Going Up With J.J. Fad + Special Guest: Pastor A.R. Bernard

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Yes, it's way up with Angela Yee, Angela Yee and
what's today Tuesday, and we have a very very very
special guest co host today, Pastor A. R.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
Bernard.

Speaker 3 (00:10):
Yeah, it was my pleasure to be with you and
your audience today.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Listen. I feel like I should kind of just sit
back and let you lead.

Speaker 3 (00:16):
Uh hope not. I'm going to be following your lead
this morning.

Speaker 1 (00:20):
All right, well, listen, we're gonna have a fun show today.
JJ Fadd is joining us. You know, it is the
fiftieth anniversary of hip hop this year. JJ Fad back
in the day had that smash hit song Supersonic that
I used to love growing up. And they actually that
song has been used in many different movies. It's been
sampled by Fergie, it's been referenced by eminem. They were

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actually the first female rap group ever nominated for a
Grammy too, by the way.

Speaker 2 (00:47):
That's a little fun fact.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
And that was a year that all the artists, all
the rappers were boycotting the Grammys. But they did still
go and they're glad that they went. They said that
Chuck d told them they should still go to the Grammys.

Speaker 3 (00:59):
Well, I think it's took singing that we have rap
music opening many, many doors, especially when it comes to
females in entertainment.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
Right now is the time. I don't want to know
what Pastor A. Bernard is listening to right now, but yeah,
so J J.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
Patt is going to be.

Speaker 1 (01:14):
Joining us fiftieth anniversary of hip Hop.

Speaker 2 (01:18):
Pastor A Bernard?

Speaker 1 (01:19):
For you, what would you say some iconic hip hop
moments like back in the Day, the first hip hop
song that you Oh.

Speaker 3 (01:27):
I'm going to get in trouble here because you know
hip hop For me, look, I'm like a sociologist who
looks at it from its impact on culture, and hip
hop has a place that you know, really has shaped
the world the glow. So if I'm going to pick

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out a song.

Speaker 1 (01:48):
I don't know, no back in the Day, No sugar
Hill Gang.

Speaker 3 (01:53):
Well now you're going real back because I'm a big Tupac.
I'm a big t I you know, I look like
people know. But my ring tone is your better day.
So I like that. Yeah, people don't know that part
about me. I love different conce of music, but I
look at hip hop as a very important part of
the progression of black people in America. Okay, what we

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bring to the table.

Speaker 1 (02:18):
But we have a lot more for you guys coming up.
And in the meantime, let's shine a light on him.
You know, we've been shining a light with Pastor ar
Bernard for the past couple of months and now you
get to do it live eight hundred and nine fifty.

Speaker 2 (02:28):
Call us up, shine a light on him.

Speaker 4 (02:32):
Turn your lights on y'all, spreading love to those who
are doing greatness.

Speaker 2 (02:37):
Shine the light on them, shine a light on them.

Speaker 4 (02:41):
It's time to shine a light on them.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
Yes, it's way up with Angela Yee.

Speaker 1 (02:45):
I'm Angela Yee and my co host, Pastor aar Bernard
is here.

Speaker 3 (02:48):
Yeah, it's good to be with you.

Speaker 1 (02:49):
Yeah, I'm enjoying this because I know he's gonna, uh,
you know, lead this whole segment right here, and it's
time to shine a light.

Speaker 2 (02:56):
And that's when we shine a light on something positive.

Speaker 3 (02:59):
Well, I think positively important. They say it takes twelve
pieces of positive information to get rid of one negative
piece of information that comes into our mind. So that's
how devastating negativity can be.

Speaker 1 (03:12):
I got to say of social media, Well, you know
today we are going to be having a town hall discussion,
which I'm excited about. And I want to make sure
I shine a light on you for actually coming up
here to iHeart and doing this with me.

Speaker 3 (03:24):
No, it is my pleasure to be with you. I
keep saying that because it is. And it's an opportunity
to respond to some of the things that are on
people's mind because you do very well on a daily basis.

Speaker 1 (03:34):
Well, we'll be talking about relationships, so that is something
that you definitely are an expert in as an author.

Speaker 3 (03:42):
Yeah, my book for Things Women Want from a Man
and how dare me tell women what they want? But really,
they told me and that's how the book came about.

Speaker 1 (03:50):
I could think of a few more than four, but yes,
but the four major things. And I watched your interview
with Oprah about that also, which is very fascinating. So
you guys, you can actually stream that live right. All
you have to do is go to our YouTube channel
Way Up with You, and you can stream this conversation
this town hall live. I know a lot of people
always have questions about relationships and we'll be getting into

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some of those today too.

Speaker 3 (04:13):
Excellent. I'm looking forward to it. You know, people manage
their money and can't manage their relationships.

Speaker 2 (04:17):
Woof. And I know people who can't do either, you know.

Speaker 1 (04:21):
And a lot of times money and relationships are very
tied in together. Absolutely, do they say finances are one
of the main reasons that people actually do end up
getting divorced.

Speaker 3 (04:30):
Yeah, unfortunately we end up in a divorce court and
it's all about the money.

Speaker 2 (04:36):
All right.

Speaker 1 (04:36):
Well, let's see who you guys want to shine a
light on. Eight hundred two nine fifty one fifty is
the number. Andrea, how are you?

Speaker 5 (04:44):
I'm world?

Speaker 6 (04:45):
Thank you?

Speaker 5 (04:45):
How are you?

Speaker 2 (04:46):
I'm good? Thank you?

Speaker 1 (04:47):
Who do you want to shine a light on myself? Okay,
let's hear it.

Speaker 5 (04:52):
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want to shin a lot on myself and all my customers.

Speaker 6 (05:11):
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Speaker 1 (05:13):
Oak Park is a beautiful neighborhood. It is, well, congratulations
to you for having that. That's important work that you're
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where people feel comfortable.

Speaker 2 (05:25):
You know, we take that seriously and we do.

Speaker 5 (05:28):
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Speaker 2 (05:33):
I'm gonna be there next week. Actually, come see me.

Speaker 5 (05:36):
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Speaker 2 (05:41):
What's it called again, the body Studio.

Speaker 5 (05:45):
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Speaker 2 (05:53):
All right, send it to me. Now I'm gona post you.

Speaker 5 (05:55):
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Speaker 2 (05:57):
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Speaker 1 (06:03):
All right, Well that was shining light on him. Eight
hundred two, nine fifty fifty. You can call us up
and leave a message in case you couldn't get through.
And when we come back we have yet, we'll be
talking about Travis Kelcey and his Jersey sales have skyrocketed.

Speaker 2 (06:16):
We'll tell you what's going on.

Speaker 1 (06:17):
And I want to get past to a ar Bernard's
take on something when it comes to people on social media.

Speaker 2 (06:22):
Okay, it's way up with Angela yee. They say the rooms.

Speaker 4 (06:27):
From industry shade to all of gos ap outen Angela's
feeling that et.

