July 30, 2025 • 46 mins
Welcome to the first episode of Now You Know with Knowa De Baraso — the podcast that asks the questions the news won’t touch and brings you conversations with the people actually shifting culture.
In this debut drop, Knowa sits down with Mia Thornton (yes, Real Housewives of Potomac Mia) and Incognito (aka Inc from Posted on the Corner)—a duo that’s more than media. They’re builders, mentors, and voices of impact.
What they get into:
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The behind-the-scenes grind of getting into TV and radio
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What real philanthropy looks like (hint: it’s not just a photo op)
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Representation, raising the next generation, and knowing when to speak up
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Private school vouchers, education reform, and why local policy is pop culture
The duo talks about their unique journey through media, their commitment to community work, and their impressive careers. Tune in for an energetic conversation that dives into policy, television, radio, and the power of giving back.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now You Know and Nodave Brosso is a production of
iHeartMedia and partnership with Recent Choice Media. All Right, y'all,
welcome to the first episode of Now You Know with
No Dave Rosso. This podcast is my arena to break
down the headlines and ask the questions that these folks
want to know that the fake news always avoids, and
(00:21):
talk with people who are shaping what comes back Today.
We're gonna have inking me and I feel like I
can say their first names and you'll know exactly who
they are, where they came from, their stories. This was
their first dual interview together and I wanted to have
them on because number one, it's great to be the
first person to have them both on at the same time,
and not only that, they get to do have the
(00:41):
person on the usually on the other side of the
interview interviewing, so it's a great conversation. We talk a
little bit about policy, surprisingly, we talk about television, and
we talk about media.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
So we really got two of the best in each field.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
We got the best radio personality in every every city
can buy. He's syndicated, but I think he's the best everywhere.
And then we got the best of TV in the
entire country. How are you me and Ink?
Speaker 2 (01:09):
How are you doing good?
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Noah, how are you made?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
That's good? I'm inspired.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I'm happy, So you are when I give you one
hundred percent credit, one hundred percent credit for me?
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Noah, entirely everything.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
And I think I don't think I've said it in
media enough that you are one hundred percent responsible because
I went to I said we were we were going
to go to the grocery store, and then you told
us that there was an event you were holding with Ti.
And then I went and then I saw Nikima Williams.
So I completely forgot about everyone there. Everyone was up
(01:42):
their young job everyone. You had everyone up there, and
Nikima Williams was there. I remember our congress person and
I met her and she was like, you know Inc.
I was like, yes, of course I know Ink. And
I was like, how do you know Ink? And then
we talked about how she knew Ink and they're from
the same area, she's from Columbus, and so we we
we talked and then she invited me to the White House.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
So I give you one responsibility for that.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
No, it's gonna make my hot hot sweat.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Are you crying? No? Seriously, you don't never cry so proud.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
Yeah, he's doing a great job and they community. No,
my eyes are just sweating, all right. So and the
genus for good guy. So yes, we were throwing. I
put together with some partners the t I Trap Music
twentieth Anniversary and Noah comes and he was he was
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the youngest one there. And I'm seeing this story in
my head and anything that I'm hosting, I definitely want
Noah and like minded individuals to be invited, no matter
to age or anything. And that's why what I'm doing
is important, you know, community wise, because it's about being
(03:01):
a pillar. But for him to sit there and say
one hundred percent, that's the part that that got my heart.
But tell the funny story, No, I didn't know that.
You told your mom you was going to the grocery
store supposed to be and she.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Was like, why are y'all going to the grocery store?
Speaker 1 (03:16):
You it's going on? And then we're like, just trust me,
I'm going to the grocery store.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
And it was.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
It would not anything would not have happened if not
for you. And I'm sure other people can relate to
other people.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
You've opened the doors for.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
I received that. Thank you, Noah man, I'm so proud
of you. Man. What you're doing is amazing for your bloodline,
your purpose driven and you got it man like love it?
Yeah me?
Speaker 2 (03:42):
And how do you feel about that story?
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Oh my gosh, I need a moment. So at first
I was gonna say, remind me never to send my
kids to the grocery store.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
But I guess when.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
You're going to the grocery store next, you're not.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
Going to the grocery store where you're going to go
see Ink. You're going to go really whistling very imperative
people that can shape the future America.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Hello, No And you know, and you know I think
you know I speak on inks passion and how he
you know, if we can put scripture on it. He's
anointed to do radio. He really is.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
You know.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
When I met him we were sixteen years old. He
was in radio. Really yeah wow, he was doing radio
in high school and very humble with it because you know,
it really is a big deal, you know, being a
sixteen year old, passion driven led young man, you know,
having given in someone giving you that opportunity to have
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a voice, and you didn't take it. I don't think
you take it took it for granted at all. You
took it very seriously. It was his passion. It never
seemed like a job for him. It still doesn't feel
like a job for him. And I think that there's
stories like the one that you just shared that is
full circle because every day he's always trying to figure
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out how to add value you into someone else's life
and how to afford or provide an opportunity for someone else,
because that's really what living life is all about. You know,
we're here not for ourselves, We're here for our neighbors.
It's moving because I know this man, right.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
I heard this similar story in a news interview you
did with Local News and Columbus. It was probably my
favorite news interview of all time.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
You talked about it, could you They clicked it up.
I didn't get to catch it live.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
So for those who didn't get to catch it live,
tell me about that interview, because I know that interview
meant a lot to you. It was a Columbus Yes
News station man.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
Shout out to Noah for bringing up my hometown of Columbus,
Georgia so much. Man, We got roots down there, So
shout out to the seven oh six Muskoye County. What
that interview was basically saying was and so me, it
was speaking on the aspect of earning and purpose driven.
My first job was given to me in radio, and
I have this mantra out of that. Everybody. Yes, there's
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a difference between giving an opportunity and earning an opportunity.
And my first full time job in radio was with
Clear Channel, which is now iHeart right full circle moment
for this, and they did job cuts in their company
in two thousand and nine. I got laid off. I
was a part of that job cut. So I was
working full time seven to midnight for a Clear Channel,
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which is not iHeart at that time. And then I
had to get my career back out of the mud,
per se, as we would say in the culture, get
your career out of the mud. So once I got
on the grind and made a pit stop and all
been in Georgia and made a pit stop in making Georgia,
and then I opened up streets now helped open up
streets down four or five here as far as the
production committee and being on air talent doing that, I
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got it up out the mud. And that was me
earning my opportunity back. So when all that happened, the
opportunity to get back on air in Columbus once I
became syndicated many years later. Believe they saw me back
on air in Columbus, Georgia in twenty twenty three, I
want to say, so that was a celebration to that.
And I went down to the news station WTVM, I believe,
the station that I grew up watching when I was
(07:00):
your age, and they did an interview with me and
was like, hey, he's back, and it was like back
for the first time. And now it feels good to
just be on air and be syndicated. And the show
was seven to midnight at that time, and now it's
in the afternoon drive three to seven pm. So we're
doing the long haul and the most important day part
on that station at WBFA ninety eight point three to.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
B that's amazing. I love it.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Have you done anything like with your news station maybe
where you're from or at here, anything like that, and
do you want to?
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Yes, I would love to. And that's actually something that
we talk about all the time. It's like, Okay, when
are we going to go back home? And when are
we going to get back into a community. I will
say that I did have the opportunity to ride in
the parade or the Fountain City Classic, which is a
big parade in Columbus, Georgia. And so the kids and
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I went out there with our posted on a corner
hoodies and we threw candy. We weren't supposed to be
throwing a candy, but we did it anyway. And we
sat on the back that was it and Pala, Yeah,
old school Chevy and Pala, which is so Columbus if
you're from there, you know.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
So that was Columbus.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
It was in Columbus, Yeah, and we rode through. I
remember I went to high school in Columbus, so I
felt like I had to go back. And everybody was
screaming and they were like me, and I was like, hey, y'all.
And then I was like, how we get out of here?
Speaker 4 (08:21):
Which way?
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Which way do we go?
Speaker 1 (08:23):
No?
Speaker 3 (08:23):
So, but it was really amazing to be able to
see and to go back into a community that we
once were the ones I remember back in the day
that like, I don't want to be controversial, but Kim
porters from Columbus, Yes, And so when she would come back,
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and she would speak at like women's luncheons and things
like that. I remember going with your mom one time, right,
did I go with your mom? I felt like we
went to a luncheon together, and it was so amazing
to see her and be like, Wow, she's like a
life sized Barbie doll, and she so influential and I
wanted to hear everything that she had to say because
you know, we see her. I feel like she did
(09:07):
some things. Yeah, she's a model, right absolutely, but she
was such a powerhouse. She was someone that I looked
at and I was like, Okay, that's gonna be me
when I make it. I'm gonna come back. And so
that was my moment when I came back and everybody
knew who we were, and I thought that was so cool.
Speaker 4 (09:21):
Speaking on the CEO aspect, though you didn't news in
the DMV area at the joint, you went up there
when you open up the joint and was like, I.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
Sure it did. This is before Housewives, is before Bravo TV.
I was on TV before TV Ollo. So I actually uh,
I purchased the entire rights to DC and Maryland, so
I own the entire state of Maryland. In DC, my franchise. Yes,
I have recently sold it back, but yes, at that
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time I had purchased it. So I went up there,
and what did I do? I wanted to, you know,
start getting the word out, letting people know I was there.
So yes, I did do a local news channel a
couple of interviews, just to let them know why I
decided to bring the franchise to DC and Maryland.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
You're creating jobs.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Absolutely, that's the goal.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
It's always the goal part of being a CEO.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
Yeah, absolutely, thank you speak.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
On that all right, hold up, we'll be right back
after this quick break.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
What's your favorite thing about one another?
Speaker 3 (10:28):
Okay, so you want me to go first? Of course, Okay,
I love well, of course, I love everything about you.
But the number one thing that makes me like, like
I'm attracted to is your grind and your determination and
your passion with your craft. Like I feel like that's
something that's like number one. You know how girls are like, oh,
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you gotta be like six five, you gotta make like
six figures. I'm like, no, you just need to have
drive passion and you make me laugh.
Speaker 4 (10:59):
Oh that's great, Teddy a secret while and make her laugh.
So she can keep her eyes closed and won't realize
how ugly I am.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
Got fit he happens to also be all the things
you named as well.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Yes, yeah, that's right.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
The thing that I love most about her no is
we were high school sweethearts and I had the chance
to take her to the prom. It was like love
at first sight for me. But most importantly, this is
my friend. You know, in this culture right now, it's
kind of difficult. So she age drop, I'm gonna age
drop as well. I just turned forty. At forty years old,
you're looking for those things that money can't buy, that pricelessness,
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that the motherhood that's in her, the drive that's in her,
that partner. She's a great partner where if I'm having
a bad day or not so a good day, she's
gonna give me some words of encouragement to uplift me,
and vice versa. We sit here and talk about knowledge.
We'll read books together, We'll listening to books together. We
travel in all aspects of life. Whatever our senses are,
we try to heighten those. So I really have a
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true friend in her. But most importantly, watching her grow
from a girl to a young lady to a woman
and now a mother CEO and a c OH chief
executive officer.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
Thanks baby, What is.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Like your if you had to sign? It came to
my mind when you when you said that for some reason,
I don't know why. If you could sign one executive order,
what would it be?
