he faces a historical legal challenges as the first former US president convicted of a felony. Sentencing is set for July eleventh. That's the day after my birthday, but his legal team is expected to appeal, possibly delaying it. Despite the conviction, Trump remains. A key political figure, and April CNN survey found that twenty four percent of Trump supporters might still reconsider their support even if he was convicted. A May, while a May Emerson College poll revealed that twenty five percent of voters would be less likely to vote for him. Trump's basically he's trailing by six points. When you're factoring in his conviction. Six points. That's not a lot, not a lot at all. I'm not a Trump I'm not a Trump fan. I'm not a Biden fan. Yeah, I'm neither. But I'm gonna say this. The Democrats keep falling short. You keep going let me turn his music down real quick, Dilms. You're still going after or you're still using the nineteen thirties playbook. Yeah, this is twenty twenty four, about to go into twenty five election, and you're still using an old dated playbook, you pushing this conviction. All you did was make a lot of because I'm hearing this, you got to keep your ear to the street. All you hear is people saying, well, you know, the criminal justice system is messed up anyway. So all you did was so literally, all you did was pat people on the back that say, you know what, you're right. The criminal justice system is messed up, whether you con victim or not. So we don't care about the criminal justice system. They don't care about it. The dims you and that sh the dims keep messing up and falling flat. If you're trying to get this guy out of the pocket, you have to come up with new innovative stuff. We're in We're now in the AI initiative. We're on the AI generation. They don't care about what happened. I'm gonna get off because I need to get this sister Ashley on. I can't talk about because you know we politics, right, we can table it. Table that please, all right, And here's the last point for it. Despite his conviction, Trump can still run for president. The US Constitution does not disqualify convicted individuals for running or holding the presidency. The decision rests with the vote and the political My good. So, so now you're saying that all of the people who felt that they couldn't vote after they got convicted, all of hold on check. But when I fact checked that, that's the that's the reason. You know what I got. Let me play this real quick. The story is blown me. You people must be idiots. What are you doing? Are you people out of your mind? Are you just so with it? Any clue? Your conduct is outrageous. You think I'm stupid. I'm not stupid. What you're pre supposing is that the person sitting behind here is going to believe this nonsense story that. You made up. Yes, either that or you're stupid? Or is this your wife fiance that she's stupid? Democrats, Republicans, everybody across the board. If you're in politics right now, you have to do something different because this is a mess. Go ahead, all right, this is the last story, and this is bad news. The good news was the Cherrell Parker cleaning up the pH. That's good news news. Clean up Phillies. The University of Arts and Philadelphia will permanently permanently close on June seven due to financial difficulties and declining enrollment, an announcement by President Carrie Walk. The closure follows the sudden withdrawal of the university's accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. All upcoming summer courses are canceled and no new. Students will be enrolled in the fall. The university is working on transfer pathways for current students to go to nearby institutions such as Temple, Drexel, and more College of Art and Design. A town hall for the university community is scheduled for June three. Wow. Wow, they're getting That's a shame that I was just talking and learn about people say that, there we go again. We're in a different generation. It's people literally saying I don't want to go to college anymore. I don't need to go to college. They're doing and YouTube university, YouTube university. What they're doing is finding more ways or different ways to college, get to Google college and and just do you know, their own thing and become entrepreneurs. And that the world, the world is pushing that because they're doing certifications now. And that was like yesteryear's when you did on the job training where you would get certain that kind of thing. They're bringing that back because now you could do certifications and get a certificate and that holds the same as a degree to the you know, to some point as well as experience. So they're saying, if your resume and your experience is equivalent to you know, an associates or bachelor's then But I don't see nothing wrong with that either. But I also see something wrong with the whole you know, the student loans and stuff. Like that needs to and I think Biden did work on that. He did come through with his promise. Some because everyone didn't get that song. So I'm still waiting and I did years. So so what I will say is is there should have been we have to innovate faster. They should have been focused on certifications programs when most people just want you to have a specialty in something specific. They don't. You don't need a full on degree to specialize in I don't know, liberal arts. You don't have to do that. You don't you don't have to do that. You just need a specific some specificity in what you're doing at the trade or. The associate's degree can be. The about that because it's a two year Yeah, because even to get like your sterile processing or certain nursing degrees, it's two years. Like two years is. The new amount of time that they're doing, even in certificates. So I agree with you that on that one years. So that was your good news and your bad news. I want to bring her comment up real quick because she said he class She said Trump is a class A filming definitely, which is the problem. Which is the problem. You're you're trying to be You're trying to go high when someone is going low. You can't, you know how, you know how they say you can't out play a player. You can't do it when someone is beating you in being dirty the whole time. You can't. You can't. So now you have people saying, what this Trump thing? Or what about uh Junior Biden? What's his name? The other Biden, the one that they've been trying to convict for a long time, the son, the son I can't think. Of his name, Donald Trump Junior or Eric Joe Biden's son. That's the one that pay. Rest in peace to bol But what the point that I'm making is now that you turned over the rocks and seen all of the little roly police and the worms and everything running around. Now it's the target. It is back, I'm sure m hm. And so why I mean he deserved to be uh uh. That's not dissolving him, right, I'm just saying that it's certain things that you need to put. More recently, suing them or something like that. For all that, Let's go to a commercial break. Not a commercial break, Let's go to one of our little videos, and then we're gonna come back with our dynamic interview. Because you know our interview, E don't know. I can get on my soapbox and I start spitting bars on all of them because our proud with the whole policy. I want to know what the interview he says too, like what what would they believe about? Okay, we can ask her. I want to talk about her though, right, but we're gonna talk to want to get back, were almost trying to go anywhere. When we come back, we're gonna talk to you. This your boy Charles Greg with the beautiful Lawrence and beautiful We'll be right back after the show. What's going on you guys? This is Bridge Kelly, and you are locked into he talked weekly. We talked, He's after the Talking w P P M l P Philadelphia one on six point five film we talked week, He's after the Talk with your boy Charles Gregor and the Beautiful Classic Sparkle and a Beautiful. She froze again, Lady has does in the building. What's up y'all? Wait, Spark? What are you doing? Spark? You can't hear me? Yes, I said in the Beautiful you just sat there. Gee, no listen, get thank you. That was I wasn't looking then that was Lauren for that's isle fault. Where is Lauren? I don't see it all, but I was on time my best apologize, apologized, Yeah, let me put myself in jail. I put myself in jail real quick. Director jail. You know I deserve that. I deserve that. That's my bad, my bad, and so what I further mean, Classic, You're gonna You're gonna do our intro for the person who we have today, who. We have to do today? We have Ashley Ray Harper, a versatile figure in entertainment, debuts as both producer and director with her pointed film Read, released under her company, Ashley Ray Production's LLC. Addressing themes of teenage depression and suicide. Her work aims to illuminate the struggles of youth, sparking vital conversation and fostering empathy. Y'all already know what to do. Give a warm We talk weekly. Welcome to Miss Ashley Ray Harper. Hello, Hello, how are you? Since we're talking about before before we do anything, right, why don't you let us know how how was your day? How were you doing to day? Today was good. I slept all day because it's hot here Carolina. Okay, it's very hot. So I was like, let me just stay in bed, and that's what I did. The North kakak and shout out to them. You know, I think I was thinking about maybe moving down there one day, one more again. But uh, you know, as you specialize in, you know, serious conversations, vital conversations, we was just having a vital conversation. Why don't you ask her questions? Since you wanted to know real quick? You said, you're in Raleigh. I'm in Charlotte, Mary, Charlotte, Okay, okay, I lived in Fayetteville, not too far. So we were talking about Donald Trump and his thirty four felony convictions. And this question is to everybody because if you know, if you live in the US, he's the you know, overseer for the you know, for the United States. What is your take on Democrat Republican? Would you still vote for him regard you know, regarding him being a convicted felon. Now, and I know some people. Don't like to share who they vote for, but feel free, this is a safe space. I'm gonna I I'm twenty one, I'll be twenty two when I when I vote again. And because I voted in twenty. Twenty and I voted for Biden, so you know what, I'm still on the edge. I'm probably gonna vote for Biden again. And then I'm gonna. Hope for like twenty twenty eight, maybe a gen Z president can pop up, because I need someone who is around my age to run this country. So see, that's that's my point. That's exactly my point is this way of thinking. Wait, Ashley, you're gonna okay, you said you're going to just vote for Biden because why. At this point, I don't know who else is the best choice. Yeah, and I'm more worried about getting my college degree, so I'm just like, can I just vote for Biden and then keep trying to be a senior in college so I can have fun. That's that's what I'm they people don't care. They just let me just get this overwit and go. I feel like we've been in the same situation. Yes, hold on, hold one second. I just wanted to give you a rounded applause. There you go, Yeah, go ahead. I'm sorry, I ask you go ahead and finish the statement. It's okay. I just I feel like we've been in the same situation since like twenty when COVID happened and all that tobacco. So I just like twenty twenty