Speaker 2 (06:33):
Yes, it's way up with Angela. Ye, Angela yee.

Speaker 1 (06:35):
And Pastor Aar Bernard is here to do some yut
and you guys make sure you follow him as well
if you're not already doing that, just because amazing conversations.

Speaker 2 (06:46):
You know, I know I've been following you for.

Speaker 1 (06:48):
Quite some time, so it's exciting to have you here
today to do the rumors with me. Okay, So Travis Kelce,
his jersey sales have skyrocketed after he had till the
Swift attending one of his chiefs games, and some people
are talking about you know, they're not quite in a
relationship yet, but they've been hanging out and they've hung
out several times.

Speaker 2 (07:08):
We saw Tyler Swift with his mom.

Speaker 3 (07:09):
So when does it stop being rumor?

Speaker 1 (07:11):
I guess when they do a Valentine's Day picture together
on Instagram.

Speaker 2 (07:17):
I don't know when Taylor Swift writes a song about him.

Speaker 3 (07:20):
Yeah, well that's I expect enough song.

Speaker 1 (07:22):
Yeah yeah, and then after the breakup too, that's when
another song comes outout. But it's interesting because Kayln Nicole
is his ex girlfriend. A lot of people knew him
from dating her because you know, he's white, she's black,
and so when they broke up last year, it looked
like they were going to get back together. But now
I see a lot of people comparing Taylor Swift and
Kayln Nicole and saying, oh, is this a down grade?

(07:43):
He went from this to that? But look he just
moved on. They've already broken up. They've been broken up
for over a year. He has I don't We don't
even know if he's in a relationship. I think it's unfair.
I see people in Kayla's comments, Some of them are
supportive and some of them are, you know, saying's.

Speaker 3 (08:01):
It's a tough thing when your life is in public
and everybody's trying to control the narrative and you're the
one that knows what's true, but you really have little
control over what's true because what dominates his public opinion.

Speaker 1 (08:14):
Yeah, and a lot of times that negativity can be
draining for the person who is having to read it,
but also for the person who's writing it.

Speaker 3 (08:21):
Yeah, that's about trying to keep my life private, in
my family privates as much as I can.

Speaker 7 (08:26):
Right.

Speaker 2 (08:26):
Well, your wife is on the public team.

Speaker 3 (08:30):
She's a star.

Speaker 2 (08:31):
Yeah, she is a star.

Speaker 1 (08:32):
All right, now, let's talk about another public relationship, Giselle
and Tom Brady. She sat down with CBS News Sunday morning,
and the full interview aired on Monday, and she said
that she does not regret getting married, but she does
feel like she's in a better headspace now that they
are not together.

Speaker 2 (08:49):
Here's what she said.

Speaker 7 (08:50):
Also, I wouldn't have it any other way. I wouldn't
have any other life. I wouldn't have done it. If
they say, can you change something in your life, I
wouldn't change absolutely.

Speaker 3 (08:57):
Anything, not even getting divorced.

Speaker 7 (09:00):
I mean, it's not what I dreamed of and what
I hoped for it. But I think you have to accept,
you know, sometimes that the way you are in your twenties,
it's you know, sometimes you grow together, sometimes you grow apart.

Speaker 2 (09:12):
I mean they were married for thirteen years.

Speaker 5 (09:14):
You know.

Speaker 3 (09:15):
That sounds to me like she values the relationship and
he didn't. Because he had an opportunity to retire, he
decided to stay in the game, and for what I understand,
she was ready for him to quit. So she put
her life on the hole. She sacrificed a lot to
support his career. And every decision we make in life
is a value judgment.

Speaker 1 (09:31):
He made one, yeah, and I think also he agreed
and made an announcement that he was leaving and she
was excited about it. It would be one thing if there
was an understanding like, let you know, this is what
I do and pasted a ar Bernard, I'm only going
to put this out there.

Speaker 2 (09:44):
I know you're very private, but.

Speaker 1 (09:46):
You've been open also about not depreciating the value of
your wife.

Speaker 3 (09:52):
You know, whatever you appreciate increases in value. Whatever you
depreciate decreases in value, and it affects you emotionally and relationally.
So I try to do everything I can to appreciate
my wife daily so that she remains valuable in my
mind and in my heart.

Speaker 1 (10:06):
Yeah, because you have a very high profile job too
that requires a lot of your.

Speaker 3 (10:09):
Time with higher expectations because man of the cloth, so
you know, I'm held to a higher standard and I
understand that.

Speaker 2 (10:18):
All right.

Speaker 1 (10:19):
And lastly, speaking of keeping our relationships private, Keiki Palmer,
now you know she had a baby with Darius Jackson
and people were upset. She was at the Usher concert
and got serenaded. He didn't like what she had on.
He had something to say about that, and then it
turned into this whole thing. Everybody was rallying up behind
Keke Palmer. But now it looks like maybe they are

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back together. And here is what she had to say
when she was questioned about this on Today with Hoda
and Jenna.

Speaker 8 (10:48):
To Beyoncete Cassa. First of all, that was my second
time going. I went first with my homegirls. And then
he was like, everybody's going for her birthday. I said,
does that mean we're going again? We're all about it?

Speaker 9 (10:57):
Yeah, all about.

Speaker 10 (10:59):
Him, not y'all trying to get into it.

Speaker 11 (11:03):
They tried, you weren't talk show hosts. You want to
know what?

Speaker 2 (11:09):
Are you happy?

Speaker 12 (11:10):
Yes?

Speaker 10 (11:10):
Life is good?

Speaker 6 (11:11):
Are y'all together?

Speaker 8 (11:13):
I'm gonna take a page out of my girl Beyonce Facebook.

Speaker 9 (11:15):
My job's.

Speaker 2 (11:18):
Okay.

Speaker 1 (11:19):
I mean, like they were spotted out together. They had
some very public relationship drama.

Speaker 3 (11:23):
But isn't that the problem with being a celebrity. You've
got to do everything you can to keep yourself in
the public light and in the public conversation.

Speaker 1 (11:31):
Yeah, and then you know you're spotted at the Beyonce
concert with the person that everybody was mad at.

Speaker 3 (11:36):
Do you adjust to that? Over time or do you
do you use it or are some better at it
than others. You're a high profile person.

Speaker 1 (11:43):
I think you know it is important to protect what
is near and there to you, so that sometimes people
that aren't in the light aren't trying to get that
type of attention, and so you want to try to
protect people. Sometimes the other people that are with you
get madder about things than you do, Like they see
things and they get so angry and you're like, it's okay.

Speaker 2 (12:01):
It just comes with the job.

Speaker 3 (12:03):
Yeah, And too often what we see with our eyes
is colored by the condition of our hearts. So if
our heart's messed up, everything we see will be messed up.

Speaker 1 (12:11):
Yeah, absolutely, well that is your Yet we got a
lot more of that. But when we come back about
last night, that's where we discussed what we did last
night and why that is relevant to today. It's way
up at Angela ye, pasted a Arbernard is here all morning.