Speaker 2 (12:16):
It could be.
Speaker 3 (12:17):
Anything, anything for me. Yeah, So, I mean I have
a few, but my top one I would probably sign
is I think that I would love for our black futures.
I would love to fund black future CEOs. I think
that that needs to be like a part of our
government where hey, you open a business and you sign
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that least on that property you get I don't know,
pick a number. I just think that, you know, we're
already at a disadvantage, and I think that we as
an administration, a government, I should say, to really focus
on funding our future black leaders.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
And what made When did you realize it was important
to speak to not only them the individual of people themselves,
but the investors and the funders and the people behind them.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
When is the time to talk to them? Yes, when
you have the dream, Yeah, when you have the vision,
you know, I think it's really important to find a
mentor someone that's going to help you write that business plan,
someone that's going to tell you where to go, what
rooms to be in, how to source funding right, which
banks to go to, how to put together your portfolio
to where the banks are actually will look at you
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to provide you that funding and to really like understand
your end goal. You always want to start with the
end in mind, right, So if you have the end goal,
then of course you need to have someone there to
mentor you that's already done it and done it well.
That will show you, Okay, here are your benchmarks. This
is where you need to do if you want to
get here. These are the actions items that you need
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to go ahead and start putting yourself through. So I
think that that's what I would that's your executive order.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Man, I think she just hasted to the top. Right.
There is nothing pretty much more than you come be home,
but it will mirror that, you know overt. I would
say in the school system, I like the mentorship thing
that you said as well as if we could get
the younger generation to read certain kind of books. I'm
real big on history and knowing where we come from
to know where we're going. So I enjoyed that. So
that's my uncle answer right there, for sure, I would
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just sign an executive order on certain history lessons. I
believe I spoke to you personally and told you about, Hey,
why don't we teach kids about taxes in all curriculums.
You know, It's like certain school systems they get access
to certain curriculums and things like that. But I would
like for it to be across the port.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
We talk about it all the time. So one of
the things, and this is the beautiful thing that I
think that we do have, and you're actually making it
more like knowledgeable. Like I didn't really think about it
because I know my experiences. But I had the privilege
to go to private school, so I have a private
school education, and he was at the nearby public school.
So there are certain things that were built inside of
our curriculum, all the way down to atheism that I
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was taught in high school that he's like, that wasn't
a part of our curriculum. You know, they did teach
He's like, I don't need to know what X plus
Y equal Z, And I'm like, well, yeah you do,
but you also you know what I mean. But this
is why, And I just think that you know, everybody
can't afford to send their children to private school, and
that's okay, but it shouldn't have to be at the
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cost of the child's education, like there should be other
resources and tools available inside of our communities. Yes, and
for us to be able to go back and say, hey,
you know, let me go ahead and pay it for it,
and let me show you what I learned right.
Speaker 4 (15:27):
Hard to find out about the grants that are out there. Yeah,
for them to get those resources as well, just to
just to make it known, so each one teach one
is the mindset.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
So would you say you're supportive of private school vouchers
like they do in Texas.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
I don't know where they do it, but you would
say you're supporting me.
Speaker 4 (15:41):
Yes, for sure.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
Yes, there's so many people that don't realize that they
are even available. You know, a lot of parents don't
know that you can actually apply to get financial aid
and that these schools actually have these funds that they
have to use, so why not go out and get them?
You know. So it's just like, and I don't think
that you knew that right when I was.
Speaker 4 (16:01):
We just talked about this a couple of weeks ago.
I just found out.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
It's kind of political.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
So if you what's the main difference between TV and
politics and the sorry similarity and what's the similarity between
radio and politics.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
I don't have to go first all the time.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
Okay, well, hey, I was given it to you, all right. Well,
in radio, in politics is you know, we have heavy
influence and it's a lot of power behind this microphone.
When I get on there, I'm speaking to millions of
people at the time, but I can't sway anyone. I
just need to be informative and also encourage them to
make the best decision that's great for them and their lifestyle. Now,
within the industry, there's going to be politics because I
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have to be knowledgeable about which direction I want to go.
I like to use this analogy where I say, like,
hey man, there's nothing wrong with the target, but you
have to know what your aim is. And what I'm
aiming for is a difference maker. You know what I'm saying.
I'm aiming for to be a voice among millions and
then just be a beacon of light. And it's up
my role within the community because radio is all about community.
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It's not about you know, you get with the bonus
points of seeing your stars and taking trips and doing
certain fun activities. That's cool, But the thing is there's
an obligation with sitting in the chair and being behind
the microphone and being knowledgeable and leading the community into
the right thing and letting them know about the available
resources and who's coming. Like if you have a favorite
star of somebody, let's just say Tom Cruise is coming
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to Atlanta. And I have a lot of his fans
that listen to me, I can say, Hey, Tom Cruise
is going to be at Top Golf on Wednesday at seven.
I got free tickets and that brings a sort of excitement.
So it's a good balance. But the politics out of
it would be just for me to grow as an
individual and understand what my calls and my purpose is
and it comes with living in purpose.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
Yeah, that was so good. See's the reason why I
need you to go first on that now. You know,
for me, I definitely would agree with everything that Ink said.
The for TV, obviously, I think it's important one to
just start that they're young girls that can turn on
the TV screen and they can see someone that looks
like them, right. I think that that's really important, you know,
I know that, especially with my platform, that were really
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strategic on making sure that we have a very diverse
gas and that everybody has like a different character that
they're going to bring to the table, and we can't
all be the same, right because then what are we watching?
But I do think that it's really important and I'm
just going to tell you personally, like my feedback from
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the community, So when there's young girls are like, hey,
do you mind mentoring me, like I want to open
up a business, or hey, I'm going through a divorce too,
or hey, oh my gosh, Like I didn't realize because
there's so many different things that I've shared with this
platform that I was able to build a community around
people who are like I went through that too, and
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be able to see that you went through that and
then you are where you are today. So I think
that it's just the aspiration and the inspiration of just
saying it's okay, one foot after another, one's at a time,
and to have it's very powerful to have that influence.
And I think with radio to bring full circle, it's
the exact same. You know you, they can't see you,
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they can hear you, they can see me. But I
feel like at the same time, it's still very impactful
because once they see you in the community, they're like,
they look like they I feel like you have like
oh my gosh, that's kid kid, you know what I mean.
They love it. It's like they It's just it's very
We both hold a really really important role of being
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influential and a positive nature, but also keeping it real truly.
Speaker 4 (19:40):
Yeah, there's nothing like a good movie with a good soundtrack,
and that's what we are. She's the movie on the soundtrack.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
Do you think specifically, if I name a name, has
Andy call him been a partner or an ally to you?
Speaker 3 (19:54):
Has he been a partner?
Speaker 4 (19:55):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (19:56):
Yeah, absolutely. He gave me the opportunity to be a
put me on platform to where I can inspire and
share my story. So yeah, absolutely, I would consider I'm
a partner.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
Have you met him?
Speaker 4 (20:08):
I met him a couple of times through me. A
awesome energy, awesome guy.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
Is he invited to the cookout?
Speaker 4 (20:14):
For sure? For sure? He's showing up and he's talking
un announced. We show up un announced. He can come unannounced. Yeah,
he gonna bring the swag with him too. He's a
great guy. We're about the same height, taller, great energy though,
like great energy and uh, the opportunity to sit on
his platform as well, and for him to acknowledge me
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when he didn't because I'm hurt plus one at that time.
That was so cool man, that's a that's a good guy.
Speaker 3 (20:40):
Yeah, he was team short King.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
Yeah, you've shared a lot. Do you ever see maybe
a d M or a comment? Because I see it
sometimes Why are you in my business? Like I'll get
a DMA.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
What do you do? Why are you in my business?
Speaker 3 (20:57):
So?
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Why how do you ever get that?
Speaker 3 (20:59):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (20:59):
Yes, it was.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
This is a trick question, absolutely, you know. And that's
another thing I feel like, and that's the power of media.
You know. We have our cell phones and everybody has
a voice.
Speaker 4 (21:11):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (21:11):
And one of the things, and this is what I
had to teach him coming into my platform, was they're
going to tell us about ourselves and everybody's not gonna
like us. Do you block sometimes if they are consistent,
because I'm like, okay, this is just too much team too.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Do you recognize names?
Speaker 3 (21:26):
I do recognize people. I'm like, please slide out the dms? Okay,
But I do. Also I appreciate it because I don't
want people to ever feel silence, you know, see how
you feel like, it's okay for you to feel that way.
Everybody doesn't have to like me, matter of fact, I don't.
I don't necessarily want everybody to like me, you know,
(21:47):
Like it's what they say, your haters make you famous.
Speaker 4 (21:50):
Yeah, that's well, that's the haters guy. One thing I've
grown to learn was went stepping into her platform. I
was coming from a place of jat support and keeping
it genuine. And one thing that I had to personally
learn and growth and develop through was that I can't
be above conviction because being a pillar within the community
and what I do is usually positive. Like I just said,
(22:12):
I'm saying, hey, we got free movie passes, We're giving
away backpacks over here, We're doing a mom shopping spree
over here at Target. If you guys are injured in
a car wreck or a truck wreck, here are the
numbers to call. So typically my responses were optimistic. Now
we're dealing with people that are on the internet that
don't know you and they're putting an opinion on it,
So that was different for me. But in the same breath, Noah,
(22:32):
I like to think of it this way. Man, you
got free Wi Fi at McDonald's. So somebody can walk
up there to McDonald's with an iPhone three and say, hey,
short man, what's up. I can't let that affect me.
What I can do is control my controllables. But the
good thing is is that they're watching and you don't block.
I really don't. I don't. It's some people that have
(22:53):
been blocked, for sure, But I don't make it a habit.
You follow what I'm saying, like, I have too many options.
We got blocked, delete, unfollow, We got all kinds of
things that we can do. So that goes back to
me just controlling the controllables of what I can. But
it doesn't bother me because I try to focus more
on the optimistic things. And what you focus on is
what you're gonna what you're gonna receive.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
Yeah, it also takes energy to be negative, yes when
people right. So when people come at me with like
negative energy, I'm like, oh, so you really do love me?
Speaker 4 (23:24):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (23:26):
Good energy on me? Yeah, you know that's how I
see it. So, and I think that a lot of
uh with public figures, I should say I don't want
to say celebrities because I don't like to consider myself
a celebrity. I think public figures CEOs. It comes with that, right,
you're y'all do you know what I mean?
Speaker 2 (23:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (23:48):
Yeah, And I want everybody else to take that away
to you know, someone's coming at you with something negative.
It goes all the way back to like grade school.
Remember when you were little, you like someone on the
playground and used to run around and like hit them
or somebody to run around and like hit you that.
Speaker 4 (24:02):
Okay, the story sounds familiar.
Speaker 3 (24:03):
That's cause you really liked me. Yes, he used to
run around and like beat me up.
Speaker 4 (24:07):
No I didn't, no, no, no, we did not go
to school together. I did not run around beat you up.
