Jill Scott Presents: J.ill The Podcast

Jill Scott, Laiya St.Clair, and Aja Graydon-Dantzler introduce J.ill, a podcast where they have conversations to spark conversation. The three longtime friends and entertainment icons have heart-to-hearts where there's room for affirmation, questioning, and disagreement. Getting older, rumors, cultural theft – trust that Laiya, Aja, and Jill will keep it 100% on topics that you love and ones that may make you uncomfortable. Join them on J.ill as they ask big questions and celebrate small joys.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Hey everybody, this is Jil Scott and I am pleased
to introduce you to Jay dot Il the podcast. I
am joined by my amazing, brilliant girlfriends Lah st Clair
and Asia Graden Dancler. Hey, y'all, we are going to

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be talking about a lot of amazing things, things that
need to be spoken about, like individuality, family, and blackness.
We are hoping that these conversations will get you talking
and thinking too. But let me be up front, Aga,
Lah and I we will not hold back. There are

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things that need to be said, and it may make
you uncomfortable, It may make you a little angry, it
may make you get up and spark a revolution. So
here let me show. Yeah, I'm a whole long woman,

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double h oh older woman. Don't ever try to watch
a turkey after get in hog with your mama. Here,
I was about to say it, These young young people

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a bit on fire. I'm sorry. I'm from the route
up to the tutor. And where do you come from?
That you don't know? The head? Now? Where do you
come from? These boxes are breaking down? Were questioning everything? Now,
woman in a wind of minding my business. The next
I've white headed. Somebody actually sent a box of condoms

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to my house one time. Is if you're working hard
not getting the rest so you can live this fast life,
it's gonna be a fast life. Black does not crack,
but this show does crease. Ain't no cook out invites,
got a single one, don't talk about my mama, but
you know, maybe a mouth and today is a little
like that's that's how I ended up getting hit in

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the head with a brick. Damn. When when your girls
you a loud this ship and you just need to
sit back. That's where I'm at. I just love Black people.
They have the funnest motherfucker's on the planet. And then
I'll tell you that my mother put an exclamation point
on my birth certificate. Is there any way that we

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get the ever create some new cultural tradition that they're not,
They don't want in on. Don't be messy, Okay, y'all
believe that's ship. Yeah, that's a lot to do. Reality is.
Tyler Perry came into French connection when I was working

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on South Street and I sold him a shirt. As
I was saying out out my mouth, I was like, damn,
why that's not that's not very feminist In hanging to
fight in a skirt is our valid However, your methods
are not acceptable. I fell off a lift. This is

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Conversation to spark Conversation. Jill Scott presents Jay dot Il
the podcast. You need to come kick it with us
and listen to what we're talking about sincere. The first
episode drops on November eighteen. Subscribe on the I Heart

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Radio app or wherever you get your podcast