four, I wasn't expecting much that I was not expecting Biden and Trump possibly again, and I was like, oh great, let's hope for twenty twenty eight. Please please. So, as a you know, youth voter, pretty much knew what are some of the things that you feel like you know, voters around your age bracket that they want in a candidate, great question, the things that they want to be done. So since I am an adult ish I still feel like I'm seventeen, but I wish there were I wish they would give us an opportunity to have jobs like run out of college because I'm struggling trying to find a job currently. And then also, rent should not be two thousand dollars per month, our payments shouldn't be like eight hundred dollars per month. I just feel like make it a little bit easier for us newcomers in the world of the adults. They the economy, so we want to do better with the economy. I got you, no doubt, Okay, goohy spar you got it. You got it. Well, Actually, tell us more about what I spoke as far as your introductions. Tell us how did you start to get into film? And as you said, you still feel like you're seventeen. So do you still live at home? Yes? I do. I'm currently a senior at Campbell University and I am majoring in mathematics and I'll get my bachelors in science in math next. Year in the fall. And are you analytical thinker? Yes? Yes, and then I plan on get my master's in science and operations research. So that's my goal thing of life. So still yeah, I love that. I love that. Do you feel have you seen hitting figures? Yes? What was your thought on hitting figures, and do you believe that, you know, more women should get into the scope or maybe more women of color. What's your thoughts on that. I fell in love with the movie because I was like, yes, I finally have someone that looks like me and loves math because I love talking about math, and people kind of look at me sideways, especially at school, people really look at me sideways. They're like, why are you doing math? Isn't like math is disgusting. I'm like, actually, math is very helpful in the world today. You can do financial you can do business, you can really do anything and put your mind to it as. A math major, and people don't understand that. And I'm just like, I'm trying to make the difference in the world, please, so don't push down my dreams. So how'd you get into film from math? I got into film by I didn't really get into the film by math. Math was already kind of like in me because my mom's was a math major and a math teacher, and then my dad listening to computer science major and then he also is in the military doing data analysts. So I've just always loved math. But then film came by by me watching like movies and TV shows, and then I just at writing in general and now I'm just a fobal and filmmaker. Wow, tell us more about what the film is about. I know you mentioned about, you know, depression and a lot of the things that your generation is starting, you know that they're going through. Tell us more about that. Yes, So Red is about a girl named Billy. She's going through depression and suicidal thoughts and she's just trying to understand what's wrong with her, if it's a chemical imbalance or someone bullied her. She's trying to figure that out, and her parents don't really know why. So they sent her to a mental health facility after they found her in a bathtub. So they did the film, and she's also in like group therapy and just therapy in general, and then she realizes at the end that she really needed the help and she's happy that her parents sent her, even if she paid them for a little bit. So the film really touches on like, yes, I might hate you in the moment. I appreciate you. Well, why do you feel like that's important? Man? Because I experienced this specifically. I didn't go to a mental health facility, but I was threatened of going. To one by a former school of mine. So I was like, I love. Writing, so why not just put it in a film and showcase how much we need it? And then also I've seen films and shows just like did not they didn't they didn't do it right. I didn't do like the mental health right. They were like making a mockery of it, and then like they wouldn't care because they got the money off of it. I'm like, no, that's not right. M Yeah. I kind of asked you that as a and the pretty much was a rhetorical question because it's so important right now. And I feel like, especially in the black community, one thing that that we we don't feel as important as our mental health. And I tell people that mental health is just important as you going and getting your annual check up, you know, and doing things like that you know six months ago, and get your your teeth clean and things like that. But you know, therapy and getting your mental health, you know, getting mental health support is just as important as you know, your regular health because if it's it goes untreated, it leads to health problems down the line. So I, you know, I commend you for you know, just especially being young and highlighting that. I just think that's awesome. Thank you, Ashley. What do you think that you know, if a young girl sixteen seventeen were to need that type of resources, like what do you what would you tell parents, Not so much the young person, but what would you tell parents that they could do to help someone that's having a cry out. Like that, Just listen to them. Don't think that they're just doing it for attention. Most of the time people aren't doing it for attention. They're actually needing the help. You just need to like listen to them, and if they don't want to talk to you like that, get them the help, like take them to the er or take them to your doctor, and just get like resources because sometimes you do it too late and then it's over. So mhm. Do you think parents are a little too strict on the generations that are coming up? Do you think that like invading your privacy or you know, putting too much pressure on them, Like you said, even moving out is very expensive right now, wanting them to get a job. That's that. I think some parents are too strict. My parents weren't, Thank goodness, because I don't know what would have happened if they weren't. But I'm happy they're not strict on me. They just want the best for me. But some parents, I think they go over like too overboard, and then when their kids get older, they don't want to talk to them, and it's. Because you were strict. Without them, you didn't believe them to health, you aren't believing anything. So I think some parents, like I get that you want to be friends with your kids, but don't be so much rude to them to the point they like think lower themselves, just like have that like standard ground, like Okay, I'm your parent, but I'm also here for you, and yes I'm going to do this for you, but you will have to also like be okay with what I'm telling you to do. I think that also it helps if those parents, I mean, you could be strict, but don't be negative, don't talk down to them, and yeah, constantly use encouragement and encouraging words and lifting them up and you know, given though positive energy and letting them know that they can do things and they can succeed at things. Because I feel like I had a strict parents, but no matter how strict they were, I felt like I didn't appreciate it. Then, but now I'm like, oh, I see why now that I'm older, but I. Didn't have that. Yeah, how much do you think social media plays a part and when it comes to mental health, because now, especially with women, you're getting on TikTok, you're getting on Instagram and you're seeing these quote unquote Instagram models and these girls that look like they're at a size too, And I guess ten if you that, Like, what are your thoughts about how social media affects mental health? Laura the parents of the kids, I'm talking about the girls. For young girls, like, for young girls getting on social media, like, what does that play in their mental health? I think it plays a huge part because social media paints a picture that what you're looking at as a reality, but in reality, it's not actually true. It's just a part of someone's day. So I feel like a lot of girls shouldn't just look at something and be like I should look like that, or I should get surgery, or I should do this, that and the other, And I'm like, you're beautiful the way you are like these people that's probably not how they look like on a regular day basis. So this is what they do as a brand or this is what they do for the to get money. So I think a lot of girls need to realize, like, not everything's real, just like reality TV. Not everything's real on reality TV. So you're you're actually playing in the film, Is that correct? No, I am the director, the producer, the writer, everything. I'm not the cinematographer. I am because I have a person. That you're just behind the scenes. Yeah, I'm just behind the scenes. I did everything behind the scenes. It was talk a little bit about that, like you know your work and because that's not an easy task either or not. Yeah, it wasn't easy. When I did it, I was kind of going for the ride. I didn't I didn't know what I was doing per se, Like I kind of knew, but then I was like I need to just get do it, just do it and then figure out later how I like do this. Like I knew how to cast, and I had to find good actors. Trying to make sure the actors had all had good chemistry was hard. I was kind of nervous of if my cast was kind of good chemistry. But as you can see on the film, they all have good chemistry. So I was like Okay, I did good on that, and then finding locations was the hardest one for me because I didn't want to have to pay but so much and I was like, I hope I can find something for free. And then I was finally able to find something for free and I was really really grateful. So where can we find your movie? It's on YouTube under my production company channel, so Ashley Ray Productions. So it's under that production channel. And I'm excited to do more short films to get them to get my production channel up more running more. You should be very proud of yourself. I mean, they have a whole production and you would producer, director, writer, Like that's something to really that's impressive, Ashley, That's really something to be proud of. Thank you. I'm like the young filmmakers, what was the hardest thing for you and this whole kind of production piece, What was the hardest thing for you or that you felt was a. Challenge believing in myself? I was like, I was like, are y'all sure I can do this? Because I don't think I can. Oh, and my parents and my publicist miss Leslie, she really they all all three of them are really like you got this actually like, I know you can do this. You got this, Like if you need to cry to me, you can, like it's okay. And then they were really happy when I finished it and they. Are really proud of me. Yeah, Leslie is great. Do you feel do you ever look at something like any of the films that's out there, any of the shows, and get inspired, like what producer or director inspires you to continue to produce and do great film. I want to work with her so bad. Okay, I want to so bad. I love the Insecure and I think watching that show that gave me I was like, I'm that black girl. I am definitely her because I would be like, yeah, that's me. That's something I would do across the street. Wrong, Yeah, that's something I would do. Like, I feel like working with her would be