I said, this story sound familiar because we spoke about
this already. It sounds like something I told her.
Speaker 3 (24:17):
But you did run around and like interrogate me.
Speaker 4 (24:21):
I interrogated you.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
Okay, Well you would leave me alone. You showed interest.
Speaker 4 (24:24):
Yes, yes, I did. I shared the story a few times.
Yes I did. Yeah, for sure, did not do that.
I loved on hurt the most. And that's why we're
here because light drives out darkness and love dries out hate.
Now back to the haters being on the page. Please
continue to visit my Instagram page at d A T
B O y I n C. Every time you click
on there, I get impressions that leads to my analytics,
(24:45):
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Speaker 2 (24:52):
I agree. I co signed. Look it's great A quick
pause for the cause. You know the name.
Speaker 1 (24:59):
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s O.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
Welcome back from the app break. We got inking, Mia.
I think I can see y'all.
Speaker 1 (25:16):
First names and everyone will know who I'm talking about
because it's like good name.
Speaker 4 (25:20):
Ink Mia together yea mink.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Did you just come up with that?
Speaker 4 (25:25):
No?
Speaker 3 (25:26):
No, no, right, right, Okay, that's what they've been calling.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
Us, So I'm not going to get you in trouble.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
But I got some good non partisan political questions. In
what year was Kamala Harris inaugurated as vice president?
Speaker 3 (25:46):
Two thousand and that's the one twenty twenty twenty one.
Speaker 4 (25:50):
You get four years?
Speaker 2 (25:52):
Yes, okay, you that's right, Yeah, that's correct.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
I remember jumping on the sofa, and he was right
before COVID.
Speaker 4 (25:59):
Yeah, just what were you?
Speaker 2 (26:01):
What was your reaction?
Speaker 4 (26:03):
I loved it? Good for sure, good history, her history.
Speaker 1 (26:07):
If you could guess what party champions, it's it's it's
surprising what party champions private school vouchers the most?
Speaker 3 (26:19):
Oh yeah, yeah?
Speaker 1 (26:22):
And do you happen to know the Democrats excuse for
not supporting it as much?
Speaker 4 (26:27):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
I don't know the answer. I can probably guess, but
I think that might give me a trouble.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
So the exact I believe the exact I'm paraphrasing here,
but the exact reason is they support they don't support
school choice.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
They support the vouchers. That's what I think.
Speaker 4 (26:45):
They support school choice, but not the vouchers.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
Yea, they support I believe. I think this is what
I heard on the platform. They support not taking money
from public schools to do that, but creating a source
of revenue to make its own if that makes sense.
It doesn't make sense, but to them it makes them.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (27:05):
Okay, I'm going to keep my thoughts myself on my
good Okay, I.
Speaker 4 (27:08):
Have some.
Speaker 2 (27:10):
Do you do you have any thoughts on that?
Speaker 4 (27:13):
I don't, but I'm glad that we spoke about it.
Today because you remember he asked. He's like, so, y'all
do support public school?
Speaker 3 (27:18):
Uch, I'm like, yeah, for sure, Yeah, yeah, I know.
Speaker 1 (27:22):
Wow, I think a majority of the American people do.
It's not controversial at all. If you had to guess
what amendment this is just one. I can think what
amendment grants free speech?
Speaker 4 (27:37):
The second Amendment?
Speaker 2 (27:39):
That's the guns?
Speaker 4 (27:40):
No, oh, my mind? Is that first amendment? That's right, Georgia, mindset?
I apologize your first amendment? Right, that's right.
Speaker 1 (27:52):
Last one. If you don't want to answer a question,
I plead the fifth.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (27:58):
Look, okay, I want to get I want to see
if you know what these gen z slangs are. I
didn't know what they were. I had to google them
for clarifications.
Speaker 4 (28:07):
Yes, are you ready my category?
Speaker 3 (28:10):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (28:10):
I was gonna say, what is glazing?
Speaker 3 (28:13):
Oh? I don't know, but I heard you say.
Speaker 4 (28:18):
He was like, I'm glazing myself. So does that mean
to like, like source yourself up like cap on it,
like I'm gonna bragging on yourself over.
Speaker 2 (28:26):
So yeah, that too.
Speaker 1 (28:27):
But it can also be a negative thing. If you
say why you keep doing? You can say why are
you glazing me?
Speaker 4 (28:34):
Like?
Speaker 2 (28:34):
Why are you glazing you can go both ways?
Speaker 4 (28:37):
Wow, that's what Riz.
Speaker 2 (28:42):
I had to look this up.
Speaker 4 (28:44):
He might have got me. I'm thinking coming with the
other slang like w y D. I thought he was
coming with some simple Riz. I don't know, Riz, Riz,
you know what I tell you. I don't know. I'm
gonna use is my good assistance here.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
One because I had to google it, so our I
z Z Yes, I got Okay, I'm having got to Riz.
Speaker 4 (29:13):
We all haven't read.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Yeah, okay, right okay? And what does it mean to okay?
Speaker 1 (29:21):
So I have to think because a lot of these
I had to google myself.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
What is tweaking? Okay? You got that one?
Speaker 3 (29:29):
H Because you said that all the time, you'd be like,
they be tweaking?
Speaker 4 (29:33):
I do.
Speaker 2 (29:34):
What is your favorite gen Z slang?
Speaker 3 (29:37):
I mean honestly, like I'm so old. I thought we
so on luncheon and stuff like.
Speaker 4 (29:43):
Well, you know, since we're broadcasting a line from Atlanta,
the slang switch up weekly.
Speaker 3 (29:48):
So oh you'll be like cat, No, that's new.
Speaker 4 (29:50):
Cat been out here for a minute, you know, Like tom.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
By, So you said your favorite one was what no cap?
Speaker 4 (29:55):
He said, I say, no cap. I'll still with no
cat right now, our twin, No, twin old too, Really, Twin,
I was just with my daughter this past weekend, Like,
what's up, Twin.
Speaker 3 (30:10):
I can't get over the voy trying to sell us
about Old Water. He said, Yo, Twin, I know you
got it. Twins, he recognized you.
Speaker 4 (30:19):
I don't.
Speaker 3 (30:24):
Y'all right around, Hey, Twin here in my window.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
Really, are you a fan of the Water Boys?
Speaker 3 (30:32):
I am? You want to speak on that?
Speaker 2 (30:33):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (30:33):
Yeah, yeah, I am so back in Baltimore, like it's brig.
I used to live at the Harbor, and I purposely
would put cash like ones in my center console because
when I'm riding around and my children are on the
back and there's these young boys out there, they could
be out there robin and stealing and vandalizing and getting
(30:58):
into some real trouble, right, But what they have decided
to do is to get their entrepreneur hat on go
buy twenty four pack for nine maybe two ninety nine,
and twenty four pack on that and some places. Yeah,
I think it's like two thirty nine maybe, and to
sell it to me for two thous a mettle. I
(31:18):
did the math. I said, Okay, how many hours in
the day, how many of y'all are at a bus
to down like eight ways. Okay, that's a good little
check with you. Fourteen twelve eight ways. It depends on
how many they have out there, but my point being
is that they are at least giving entrepreneurship a try,
and they're not just going and stealing and just taking
(31:39):
or sitting on doing video games all day.
Speaker 4 (31:42):
Right.
Speaker 3 (31:42):
They're outside, they're hustling, they're talking to people, they're building
up character and also to you know what that does
for my little private school kids in the back who
don't have to ask for anything. They're like, Mommy, why
they're outside. I'm like, well, because they probably want to
get some lunch and they want to go to McDonald's,
so we're going to give them some money. And my
kids enjoy giving them money.
Speaker 4 (32:00):
Right. Well, I love the verbage that you used on
it to answer your question. I do support the entrepreneur
side of it.
Speaker 2 (32:08):
I didn't even think about it as the.
Speaker 3 (32:12):
Yeah, but I love it. I support it.
Speaker 4 (32:14):
It just gets a little tricky sometimes here in the
Atlanta I just saw a story on the news last
week where you know, hey, I don't have cash we
have cash out, Well, I don't have cash out with
scann this QR code. This lady scanned the QR code
and then they went into her bank account. You know,
so things can't get a little tricky. Also, back to
the point where there's about.
Speaker 3 (32:32):
What dollar bills, that's true.
Speaker 4 (32:34):
If there's multiple kids, they're not in unison. You know,
you have like four of them run up on you
at one time, and it's like, twin, give me something,
and then you like, here's a twenty. Then the other
one you like break that down. They're like, he's not
gonna split this with me. He's not gonna split this
with me. So it gets a little tricky. So, long
story short, the entrepreneur side of it, yes, I support that.
Could it be a little bit more organized, That's what
(32:57):
I'm more side on.
Speaker 3 (32:58):
Agree with that.
Speaker 2 (32:59):
Do you ever feel scared drinking the water?
Speaker 4 (33:01):
I don't drink the water. And also this may sound
a little shallow too, bro, I just cleaned my car.
I don't need you all on my vehicle leaning on
my vehicle like that. I need my little personal space.
So it's like if you're trying to sell somebody something,
it's like someone that works for a cell phone company
and something they're not all up on me, like, hey,
where you want this service? You want to You're gonna
get this served, you gonna get hall Let me. I
(33:22):
need a little space. I need a little professionalism show it.
You know what I'm saying. I understand that it's some
etiquette there. So I support them.
Speaker 3 (33:29):
Come a long way from a lemonade stand.
Speaker 1 (33:31):
Yeah, a long way from a lemonade Why don't they
do lemonade stands anymore?
Speaker 4 (33:35):
So?
Speaker 3 (33:36):
I actually saw lemonade stand. It was in Nova. So
I was in Alexandria taking the kids to tutoring and
these kids, it's about four little kids outside with their mom.
Speaker 2 (33:47):
In Virginia, in Virginula that part, yeah, I love that.
Speaker 3 (33:49):
With the lemonade sand Yeah. And then there was another
time we saw little girl bacon cookies cook no brownies,
brownies and she yelled at me from across the street.
She said, hey, you want to And I was like,
what do I do? Walk across Vemo? I did have
the center of Vemo and her mom had made her
set up this. She had to be like three or
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three or four.
Speaker 4 (34:11):
She was young? When't she young?
Speaker 3 (34:15):
But they were teaching young entrepreneur, yes, how to go
out instead of going to the place CEO. Yes, I
just think that there's power in that. I think that
we need to do more of that for our children.
Speaker 4 (34:27):
Her mom was giving her the mentorship as well though,
because once she said, hey, come get the brownies and
she saw the money was being made, the little girl
did kind of walk off. She was younger, but then
her mom was like, tell her thank you. So going
back to supporting that entrepreneurship, it needs to be a
mentorship as well if there's some I'm big on strategy, man,
I'm real big on strategy, strategy, instability.
Speaker 3 (34:47):
He didn't want to walk aross the street and buy brownie?
What are you talking about?
Speaker 4 (34:51):
I mean, why ain't having to offer the little girl
at the time I'm working out walking I ain't ain't
got it on me. Meanwhile, I'm like I got a
cell phone and came all right, I'll sing you a Vemo.