Speaker 4 (12:24):
Yeah last night, so about last night last night, last night.

Speaker 12 (12:30):
I went down.

Speaker 2 (12:31):
Yes, it is way up at Angela Yee.

Speaker 1 (12:33):
I'm Angela Yee, and we are blessed to have Pastor
a ar Bernard here with us today.

Speaker 3 (12:37):
I like the word blessed.

Speaker 1 (12:38):
We are absolutely and we're doing about last night. This
is where we discussed what we did last night. Now
I was working last night. I was doing my podcast,
but I know you were working last night too, Pastor.

Speaker 3 (12:49):
Yeah, you don't have the opportunity to mentor a lot
of individuals. And I spent some time yesterday with a
dear friend of mine and mentee in my life for
more than thirty years, Curtis Mark, New York Jets and
before that New England Patriots, which I don't hold against them,
but it's so gay.

Speaker 1 (13:08):
And you know what's great, You're also able to talk
about finances and because you have that background too, and
I think that's important.

Speaker 3 (13:15):
Yeah, you know, I'm careful the kind of counsel I give,
but general principles on how to think about life and
investment and things of that nature are important. So I'm
able to share that and my experiences and my own success.

Speaker 2 (13:29):
How do you decide who you mentor?

Speaker 1 (13:32):
Because I'm sure there's a lot of people, because you
have over what forty thousand people in your congregation, and
so how do you decide with so many people that
I'm sure have things that you want to make sure
you can help each individual, right, how do you decide
who you can mentor well?

Speaker 3 (13:47):
Again, you know, I speak to that congregation as I
can on Sundays in service. But relationships are spatial, So
I determine the level of maturity and purpose that a
person has when I bring them into an intimate space.

Speaker 1 (14:01):
In my life, I know you and Denzel Washington are close.
I've seen him honor you on several occasions.

Speaker 3 (14:07):
Yeah, I'm proud of him. He's come a long way,
He's still growing and he's more open. But I will
I'll tell you the biggest issue was trust. Okay, that's
what makes these relationships possible.

Speaker 1 (14:19):
Right, No, because we've seen instances where some very very
well known men of the cloth have betrayed the trust
of the community and it's hard to get that back
when that happens.

Speaker 3 (14:30):
That's all you have is your integrity and your trust,
because that's what makes loving people possible. Trust makes love
possible because without it, you can't love people.

Speaker 1 (14:40):
You know what's interesting Last night for my podcast, the
person we were interviewing Tina.

Speaker 2 (14:46):
She was an Akahod celebrity.

Speaker 1 (14:48):
She was talking about one thing that she really needs
to be able to do in her life is trust
people again, because she's lost that and it's really really
hard for her to find anyone that she can trust
around her.

Speaker 3 (14:59):
Yeah, and he's got to make some decisions that everybody
is imperfect and no one's going to measure up to
that place where you know, she can not have to
protect herself or not be wise. So trust makes us
vulnerable and transparent. But we have to test the waters
in terms of people.

Speaker 12 (15:17):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (15:17):
Some people started a place of I trust you until
i'd don't and other people started a place I don't
trust you until you earn it.

Speaker 3 (15:24):
Yeah. Some people give you the benefit of doubt, some
doubt before they give you the benefit. Yeah, I get it.
I understand. And that's why I say, and we'll talk
about that at our town hall meeting. That relationships have
to go through a process begins with introduction, then getting acquainted,
then friendship, then intimacy. You have to go through a
process of getting to know that person personally.

Speaker 1 (15:43):
All right, Well, that townhall is going to be at
five o'clock streaming and you can watch that from anywhere
on way Up with You and our YouTube page. And
last night also, people always writing questions and somebody actually
wrote in a question that they wanted me to specifically
ask you, pastor a ar Bernard, because they knew you
would be here today. And the question was he is
married right and has children with his wife. Everything started

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off amazing, but now his wife is his best friend
and he's no longer attracted to her and he doesn't
know what to do to try to save the relationship
or if it can be saved.

Speaker 3 (16:16):
Well, I will tell you marriage is a long term commitment.
Marriage is not something you try out and then bail
out when things don't go the way you want it to.
So it's a matter of sacrifice. So the question is
why is the other person demotivated and not as alive
in the relationship. Something has to happen or something's going
on that that person's not taken into consideration.

Speaker 1 (16:36):
Well, i'll give you more details when we come back,
but we want to hear from you, guys to eight
hundred two nine two fifty one fifty. If you've been
in a situation, if you have any relationship questions, you
might want to ask right now. But if you've been
in a situation where you love the person, they are
a best friend, but you're just not attracted to them anymore?

Speaker 2 (16:51):
What do you do?

Speaker 1 (16:52):
Can you get it back? Eight hundred two ninety two
fifty one fifty packed to A.

Speaker 7 (16:55):
AR.

Speaker 2 (16:55):
Bernard is here? Yeah, she back at it? Bring in
the mac.

Speaker 4 (17:03):
Way up with.

Speaker 2 (17:04):
Angela Yee is on?

Speaker 1 (17:05):
Yes, it's way up with Angela Yee. I'm Angela Yee
and Pastor A. R. Bernard is hanging with us today.

Speaker 3 (17:10):
Yeah, hanging tough.

Speaker 1 (17:12):
It is a blessing and an honor to have you
here as we are talking about this topic that somebody
wanted me to ask you about. Right, he's married and
he has children with his wife, but she's his best friend.

Speaker 2 (17:23):
But he's just not attracted to her. Now what should
he do?

Speaker 3 (17:27):
I think that he needs to revisit the beginning of
the relationship, rekindle the relationship, don't give up on it
so soon, especially with children. There are a lot of
stakeholders involved, and to walk away is not the best
thing to do. It's the easiest thing to do, but
not the best thing to do. And also understand why
why is this wife demotivated? Why has she changed? Why

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is she gone in a direction that no longer attraction?
Maybe he's the.

Speaker 1 (17:53):
Problem, Yeah, he said that physically it's not an issue,
but it's just her motivation level is not there. And
you know, I was talking to them and I was like,
well maybe once she had the kids. You know, that's
a lot of work. And sometimes I think people underestimate
for moms how much work.

Speaker 2 (18:09):
It is, because I do. I will say, you know, no.

Speaker 1 (18:14):
Offense to the fathers out there, but I think with
moms it's a little different because they're the ones that
are pregnant, that they have to give birth, and you know,
sometimes for women it's a lot harder, like they have
to take off from work just physically, even it's a
lot more things that women have to deal with.

Speaker 3 (18:29):
That's why successful relationships need empathy. You have to be
able to feel what the other person's going through. And
too often men don't put a great value on what
it takes to deal with children. My wife did a
great job raising us. She raised me and my sons right,
and she had a little bit.

Speaker 2 (18:49):
I've had seven kids.

Speaker 3 (18:50):
Oh I have seven sons. And she cooked, she cleaned,
she did everything, and I respect that and I value
that tremendously.