cool. And then also working with like I love her pieces because I think Red is kind of in that realm of heavyness. I don't want to do too heavy where I can't get out of it, but I think doing more heavy pieces and getting a lot of social impact awareness out would be. Good for me. If you had the opportunity to cast the A list kind of cast, you know who would be you got five people that would play in your movie, that would be you know, two leads and then the rest like the other three? Right, who would be that all star cast in your film? Ooh, I really want to get Storm Read on a Brian project. I love Storm Read. Also, a lot of people say that I look like Storm Read. I think it's a compliment, but I'm like where I'm like, I don't think I look like her, but she's so pretty. So I see. Storm Reid. I also want Marseille with Martin. That girl knows how to act, Like, Yes, I would love her in one of my films or my show like I have a series. I'm trying to get off the ground too. I feel like she would play a great character in that one. Who Else? Terrence Howard interesting, Okay, I can see him playing a dad or a grandpa, Like I can see him doing that who else wants? There's a lot of people out there. There's a lot of you do resemble Storm Retail? Really really do let me see something? Because as you were saying, and I was like, who is that with me? Along? Along? Yeah? Adu? Yeah. Also Carrie Washington, I'm obsessed with her and Scandal. So if she could, you know, play with my mom and something that'd be great. Yeah, who else would be just like someone else? But Lolo Tongue, she's really good. And the summer I Turn Pretty and. What's her name, Lola, Lola Tongue, Lola Tongue. Oh yeah, it was in the summer I Turn Pretty and I love that show Hitty sound on Broadway and I was kind yeah this year that's okay. But yeah, I would love to have her on a project. That would be cool because like my projects are like geared to teenagers. That's like my realm. So I would love to like so actually add to that three songs you would have for a soundtrack for the movie that Charles just describes, I would do. A British version of Who Lives, Who Dies? Who Tells a Story. If you've ever seen Helmet's Hamilton you would understand. I've seen Hamilton. Yeah, I love that song. I just like I like the arrangement. I used to do music, so I like the arrangement of the song. I don't really have two others. To be honest with him, I listen to music, but I mean that's on your play list. Now, what'd you saying? What what's on your playlist? Now? A lot? What is on my playlist? I listen to Travis Scott, I listen to Hamilton. I listened to Broadway a lot, actually, and then I also listened to a British. Artist named Ray. She's really good. I like her. She's just coming out next week and I can't wait to listen. I also have just like it depends on my mood or if I'm driving for like a long time, I just have like a different bunch of songs jumbled into one playlist. I've also listened to Justin Timberlake and. Justin Timberlake. Yes, you know on. Hamilton, you know the one I like is I think it's just Shot you Get White The Shot? Yeah, yeah, that one's like really cool. But Hamilton's great, great, great theater. I went to Chicago to see it. Yeah, oh yeah. I remember when I came out in like twenty fifteen, and I was like, mom, can I go to Broadway? And then I looked at the tickets and I was like, never mind. Can you tell us a little bit about All We Got? All We Got? That was a film I did when was it was like twenty twenty one. It was like twenty twenty twenty one. It was like COVID time ish. It's about like a dysfunctional family and just trying to figure out how we how we understand each other and not fight all the time, with going through like death and like funeral and just basically everything life happens to you at fast. So that's basically what that is. And I played the younger version ever, like I played young Renee, and that was a challenging It wasn't really challenging. Actually, it was a fun role for me because I got to be myself. It was like a bag though, right, Yeah, it was a flash vaccine. Yeah, so that was fun. You got to play yourself. Yes, how do you financially support your you know, when you're doing your films, Like, what would you tell someone else young that says, hey, it's too expensive or you know, I don't have the right type of lens or you know, anything that would be discouraging to themselves? What would you tell them? Uh, there's free resources like everywhere on Instagram especially and on like Facebook groups, diamon. There's a lot of free resources. And also, don't be discouraged if you can't get your film off the ground. Quickly. It just takes a minute. My parents were really grateful and they were able to give me money for my film last time, but this next time, I'm trying to raise the money myself. So yeah, you know what's interesting if I want to do this to you real quick, I want you to think about you know what TED is like doing a Ted talk. You know what that is? Yes? Cool? So I want you to think in yourself the stage talking to other young people who is interested in you know, produce and creating. And I want you to give me, you know, like a thirty second to a minute kind of like talk to uplift and get them encouraged to do some of the things that you're doing. What would you say to them? So I would say that, yes, it's it's a difficult industry to get into. That is the understatement that everyone knows about. But don't let your guard down, don't let your hopes down, don't let your dreams down. You can do this. You just have to find the right people. Finding the right people is like either you can go to college and you can go to the film schools. Because because University of Southern California, they have a lot of people that go to the film school and scout and just try to find people to either model or they like direct or they write or act or everything. They find people and those people really get what they want. You also can go to like acting schools. I went to Acting Out Studio, so you can also do that. And acting schools they can get you agents, they can. Just don't go to the scam ones because you don't want to spend two thousand dollars on something that's not going to help you, don't do it. I did. And I also think like getting just starting somewhere, like with the script. Just write a script, write a story, write something, and then go off that and then go online and look up how do I write a shark film? How do I cast? How do I direct? How do I write YouTube? University will help you so much. It will help you so much. So thank you. That's your tad tak fantastic. I'm gonna keep you around them for plots for that. When that was really good, That was really good. Well, I know your parents are super proud of you, very very bright, youngly, and I want you to continue to do the things that you're doing, continue to empower and uplift those who are following in your footsteps, right, But I want you to continue pushing hard even when those times get tough. Everything all of us felt like giving up or felt like something was too hard, but we kept going, right, So I want you to continue to keep going and know your worth and know the power that's within you, right, So I want you to take that with you. And so before we let you leave, I just want to say thank you for coming to the show. And I want you to tell everyone how they can get in contact with you, how they can find your movies, all that good old stuff. So you can find me on Instagram at Ashley Ray Harper and also at Ashley Roy Production's LLC. And that does the same for my facebooks as well. And my movie is on My movie Red is on YouTube at Astley Productions and that's my YouTube channel. So fantastic. So you gotta make a promise to me. So when you casting Easter Rey and Terrence Howard and all that good old stuff, make sure that you know you come back or we talk weekly and shore with some love. I had no doubt. Well there you have it, ladies and gentlemen. I don't want you to go anywhere when we come back, they're gonna talk a little bit more about some of the things that's going on, and not only the community, but in the world, because you know, I was knowing my soul blocks for a while. So don't go nowhere. We'll be right back y'all after this. What's going on? You guys, this is Bridge Kelly and you are locked intos. You talk weekly? Yeah, we're right on time. We talked weekly after they're talking to b P P M M P Philadelphia one o six point five f M. We talked weeklies after the talk with your boy Charles Gregory and the beautiful. Lawrence and the beautiful Classic ladies. Beautiful lady, there go bright young people. I like the young people there. They're the future. They're doing some great work. They're doing some great work. And so what's up, Classic lady? Uh? Do you want to go back on? No? I don't even want to talk about them no more. What's up, lady? How was your day? I don't want to talk. My day was little good. Okay. I'm trying to jump in head and figure out what your own talking about. I feel like I'm like I missed some stuff I heard about. The the. I'm about to say the allegations, he's allegations. No more right, the convictions. I heard about the convictions. But Land, you know, so. Is he is he still able to run? He's still letting them run. Yeah, I mean he wasn't sentenced, you know, so unless he's going to serve time for a long time, uh, he'll probably be able to run. I think what this is is just it just gives his campaign a black eye. And I'm sure people, because I'm already hearing these people, I don't care. As long as I get enough check with his name on it, I don't care what he did. I'm like you people, he's already gearing up and he's making threats. And if somebody show you who they are the first time, you better believe them. But when you hear stuff like that, that just lets you know for everybody, it's about their bottom, lind. So it's almost like where I say that told thing about something your soul to the devil. So it's like, you don't care about any of this stuff morally. You just want money, and so that's what happens with the world. Yeah, And to that point, now that you say that, you know it's one of those things that if if the most important thing is they just want that money, then that says something about the struggling it what they're going through. Right, And so if the only thing they worried about is money, they don't care how you treat them, what you call them, you know, the unjust, unjustice that they're going through. All they want is a check. So that tells me they struggling. It's people out here struggling. They're willing to deal with that and take all of that on the change, just check, you know. And so what does that say? I mean think you have to peel back the layers and see what the root cause of it is, you know, what's actually going on, not not what's happening on the surface. And you know, I just you know, just I think both candidates is just but like they for real, it's like who's on. The independent ticket? Who can we start highlighting that? You know that may be like okay, you know here I am, and. You know the problem from some of my Democratic friends will hate the fact that you said that, what do you mean independent? No, it's supposed it be. It's kind of like yo, then on in one breath, right, all of the service and All of the work that we taught weekly do is to encourage you to utilize your voice, to amplify the fact that