You know. But that's good. But you know, just the
mentorship in the structure of it. Again, there's nothing wrong
with the target. What is your aim?
Speaker 3 (35:06):
Yeah, I do agree with you.
Speaker 1 (35:08):
Would you be a water boy for a day, like
be their friend and then do it and then do it? Yes,
and then get a camera or something and then film it.
Speaker 4 (35:14):
Yes, I've stood on the side of the street before
the ask for donations for different causes and stuff, and
it wasn't for my personal gain. But I've done that
as well, Yes, for sure.
Speaker 3 (35:23):
How about you? No, how do you feel about it?
Speaker 2 (35:25):
You know? I will.
Speaker 1 (35:27):
I think they're great people. They're they're great people, and
they and they are encouraging drinking water, yes, and sometimes gatorade.
But what I would say is that keep drinking water. Yes, yeah,
keep drinking.
Speaker 4 (35:38):
Water and mind your business.
Speaker 2 (35:41):
Keep drinking waters.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
I'm going to say, keep drinking wateryted, stay hydrated.
Speaker 2 (35:46):
That's almost sad. I'm gonna say, stay hydrated.
Speaker 3 (35:48):
Yea, that was great.
Speaker 4 (35:49):
Yeah. Man, since we're on the top of you guys
just got me taking a deep dive. And I'm thinking
about it because now they have the time span of
a red light from red to green to sell you
a bottle water. So maybe that's where the aggression comes from.
So my mindset will be like, just find a better
corner stand or something like, get posted on the corner,
get posted on recorder and say like hey, water this way,
(36:10):
or something like let us know where we can define
you at because if I wanted to go to a
coffee shopper, so I know where to find you at.
And I think that's a good cause.
Speaker 1 (36:18):
I think we need a water boy training, like get
some cards, business cards, get.
Speaker 3 (36:22):
A signed truck, water truck.
Speaker 1 (36:24):
Do you think it benefits them more in the moment
to take ten dollars or ask hey, can you please
shop me out or something like that, even if it's irrealistic,
it might be a long shot. Which one do you
think is more beneficial to them?
Speaker 4 (36:36):
That's a great question.
Speaker 3 (36:37):
It depends. Yeah, there are a couple of times where
they have like mixtapes. Yeah, so, and that's probably more
beneficial for them.
Speaker 4 (36:43):
And you think that anyway, like you're going to get
a shout out today, you know, I pay attention, Like
here's a good one. I go to Zaxby's on MLK
one day, I'm going through there and I was in
the drive through. The service from the time she got
on the microphone was so good to the time that
I picked up my order. It was so good. I said,
(37:04):
you know, they were the name tax. So I like
to read people name tax. So that's one thing I
walk up on like, I'm like, hey, Danny, you have
a good day today. She's like, I'm like, man, the
service is so good. She's like it should be on
the story of Manager over here. I was like, thanks, Danny,
and I went to work that day and said, shut
out to Danny at Zaxby's on MLK. I'm letting you
know because there's power in this microphone and then there's influence.
Speaker 2 (37:24):
You think she heard that.
Speaker 4 (37:25):
If she didn't, she probably caught her on another day
because that wasn't the first and last time I shout
it out. I'm gonna look at how I'm doing it again,
Danny at MLK at the Zaxbis.
Speaker 2 (37:33):
Right, you'll never forget d not gonna forget that.
Speaker 4 (37:36):
Right?
Speaker 3 (37:36):
What she ain't got nobody looking for her?
Speaker 4 (37:38):
Correct?
Speaker 3 (37:44):
Where she working?
Speaker 4 (37:45):
Right there on the side of TEXASO.
Speaker 3 (37:48):
Don't you ever tell my buddy where I'm at?
Speaker 4 (37:50):
Yes, so that's that's where that's what it is. I
feel like the shoutout is more power.
Speaker 3 (37:55):
Yeah, no, I do. I do think that obviously, And
especially if you ask her and she said, can you
shout me out? And then you go and do that.
Always make sure that you make sure that she wants
people to know she work at taxis now.
Speaker 2 (38:07):
But she might be trying to be incognito.
Speaker 3 (38:09):
Great, exactly. You never know people's story, right. I do
think that it's probably more powerful to like pay it forward,
teach it, shout out, like have something else that instead
of just giving them some money and being like, oh,
you know, we're out. But my thought came back to me,
so question, and how is it like? Now? I know
when I was fourteen turning fifteen, I was able to
(38:31):
get a job at McDonald's. I was making like I
think it was eight seventy five.
Speaker 4 (38:35):
Wow, that's that Maryland.
Speaker 3 (38:37):
Uh yeah, And I.
Speaker 1 (38:39):
Was fifteen, no bills, and now you know, with no
deay Brasso, we'll be right back.
Speaker 3 (38:50):
Do they still hire fifteen year olds a McDonald's?
Speaker 2 (38:52):
Is that legal?
Speaker 4 (38:53):
Like?
Speaker 3 (38:54):
Is it legal? Like? That's the question that it came
to me because I was taking to myself these why
can't they just go get a job, Like when can
we employ young children? I remember we're able to work
at like the library when you were like thirteen? Really right? Yeah?
In Maryland that summer job I was able to work
(39:15):
as the I had to restock the books and things
like that. So I always think about that too, because
you know, you brought up me like organized chaos. You
have to be eighteene during you have to be eighteen
to work at McDonald's. Sorry, fifteen yeah, fifteen to get
a worker Oh wow, Okay, you do get a permit
and then you can go get a job, which is great.
So the question would be if you got all these
kids outside in the summer and they sell in water,
(39:38):
how do we provide more jobs that we can teach
them more organized structured work. Okay, Like, where's the impact
and how can we get to that?
Speaker 1 (39:49):
And do you think it feel free shout at McDonald's
because those are your partners with the Ronald McDonald house.
Speaker 2 (39:55):
How do you think they've created black jobs?
Speaker 1 (39:57):
If you will, How do you think they've created jobs
for people who might want to buy a bike or
something like that, and even adults who want to get
on their feet.
Speaker 2 (40:06):
How do you think McDonald's has been a platform for that?
Speaker 3 (40:08):
Yeah, well McDonald's. Honestly from base, I've never been an
insider on McDonald's, right. I do have a lot of
friends who are owner operators, and based off of what
they have shared with me, they do have a whole organization.
It's MBOA which is Black Owners and Operations Association, And
what they do is they specifically like they make sure
that they are providing educational tools. I don't want to
(40:33):
speak too far on it because I am not a
part of the organization, but I do feel like McDonald's
is probably a heavy hitter on employing young under twenty
professionals own professionals because they have professionals professionals, okay, And
(40:53):
I think that there need to be more organizations that
may do that because I personally will tell you the
spase that I owned, the doctor offices that I owned,
and my new business venture that I am building out
in Atlanta out to the talk.
Speaker 1 (41:09):
Yeah, okay, I've heard of the talks. Who are your
partners within the talks?
Speaker 3 (41:13):
I'm one hundred percent owner.
Speaker 2 (41:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (41:19):
I sold out of the joint chiropractic and my DC
Maryland locations and I'm reinvesting into the talks here in Atlanta. So,
but I feel like I personally have not hired anybody
under the age of twenty. I haven't looked at any resumes.
I don't remember ever having anybody under the age of twenty,
(41:40):
And I wonder if there is something that I can
personally do like provide an apprenticeship of some sort inside
of atl whether it's one.
Speaker 2 (41:49):
Two Columbus toombs.
Speaker 3 (41:52):
Well, I don't have any full okay, yeah right, yeah,
But you know, having this conversation didn't spire and aspire
because we had discussed that a while back, and I
did have one girl who came in and she wanted
to She'd asked, She's like, hey, I want to just
intern and we don't have an internship. But I'm like,
(42:12):
maybe it's time to go ahead and start building the internship.
Speaker 1 (42:14):
But you, as a CEO have created many, many opportunities. Yeah,
And how do you think you have opened the doors
for people like we talked about earlier, how do you
think you've created the door, open the doors and not
only entrepreneurship but employment to get them get them on
their feet.
Speaker 4 (42:30):
I guess well, for me, no, it's just purpose driven, man,
That's it. Every day, just get up, get my best.
People can betrayed a lot of things, but not your best.
So long as I'm giving my best and working on
being in his apple, not just speaking like one.
Speaker 3 (42:42):
Okay, he's being humble, I'm gonna go ahead and speak
for him because every time I go to this radio station,
there's a bunch of people in the studio watching him
do what he does, okay, And whether he knows it
or not, they have now I'm gonna can I bring
up Manny. Every time I went to the studio, he
was there and he was just studying you. He was
just in the studio just to be there. And now
(43:02):
he has his own show.
Speaker 4 (43:04):
He works in this building.
Speaker 3 (43:06):
Yeah, really, you know. And whether it was like a
formal Hey, you gotta be here on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
because I'm gonna teach you the game. He essentially was
teaching him the game, and now he has his own show,
and I think that it's he would probably give you
your kudos to that. I think about DJ Missus all
the time and how she came back down from Cleveland
(43:27):
and when he said I'm going back to Atlanta, you
come in too. You are affording opportunities for other people.
Speaker 1 (43:32):
Would you invite DJ Missus to the family reunion for sure?
Speaker 2 (43:36):
Really? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (43:37):
For sure? She cooking on the ground, not even the DJ.
She's gonna be in her players. She's gonna play some
games with us, for sure.
Speaker 2 (43:46):
Can't lose Michael Johns.
Speaker 4 (43:48):
Yeah, I don't know. You know, Mike got a different view.
Speaker 2 (43:53):
Missus be cooking shout out to DJ miss.
Speaker 3 (43:55):
I don't know. I'm just basically letting you know that
she a part of a part of the organization.
Speaker 4 (43:59):
Yeah, cooking up them records in that drive at five
every day. Yeah, she's the coldest DJ in Atlanta for sure.
Speaker 3 (44:05):
So whether he knows it or not, that knows that. Okay,
now he knows.
Speaker 4 (44:11):
How you know? I received that?
Speaker 1 (44:12):
Thank Very and Columbus, how do you think you going
back to Columbus has made you more humble? You speak
about him being very humble. I've been around him playing volleyball.
Humble he would he would seem like the people on
his other team are at are doing better than him,
even though they're not.
Speaker 2 (44:30):
We beat them, we want Yes, we did very by
a lot, and ya a very large amount.
Speaker 1 (44:37):
And how do you think being living in Columbus and
seeing people just coming back has made you say?
Speaker 2 (44:43):
Thank you? I received that?
Speaker 4 (44:44):
Yeah, it's what do you call it? Playing it Ford?
That's all just playning for it. And you know I
was once there. So, like Mia alluded to earlier, today,
you want somebody to see you and be like, well,
he or she could do it, why not me? And
I thought, is to your point, why not we?
Speaker 2 (45:03):
So representation matters for sure.
Speaker 3 (45:07):
Yeah, all right, and thank.
Speaker 2 (45:09):
You so much for coming on Now you Know, no
and Now you Know with y'all.
Speaker 3 (45:13):
Now, thank you, Thank you know, we appreciate you.