Speaker 1 (18:59):
Right, And so yeah, I mean I said the same
thing to him that you and I think also for
women to value what a man brings to the table. Also,
sometimes we also just don't I think, appreciate each other.
We take each other for granted and a relationship and
you have to recognize what someone is doing that compliments
what you're doing too.

Speaker 2 (19:17):
And sometimes you have to lead by example.

Speaker 3 (19:19):
Absolutely, And I think in the beginning of every relationship
you need to sit down and discuss the possible changes
that will take place over time and how you're going
to respond to those changes, because change is inevitable.

Speaker 2 (19:30):
Well, let's see what you guys think. Sabie, how are you?

Speaker 13 (19:34):
I'm alright, good morning, Angela.

Speaker 2 (19:36):
Good morning, and pastor a ar Bernard is here too.

Speaker 3 (19:38):
How you doing, man right?

Speaker 2 (19:40):
So let's talk about this as far as a marriage.

Speaker 1 (19:43):
What happens when you're no longer attracted to the person
but they're still your best friend?

Speaker 13 (19:47):
Okay, Well, I can't time in as far as marriage
because I'm only engaged. But when you guys find that
you aren't attracted to each other anymore, I feel like
you got to go back to the groundwork, like start
from the beginning. Why did you guys fall in love
in the first It's like it's easy to get caught
up in a lot of things you have going on
in your personal lives, your professional lives, and sometimes you
can forget about your spouse. So in order to I

(20:08):
don't know, make sure you rekindle that. Just start from
the beginning. Like if you met at the grocery store,
go back to the grocery store that you guys met
and recreator that's your interaction or I don't know. For me,
like I met my spouse in college, so we would
have Monday night chicken wing nights, and like, I know
that sounds dumb, but that's what we used to do.
So retreat stuff like that. I mean, granted, it's not

(20:29):
going to be the exact same as it was when
you guys first first had it, but at least try,
you know what I mean. You never know how much
those small early gestures to really remind you why you
love your spouse to the first place.

Speaker 3 (20:40):
What you said is so important because people don't realize
that a marriage license is actually a working permit because
those are working papers. It takes work, and if you
don't want to put the work in, you'll walk away.
At the slightest problem within the relationship, Okay.

Speaker 2 (20:54):
I like that.

Speaker 1 (20:55):
I'm glad you managed to get it back to rekindled.
Thank you all right, Safie, thank you so much for calling.

Speaker 12 (21:01):
Yes, ma'am.

Speaker 2 (21:01):
Have a good day you too, Hey, Frank, how are you?

Speaker 12 (21:04):
How are you doing?

Speaker 14 (21:05):
What's going on?

Speaker 2 (21:06):
What's going on? I'm here.

Speaker 1 (21:07):
We're past to a ar Bernard and we're asking about
relationships where your your mate turns into your best friend.

Speaker 12 (21:13):
Yeah.

Speaker 14 (21:13):
I'm listening, and I feel like what the desire is
doing and I'm not attracted to you no more. I
feel like it's kind of over after that.

Speaker 2 (21:21):
M you can't get it back because.

Speaker 14 (21:24):
Nah, I mean I don't think so, because whatever made
me unattracted to you, it's gonna stay like that. I
think that's my personal Okay.

Speaker 3 (21:33):
That's giving up a little too soon. And you know,
relationships you have required an investment, investment of your time sacrifice,
and it really tells the value that you have for
the other person.

Speaker 14 (21:44):
I mean, maybe you're right, maybe that's why I ain't
here yet, But I'm thirty four. I'm thirty four right now,
and as my life been going on, it's like one,
I don't want you no more. I kind of like
ain't interested, and then it ain't gonna be right no more,
because it's like, why you ain't touching me?

Speaker 7 (22:00):
No more?

Speaker 14 (22:01):
Everything the same.

Speaker 1 (22:02):
I feel like any type of long term relationship, though
I think at certain points it might get like that.

Speaker 14 (22:09):
I changed the only kind of me if I don't
touch you for a month.

Speaker 3 (22:13):
Yeah alone, does sound like you're gonna get married too soon, though, Yeah, well.

Speaker 2 (22:21):
Thank you, We appreciate you. Thank you. Yep, we appreciate you.
She doesn't. But hey, Joe, how are you?

Speaker 3 (22:29):
Hey?

Speaker 12 (22:30):
Good morning? Are you doing aunt?

Speaker 1 (22:31):
Good morning? We're here, we're past to A R. Bernard
and we're talking about relationships. What do you do when
your significant other it turns into your best friend you're
not attracted to.

Speaker 12 (22:41):
Actually call it in? Because I'm in that same exact situation.
I've been married tomorrow, my wife for twenty eight years.

Speaker 6 (22:46):
Ago.

Speaker 12 (22:47):
I fiver my kids would buy, but that part of
it is gone for me. I don't know. I'm looking
for answers myself. Maybe it's because she don't show me
no affection or something. I don't know. I'm looking for answers.

Speaker 3 (22:58):
Well, you know, Joe. Communication the basis for life, especially
the life of a marriage. And somewhere communication broke down
because things started changing and you all weren't talking about
it because you had been able to get out in
front of it and not allow it to get this far.

Speaker 1 (23:13):
Yeah, So what do you think he has to do now?

Speaker 3 (23:17):
Reopen communication and bring some life back to the relationship
and really think about the stakeholders like the children, because
the decision to divorce hurts a lot of people, not
just one person or just the husband and wife.

Speaker 2 (23:32):
How long has it been like this for you?

Speaker 12 (23:34):
Three or four years?

Speaker 9 (23:35):
Okay?

Speaker 1 (23:36):
Out of twenty eight years, y'all had a nice long run.
I feel like, have you ever tried to get some
outside help?

Speaker 12 (23:42):
No, we haven't.

Speaker 2 (23:43):
No, it might be worth looking into.

Speaker 3 (23:45):
I think angela to nail on the head right there. Yeah,
bring someone else in that can lead you through a
conversation to restore at least the communication between the two
of you so you're can understand what went wrong. Changes
is the only comp in life, So change is inevitable
in relationships. Managing that change is critical and you really
haven't done a good job because you'll be on top

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of watch.

Speaker 12 (24:08):
Wong wow, I totally agree with that.

Speaker 1 (24:11):
All right, Well, I wish you so much luck and lovin.
Please check back in with us.

Speaker 12 (24:15):
Okay, I will, Angelie. Guys have a good day. I
enjoy your program. Keep doing what you're doing.

Speaker 2 (24:21):
Thank you, You're welcome.

Speaker 1 (24:23):
All right, Well, thank you guys for calling eight hundred
two nine two fifty one fifty. In case you couldn't
get through, you can always leave a message giving us
your point of view about what to do when a
relationship turns from a loving one to a best friend one.
And when we come back, we have a yet, we'll
talk about music, doja cat, Drake Sizza a lot of
things to discuss. It's way up at Angela yee yet
next yo, she's about to.