you can use your voice, not what to say, right. And so the problem becomes when you advocate and you promote and you endorse the ability for people, the individuals that had a right to vote, and you should vote, and why should you vote because your ancestors gave you the ability to vote. But then you say, but I want you to vote, and you should vote for this person though, it's something wrong with that ideology, It's something wrong with that train of thinking, right, because now it appears that it's an agenda there with you pushing for me to have a right to vote. That's a problem. And so we talk weekly. We can't endorse any candidate, right, we just have to report the facts and what's going on. And the facts aren't one sided. The facts is the facts, what's going on, whether we like. It or not. Yeah, And I think we do our due diligence and stressing the fact that get out and vote. Get out of vote period, full stop. And republic, Republican or Democrat, just get out and vote period. Those are used to home that like either one of that saying it is so I'm not voting, well, you're pretty much did vote, not vote as a vote for somebody. It is. Yeah, that's true. So get out and vote, utilize your voice. Don't listen to anyone telling you who to vote for. Do your due diligence. But I've learned, I think it was in high school or college, that your local and state votes are what really matters towards what the presidential vote is. Because the presidential vote in the. House vote is really what's voting it, but it's the other vote that come from local and state that drives those decisions accurate. We literally just talking on the surface. Don't listen to people telling you who to vote for. And this is whether I'm talking about your local election, the primary, to the president. I don't All I'm saying is do your due diligence, find out who better reflects your overall goal or what you would like, and you vote for your interests. Right, you have people saying, oh, you vote for the collective interests, But if the collective interest doesn't reflect your personal interest, then what then happens is you'll have disgruntled people saying, why did I vote for X? Y, and Z. So do your due diligence, see who you would like to vote for, and don't listen to anyone else telling you who to vote for. That's the biggest mistake that you can get. And that's what I would tell you to do. Do your own due diligence. Don't let anyone bully you into who you should vote for. Vote for your interests. Vote for the people who you believe represents what your interests in your morals and ethics. Are people people should be voting in every election, and not just presidential election, because I descriptibly descriptively remember and I think it might have been like twenty eighteen, there was a primary election that it had the lowest voter turnouf and next thing you know, they cut welfare benefits and people were complaining like, oh they cut down my food stamps. I don't get as much as I got before. Well, when you didn't go out and vote for those people, that the ones that shouldn't have gotten gotten in and that was their initiative, and and. That happened a sizzle because most people don't vote in those elections, and it's not a lot of information. It is a lot of information out I think the way that they market it is wrong, but they need to continue to amplify when those elections are most of the money go to the presidential election. That's where all of those big dollar signs come from. That's the lobbyist all of it, right, But when it comes to the other smaller elections, that's even more important. When they start voting in them judges, you know those judges. That's you know that you talking about little Poogy. You will free little Poogy. Well that was that judge that roofed little Pooky that you didn't vote for, and. Then it gets elected to the Superior Court and then the government there. For years and on there for years. Right because they're appoint there. They become appointments at that point. And so especially with the Supreme Court. Once you get to the Supreme Court, you're appointed there. You ain't getting off. You ain't getting off there. I was just watching that on Netflix, Ruth Ginsberg. She has something called Battle of the Battle of Sexes or. Something like that. But it was really really good. And you know, before her. Passing, you know, they highlighted this and they also spoke about her being on the Supreme Court justice but she was a freedom fighter. She definitely was for the women she was. It was a great movie watch. Talk about the Streets. That was mm HM said, yeah, as I talk about Boots to the Streets, that was her. You got to see the one with Shirley Chisholm. I saw that one too. Regina uh, Regina Hall with no Regina King. Yeah, that was good, that was great. You know that that one under people radars. You know there's a lot of people who don't get there just just as it called just desserts. You know, they're they're flying hours when they need to. And she was a fighter, right, that's for president. That's right, that's right woman to run for president. And she would have did an excellent job too. They an excellent job. It was there. They kind of set up type of things. For her to lose. But it was one of those things. But we have to continue to talk about some of the issues that's plaguing our communities, that's plaguing our societies, and don't be scared to continue to talk and talk justice, talk, you know, be unapologetic about the facts things that are going on, and you know, supporting those smaller voices that would like people to hear don't be scared to, you know, amplify those voices and support those small voices because those are the people that's doing the work. Those are the people who are doing the work. Which is why I'd like to give platform to those who are don't want to work out there in those communities, because you know, Miss Johnson, she's the one that can you know, walk in the middle of fifty thousand negroes that's out there about to kill theyself. But everybody respect Miss Johnson, everybody love missus Johnson. But nobody talking to Miss Johnson on how to fix what's going on. They just coming up with these bride ideas, Oh, we could fix it like this right, which is a problem. And so. We got another interview coming up, and then we're gonna go into the sizzle, you know, So don't go anywhere. When we come back, sisters, gonna tell us who we got today. We'll be right back, y'all. After this. Snuck up snuck hut knocked us, shuck stuck up, suck suck suck suck suck up, stuck up. Ok w P P M M P Philadelphia one O six point five f M. We talked weekly. After they talk with your boy Charles Gregan and Beautiful Lawrence and beautiful ladies, Beautiful. I love that clip because it always shows the group of young women who were actually getting bullied at work and no one would come out there to amplify those voices. We talked weekly, said you know what, we'll be right there, and we were able to with five women, we were able to amplify those voices. And they literally been thinking us ever since. And that's what we do. What we talked weekly. 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Welcome to miss Keen THOMASO. Are you? How are you my brother? My brother? How are you? My friend? Man? I'm doing good? Man doing good? What about you guys? How is everyone doing good? Awesome? Glad to be here, Glad to be here. Thanks for the opportunity, appreciate the appreciate the opportunity to come on the show. We talked week for sure, So I can't wait to see what I can't wait to see how this is gonna go. Well, Jay said, you be anywhere in the world, but you're here with us. That's right. You know where in the world, and I and we are. I'm with the team. Now, we're we're traveling. So I'm sitting in the back and just waiting on them. So I was like, man, I'm on the road right now. So yeah, we're traveling right now. But hey listen and make sure I make time for the people that that really give me the opportunity. So I'm grateful and blessed to be here. Thank you for sure. For sure, it's a pleasure. It's a pleasure. Uh huh, all in there, uh Texans. So yeah, man, just working promo runs, you know what I mean, just promo runs. Yeah. So you're promoting what right now? Specifically, uh your new album, your new drop. What are you promoting right now? Uh? So I'm promoting my new single U called back Home. It's by Stephen. Thomas, and uh, that's what we're promoting right now. Just I mean literally just on the go. It just came out May seventeenth and has shit over three hundred thousand TikTok views in less than twenty four hours. We're now at the five hundred thousand views and it has since charted in the top one hundreds on media Base and we were told that it also charted in the top two. Hundreds on Billboards. So this is pretty busy for my debut single and rocking alternative music, you know what I mean. So let's talk a little bit about that, right because, uh, you know what's interesting is because I hate to put people in boxes, right and you know, you say, all right, this person is rock, this person is R and B, this person is soul. Right, So when you use the term alternative, right, how would you classify that if you needed to explain somebody your genre music? So, I mean most people will say, I mean, rocking alternative is kind of like that. It's kind of like that between genre of heavy metal and just rotten music with the pop feel, you know what I'm saying. So it's it's kind of one of those things where it's like the in between. So rocking alternative is kind of like the thing. But for me, I'm a multi genre artist. I'm universal all the way around and well rounded. Just kind of like a basketball player. It's kind of like Ray Allen, Ray Allen, could you know he could shoot threes? You know, he could drive lebron Kobe. You know, it's kind of like those guys. Those guys are all well rounded ballplayers. That's just who I am. I'm a well rounded ball player. So you got somebody that can go from hip hop to R and B, anything and everything. Whatever you want. Steven Thomas. Fantastic, fantastic. So most people when we think are rock, I mean it's changing now, because you know, black folks for aren't monolists, right, we not just one one kind of sector, right, We're we're we're expensive, you know, and we're and we're different, we like different things. There was a time where you wouldn't even consider it's still to the day, I guess kind of you know, you still when you think black folks, you don't think rock right or turnative. So so what's your thoughts on that and do you kind of get that like that kind of like interesting when you tell someone you know your style of music or when they hear you. So the biggest thing is I've told everybody on my team, look, I have a I have a certain way that we want to promote this record. When we were talking, when we were talking and having meetings, it was all about the what people are going to say? Number one? Right, So you got what people are going. To say number one, But the number two we got how do we want people to to, you know, to receive the record? Well, I'm like, you know what, let's do this. How about we do a let's do a here first, see later approach. So a lot of people still don't know that I'm black, but I'm an African American and singing rock music. We haven't released any pictures on any social media at all on purpose. I did it on purpose. Now, if you go to my Spotify, if