Speaker 4 (45:16):
Noah, continue to shoot for the moon man because you're
already a starry man. I'm proud of you, bro, that's
a womit.
Speaker 1 (45:20):
Let's go now you Know, And thank you so much
for joining me, Mia Thorn and Incognito. I really want
to thank inking Mia for truly for joining me on
this episode of Now You Know no de Barosso. I
appreciate their their realness, their honesty, and them being one
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Thank you, Now you Know and No Da Brosso is
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Now You Know and Nodave Brosso is a production of
iHeartMedia and partnership with Recent Choice Media. All Right, y'all,
welcome to the first episode of Now You Know with
No Dave Rosso. This podcast is my arena to break
down the headlines and ask the questions that these folks
want to know that the fake news always avoids, and
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talk with people who are shaping what comes back Today.
We're gonna have inking me and I feel like I
can say their first names and you'll know exactly who
they are, where they came from, their stories. This was
their first dual interview together and I wanted to have
them on because number one, it's great to be the
first person to have them both on at the same time,
and not only that, they get to do have the
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person on the usually on the other side of the
interview interviewing, so it's a great conversation. We talk a
little bit about policy, surprisingly, we talk about television, and
we talk about media.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
So we really got two of the best in each field.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
We got the best radio personality in every every city
can buy. He's syndicated, but I think he's the best everywhere.
And then we got the best of TV in the
entire country. How are you me and Ink?
Speaker 2 (01:09):
How are you doing good?
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Noah, how are you made?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
That's good? I'm inspired.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I'm happy, So you are when I give you one
hundred percent credit, one hundred percent credit for me?
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Noah, entirely everything.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
And I think I don't think I've said it in
media enough that you are one hundred percent responsible because
I went to I said we were we were going
to go to the grocery store, and then you told
us that there was an event you were holding with Ti.
And then I went and then I saw Nikima Williams.
So I completely forgot about everyone there. Everyone was up
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their young job everyone. You had everyone up there, and
Nikima Williams was there. I remember our congress person and
I met her and she was like, you know Inc.
I was like, yes, of course I know Ink. And
I was like, how do you know Ink? And then
we talked about how she knew Ink and they're from
the same area, she's from Columbus, and so we we
we talked and then she invited me to the White House.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
So I give you one responsibility for that.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
No, it's gonna make my hot hot sweat.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Are you crying? No? Seriously, you don't never cry so proud.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
Yeah, he's doing a great job and they community. No,
my eyes are just sweating, all right. So and the
genus for good guy. So yes, we were throwing. I
put together with some partners the t I Trap Music
twentieth Anniversary and Noah comes and he was he was
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the youngest one there. And I'm seeing this story in
my head and anything that I'm hosting, I definitely want
Noah and like minded individuals to be invited, no matter
to age or anything. And that's why what I'm doing
is important, you know, community wise, because it's about being
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a pillar. But for him to sit there and say
one hundred percent, that's the part that that got my heart.
But tell the funny story, No, I didn't know that.
You told your mom you was going to the grocery
store supposed to be and she.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Was like, why are y'all going to the grocery store?
Speaker 1 (03:16):
You it's going on? And then we're like, just trust me,
I'm going to the grocery store.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
And it was.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
It would not anything would not have happened if not
for you. And I'm sure other people can relate to
other people.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
You've opened the doors for.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
I received that. Thank you, Noah man, I'm so proud
of you. Man. What you're doing is amazing for your bloodline,
your purpose driven and you got it man like love it?
Yeah me?
Speaker 2 (03:42):
And how do you feel about that story?
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Oh my gosh, I need a moment. So at first
I was gonna say, remind me never to send my
kids to the grocery store.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
But I guess when.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
You're going to the grocery store next, you're not.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
Going to the grocery store where you're going to go
see Ink. You're going to go really whistling very imperative
people that can shape the future America.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Hello, No And you know, and you know I think
you know I speak on inks passion and how he
you know, if we can put scripture on it. He's
anointed to do radio. He really is.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
You know.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
When I met him we were sixteen years old. He
was in radio. Really yeah wow, he was doing radio
in high school and very humble with it because you know,
it really is a big deal, you know, being a
sixteen year old, passion driven led young man, you know,
having given in someone giving you that opportunity to have
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a voice, and you didn't take it. I don't think
you take it took it for granted at all. You
took it very seriously. It was his passion. It never
seemed like a job for him. It still doesn't feel
like a job for him. And I think that there's
stories like the one that you just shared that is
full circle because every day he's always trying to figure
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out how to add value you into someone else's life
and how to afford or provide an opportunity for someone else,
because that's really what living life is all about. You know,
we're here not for ourselves, We're here for our neighbors.
It's moving because I know this man, right.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
I heard this similar story in a news interview you
did with Local News and Columbus. It was probably my
favorite news interview of all time.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
You talked about it, could you They clicked it up.
I didn't get to catch it live.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
So for those who didn't get to catch it live,
tell me about that interview, because I know that interview
meant a lot to you. It was a Columbus Yes
News station man.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
Shout out to Noah for bringing up my hometown of Columbus,
Georgia so much. Man, We got roots down there, So
shout out to the seven oh six Muskoye County. What
that interview was basically saying was and so me, it
was speaking on the aspect of earning and purpose driven.
My first job was given to me in radio, and
I have this mantra out of that. Everybody. Yes, there's
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a difference between giving an opportunity and earning an opportunity.
And my first full time job in radio was with
Clear Channel, which is now iHeart right full circle moment
for this, and they did job cuts in their company
in two thousand and nine. I got laid off. I
was a part of that job cut. So I was
working full time seven to midnight for a Clear Channel,
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which is not iHeart at that time. And then I
had to get my career back out of the mud,
per se, as we would say in the culture, get
your career out of the mud. So once I got
on the grind and made a pit stop and all
been in Georgia and made a pit stop in making Georgia,
and then I opened up streets now helped open up
streets down four or five here as far as the
production committee and being on air talent doing that, I
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got it up out the mud. And that was me
earning my opportunity back. So when all that happened, the
opportunity to get back on air in Columbus once I
became syndicated many years later. Believe they saw me back
on air in Columbus, Georgia in twenty twenty three, I
want to say, so that was a celebration to that.
And I went down to the news station WTVM, I believe,
the station that I grew up watching when I was
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your age, and they did an interview with me and
was like, hey, he's back, and it was like back
for the first time. And now it feels good to
just be on air and be syndicated. And the show
was seven to midnight at that time, and now it's
in the afternoon drive three to seven pm. So we're
doing the long haul and the most important day part
on that station at WBFA ninety eight point three to.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
B that's amazing. I love it.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Have you done anything like with your news station maybe
where you're from or at here, anything like that, and
do you want to?
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Yes, I would love to. And that's actually something that
we talk about all the time. It's like, Okay, when
are we going to go back home? And when are
we going to get back into a community. I will
say that I did have the opportunity to ride in
the parade or the Fountain City Classic, which is a
big parade in Columbus, Georgia. And so the kids and
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I went out there with our posted on a corner
hoodies and we threw candy. We weren't supposed to be
throwing a candy, but we did it anyway. And we
sat on the back that was it and Pala, Yeah,
old school Chevy and Pala, which is so Columbus if
you're from there, you know.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
So that was Columbus.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
It was in Columbus, Yeah, and we rode through. I
remember I went to high school in Columbus, so I
felt like I had to go back. And everybody was
screaming and they were like me, and I was like, hey, y'all.
And then I was like, how we get out of here?
Speaker 4 (08:21):
Which way?
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Which way do we go?
Speaker 1 (08:23):
No?
Speaker 3 (08:23):
So, but it was really amazing to be able to
see and to go back into a community that we
once were the ones I remember back in the day
that like, I don't want to be controversial, but Kim
porters from Columbus, Yes, And so when she would come back,
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and she would speak at like women's luncheons and things
like that. I remember going with your mom one time, right,
did I go with your mom? I felt like we
went to a luncheon together, and it was so amazing
to see her and be like, Wow, she's like a
life sized Barbie doll, and she so influential and I
wanted to hear everything that she had to say because
you know, we see her. I feel like she did
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some things. Yeah, she's a model, right absolutely, but she
was such a powerhouse. She was someone that I looked
at and I was like, Okay, that's gonna be me
when I make it. I'm gonna come back. And so
that was my moment when I came back and everybody
knew who we were, and I thought that was so cool.
Speaker 4 (09:21):
Speaking on the CEO aspect, though you didn't news in
the DMV area at the joint, you went up there
when you open up the joint and was like, I.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
Sure it did. This is before Housewives, is before Bravo TV.
I was on TV before TV Ollo. So I actually uh,
I purchased the entire rights to DC and Maryland, so
I own the entire state of Maryland. In DC, my franchise. Yes,
I have recently sold it back, but yes, at that
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time I had purchased it. So I went up there,
and what did I do? I wanted to, you know,
start getting the word out, letting people know I was there.
So yes, I did do a local news channel a
couple of interviews, just to let them know why I
decided to bring the franchise to DC and Maryland.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
You're creating jobs.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Absolutely, that's the goal.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
It's always the goal part of being a CEO.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
Yeah, absolutely, thank you speak.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
On that all right, hold up, we'll be right back
after this quick break.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
What's your favorite thing about one another?
Speaker 3 (10:28):
Okay, so you want me to go first? Of course, Okay,
I love well, of course, I love everything about you.
But the number one thing that makes me like, like
I'm attracted to is your grind and your determination and
your passion with your craft. Like I feel like that's
something that's like number one. You know how girls are like, oh,
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you gotta be like six five, you gotta make like
six figures. I'm like, no, you just need to have
drive passion and you make me laugh.
Speaker 4 (10:59):
Oh that's great, Teddy a secret while and make her laugh.
So she can keep her eyes closed and won't realize
how ugly I am.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
Got fit he happens to also be all the things
you named as well.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Yes, yeah, that's right.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
The thing that I love most about her no is
we were high school sweethearts and I had the chance
to take her to the prom. It was like love
at first sight for me. But most importantly, this is
my friend. You know, in this culture right now, it's
kind of difficult. So she age drop, I'm gonna age
drop as well. I just turned forty. At forty years old,
you're looking for those things that money can't buy, that pricelessness,
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that the motherhood that's in her, the drive that's in her,
that partner. She's a great partner where if I'm having
a bad day or not so a good day, she's
gonna give me some words of encouragement to uplift me,
and vice versa. We sit here and talk about knowledge.
We'll read books together, We'll listening to books together. We
travel in all aspects of life. Whatever our senses are,
we try to heighten those. So I really have a
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true friend in her. But most importantly, watching her grow
from a girl to a young lady to a woman
and now a mother CEO and a c OH chief
executive officer.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
Thanks baby, What is.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Like your if you had to sign? It came to
my mind when you when you said that for some reason,
I don't know why. If you could sign one executive order,
what would it be?
Speaker 2 (12:16):
It could be.
Speaker 3 (12:17):
Anything, anything for me. Yeah, So, I mean I have
a few, but my top one I would probably sign
is I think that I would love for our black futures.