Speaker 4 (24:44):
Blow the lead abof this, but let's get it. Angela's
feeling that yee te Come and get the tea.

Speaker 2 (24:50):
All right?

Speaker 1 (24:51):
This way up at Angela yee, I'm Angela yee, and
Pastor aar Bernard is here with me doing yet. This
isn't my wheelhouse here, okay, So so shout out to
Drake and Sissy.

Speaker 2 (25:01):
There are songs.

Speaker 1 (25:02):
Slim You Out has debuted a number one on Billboard
Hot one hundred.

Speaker 2 (25:06):
This is big for Drake.

Speaker 1 (25:07):
He's broken all kinds of record and he always gets
a number one debut. He actually has tied Bts for
the most number ones in the twenty twenties, so congratulations
to him for that is number one on streaming songs
R and B hip hop charts. Of course, Sizza has
been having an amazing year too. I went to her concert.
Love me some Sizza. All right now, Dojah Cat and

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I'm glad you're here, pasted a Ar Bernard to talk
about this. Doja Cat amazing talented artists, but a lot
of her fans are experiencing and she's experiing backlash from
a lot of her fans right now. She has claimed
in the past that she doesn't care about her fans,
but she posted on her social media page devil painting
that she made for her fans.

Speaker 2 (25:51):
I'll show you a picture of that painting now. Pastor A. R.

Speaker 1 (25:54):
Bernardi also has a music video called Demons for a
song called Demons.

Speaker 2 (25:59):
Here's song. Yeah, how am demis?

Speaker 1 (26:04):
All right now, past Ara Bernard, I want to get
your thoughts.

Speaker 3 (26:07):
I've got to weigh in on this. Let me just say,
first of all, the demonic and that realm is very real.
I have dealt with it early on many, many people.
So it's nothing to play with, it's nothing to tamper with,
and don't be curious about it. But before I would
go there, I would say, let me check the mental
health of the individual first and see what's happening to

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them mentally before I decide that. Okay, you know, it's
in that realm of the demonic.

Speaker 10 (26:38):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (26:38):
I mean it's tough because she does, you know, talented woman,
but things like this can definitely cause people to be like,
I don't know if I want to listen to this anymore.

Speaker 3 (26:47):
Yeah, And we're concerned about the power of music because
music has a very subtle influence as you listen to it.

Speaker 1 (26:53):
All right, Well, you know, I think just seeing all
of that, and you know what I want to ask
you to because Halloween is coming up next next month,
and there's a lot of movies that are coming out.
As a matter of fact, The Exorcist, the remake of
that is coming out at the end of next week.

Speaker 2 (27:07):
Man, and I'm a big horror movie fan.

Speaker 1 (27:10):
Okay, So I want to ask you, do you think, like,
have you ever experienced something? I know they always say
this is based on a true story. All these different exorcisms.
Have you ever experienced.

Speaker 3 (27:19):
And wow, can I say that on the air, I've
been involved with exorcisms? You have, Yeah, yeah, I've seen
matter change forms. I've seen people who were genuinely possessed
and I had to learn how to work with that.
It is so real that the Catholic Church has a
whole department that deals with that and other denominations as well.

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So it's very real, very powerful, and something that we
have to be careful.

Speaker 2 (27:45):
Of, be mindful of.

Speaker 9 (27:46):
Okay.

Speaker 1 (27:47):
See, I always watch those movies and it's like based
on a true story, based on a true story, and
I'm like, how the Exorcist was actually the first horror
movie I saw as a very young child, and so
now they're doing this arenas.

Speaker 3 (27:57):
I will tell you, before I had an understand of
these things. I thought it was hilarious. I took my
wife and she was negatively impacted by it, so we
don't play that with her anymore.

Speaker 2 (28:08):
Okay, all right, well, good to know.

Speaker 1 (28:10):
Thank you for shedding some light on that, because I'm
always like, are these, you know, possibly real things that
are happening? And what do you think about watching movies
like that? Because some people won't even do that.

Speaker 3 (28:19):
You know, you have to be careful with whatever entertainment
you open yourself too. If you're vulnerable to these things
and they can cause you to be curious about them
or affect you in terms of fear, then you need
to limit your intake of these things.

Speaker 2 (28:35):
What about Wiji boys? Do we always hear about that?
And see movies?

Speaker 3 (28:38):
I again, these things can be a gateway our human nature.
We're curious, you know. So you start off with one thing,
and who knows whether you will become even more curious
and go beyond that.

Speaker 2 (28:50):
I don't play with Wige boys. I will never touch
one of those.

Speaker 3 (28:53):
Things, all right, I don't recommend it.

Speaker 2 (28:55):
All right.

Speaker 1 (28:56):
Well that is your yet featuring past aar Bernard, And
when we come back, you have under the radar. These
are the stories that are not necessarily in the headlines.
They are flying under the radar, but you need to
know about them anyway. It's way up at Angela Yee.

Speaker 2 (29:08):
The news news.

Speaker 4 (29:09):
This in the news that relates to you. These stories
are flying under the radar.

Speaker 1 (29:14):
It's way up at Angela Ye Angela Yee and Pastor
ar Bernard is here with me today guest hosting and
We also do have a town hall at five pm
today that's going to be streaming for you guys to watch.

Speaker 2 (29:25):
You can look at that on the way up with
e YouTube page.

Speaker 1 (29:28):
All right, now, let's get into some of these under
the radar stories. Did you know that college is no
longer the biggest expense when it comes to about half
of the states.

Speaker 3 (29:37):
I did not know that. When I think about the
cost of college today, the skyrocketing cost of college today,
I had no idea that there was something more expensive.
So what is it?

Speaker 1 (29:47):
Well, yeah, and so this is in state public college tuition.
They're saying childcare actually costs more according to netcredit dot Com.
And then also team car ownership now costs more than
in state tuition at a public university because of elevated inflation.
Families are seeing now they're raising a child is pricier
than ever. So they said, ideally you'd be able to

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keep childcare costs to ten percent or less of your
total income. But that's laughably unrealistic for millions of Americans.

Speaker 3 (30:16):
And childcare is longer now. It's not just a few
hours or a few days a week. We're working on
a twenty four hour childcare that's right. And in our
new development, that's right because it's so necessary.

Speaker 2 (30:26):
One of you guys breaking ground on an we're breaking
ground next year. Next year. I feel like I need
to be there for that.

Speaker 3 (30:33):
That's great.

Speaker 1 (30:33):
And that's going to also consist of affordable housing, right
over one thousand units, two thousand.

Speaker 3 (30:39):
Units affordable housing, mixed income, so it's going to be
from thirty percent AMI Area median income up to one
hundred percent, so it's going to provide for middle income
affordable housing as well as low income.

Speaker 1 (30:53):
That's great, and that's in Brooklyn. You know how expensive
Brooklyn is right now? I know because I live in Brooklyn.

Speaker 2 (31:00):
All right.