you go to my Apple Music, you're going to see that. But the thing is is that it's the approach of here first, see later. It's that way. There's no opportunity for you to put this record in the box at all by far. So my biggest thing was even you know, shout out some of the public's lesson you know. Let's when she started sending out different things and started sending out you know, ther stuff, and just on the campaigns on the record. She caught the idea right off the game. I mean, at person, it was all about, hey put this, put put your face on the on the album cover. I'm like, no, bro, no, no, no, but all because here's the thing. Where I'm from, we are a ninety six point three percent Caucasian state, right so it is three point seven percent census zero. I think it's TWAD twenty two. You may have to correct me if I'm wrong, but if I'm not mistaken, really three point seven percent. African Americans in that state, we are. Like zero point one percent Matt Tino or or like zero point five that Chinese point another point five point one percent. I think it was Caucasian, his Caucasian and Caucasian and other races, and like alone was literally like ninety two point three percent. So for the most part, now. Do you understand my plight or why I say no, let's go this way, Let's do it like this, because at the end of the day, again, I want to to here first see later, because when you know you have a hit, you know you have a hit, and you know what I mean to be good, you know what I'm saying, So why give people an opportunity. I'm taking the right from people by letting you see who I am off the getting. Why get something that you can have and listen to and embrace a sound that is a sound that is is new and refreshing but very unique. And then the wow factor is when you've seen the that's the best part. So now it's it's like beyonest that she's in country right and most of you know, here's the crazy part before and I'm making this known before Beyonce, we're country. My country record was already done. I'm just waiting to release through mm hmmm. I have a country record that's ready for the two, so, believe it or not. I got many different directions that I can go and they and the best part about it is that they all sound like different duple. I'm not even gonna I'm not even gonna hold you living in the studio and I'm saying, Man, I sound white. I'm one hundred percent real. I'm gonna keep it real with you, you know what I mean. And because I heard that, I was just like, oh shoot, like I shock my om day on self. I said, uh, go back and watch the live at the studio. I said, I said, Joe, we can really do this. You know what I'm saying. You know, but it was it was one of those. Things where it was just it was it was the shocking for myself, but it's also me challenging myself to see what I can do, what I can pull off, you know what I'm saying. And that's how I look at it. Why not? Yeah, you know what, It reminds me of Universal? Why not? You know the voice when they had when they were they had their backs turned and you come out and you had to sing, and it was like hear it first and then see later, and then they would turn around to you know, to see. Them, yes, ma'am. Yeah, the idea was it to. Make that call in the term, was that your decision to do that or do you have like a marketing team like I want to whose decision. Was to not do the faces. So a lot of a lot of my decision was on me on that because when it comes to marketing, I do a lot of I've done a lot of marketing. I've been doing it since I was I mean, almost sixteen years of my life in this industry. So I do a lot of my marketing on my own, you know. And again, when you're independent, you got to have excuse me, you need probably like twenty and thirty zerousand dollars a month. So if you don't have it, you figure out ways, you learn ways. But I started early, at an early age, and my team's doing this right, So I learned a lot, and I had people teach me the business first, okay, and then it was like business first, music later, because I started realizing that this game is nothing but ninety percent business, maybe ten percent music, not even that, maybe ninety five percent business and five percent music. So it's all about the business first. But one of the things is that you just learn different things as you go through time. Not only that, but I'm a graduate, a recent graduate as well, with a business degree, and so a lot of classes I took was marketing and things like that too. So all that did was just an ins But sometimes you have to be if you want to get people, you have to understand that. I say, don't be so original that you're not relatable. So it's kind of like, don't be so traditional that you can't go out the box and be non traditional. That's what I'm saying. So, see, you showed the roots picnic earlier and we have so much versatile stuff going on here in Philly this week. So would you do that? Yeah? So would you have to come back. To Philly like next year, and you know, make your grand interest with showing your face like. You know, listen, let's do it. Listen, listen, hook it up, let's hook it up, let's do it. I'm all about it because I appreciate you all. I appreciate every DJ, every radio and that's because you know what I actually was on their personality and it was the first team to be known to be national radio in my home state. On the second a FM station called ninety eight point seven to B, So I did it, and I understand that without you. All, the record's not gonna get broke. So I'm all about showing love and paying homers to the DJs and people that show me love one hundred percent. So if I'm in the city, you best believe I'm there with you. That's my word. Fantastic. So so as you say that, do we have permission to play and show you video and stuff like? We gotta get permission to do that. We got your permission. Please please do whatever you want to play, man. I mean, I'm good for it, you know what I'm saying, So please please show the LAMB. I really appreciate the opportunity for sure. For sure, I asked that question because I don't know if you know, but that is a marketing strategy, a marketing strategy that was used many, many many years ago, okay, with black artists because the record execs who were white wanted to make the money and they knew, you know, during the times where of segregation and things like that, they knew if they if listeners knew that the artists were black, they wouldn't support it, so they. Would hide the faces of us. They would hide our faces. So that's why I asked that question because I don't I know, you're not that old. But I also wanted to know. Was that. Did that play a part in your decision making? Like did you know about that? Did that play apart? And also if you had a team, That's why I was like, was this a marketing team? No, he just know that's his that's his, you know, and he probably indirectly. Some people just get it right, And I think it's just one of those things you just get it, you know. And image, I'm an image, I'm an image. Uh, I'm a credential image consultant. Right, And and what what happens is they say people make snap judgments to what we initially see, and we'll process this information about making judgments about the wearer, right, and so in in in fashion, pretty much ninety percent of what we do is nonverbal. Right, fashion is nonverbal. You're seeing is that's you're communicating a message based on what you have on right, right, right, and so so we're not saying anything at that point. Right. And so just to go to your position, I think that it's the music that's speaking for It is bigger than whom you are, so to speak, because that's your voice, right, and so definitely I definitely get it. And Bob Marley to your to your point, ladyes Dot, Bob Marley did the exact same thing with his group, you know, and so. He starts about the business. I said, oh. Why at that point, I understand the business. And that's a great thing to do because I was the artist. They have to learn the business, you. Know what I didn't honestly, it was just all about knowing, knowing where I grew up, right. But then two another thing is. This is a I'm just gonna be honest, but it's a Caucasian dominated format. You you know, I have to understand that. I know that I'm possibly going to walk into the doors where they looking at me crazy or they like what is this is he really? And then I shock you with this voice out of nowhere and you're like, what the heck? Like where did this come from? Because and and and here's the other half of it. So I'll say this now, my radio guy, he said, Man, I'm pitching you as the the old, the old. Version of a hip hop artist. I ain't gonna say his name because he has some stuff right now. But but he said, because of my images. How I look, my my my hip hop look, the gold chains, the the bling bling with the with all of this, it's totally unexpected, right, totally expected of how I'm gonna come to you with the rock and alternative record. It's gonna be expected if we use the same picture and say, oh, check out the new country artist might do that, right, We'll, we'll do, we'll, we'll go and do you know, we we got some new stuff just getting ready to come aboard. I'm actually getting ready to go out and film the music video for back Home. And when we go and do that, I mean, who knows what who knows what that's going to be like? Who knows what that's gonna look like. I mean, I've been talking to my team that's getting ready for the video shoot, and I don't know what those what that image as you say, my man, as you say, the image is gonna look like to the t. But we've already discussed an image that's not expected, right, right, said yeah. No, one hundred hundred percent, because you want to make sure that it's consistent with the brand that you're already putting, not one hundred percent. I get that. And so so as you talk, you're a mommy of a couple people I don't know if you're familiar with. I'm sure you're familiar with. Like well I am right, okay, yeah, yeah, and him and just did a record they did the record, got that Hey, that's like hey. But I bring him up because I bring him up because he you know, he talked a lot about, you know, his position in his drama style of music and you know, trying to juggle where he's from versus what his music kind of you don't push his year, where he's going, right, and the juxtaposition of how he doesn't necessarily fit into either or right. And then you have, uh, are you familiar with a gentleman by the name of Dax. D a X. His name is like Dax and so he does like this not this guy, so he's really he's really dope, right, and he does this like inspirational kind of rap. But he he talked a lot about how he doesn't necessarily fit in either right now. So so so I bring those two people are artists up for reason, and the question to you do you ever feel right that you're not ever quote unquote because you're you're going to this non traditional kind of scope of music that you're saying that you're you're you're going to that genre. Do you ever feel like that, well, you don't fit in over here, right, and and you're too blank to fit in over there? Right? So what what is that that psych that psyche, that that parent that that you know that that intern is the introspection that you go through as it relates to you sitting inside where you trying to you know, the music that you're putting out, if that makes sense. So you know what, it was really tough. I