I would love to fund black future CEOs. I think
that that needs to be like a part of our
government where hey, you open a business and you sign
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that least on that property you get I don't know,
pick a number. I just think that, you know, we're
already at a disadvantage, and I think that we as
an administration, a government, I should say, to really focus
on funding our future black leaders.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
And what made When did you realize it was important
to speak to not only them the individual of people themselves,
but the investors and the funders and the people behind them.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
When is the time to talk to them? Yes, when
you have the dream, Yeah, when you have the vision,
you know, I think it's really important to find a
mentor someone that's going to help you write that business plan,
someone that's going to tell you where to go, what
rooms to be in, how to source funding right, which
banks to go to, how to put together your portfolio
to where the banks are actually will look at you
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to provide you that funding and to really like understand
your end goal. You always want to start with the
end in mind, right, So if you have the end goal,
then of course you need to have someone there to
mentor you that's already done it and done it well.
That will show you, Okay, here are your benchmarks. This
is where you need to do if you want to
get here. These are the actions items that you need
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to go ahead and start putting yourself through. So I
think that that's what I would that's your executive order.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Man, I think she just hasted to the top. Right.
There is nothing pretty much more than you come be home,
but it will mirror that, you know overt. I would
say in the school system, I like the mentorship thing
that you said as well as if we could get
the younger generation to read certain kind of books. I'm
real big on history and knowing where we come from
to know where we're going. So I enjoyed that. So
that's my uncle answer right there, for sure, I would
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just sign an executive order on certain history lessons. I
believe I spoke to you personally and told you about, Hey,
why don't we teach kids about taxes in all curriculums.
You know, It's like certain school systems they get access
to certain curriculums and things like that. But I would
like for it to be across the port.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
We talk about it all the time. So one of
the things, and this is the beautiful thing that I
think that we do have, and you're actually making it
more like knowledgeable. Like I didn't really think about it
because I know my experiences. But I had the privilege
to go to private school, so I have a private
school education, and he was at the nearby public school.
So there are certain things that were built inside of
our curriculum, all the way down to atheism that I
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was taught in high school that he's like, that wasn't
a part of our curriculum. You know, they did teach
He's like, I don't need to know what X plus
Y equal Z, And I'm like, well, yeah you do,
but you also you know what I mean. But this
is why, And I just think that you know, everybody
can't afford to send their children to private school, and
that's okay, but it shouldn't have to be at the
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cost of the child's education, like there should be other
resources and tools available inside of our communities. Yes, and
for us to be able to go back and say, hey,
you know, let me go ahead and pay it for it,
and let me show you what I learned right.
Speaker 4 (15:27):
Hard to find out about the grants that are out there. Yeah,
for them to get those resources as well, just to
just to make it known, so each one teach one
is the mindset.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
So would you say you're supportive of private school vouchers
like they do in Texas.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
I don't know where they do it, but you would
say you're supporting me.
Speaker 4 (15:41):
Yes, for sure.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
Yes, there's so many people that don't realize that they
are even available. You know, a lot of parents don't
know that you can actually apply to get financial aid
and that these schools actually have these funds that they
have to use, so why not go out and get them?
You know. So it's just like, and I don't think
that you knew that right when I was.
Speaker 4 (16:01):
We just talked about this a couple of weeks ago.
I just found out.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
It's kind of political.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
So if you what's the main difference between TV and
politics and the sorry similarity and what's the similarity between
radio and politics.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
I don't have to go first all the time.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
Okay, well, hey, I was given it to you, all right. Well,
in radio, in politics is you know, we have heavy
influence and it's a lot of power behind this microphone.
When I get on there, I'm speaking to millions of
people at the time, but I can't sway anyone. I
just need to be informative and also encourage them to
make the best decision that's great for them and their lifestyle. Now,
within the industry, there's going to be politics because I
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have to be knowledgeable about which direction I want to go.
I like to use this analogy where I say, like,
hey man, there's nothing wrong with the target, but you
have to know what your aim is. And what I'm
aiming for is a difference maker. You know what I'm saying.
I'm aiming for to be a voice among millions and
then just be a beacon of light. And it's up
my role within the community because radio is all about community.
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It's not about you know, you get with the bonus
points of seeing your stars and taking trips and doing
certain fun activities. That's cool, But the thing is there's
an obligation with sitting in the chair and being behind
the microphone and being knowledgeable and leading the community into
the right thing and letting them know about the available
resources and who's coming. Like if you have a favorite
star of somebody, let's just say Tom Cruise is coming
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to Atlanta. And I have a lot of his fans
that listen to me, I can say, Hey, Tom Cruise
is going to be at Top Golf on Wednesday at seven.
I got free tickets and that brings a sort of excitement.
So it's a good balance. But the politics out of
it would be just for me to grow as an
individual and understand what my calls and my purpose is
and it comes with living in purpose.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
Yeah, that was so good. See's the reason why I
need you to go first on that now. You know,
for me, I definitely would agree with everything that Ink said.
The for TV, obviously, I think it's important one to
just start that they're young girls that can turn on
the TV screen and they can see someone that looks
like them, right. I think that that's really important, you know,
I know that, especially with my platform, that were really
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strategic on making sure that we have a very diverse
gas and that everybody has like a different character that
they're going to bring to the table, and we can't
all be the same, right because then what are we watching?
But I do think that it's really important and I'm
just going to tell you personally, like my feedback from
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the community, So when there's young girls are like, hey,
do you mind mentoring me, like I want to open
up a business, or hey, I'm going through a divorce too,
or hey, oh my gosh, Like I didn't realize because
there's so many different things that I've shared with this
platform that I was able to build a community around
people who are like I went through that too, and
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be able to see that you went through that and
then you are where you are today. So I think
that it's just the aspiration and the inspiration of just
saying it's okay, one foot after another, one's at a time,
and to have it's very powerful to have that influence.
And I think with radio to bring full circle, it's
the exact same. You know you, they can't see you,
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they can hear you, they can see me. But I
feel like at the same time, it's still very impactful
because once they see you in the community, they're like,
they look like they I feel like you have like
oh my gosh, that's kid kid, you know what I mean.
They love it. It's like they It's just it's very
We both hold a really really important role of being
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influential and a positive nature, but also keeping it real truly.
Speaker 4 (19:40):
Yeah, there's nothing like a good movie with a good soundtrack,
and that's what we are. She's the movie on the soundtrack.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
Do you think specifically, if I name a name, has
Andy call him been a partner or an ally to you?
Speaker 3 (19:54):
Has he been a partner?
Speaker 4 (19:55):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (19:56):
Yeah, absolutely. He gave me the opportunity to be a
put me on platform to where I can inspire and
share my story. So yeah, absolutely, I would consider I'm
a partner.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
Have you met him?
Speaker 4 (20:08):
I met him a couple of times through me. A
awesome energy, awesome guy.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
Is he invited to the cookout?
Speaker 4 (20:14):
For sure? For sure? He's showing up and he's talking
un announced. We show up un announced. He can come unannounced. Yeah,
he gonna bring the swag with him too. He's a
great guy. We're about the same height, taller, great energy though,
like great energy and uh, the opportunity to sit on
his platform as well, and for him to acknowledge me
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when he didn't because I'm hurt plus one at that time.
That was so cool man, that's a that's a good guy.
Speaker 3 (20:40):
Yeah, he was team short King.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
Yeah, you've shared a lot. Do you ever see maybe
a d M or a comment? Because I see it
sometimes Why are you in my business? Like I'll get
a DMA.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
What do you do? Why are you in my business?
Speaker 3 (20:57):
So?
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Why how do you ever get that?
Speaker 3 (20:59):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (20:59):
Yes, it was.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
This is a trick question, absolutely, you know. And that's
another thing I feel like, and that's the power of media.
You know. We have our cell phones and everybody has
a voice.
Speaker 4 (21:11):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (21:11):
And one of the things, and this is what I
had to teach him coming into my platform, was they're
going to tell us about ourselves and everybody's not gonna
like us. Do you block sometimes if they are consistent,
because I'm like, okay, this is just too much team too.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Do you recognize names?
Speaker 3 (21:26):
I do recognize people. I'm like, please slide out the dms? Okay,
But I do. Also I appreciate it because I don't
want people to ever feel silence, you know, see how
you feel like, it's okay for you to feel that way.
Everybody doesn't have to like me, matter of fact, I don't.
I don't necessarily want everybody to like me, you know,
(21:47):
Like it's what they say, your haters make you famous.
Speaker 4 (21:50):
Yeah, that's well, that's the haters guy. One thing I've
grown to learn was went stepping into her platform. I
was coming from a place of jat support and keeping
it genuine. And one thing that I had to personally
learn and growth and develop through was that I can't
be above conviction because being a pillar within the community
and what I do is usually positive. Like I just said,
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I'm saying, hey, we got free movie passes, We're giving
away backpacks over here, We're doing a mom shopping spree
over here at Target. If you guys are injured in
a car wreck or a truck wreck, here are the
numbers to call. So typically my responses were optimistic. Now
we're dealing with people that are on the internet that
don't know you and they're putting an opinion on it,
So that was different for me. But in the same breath, Noah,
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I like to think of it this way. Man, you
got free Wi Fi at McDonald's. So somebody can walk
up there to McDonald's with an iPhone three and say, hey,
short man, what's up. I can't let that affect me.
What I can do is control my controllables. But the
good thing is is that they're watching and you don't block.
I really don't. I don't. It's some people that have
(22:53):
been blocked, for sure, But I don't make it a habit.
You follow what I'm saying, like, I have too many options.
We got blocked, delete, unfollow, We got all kinds of
things that we can do. So that goes back to
me just controlling the controllables of what I can. But
it doesn't bother me because I try to focus more
on the optimistic things. And what you focus on is
what you're gonna what you're gonna receive.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
Yeah, it also takes energy to be negative, yes when
people right. So when people come at me with like
negative energy, I'm like, oh, so you really do love me?
Speaker 4 (23:24):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (23:26):
Good energy on me? Yeah, you know that's how I
see it. So, and I think that a lot of
uh with public figures, I should say I don't want
to say celebrities because I don't like to consider myself
a celebrity. I think public figures CEOs. It comes with that, right,
you're y'all do you know what I mean?
Speaker 2 (23:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (23:48):
Yeah, And I want everybody else to take that away
to you know, someone's coming at you with something negative.
It goes all the way back to like grade school.
Remember when you were little, you like someone on the
playground and used to run around and like hit them
or somebody to run around and like hit you that.
Speaker 4 (24:02):
Okay, the story sounds familiar.
Speaker 3 (24:03):
That's cause you really liked me. Yes, he used to
run around and like beat me up.
Speaker 4 (24:07):
No I didn't, no, no, no, we did not go
to school together. I did not run around beat you up.
I said, this story sound familiar because we spoke about
this already. It sounds like something I told her.
Speaker 3 (24:17):
But you did run around and like interrogate me.
Speaker 4 (24:21):
I interrogated you.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
Okay, Well you would leave me alone. You showed interest.
Speaker 4 (24:24):
Yes, yes, I did. I shared the story a few times.
Yes I did. Yeah, for sure, did not do that.