Speaker 1 (31:00):
And now let's talk about, since we're discussing money, these
private clubs that everybody is joining, from Casa Chipriani and
Zero Bond to the astor to Zz's Club in Miami.
Some of these clubs cost about one hundred thousand dollars
to join and then fifteen thousand dollars a year. And
there's a boom of all these different clubs. You know,

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I feel like it all kind of started with Soho House, right,
and now people are moving into these other spaces. They
have a new course space that spread over four floors
in Manhattan and Midtown, and that's one of the elite
membership clubs that have opened in major cities since the pandemic.
It's supposed to redefine the old world membership clubs and
create a safe space for today's privacy minded, highly mobile,

(31:44):
wealthy people.

Speaker 3 (31:46):
That's a tough thing because more people are upwardly mobile today,
so you have more people able to afford it. But
one hundred and fifty.

Speaker 2 (31:52):
K that's a lot. What are the benefits of something
like that though?

Speaker 8 (31:56):
Right?

Speaker 1 (31:57):
Because these clubs they do they have wellness based gym bars, pools, nightclubs.
But it's not like you get these things before. You
still got to go in and pay for food, pay
for services. It's just the membership fee.

Speaker 3 (32:07):
Absolutely, I belonged to a club, full disclosure. But it
was a gift from someone.

Speaker 2 (32:13):
So that's a nice gift.

Speaker 3 (32:14):
Put that out there.

Speaker 1 (32:15):
My birthday's coming up, guys. But yeah, So the Aman Club,
by the way, they just open that over here. Now
that club is ridiculously expensive. So they said that is
about two hundred thousand dollars for membership, and then fifteen
thousand dollars in annual.

Speaker 2 (32:30):
Fees and if anybody wants to gift me, I'm here
for it.

Speaker 9 (32:34):
All right.

Speaker 2 (32:34):
Now, let's talk about the ten unhappiest states.

Speaker 1 (32:37):
There's a list of what states are the least happy,
and this is according to researchers at wallet hub. I
love wallet Hub by the way. Number ten Oklahoma. Number
nine is New Mexico. It has a high suicide rate
and low volunteer participation. Number eight Alaska. Number seven is Mississippi.
Number six is Alabama. Alabama has poor ratings for adequate sleep,

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sports partsipation, volunteering in safety. Number five on that list
is Kentucky. Number four is Arkansas, three is Tennessee. Number
two is Louisiana and they actually have high rates of
work hour numbers and divorce. And number one is West Virginia.
West Virginia was named the unhappiest state in the country.
The worst rates of adult depression, emotional and physical wellbeing,

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work environment, and adequate sleep the worst of all fifty states.

Speaker 3 (33:25):
And why are all these people migrating to the south.

Speaker 2 (33:27):
Yeah, I don't know. The cost of living, the weather.

Speaker 3 (33:32):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (33:33):
I have no idea why he's moving from the north
to the south. Yeah, they definitely are.

Speaker 1 (33:37):
So that all has to do with, as you can see, depression,
adequate sleep, sports, participation, volunteering, safety, divorce rates, all of
those things. And these are your under the radar stories
now you know. We do have the Way Up mixed
at the top of the hour, plus the legend deary
group jj FAD is going to be joining us today
Supersonic and I'm excited for that. Is the fiftieth anniversary

(33:57):
of hip hop and I want to make sure these
women are getting They are just dues because they've been
left out of far too many things. It's way up
at Angela Yee past to Aar Bernard is here just
like the talk like.

Speaker 9 (34:08):
They Angela Jean, like they Angela Gee.

Speaker 4 (34:10):
Man, she's spilling it all. This is yet way up.

Speaker 1 (34:16):
Yes, it's way up at Angela Ye. I'm Angela Yee
pasted aar Bernard is co hosting.

Speaker 9 (34:20):
And you're tough with you today, Yes you are.

Speaker 2 (34:23):
This is a lot right.

Speaker 3 (34:24):
Hey, look, let no one say that you don't work.

Speaker 8 (34:26):
You work.

Speaker 3 (34:27):
You make it look easy, but you work.

Speaker 1 (34:29):
Well, let's get into this yet. Shout out to DC
Young Fly. He is the new host of Celebrity Squares.
It's a new take on the classic Hollywood Squares game show.
It's going to be on VH one. It's Jesse Collins
Entertainment and Kevin Hart's Heartbeat, so that's who's producing it.
It's going to be a modern twist on the classic
format featuring black pop culture trivia. I feel like I'll
do good on that if I needed to have all

(34:52):
kinds of trivia information in my.

Speaker 2 (34:53):
Head all right now.

Speaker 1 (34:55):
Spotify is going to be using AI to replicate podcasters'
voices and translate them to other languages, and so the
company is working with podcasters like Bill Simmons Dak Sheppard
on a select number of past and upcoming episodes, initially
translated into Spanish, French, and German, and then they'll be
available to both free users and paid subscribers in the

(35:16):
coming days and weeks. They're already working on Trevor Noah's
upcoming new podcasts, for instance. They're going to make this
feature more accessible for creators and languages in the future.
It's just the beginning, Spotify said in a release.

Speaker 3 (35:28):
You know, it's a scary thing. It took twenty years
for us to adapt, to adopt the Internet in one
week chat GPT had a million subscribers, So we are
adjusting real fast. Where's it going to go?

Speaker 1 (35:41):
That's the question, right And when we see everything like
with the writers' strike, that was one of the main
issues and concerns. How do you use AI, pastor a
ar Bernard when it comes to what you do.

Speaker 3 (35:52):
We're already incorporating AI to respond to questions and answers
that may come from the public, especially our congregation. That
makes it easier and more convenient. And I'm keeping an
eye on my ministers to see if they're using AI
for their servants.

Speaker 1 (36:09):
But I mean, okay, is that wrong if they are,
if they use it and they tweak it.

Speaker 3 (36:12):
You know, because of AI, everyone has access to information.
So now the sermon is about delivery and insight, okay,
And I think that's a good thing.

Speaker 1 (36:24):
That's fair, all right. And now let's talk about Meghan
the Stallion. She is in a new PSA for quote
Seize the Awkward, that's the campaign, and she put out
a personal message about that. She's in an empty space,
sitting in a chair against the wall, and she talks
about needing to show a tough exterior.

Speaker 8 (36:42):
I've always been told I got to be strong, but
to be everything for everybody.

Speaker 2 (36:51):
It wears on you black.

Speaker 9 (36:53):
Don't crack, they say, but it can.

Speaker 2 (36:56):
I can.

Speaker 10 (36:57):
We all can, y'all.

Speaker 9 (36:59):
It's okay to not be okay. Reach out to a
friend if you see them going through it.

Speaker 2 (37:03):
No matter who you are, being vulnerable is what makes
us whole.

Speaker 9 (37:07):
Learn how to help at seize the Aqua dot org.

Speaker 2 (37:10):
All right, we like that.