came from and I'll just be honest. A lot of artists started out in the Christian market. Uh, start church. Everybody started. A lot of them started in church. Us started in church, all of them. To be real with you, I started out there right, But then it was like, Okay, I got this, but I know I can say this, I know I can do that. So it got to a point to where I was like, man, you know what, I really want to write everything. I always said, if everybody gods, people, the why can't I make music for now? Mind? You Here's the other half of it though, too, when you go into this secular rim, the secular rim like we when this when this record first came out, we had a radio station that was playing like depressing music, right, so because this music because back home, really made them feel good. They said it was too inspire. I keep it, said it was too inspired. Like what it's like, all right, cool, take it whatever, But what the what they want is they want to hear you swear. They want to hear you say talk about is the alcohol, the all of the craziness that and in the secular from the R and B to hip hop to you know, even rockets like that. All of these genres are a lot like that, except for probably like the pop rockets genre, because it's not really you know, that's your. Maroon fives, you know, your uh Maroon fives and sharing, you know, and sharing. So it's kind of like one of those things where it is a psychological thing that, dang it plays on my mind. You mean you you mean to. Tell me because I did swearing the record play. My guy. It's like, but it's okay, though, I got one coming for you, see what I'm saying. So I'll go play your game if I have to a little bit, because see what I did was I turned around and I have a record called get Ready. It's an R and B record that I released last year. And if you like Tank, Chris Brown, and ty Rens all at the same time, just imagine them all on one record and it's a it's a love record. I'm not gonna lie to you, but imagine all three of those artists and and think about Tanks when we probably Chris Brown's with the bed, ty Reese's uh uh, take Tyresee's dumb, you know sh h. You take that that record, and you put all three of them together on one and you imagine all three of them just doing a verse of a little bit of everything, but really being like it's it's it's a late night record, it's for the it's for the. Grown and sexy. I'll just be you know what I'm saying. But also, now you take my country record that I'm getting Ready to go, Kane Brown and Jimmy Allen and a Justin Bieber on one record. I love it. I love it, No, I love it. I hear it. About being diverse, but it does it plays on your mind. It's a psychological thing because I'm like, man, I came out of the Christian market over here because I knew I had more in me too, you know what I'm saying, And I'm like yoo. And it gets tough because coming from the Christian background, one thing that I've learned is that Christian folks are very, very judgmental. When you step out of the box, right, then they're quick, They're quick to have something to say. But now JB. Little bro is talking about God and gave us like the God and everything right, I'm just keeping it and they welcome here. I mean we you see what I'm saying. So at the end of the day, I said, you know what, I'd rather get up out of here before I even get to going to that that side, because then you have to worry about it. So so it does play on your psychic right my man, Like my man said, I think, what's my man's name? Is that Charles? Right, DJ Charles out there? You feel Charles? You know what I'm saying. So all that it does play on it. But I do everything I can to not get caught up on it, you see, and just be me like this back Home record was inspired by machine Gun Kelly. I think I'm okay when I first heard it by him and young Blood and I was like, oh, I like this. And I'm literally in Louisiana and then UNSU homecoming because I got cool with this dude named Jacob and they said, man, you hanging out with us tonight. I said, party on, dudes, but let's go do it. But I heard that song and kid you not, it never left my mind. But I was inspired by the music. It didn't matter what you look like. See that's what I said, That's what I like, And I like to hear you say that, because that's the thing. It's the one thing that no one else can do better than you do you. Nobody could do you better than you do you, right, And so if the music is speaking to you, then you are regurgitating how you feel, not how somebody else feel. The music made you feel. Music made you feel that way, right, you go energy. You know, I'm a person that we did see that did something like to where you know, you didn't expect it from him. Little nas X. He was coming out with the country and he was like yeah, saying hey, and then. Came out that he came out the closet. He was like he came out. So so yeah, So I I understand that the diversity of presenting to you know, to something that's different and you know, letting letting those doors open and those opportunities open for things that people aren't used to hearing when it comes from that person, Like they wouldn't expect what they're hearing from you and probably wouldn't give you opportunities if they saw you before they heard you. So, Steve, I'm gonna pull this up because I want you to have a look at him, because and the reason I'm showing him, right, is because you're talking to somebody who a lot of people don't know, but he has almost eight million followers. Look his name is Dax, right, And so I mean when you talk about being able to have someone, I'm gonna show you this is I'm gonna give you a picture so you can kind of like see him for yourself and kind of like look him up. Is because he he he also has been struggling when it comes to not necessarily his identity, right, but just the music genre that he's in. But he's super dope, right. I don't know where he's from. I don't know where he's from, but he just happen to come through my my, my feet and I started listening. I was like, Yo, this guy is dope. Like what what genre is he in? You gotta he he don't put hisself in the genre. Right, Okay, he one of them. Okay, he don't put itself in the genre. But I mean when you talk about rapping over rock, rapping over you know, gospel, I mean he does it. He does it all right, Okay? But what he what? What what made him unique is that you know, people started feeling him so much that he would make content right, he would do, you know, a song and then leave space for his fans to emulate what he's doing on some of his stuff, which was got you got you got, But but what that did was I got you sizzle. But what that did was just you know, it shows that you know what you think with what he thought that nobody was interested in exactly the biting on it. It was, it came, but it was. That's that's the thing. It's it's about being that that sometimes you just got to make your own lane. Bro. That's just is you just got to make your own lane. You know what I'm saying, and I think that's what that's what it comes down to. Now her was that sizzzzz. Yeah, go ahead, sizzle. I just wanted to know what do you think is going to take when it comes to artists that want to kind of cross the lines into other genres and be accepted, like you know, for you having to, you know, go through this little marketing thing where you didn't want your your face to be seen like how Because I know some people are saying, like Beyonce's doing it for country and now you know, black artists are being accepted in country, But what do you feel is going to take for black artists to cross those genre lines whereas white artists dominated and not and be accepted and not be you know, kind of pushed away like well, nas said, nas x. Is so so you I'll tell you this, and I'm pretty sure I hope that you guys can really get this and what I'm about to say and how I'm about to say it. But you gotta understand that, and I want to make sure I say it correctly. I'm pretty sure all of you, right, all of you, every single one of you right now that I'm looking at, I'm pretty sure that all of you all, as DJs, do not have one playlist of the same genre of music, and my corrector, am I wrong? Let's answer ask that. First, I. Heard my man Charles, I heard says, Okay, Sparkle, that got my other lady down here. Okay, I need y'all to do. Y'all have the same playlist? Do you have the same genre style of music on one playlist? Mmm? Absolutely not. To do. So here was my approach. My approach is this, I'm listening to music and as a DJ, right, as a radio DJ, a DJ in the clubs, things like that. Right, even we play diverse music in the club. So why can't I give you diverse music on your playlist? Because you're I guarantee you you are not. Let me tell you something as real as this is if we talk about race. Let me say it like this. I was just on the show with Kevin James. Me and keV just sold out West Virginia's arena right at the auditorial and let me. Say this, it was ninety eight to ninety nine percent white carcasis. So what I'm saying to you is that even the Caucasian market that may listen to the dominated format of runner in alternative music, or or a little bit of this and a little bit of they're they're listening to a little bit of this and a little bit of that, whether it be whether it be the hip hop, whether it be the whether it be the R and B, whether it be the pop, even their user diverse. Right, you see what I'm saying. So I'm like, yo, you know what, why not? I've noticed that a lot of the white artists like Teddy Swims, you got Gwen Stefani, justin Bieber, they start in. Our culture first and then they tend to cross over. So they actually get us as you know, the appeasement from us first, and then it's like that's what makes them cross over to be accepted worldwide opposed is going in their own sector and then coming over on this side. They start on our side and then. They cross over and it's almost like bye bye, but. See what's the phase. No, they snatch our music, they snatch our swagger and then go over there because you know something, you know for real, they want to be a certain type of swagger and you know something that we have that special sauce. But what they do is take that and put it in you know, their culture and their people and their music and act like they created it. I could go all the way back to Elvis. I can even go back to country music because you talking country music, they started with us. So if you really want to get in that conversation. Yeah, that's that's a long that's a long one exactly. So I say all that to say, you do you because most of that vibration, my brother probably came from us. Anyway. I feel it, yo, I feel it, man, Listen, I appreciate it. One and this this, this, this back Home record is is really uh it's it's really something different. It's not it's not expected. I can't wait until the other records come out. I even got my next one that's probably gonna follow up behind it soon called stay Strong. Uh. That record is going to be dedicated to a lot of our troops, the military. And just people telling people to stay strong. And the thing is is that. Look at all the things that we got going on right now or politics, people need something to give them a little something to stay stay strong. People need something to give them a little something that says you got to find your way back home. Finding your way back home is about fighting your way back to