I loved on hurt the most. And that's why we're
here because light drives out darkness and love dries out hate.
Now back to the haters being on the page. Please
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B O y I n C. Every time you click
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(24:45):
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Speaker 2 (24:52):
I agree. I co signed. Look it's great A quick
pause for the cause. You know the name.
Speaker 1 (24:59):
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Speaker 2 (25:12):
Welcome back from the app break. We got inking, Mia.
I think I can see y'all.
Speaker 1 (25:16):
First names and everyone will know who I'm talking about
because it's like good name.
Speaker 4 (25:20):
Ink Mia together yea mink.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Did you just come up with that?
Speaker 4 (25:25):
No?
Speaker 3 (25:26):
No, no, right, right, Okay, that's what they've been calling.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
Us, So I'm not going to get you in trouble.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
But I got some good non partisan political questions. In
what year was Kamala Harris inaugurated as vice president?
Speaker 3 (25:46):
Two thousand and that's the one twenty twenty twenty one.
Speaker 4 (25:50):
You get four years?
Speaker 2 (25:52):
Yes, okay, you that's right, Yeah, that's correct.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
I remember jumping on the sofa, and he was right
before COVID.
Speaker 4 (25:59):
Yeah, just what were you?
Speaker 2 (26:01):
What was your reaction?
Speaker 4 (26:03):
I loved it? Good for sure, good history, her history.
Speaker 1 (26:07):
If you could guess what party champions, it's it's it's
surprising what party champions private school vouchers the most?
Speaker 3 (26:19):
Oh yeah, yeah?
Speaker 1 (26:22):
And do you happen to know the Democrats excuse for
not supporting it as much?
Speaker 4 (26:27):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
I don't know the answer. I can probably guess, but
I think that might give me a trouble.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
So the exact I believe the exact I'm paraphrasing here,
but the exact reason is they support they don't support
school choice.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
They support the vouchers. That's what I think.
Speaker 4 (26:45):
They support school choice, but not the vouchers.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
Yea, they support I believe. I think this is what
I heard on the platform. They support not taking money
from public schools to do that, but creating a source
of revenue to make its own if that makes sense.
It doesn't make sense, but to them it makes them.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (27:05):
Okay, I'm going to keep my thoughts myself on my
good Okay, I.
Speaker 4 (27:08):
Have some.
Speaker 2 (27:10):
Do you do you have any thoughts on that?
Speaker 4 (27:13):
I don't, but I'm glad that we spoke about it.
Today because you remember he asked. He's like, so, y'all
do support public school?
Speaker 3 (27:18):
Uch, I'm like, yeah, for sure, Yeah, yeah, I know.
Speaker 1 (27:22):
Wow, I think a majority of the American people do.
It's not controversial at all. If you had to guess
what amendment this is just one. I can think what
amendment grants free speech?
Speaker 4 (27:37):
The second Amendment?
Speaker 2 (27:39):
That's the guns?
Speaker 4 (27:40):
No, oh, my mind? Is that first amendment? That's right, Georgia, mindset?
I apologize your first amendment? Right, that's right.
Speaker 1 (27:52):
Last one. If you don't want to answer a question,
I plead the fifth.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (27:58):
Look, okay, I want to get I want to see
if you know what these gen z slangs are. I
didn't know what they were. I had to google them
for clarifications.
Speaker 4 (28:07):
Yes, are you ready my category?
Speaker 3 (28:10):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (28:10):
I was gonna say, what is glazing?
Speaker 3 (28:13):
Oh? I don't know, but I heard you say.
Speaker 4 (28:18):
He was like, I'm glazing myself. So does that mean
to like, like source yourself up like cap on it,
like I'm gonna bragging on yourself over.
Speaker 2 (28:26):
So yeah, that too.
Speaker 1 (28:27):
But it can also be a negative thing. If you
say why you keep doing? You can say why are
you glazing me?
Speaker 4 (28:34):
Like?
Speaker 2 (28:34):
Why are you glazing you can go both ways?
Speaker 4 (28:37):
Wow, that's what Riz.
Speaker 2 (28:42):
I had to look this up.
Speaker 4 (28:44):
He might have got me. I'm thinking coming with the
other slang like w y D. I thought he was
coming with some simple Riz. I don't know, Riz, Riz,
you know what I tell you. I don't know. I'm
gonna use is my good assistance here.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
One because I had to google it, so our I
z Z Yes, I got Okay, I'm having got to Riz.
Speaker 4 (29:13):
We all haven't read.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Yeah, okay, right okay? And what does it mean to okay?
Speaker 1 (29:21):
So I have to think because a lot of these
I had to google myself.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
What is tweaking? Okay? You got that one?
Speaker 3 (29:29):
H Because you said that all the time, you'd be like,
they be tweaking?
Speaker 4 (29:33):
I do.
Speaker 2 (29:34):
What is your favorite gen Z slang?
Speaker 3 (29:37):
I mean honestly, like I'm so old. I thought we
so on luncheon and stuff like.
Speaker 4 (29:43):
Well, you know, since we're broadcasting a line from Atlanta,
the slang switch up weekly.
Speaker 3 (29:48):
So oh you'll be like cat, No, that's new.
Speaker 4 (29:50):
Cat been out here for a minute, you know, Like tom.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
By, So you said your favorite one was what no cap?
Speaker 4 (29:55):
He said, I say, no cap. I'll still with no
cat right now, our twin, No, twin old too, Really, Twin,
I was just with my daughter this past weekend, Like,
what's up, Twin.
Speaker 3 (30:10):
I can't get over the voy trying to sell us
about Old Water. He said, Yo, Twin, I know you
got it. Twins, he recognized you.
Speaker 4 (30:19):
I don't.
Speaker 3 (30:24):
Y'all right around, Hey, Twin here in my window.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
Really, are you a fan of the Water Boys?
Speaker 3 (30:32):
I am? You want to speak on that?
Speaker 2 (30:33):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (30:33):
Yeah, yeah, I am so back in Baltimore, like it's brig.
I used to live at the Harbor, and I purposely
would put cash like ones in my center console because
when I'm riding around and my children are on the
back and there's these young boys out there, they could
be out there robin and stealing and vandalizing and getting
(30:58):
into some real trouble, right, But what they have decided
to do is to get their entrepreneur hat on go
buy twenty four pack for nine maybe two ninety nine,
and twenty four pack on that and some places. Yeah,
I think it's like two thirty nine maybe, and to
sell it to me for two thous a mettle. I
(31:18):
did the math. I said, Okay, how many hours in
the day, how many of y'all are at a bus
to down like eight ways. Okay, that's a good little
check with you. Fourteen twelve eight ways. It depends on
how many they have out there, but my point being
is that they are at least giving entrepreneurship a try,
and they're not just going and stealing and just taking
(31:39):
or sitting on doing video games all day.
Speaker 4 (31:42):
Right.
Speaker 3 (31:42):
They're outside, they're hustling, they're talking to people, they're building
up character and also to you know what that does
for my little private school kids in the back who
don't have to ask for anything. They're like, Mommy, why
they're outside. I'm like, well, because they probably want to
get some lunch and they want to go to McDonald's,
so we're going to give them some money. And my
kids enjoy giving them money.
Speaker 4 (32:00):
Right. Well, I love the verbage that you used on
it to answer your question. I do support the entrepreneur
side of it.
Speaker 2 (32:08):
I didn't even think about it as the.
Speaker 3 (32:12):
Yeah, but I love it. I support it.
Speaker 4 (32:14):
It just gets a little tricky sometimes here in the
Atlanta I just saw a story on the news last
week where you know, hey, I don't have cash we
have cash out, Well, I don't have cash out with
scann this QR code. This lady scanned the QR code
and then they went into her bank account. You know,
so things can't get a little tricky. Also, back to
the point where there's about.
Speaker 3 (32:32):
What dollar bills, that's true.
Speaker 4 (32:34):
If there's multiple kids, they're not in unison. You know,
you have like four of them run up on you
at one time, and it's like, twin, give me something,
and then you like, here's a twenty. Then the other
one you like break that down. They're like, he's not
gonna split this with me. He's not gonna split this
with me. So it gets a little tricky. So, long
story short, the entrepreneur side of it, yes, I support that.
Could it be a little bit more organized, That's what
(32:57):
I'm more side on.
Speaker 3 (32:58):
Agree with that.
Speaker 2 (32:59):
Do you ever feel scared drinking the water?
Speaker 4 (33:01):
I don't drink the water. And also this may sound
a little shallow too, bro, I just cleaned my car.
I don't need you all on my vehicle leaning on
my vehicle like that. I need my little personal space.
So it's like if you're trying to sell somebody something,
it's like someone that works for a cell phone company
and something they're not all up on me, like, hey,
where you want this service? You want to You're gonna
get this served, you gonna get hall Let me. I
(33:22):
need a little space. I need a little professionalism show it.
You know what I'm saying. I understand that it's some
etiquette there. So I support them.
Speaker 3 (33:29):
Come a long way from a lemonade stand.
Speaker 1 (33:31):
Yeah, a long way from a lemonade Why don't they
do lemonade stands anymore?
Speaker 4 (33:35):
So?
Speaker 3 (33:36):
I actually saw lemonade stand. It was in Nova. So
I was in Alexandria taking the kids to tutoring and
these kids, it's about four little kids outside with their mom.
Speaker 2 (33:47):
In Virginia, in Virginula that part, yeah, I love that.
Speaker 3 (33:49):
With the lemonade sand Yeah. And then there was another
time we saw little girl bacon cookies cook no brownies,
brownies and she yelled at me from across the street.
She said, hey, you want to And I was like,
what do I do? Walk across Vemo? I did have
the center of Vemo and her mom had made her
set up this. She had to be like three or
(34:11):
three or four.
Speaker 4 (34:11):
She was young? When't she young?
Speaker 3 (34:15):
But they were teaching young entrepreneur, yes, how to go
out instead of going to the place CEO. Yes, I
just think that there's power in that. I think that
we need to do more of that for our children.
Speaker 4 (34:27):
Her mom was giving her the mentorship as well though,
because once she said, hey, come get the brownies and
she saw the money was being made, the little girl
did kind of walk off. She was younger, but then
her mom was like, tell her thank you. So going
back to supporting that entrepreneurship, it needs to be a
mentorship as well if there's some I'm big on strategy, man,
I'm real big on strategy, strategy, instability.
Speaker 3 (34:47):
He didn't want to walk aross the street and buy brownie?
What are you talking about?
Speaker 4 (34:51):
I mean, why ain't having to offer the little girl
at the time I'm working out walking I ain't ain't
got it on me. Meanwhile, I'm like I got a
cell phone and came all right, I'll sing you a Vemo.
You know. But that's good. But you know, just the
mentorship in the structure of it. Again, there's nothing wrong
with the target. What is your aim?
Speaker 3 (35:06):
Yeah, I do agree with you.
Speaker 1 (35:08):
Would you be a water boy for a day, like
be their friend and then do it and then do it? Yes,
and then get a camera or something and then film it.
Speaker 4 (35:14):
Yes, I've stood on the side of the street before
the ask for donations for different causes and stuff, and
it wasn't for my personal gain. But I've done that
as well, Yes, for sure.