Speaker 3 (37:11):
I like what you said, being vulnerable it's part of healing. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (37:15):
Yeah, so that sees the Aqua dot org.

Speaker 1 (37:17):
And by the way, they also highlight her website that
has an array of mental health resources.

Speaker 2 (37:22):
Bad bitches have bad days to dot com ouch.

Speaker 1 (37:28):
Easy to remember, but it is true a lot of times,
especially in her business. You know, people are coming at
her constantly and you have to have this tough exterior
and act unbothered. Remember that was a big thing hashtag unbothered.
Usually when people use that, they are very bothered.

Speaker 3 (37:44):
I think the fact that women are out there the
way they are and shining, the way they are taking
the places that men used to only inhabit. Yeah, I
think it requires for you to tough enough.

Speaker 1 (37:57):
Yeah yeah, But sometimes it is a conversation of I
need a break. And it's important because that's I think
relatable to the average human being too.

Speaker 2 (38:07):
We all need that.

Speaker 3 (38:08):
You're out there and you've got to be strong and
tough in all of your business dealsms et cetera. Does
it challenge your femininity?

Speaker 1 (38:15):
You know what, It's funny like I was on vacation,
So imagine I went to Anguilla on vacation. So I'm
having a great time laying around, I'm at the pool,
and then something happened on social media where somebody was
coming at me and talking about me, and I was
so tempted to respond, like immediately I had a million
things I wanted to say in response.

Speaker 2 (38:34):
I wanted to tell my truth.

Speaker 1 (38:35):
And then fortunately I was on vacation and an hour
later I didn't care anymore. And sometimes it is just
taking a moment to be like, Okay, let me not
respond to this right away, let me log off, let
me get back to my real life. And so for me, yes,
it's always a challenge, and it's always like I feel
like you have to be tough when people know that
they're bothering you. Sometimes that's their intention and you don't

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want to give them that. And so you have to
do put on this exterior so that you feel tough.

Speaker 2 (39:03):
I think think that.

Speaker 3 (39:04):
I think that's a great answer.

Speaker 1 (39:06):
So shout out to you, Megan Stallion, and Finesse two
Times has gotten both of his girlfriends pregnant.

Speaker 2 (39:12):
You know, they all live together under the same roof.

Speaker 1 (39:14):
He did have another girlfriend, but I guess they broke up,
So there were originally three girlfriends.

Speaker 2 (39:18):
Now there's two.

Speaker 3 (39:20):
You know, I got a problem. I'm going to be
very very strong on that, and that is men should
take responsibity for what they create and shouldn't run around
creating what they don't want to be responsible for. Women
need to be respected and valued and treated in a
way with dignity. And I don't think that kind of
record establishes that I grew up without a father because

(39:41):
my father abandoned me and my mother. So I understand
what it is to experience that kind of thing. So look,
I need I think these brothers need to level up.

Speaker 1 (39:51):
Well, listen, he does have them under the same roof
and they're quite aware of their situation.

Speaker 2 (39:56):
But we're going to.

Speaker 1 (39:57):
See what happens, and so we'll keep you guys filled
in on Finesse two Times in his very unique situation.
All right, that is your yet and when we come back,
since Pastor a ar Bernard has been hosting all morning,
we want to make sure that we have a chance
to talk to you about everything that you have going
on and get all into your business. Okay, it's the
way up with Angela Ye more with Pastor a ar Bernard.

Speaker 2 (40:18):
When we come.

Speaker 4 (40:18):
Back, you way up with Angela Yee.

Speaker 2 (40:24):
It's a way up with Angela Yee.

Speaker 1 (40:25):
Angela Yee and my highly esteemed co host, Pastor A
ar Bernard, is here with me today.

Speaker 3 (40:31):
You said they're very sophisticated, and.

Speaker 1 (40:34):
I want to just get a little bit into your
background for people who are familiar with you but maybe
don't know your whole story.

Speaker 3 (40:40):
Wow, Water I begin, There's a lot of story to tell.
I'm born in Panama, father band of my mom, and
I four years old. We came to the United States
make a new start group Brooklyn Beeren Street and and
then Bushwick. Brooklyn grew up at a time where you know,
everything was happening in the United States. Civil rights movement

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was strong. Malcolm was a big influence all my life,
which led me into the Nation of Islam and Eventually,
within a certain period, I turned to Christianity.

Speaker 2 (41:14):
Do you have a good relationship with the Nation of Islamstone.

Speaker 3 (41:17):
Yeah, we have a very respectful relationship. We had our confrontation,
We have a very respectful relationship. But you know what,
the Nation played a very important role in the American
Journey for people of color because it really was organized
as a social protest against the failure of the white
American Christian Church to deal with the socioeconomic flight of

(41:39):
blacks in this country. So I appreciate it. It gave
me a sense of order, discipline, identity, strength, but it
didn't give me everything that I needed as I was
looking for ultimate reality that I found in Christianity.

Speaker 2 (41:52):
Okay, all right, so Christianity.

Speaker 1 (41:54):
Now let's talk about the church and how you managed
to outgrow your first space.

Speaker 2 (41:59):
And then have a congregation of forty thousand.

Speaker 3 (42:02):
Wow. Well, I was a banker, members. I was a
banker by trade that was in the banking industry for
ten years, banking and finance, and within in the middle
of those ten years, I had my epiphany converted to Christianity.

Speaker 2 (42:14):
Did you love that job as a bank I loved it.

Speaker 3 (42:16):
I loved it, But you know, when you have a
moment of transformation that I did, you begin to think
about meaning and purpose and the role that you serve
in life. And I just knew it wasn't finance. I
had a greater role, greater calling all my life, and
that was the shepherd people to help them find meaning
and purpose within the context of faith.

Speaker 1 (42:35):
Okay, all right, So we started a little store front church,
my wife and I. And how big was your congregation
when you first started a big four?

Speaker 3 (42:47):
That was it?

Speaker 1 (42:48):
Just I just like to talk about that because it
shows how you have to really put the legwork in.
You know, you start with the congregation of four to
grow to forty thousand, and that is a huge feat.

Speaker 2 (43:01):
But it also had to start somewhere.

Speaker 1 (43:02):
And sometimes I think people can be really impatient and
wanting to grow what it is that they're doing too quickly.

Speaker 3 (43:08):
Yeah, you have to appreciate the power of delayed gratification.
And I learned that over time and everything begins in
seed form then grows into an experience. So that was
the seed that my wife and I committed ourselves too fully,
and it was slow go for a good ten years.
It took us to get to about three hundred and
twenty five members, and then ten years after that, all

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of a sudden we hit its exponential curve and everything exploded.
We jumped from six hundred and twenty five members to
eleven thousand members in ten years, wow, and then continue
to grow from there. But I think it's changing people's life.
It's making faith relevant to them, helping them to understand
the world in which they live through the lens of
their faith.

Speaker 1 (43:49):
And I've heard you say on numerous occasions faith is
not necessarily religion always because people sometimes really tie those
things in together.