you, peace, freedom, love, money. I mean, hey, if you if back Home for you is money, then hey go get your money up because maybe that money gave you the feeling of feeling accomplished. Maybe it gives you the feeling of feeling like you're successful, Maybe it gives you you know, whatever back Home relates to you. That's what back Home is. So that's why back Home is such a strong record right now. And that's why, as Charles say, do you And that's what we're doing. We're doing We're gonna do us, and we're doing us in a different way, and I'm doing it to where it's all about diversity. It's all about different ethnicities, different families, different people. You know what I'm saying. Because the music is for the people. It's not for the politics. It's for the people. Because the people, which is you, are the people that enjoy records like back Home, Stay Strong. You know what I'm saying. Yuh yeah, And that's what I make music for. I make music for you as And. You know what, this is funny real quick because I want to put in somebody somebody made a comment and said, but I'm white, right, But that's what the music is for is for us. You are the people, right you are. You are the people. Don't matter if you write or not, you are the people. Were doing it for the people. You for the people right. Who said that, what's their name? I don't know. What's your name? Meal? Let me tell you something. I know you white. That's why look back Home is just right for you, baby, whoever mom girl, back Home is just for you. Listen right now. Back Home is in Germany. It is trending in Germany right now that you poland France. So at the end of the day, whoever said that, but a white that's the. Thing you black, purple, green of orange. Listen. It don't matter because you listen. They say when music, when words fail, music speaks. Always remember that when words fail, music speaks. And here's the thing you gotta remember. Music by itself, right, words by itself, that's what makes a song. That's right, That's what makes the music. The music is for you, the people. You don't have to be sorry. We're saying that we for THEO. We fool you. We listen, listen. This is what always say. We are we are people together right because we need to actually we need y'all to be some our lives, right, and when we're going through the underground round world, we needed some of y'all, right, you feel exactly, so we have to do better with each other man like honestly, yes, she said, I'm from Italy. Oh wow, Hey, Frank here listen, do me a favor. Go follow me at Stephen T. Music. If y'all, if y'all got Instagram, all the listeners that's on here right now, follow me at Stephen T. Music. There's an s T E p h E n T is in Thomas Music again Stephen T. Music. If somebody from my team is. On here, which I know they are, if y'all could post it up in the chat or the comments Stephen T Music, because you know what, my music is actually playing over in Italy right now, and I know that for a fact. So hey, you know what, listen, Hey, I welcome you, I embrace you. I don't care who you are, whoever you are, come come through, show love and that's what we're all about. Absolutely absolutely, and thanks for and thanks for watching. I mean, this is the first time we got a common or someone saying that they're listening from Italy, right and so so what what we owe? And they said they will, So they're gonna follow you. They're gonna follow you. Fantastic, grateful, grateful, and then go do your favorite stream my record back Home right now, back Home by Steven Thomas and see the name. Yeah please. So I want to thank you for I want to thank you for watching, because it's important that you know, we continue to expand we talk weekly. I mean, we're getting people are listening to us in you know, in the UK and you know, the Middle East. They don't say the Middle East anymore, they say swanna you know, but you know, yeah, yeah, we're we're we're being listened to a lot of different places and so we're thankful for you watching and listening and all of that. Man, this time went so fast. So because it went so fast, I want to invite you to come back. My brother too. Man, Seriously, I love I love to if y'all, if y'all want to have me back, I would love to. We're gonna h who's your publicist who reached out to us? Leslie? We love that, Leslie? Leslie? So Leslie knows about our New Year's Eve show. Yeah, we do a New Year's wrap up. She knows about our New Year's wrap up. I want you to come on doing our New Year's wrap up and uh, just spend some time with us if you got the time to do it. Yeah, for sure. It's about a three hour show. You be one of our co hosts for today, and we're gonna talk about what happened throughout the year, and so we're gonna talk about Yes, it's about your music, your top five moments of twenty twenty four. Twenty four. Absolutely, but I just want to thank you for coming on the show. My brother real quick, how can they get in contact with you and all that good old stuff. Look, go follow me steven T Music as t E p ah t n T is in Thomas Music, Steven T Music on Instagram, Steven T Music on TikTok, Steven T Music on all socials, stepntmusic dot com. If you go to on my website, you'll see merch music everything, and do me a favorite. Go follow my music, Go stream. Me on Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Go stream back home. That's the new song that we're pushing and again it's by your boy, Stephen Thomas Man. Shout out to my team and shout out to all of you all for having me on here. I really appreciate it and just know that I would be honored to come back and spend time with you all. I actually love you all. You all awesome, fantastic. We love you too, my brother. You keep going with your look. You just keep doing you right, keep doing you so. I want you guys to go anywhere when we're gonna come back. We're gonna finish out the show this time really fast. We're having a good old time, so don't go nowhere when we could back, we got the rest of the sizzle. Holight, what's going on you guys? This is Bridgie Kelly and you are locked into you talk. All right. We talked weeklies after the talking to w P B M A P Philadelphia one o six point five, and we talked weeklies after the talk with your boy Charles Gregory and beautiful and the beautiful and beautiful dynamic interview. Uh, the interview went to went too fast. Sometimes those interviews do that. Shout out to you know, our viewers from Italy, all the way from Italy. That was really cool. Really appreciate you, uh following, you know, make sure you like following subscribe that we Talk weekly, so you know every time that we come on you can join in. And they were watching from Twitch, which is do you know, So that was the platform they were on. So kudos to all of the family over there and continue to keep watching and supporting because we are for the people. That's who we are, for the people. When you are one of those people. So without further do so, is you ready for me? Yeah? I'm talking. I just lost. All right, Well give it to me early. I had this. I'm sorry, I had this sage the whole time and then now I can't. Go. I know, I don't know where this thing went with. It's probably one of the tabs that. What I did was I pulled it out of the tab and I had a split screen at first. Sometimes it does that, and so why are you why are you look for that? Oh? I got it? I found it, Okay, don't be all right? So before I get in really quickly, just subscribe to we Talk. We'd be on all social media and major major podcast platforms, and then if you want to support us even further, make a donation to cash at dollars sign we Talk weekly. Everything supports what we do, all right, So, Jennifer Lopez she has canceled her summer North American tour. The tour would have kicked off on June twenty sixth in Orlando, Florida, and ended in Houston on August first, and this would have been her first tour in five years for her latest album This Is Me Now. So they a statement was really stating Jennifer's taking time off to be with their children, family and close friends, and they said. Jennifer also released her own statement saying, I am completely heartsick and devastated by letting you down. Please know that I wouldn't do this if I didn't feel that it was absolutely necessary. I promise I will make it up to you and we will all be together again. I love you all so much until next time. So, this tour cancelation comes on the heels of alleged marital problems with husband Ben avlack So. Reportedly, the couple have been living in separate homes over the past few months. They were recently seen together on their way to be Ben's daughters his daughter Violets high school graduation, and they appear to be You know, Papa Rossi is always clicking pictures of what appeared to be in a heated conversation, which kind of looks from the picture that they were it didn't look so good. So people are just speculating that their marriage is over and Jalos taking time off to work on her marriage with Ben. So you know what I would say to that is leave her alone. They just everybody just wants to I don't know, because she's had a lot of public relationships, a lot of people want to see her fail, which is just lamb. The highly anticipated Mike Tyson versus Jake Paul fight, originally scheduled for July twenty was also canceled Netflix close to the statement on x formerly known as Twitter, stating unfortunately, Jake Paul and Mike Tyson will not face off on July twentieth as Plannedson Jison's I gave them both the same Dyson. That's a cute name, though what Tyson's reason also flared up. Flareup has limited his ability to train fully for the next few weeks, so the fight will be rescheduled for a date later this year after Mike's able to resume training with no limitations that both fighters can have equal time to prepare for this Once in a lifetime matchup, so stay tuned for the next the new fight date that's going to be announced by the end of next week. Well, Mike Tyson was on a flight from Miami to LA when he needed medical attention for an ulcer flare up just thirty minutes before the flight is scheduled to land. So Tyson is still maintaining that he feels good and he's in the best shape of his life. But a lot of people are questioning d Tyson be fighting this fight anyway? No? Yeah, let it be a mystery in everybody's mind. Yeah, I mean really from you doing like an influencer and what he's given to the boxing world. Now, yeah, he's above it to me. That's what I said. I said he needs you, You don't need him. You know, he's trying to make a name for himself by doing this with you. You've already proven you don't have anything to prove to anybody. And alcar Cliff at fifty seven, so you're gonna take time to heal and it's supposed to come. No, you're fifty seven by the time the also hel something's gonna be wrong. Go sit down. And like you just showed with the pictures, he's fifty seven, he won fifty fights. Like, if you were to take that for every year of fifty eight fights, excuse me, he has more fights than he has his age. And then looking at Jake Paul like, come on, it's just now. Mike Tyson is up there with the greats, the legends, Like I think that diminishes him in my opinion. And if he loses it really will so just go sit down, sir. It happened for a reason. The also. Lay up. So no, no, no Jyson, no Jison, Jason. Learning someone name the fight. Now if you know what they should do, if they were to do an AI type of thing, that's a little different. Yeah, you