Speaker 3 (35:23):
How about you? No, how do you feel about it?
Speaker 2 (35:25):
You know? I will.
Speaker 1 (35:27):
I think they're great people. They're they're great people, and
they and they are encouraging drinking water, yes, and sometimes gatorade.
But what I would say is that keep drinking water. Yes, yeah,
keep drinking.
Speaker 4 (35:38):
Water and mind your business.
Speaker 2 (35:41):
Keep drinking waters.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
I'm going to say, keep drinking wateryted, stay hydrated.
Speaker 2 (35:46):
That's almost sad. I'm gonna say, stay hydrated.
Speaker 3 (35:48):
Yea, that was great.
Speaker 4 (35:49):
Yeah. Man, since we're on the top of you guys
just got me taking a deep dive. And I'm thinking
about it because now they have the time span of
a red light from red to green to sell you
a bottle water. So maybe that's where the aggression comes from.
So my mindset will be like, just find a better
corner stand or something like, get posted on the corner,
get posted on recorder and say like hey, water this way,
(36:10):
or something like let us know where we can define
you at because if I wanted to go to a
coffee shopper, so I know where to find you at.
And I think that's a good cause.
Speaker 1 (36:18):
I think we need a water boy training, like get
some cards, business cards, get.
Speaker 3 (36:22):
A signed truck, water truck.
Speaker 1 (36:24):
Do you think it benefits them more in the moment
to take ten dollars or ask hey, can you please
shop me out or something like that, even if it's irrealistic,
it might be a long shot. Which one do you
think is more beneficial to them?
Speaker 4 (36:36):
That's a great question.
Speaker 3 (36:37):
It depends. Yeah, there are a couple of times where
they have like mixtapes. Yeah, so, and that's probably more
beneficial for them.
Speaker 4 (36:43):
And you think that anyway, like you're going to get
a shout out today, you know, I pay attention, Like
here's a good one. I go to Zaxby's on MLK
one day, I'm going through there and I was in
the drive through. The service from the time she got
on the microphone was so good to the time that
I picked up my order. It was so good. I said,
(37:04):
you know, they were the name tax. So I like
to read people name tax. So that's one thing I
walk up on like, I'm like, hey, Danny, you have
a good day today. She's like, I'm like, man, the
service is so good. She's like it should be on
the story of Manager over here. I was like, thanks, Danny,
and I went to work that day and said, shut
out to Danny at Zaxby's on MLK. I'm letting you
know because there's power in this microphone and then there's influence.
Speaker 2 (37:24):
You think she heard that.
Speaker 4 (37:25):
If she didn't, she probably caught her on another day
because that wasn't the first and last time I shout
it out. I'm gonna look at how I'm doing it again,
Danny at MLK at the Zaxbis.
Speaker 2 (37:33):
Right, you'll never forget d not gonna forget that.
Speaker 4 (37:36):
Right?
Speaker 3 (37:36):
What she ain't got nobody looking for her?
Speaker 4 (37:38):
Correct?
Speaker 3 (37:44):
Where she working?
Speaker 4 (37:45):
Right there on the side of TEXASO.
Speaker 3 (37:48):
Don't you ever tell my buddy where I'm at?
Speaker 4 (37:50):
Yes, so that's that's where that's what it is. I
feel like the shoutout is more power.
Speaker 3 (37:55):
Yeah, no, I do. I do think that obviously, And
especially if you ask her and she said, can you
shout me out? And then you go and do that.
Always make sure that you make sure that she wants
people to know she work at taxis now.
Speaker 2 (38:07):
But she might be trying to be incognito.
Speaker 3 (38:09):
Great, exactly. You never know people's story, right. I do
think that it's probably more powerful to like pay it forward,
teach it, shout out, like have something else that instead
of just giving them some money and being like, oh,
you know, we're out. But my thought came back to me,
so question, and how is it like? Now? I know
when I was fourteen turning fifteen, I was able to
(38:31):
get a job at McDonald's. I was making like I
think it was eight seventy five.
Speaker 4 (38:35):
Wow, that's that Maryland.
Speaker 3 (38:37):
Uh yeah, And I.
Speaker 1 (38:39):
Was fifteen, no bills, and now you know, with no
deay Brasso, we'll be right back.
Speaker 3 (38:50):
Do they still hire fifteen year olds a McDonald's?
Speaker 2 (38:52):
Is that legal?
Speaker 4 (38:53):
Like?
Speaker 3 (38:54):
Is it legal? Like? That's the question that it came
to me because I was taking to myself these why
can't they just go get a job, Like when can
we employ young children? I remember we're able to work
at like the library when you were like thirteen? Really right? Yeah?
In Maryland that summer job I was able to work
(39:15):
as the I had to restock the books and things
like that. So I always think about that too, because
you know, you brought up me like organized chaos. You
have to be eighteene during you have to be eighteen
to work at McDonald's. Sorry, fifteen yeah, fifteen to get
a worker Oh wow, Okay, you do get a permit
and then you can go get a job, which is great.
So the question would be if you got all these
kids outside in the summer and they sell in water,
(39:38):
how do we provide more jobs that we can teach
them more organized structured work. Okay, Like, where's the impact
and how can we get to that?
Speaker 1 (39:49):
And do you think it feel free shout at McDonald's
because those are your partners with the Ronald McDonald house.
Speaker 2 (39:55):
How do you think they've created black jobs?
Speaker 1 (39:57):
If you will, How do you think they've created jobs
for people who might want to buy a bike or
something like that, and even adults who want to get
on their feet.
Speaker 2 (40:06):
How do you think McDonald's has been a platform for that?
Speaker 3 (40:08):
Yeah, well McDonald's. Honestly from base, I've never been an
insider on McDonald's, right. I do have a lot of
friends who are owner operators, and based off of what
they have shared with me, they do have a whole organization.
It's MBOA which is Black Owners and Operations Association, And
what they do is they specifically like they make sure
that they are providing educational tools. I don't want to
(40:33):
speak too far on it because I am not a
part of the organization, but I do feel like McDonald's
is probably a heavy hitter on employing young under twenty
professionals own professionals because they have professionals professionals, okay, And
(40:53):
I think that there need to be more organizations that
may do that because I personally will tell you the
spase that I owned, the doctor offices that I owned,
and my new business venture that I am building out
in Atlanta out to the talk.
Speaker 1 (41:09):
Yeah, okay, I've heard of the talks. Who are your
partners within the talks?
Speaker 3 (41:13):
I'm one hundred percent owner.
Speaker 2 (41:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (41:19):
I sold out of the joint chiropractic and my DC
Maryland locations and I'm reinvesting into the talks here in Atlanta. So,
but I feel like I personally have not hired anybody
under the age of twenty. I haven't looked at any resumes.
I don't remember ever having anybody under the age of twenty,
(41:40):
And I wonder if there is something that I can
personally do like provide an apprenticeship of some sort inside
of atl whether it's one.
Speaker 2 (41:49):
Two Columbus toombs.
Speaker 3 (41:52):
Well, I don't have any full okay, yeah right, yeah,
But you know, having this conversation didn't spire and aspire
because we had discussed that a while back, and I
did have one girl who came in and she wanted
to She'd asked, She's like, hey, I want to just
intern and we don't have an internship. But I'm like,
(42:12):
maybe it's time to go ahead and start building the internship.
Speaker 1 (42:14):
But you, as a CEO have created many, many opportunities. Yeah,
And how do you think you have opened the doors
for people like we talked about earlier, how do you
think you've created the door, open the doors and not
only entrepreneurship but employment to get them get them on
their feet.
Speaker 4 (42:30):
I guess well, for me, no, it's just purpose driven, man,
That's it. Every day, just get up, get my best.
People can betrayed a lot of things, but not your best.
So long as I'm giving my best and working on
being in his apple, not just speaking like one.
Speaker 3 (42:42):
Okay, he's being humble, I'm gonna go ahead and speak
for him because every time I go to this radio station,
there's a bunch of people in the studio watching him
do what he does, okay, And whether he knows it
or not, they have now I'm gonna can I bring
up Manny. Every time I went to the studio, he
was there and he was just studying you. He was
just in the studio just to be there. And now
(43:02):
he has his own show.
Speaker 4 (43:04):
He works in this building.
Speaker 3 (43:06):
Yeah, really, you know. And whether it was like a
formal Hey, you gotta be here on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
because I'm gonna teach you the game. He essentially was
teaching him the game, and now he has his own show,
and I think that it's he would probably give you
your kudos to that. I think about DJ Missus all
the time and how she came back down from Cleveland
(43:27):
and when he said I'm going back to Atlanta, you
come in too. You are affording opportunities for other people.
Speaker 1 (43:32):
Would you invite DJ Missus to the family reunion for sure?
Speaker 2 (43:36):
Really? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (43:37):
For sure? She cooking on the ground, not even the DJ.
She's gonna be in her players. She's gonna play some
games with us, for sure.
Speaker 2 (43:46):
Can't lose Michael Johns.
Speaker 4 (43:48):
Yeah, I don't know. You know, Mike got a different view.
Speaker 2 (43:53):
Missus be cooking shout out to DJ miss.
Speaker 3 (43:55):
I don't know. I'm just basically letting you know that
she a part of a part of the organization.
Speaker 4 (43:59):
Yeah, cooking up them records in that drive at five
every day. Yeah, she's the coldest DJ in Atlanta for sure.
Speaker 3 (44:05):
So whether he knows it or not, that knows that. Okay,
now he knows.
Speaker 4 (44:11):
How you know? I received that?
Speaker 1 (44:12):
Thank Very and Columbus, how do you think you going
back to Columbus has made you more humble? You speak
about him being very humble. I've been around him playing volleyball.
Humble he would he would seem like the people on
his other team are at are doing better than him,
even though they're not.
Speaker 2 (44:30):
We beat them, we want Yes, we did very by
a lot, and ya a very large amount.
Speaker 1 (44:37):
And how do you think being living in Columbus and
seeing people just coming back has made you say?
Speaker 2 (44:43):
Thank you? I received that?
Speaker 4 (44:44):
Yeah, it's what do you call it? Playing it Ford?
That's all just playning for it. And you know I
was once there. So, like Mia alluded to earlier, today,
you want somebody to see you and be like, well,
he or she could do it, why not me? And
I thought, is to your point, why not we?
Speaker 2 (45:03):
So representation matters for sure.
Speaker 3 (45:07):
Yeah, all right, and thank.
Speaker 2 (45:09):
You so much for coming on Now you Know, no
and Now you Know with y'all.
Speaker 3 (45:13):
Now, thank you, Thank you know, we appreciate you.
Speaker 4 (45:16):
Noah, continue to shoot for the moon man because you're
already a starry man. I'm proud of you, bro, that's
a womit.
Speaker 1 (45:20):
Let's go now you Know, And thank you so much
for joining me, Mia Thorn and Incognito. I really want
to thank inking Mia for truly for joining me on
this episode of Now You Know no de Barosso. I
appreciate their their realness, their honesty, and them being one
(45:41):
hundred percent unfiltered during their time here.
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