know, like okay, if you still want to, you know, do. An AI type of thing or uh you know, n f T or some type of that. But in the ring, real like come on, tasting nothing. Improve iron mic and the problem child yourself, child, and this man is thirty years older than you. This is why this is like, child, go sit down, all everybody just sit down. Oh man, I agree, I agree, he does not he don't need he doesn't need that. What's that face? See? No? I mean I agree with all y'all. I do want y'all to I do want y'all to understand it. This ain't a real fight. I mean, from my understanding, they they're wearing heavier gloves, they're wearing headgear. Is this is such a fake fight? Man? It was like when he went against Roy. Now I think it's a little even a little different than Roy's fight. I think so. I mean I could be wrong, but yeah, I mean everybody want Mike to kind of like fall back, you know, it kind of tarnishes his you know, as they call the his nostalgia, his his you know. But I don't know. You talk about a born fighter that want to fight, that's hard to tell him not to fight. It's like telling a rabbit not to jump. Well, even even to tell him that he can't, it's going to make him one, yeah, you know what I'm saying. So to be like you can't do it, he'd like, well, yes, I can, you know what I mean? Like that's that I feel like for him, that's what. But it's almost like, what's what's the kid from Celtics, the from the Boss Celtics. It's like him trying to say, all right, m J, let's go let's go head to head, like like, huh, you can't try to get from somebody's prime when they're now in the third stage, like you trying to make it where you're the person is there, but that person for where they're for where they are right now, that's it's not there. Honestly, what that that is is someone who truly admired you when you were in what we known from you, right, And so iron Mike, everybody want a piece of Iron Mike. Who won't get that Iron Mike that knock you out in under ten. Seconds and you just look back and then you're like, way across my mind too, what Charles said, because my first thought was like, why are they doing something? And I was like, maybe it's not real. Maybe they just doing this like a publicity. Maybe it's just it's a setup for money. That's all the At the age that Mike Tyson is and how he hits, that's why you can't take this seriously because if it was a real fight, even at the age that Mike Tyson is, he would. Hurt that guy, yea. And so you just had to take it with a grain of salt, laugh at it and just you know, it's a lot of boxers that don't like the idea of these inflorencers jumping in the ring. Where you you know this, I mean if you look at even his record here right, let me pull it back up. I mean look at his record. I mean literally he got nine wins in one loss, which means only ten fights, right right, and out of those ten he lost one, only six knockouts. So when you talk about only ten percent, literally ten percent of Mike fights, he didn't get the knockout, only ten percent forty four out of his fifty. Come on, so the followers make it up there. You know, it's it's kind of like come on, like so so you have to like look at it and just be like cut it off. If I was Mike, I look at that that recer you just looked at and you don't even qualify to. Exactly, you don't even qualify it. So so so if you look remember we spoke earlier about if you peel back the layers, right, sometime we have to. You know, one thing, when I say, like even on his politicians sometimes follow the money, because you brought up Madam Mayor and some of the things she do. If you follow that money, but I'm I'm gonna leave that alone for right now because we passed it. That's your girl, you know. But I want to make sure that we be honest and hold every body accountable, because what's being accountable is we tried to reach out to her and she flee us. If we if we being honest, no, she didn't come on. No, when we reached out, she came on. Because she was called out for fleeing us. That's a fact. We're not making that up. So we report the facts, all right, and so she don't get a pass for that. But she did interviews, which she get flowers for doing because she you know, yeah, okay, we'll do it. That's going. We were only we were one of the only platforms that she did do that, and so she had to get acknowledged for that. That's a fact. So as long as we continue to report the facts, and the fact is iron Mike Tyson is a goat. The fact is mister Paul didn't have too many fights. He lost some fights. Fact, he only had six knockouts. He had less knockouts than he did in fights. Like it doesn't make none of this makes sense, right, So you gotta look at it and just say, hey, this is just fun, This is just funny games. TV is entertainment, and if you put it on it, put on a lens of that, then you can say, Okay, I kind of get it. But real fighters looking at this, like, come on, cut it up. He couldn't. He couldn't fight a real fighter at all. If you pick somebody that's a true amateur fighter, he wouldn't. He. I would put him in with Hollywood Heart from Philly. Hollywood Heart will knock him out, period, any name, any boxer from Philly right now will knock him out. Anybody. I go on a corner some of these blocks and find out people that can knock him out. You're talking about someone who I mean likes, and I won't take away from that because anyone, if you truly like the sport, then you continue. So if he take his losses and continue fighting, he might truly have a career in boxing. So anybody can do that. But I would just say for this particular fight, if we keep it in context, is entertainment. And they gonna make a whole lot of money off this. Everybody already made money off of. It just to see they just see what Mike. They want to see Mike face, like really, let me see what was about to have it. They already made money up case in point. You see the shirt. Sign the contract, big boys sign the contract. That's his that's his signature. This is what Mike Tyson said to him. You don't think they selling this as merch. Mike Tyson ain't shaking nobody here and he don't like. If Mike Tyson don't like you, you will look just all entertainment. It's entertainment, all right. So final story. Nicki Minaj has canceled her Amsterdam concerts schedule for this weekend, following following her recent arrest. The announcement came via the promoter's website, saying, due to the events of last week, the Nicki Minaj show on Sunday, June second at Ziggo Doom in Amsterdam will no longer be taking place. Tickets will be refunded at the point of sale. So the prior week, Nikki was performing in Amsterdam as part of her Pink Friday to tour when she was detained outside the Amsterdam Shipple Airport after pre road marijuana was allegedly found in her luggage. As Nicki was en routed. The police had stopped her. Niki livestream the incident on her lives on her Instagram Live, but later deleted the video. Nikki also told the police the pre road marijuana belonged to her security. Ultimately, Nikki did go with the police and was held in custody for several hours then release, and she wasn't able to perform that night. But the Royal Netherlands government set in a statement on x formerly known as Twitter, we have just released a forty one year old American female who we arrested this morning as Shippele on suspicion of exporting soft drugs. After consulting with the Public Prosecution Service, the subject was fined and can continue her journey. But ironically, Nikki posted something on Instagram last month saying they've been trying to stop me from coming to every show. They took my bags before I could see them put it on the plane. Now they're now saying they're waiting on customs. This is what it looks like when people are paid big money to try to sabotage your tour. After all els all else failed, everything they've done is illegal. So according to the Netherlands government. It is against the law to possess, sell or produce drugs. However, the Netherlands has a policy of tolerance regarding soft drugs. The sale of small quantities of soft drugs and coffee shops is a criminal offense, but the Public Prosecution Service does not prosecute coffee shops for this offense. Neither does the Public Prosecution Service prosecute members of the public for possession of small quantities of small soft drugs. So these quantities are defined as no more than five grams of cannabis and no more than like five cannabis plants. So we've also seen another high profile case for cannabis with Brittain Griner who was ultimately sentenced to nine years on drug trafficking charges back in August twenty twenty two. So should celebrities stop using substances in the countries? Just absolutely, there's no question research. Yeah, if you if you don't know by now that those I think, honestly, if I'm being honest, I think a lot of countries don't necessarily look favorable favorable to Americans, and so they look at a lot of the lifestyle that we lead and they don't like certain things that we do, and a lot of stuff that we do you couldn't do in those countries. We are very very progressive over here. I mean, so I think that celebrities need to but I think they were being petty with Nikki though, Like that's not to absolve her, but they was being pet come on, like, but still don't don't don't do that, like lead that stuff alone. You already know they got it's a target on your back. You probably the biggest, one of the biggest stars that have ever been there. You know they're gonna have a target on your back. And you Nikki, Like, who don't who don't want to be around Nikki? Like that's Nicki Minos Like, so I know they know her, they act like they didn't know who she was. Like, first of all, you know who coming in your country, that's that big. So it's not like you didn't know that she was coming. So she she that's I believe what she said. I do believe what she said. Because you get in the country with it and then you can't leave the country with it. Yeah, no, you're not supposed to. You gotta if you leave the you know, in certain countries, in fact, if you go to Paris. I'm not sure if it's anywhere else. But if you go to like the Paris and buy safe example, Louis Vauton back and it's over a certain amount, they tax you for that. So you can't bring it back in a box. You have to carry it like you like it was your bag. M So they're watching you purchase your they're watching your purchases, they're watching how you move, you know. Man, I see you're talking to somebody that hate traveling, and that's part of the reason, right because of this, Like, I mean, I love America, you know, I went to Mexico a couple of times, but I'm I'm I'm here, I'm I'm I'm not a traveler, big traveler at all. I do want to go to Turks and cacos. So do you want to go to like Egypt and stuff like that. But I'm still I wouldn't be going there talking about I want to you know, yeah, I'm not doing that. So yeah, all right, So I'm your girl, Lawrence sizzle, And that was the sizzle. You ain't doing celebrity sizzle. I couldn't, uh no doubt, So all right, y'all, that was uh the scizl. Ladies and gentlemen, are your boy Charles Gregor, the. Beautiful Laurence and the beautiful classy ladies, beautiful lady. And that was we talked week these after talking w p BM PEE Philadelphia one on six point five film. We talked week these after the talk and that was our show. Ladies and gentlemen, We see you next week. Holler pase