Speaker 3 (43:57):
Yeah, religion comes from a Latin word which means those
practices that bind us with divinity, you know, with God,
and ritual in practice is important, but it's really the
condition of the heart and mind working together. We're here
to discover our gift, talent's abilities, discover purpose by serving humanity.
So we're here to learn, grow and contribute. So I

(44:17):
want to help people become the best version of themselves
and to have a spiritual anchor, because without a spiritual anchor,
you have nothing to protect you from what we can
become when our humanity runs out.

Speaker 1 (44:29):
And aside from all of this, I mean there's so
many things that we could talk about right now, because
you're also building. You own a lot of land right
in Brooklyn, in and a part of Brooklyn that is
becoming gentrified.

Speaker 3 (44:43):
Yeah. Yeah, by New York standards, ten and a half
acres is a lot of land.

Speaker 1 (44:47):
Yeah it is right, some places like oh that's it,
but New York that is a city.

Speaker 3 (44:51):
That's a lot of land. And we created something called
the urban village. And I you know, my philosophy is environment, people, programs,
and sustainability. What could we do to respond to the
need for housing, especially in our community. We're in East
New York, Brownville, you know, so that has a history
of being underserved communities and marginalized communities. What can we

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do to change the narrative that the way up is
out and keep people there, bringing their talents, their abilities
and everything. So we have a whole new generation that
these emerged, more educated, upwardly mobile, and they can't afford
to live in the city. So our project looks to
bring not just low income housing, but affordable middle income housing.

Speaker 2 (45:32):
Okay, break around next year, Oh yeah.

Speaker 3 (45:35):
Yeah, supermarket trade school twenty for our childcare, our childcare,
all of that, all.

Speaker 2 (45:42):
Right, I love all of that and also an author.

Speaker 1 (45:44):
And you know, one thing we've spoken about before is
one of your books.

Speaker 2 (45:49):
For things women Want from a Man.

Speaker 1 (45:51):
And we're going to be having some relationship discussions today
at five pm. We're going to be having a town hall.
And I know you and I we may think alike
on some things, but I have some questions.

Speaker 3 (46:00):
Okay, I'm cool with that.

Speaker 2 (46:03):
I need some guidance, as many of us do. So
you can all watch that and participate.

Speaker 1 (46:08):
We'll be streaming live on my YouTube channel on Way
Up with Ye with Pastor A. R.

Speaker 2 (46:13):
Bernard.

Speaker 1 (46:13):
Y'all don't even understand how amazing this is that you're
actually sitting here. I've seen many of your town hall conversations,
so it is definitely a treat for me to be
here with you.

Speaker 13 (46:24):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (46:24):
Likewise, I've enjoyed what you make look easy.

Speaker 1 (46:27):
All right, Well, listen, what you do is not easy.
And when we come back, we are going to be
talking to JJ FAD. They're going to be joining us.
They are legends, icons in this hip hop business. It
is the fiftieth anniversary of your hip hop and I
want to make sure we give them their flowers. And
we also have asked ye eight hundred two nine two
fifty one fifty. Today's a great day for you to

(46:47):
get some advice. It's way up with Angela Yee.

Speaker 4 (46:49):
Hey, gas, you back at it in the way up
with Angela.

Speaker 3 (46:57):
Yee is on.

Speaker 1 (46:58):
Yes, it is way up where Angela Yee, Angela Yee
and Pastor Aar Bernard has been here today.

Speaker 2 (47:04):
He's got a nice vibe with us.

Speaker 3 (47:06):
It's been a delight being with you all day. And
like I said'ing to break your pulpriate. This is your bulpit.
You are speaking to who knows how many people and
really giving them some inspiration, motivation, and we need something
positive in our very negative society today.

Speaker 2 (47:25):
Yes, indeed, listen, I'm trying to follow in your footsteps.

Speaker 3 (47:28):
You're doing well. You're doing well. You make it look easy.

Speaker 1 (47:30):
They get passed to a Bernard And I want to
shout out to my girl, Deborah Roberts. She is now
stepping into her new role as a co anchor at
twenty twenty alongside her colleague David Muir, following the.

Speaker 2 (47:41):
Footsteps of Barbara Walters.

Speaker 1 (47:43):
Okay, we love Debora Roberts and she was actually up
here recently promoting her book. She actually has a book
of essays dedicated to your favorite teacher. So she talked
to different women like a Rosie Perez about who they're
favorite teacher was, and it was kind of like ohmde
two teachers.

Speaker 3 (48:03):
That's interesting. We met al Roker and I were being
honored at a particular event years ago and that was
the first time that I met her and just a
great vibe. Yeah, so congratulations.

Speaker 2 (48:15):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (48:15):
Her book is called Lessons Learned and Cherished. Yes, all right,
well listen, we got to ask ye coming up with
past the a Ar Bernard, but we also have jj
FADD when we come back, and they're going to be
talking about the fiftieth anniversary of hip hop and also
dispelling some things that happened on this very same show.
There was some false information given out about JJ FAD
and they're going to clear the air. It's a way

(48:35):
Up with Angela ye Yea.

Speaker 4 (48:39):
She back at it in the Way Up with Angela.

Speaker 2 (48:43):
Yee is on What's Up.

Speaker 1 (48:44):
It's Way Up with Angela Yee and we are definitely
way up today because you know, for me, I'm such
a fan of hip hop. This is how I grew
up in Brooklyn and two out of the three members
of jj FADD are here and I definitely grew up
listening to you guys, Thank you Supersonic. But the reason
why we even are here today, and let's get this
out the way fires Yes, is we had Fab five

(49:06):
Freddy on the show Yes, and he was talking about
the jj FAD album and he said that ice Cube
wrote the whole album.

Speaker 3 (49:13):
Right, I'm gonna tell you something about that super Sonic record.
Ice Cube wrote that entire album. It was Jerry Hella.
They had a ruthless record.

Speaker 1 (49:22):
A lot of people were like, was surprised by that.
They didn't know that fun fact. But then you guys
reached out because it was incorrect, right.

Speaker 11 (49:29):
And we just want to start by saying, first of all,
we're not mad at fat by Freddy. He was just
saying what he heard, you know, but it wasn't factual,
So there's no beef or anything like that. But we
just don't want that narrative out there, and we didn't
do the work. No, ice Cube did not write our album,
although he is our ruthless.

Speaker 9 (49:46):
Brother and we love him to death and we're very
close to him.

Speaker 15 (49:49):
And although he did take part of writing some stuff, yeah,
most of our record.

Speaker 10 (49:55):
It wasn't super sonic.

Speaker 2 (49:57):
It was a song on the other side.

Speaker 11 (50:00):
So yeah, so we just wanted to straighten that out
because we we did a lot of work on that song,
and you know, we are very we take a lot of.

Speaker 1 (50:05):
Pride okay in that right understood, And you guys should
make sure you get the credit because I feel like
jj FAD isn't getting enough credit, and I know you
guys feel the same way. But let's take it back, okay,
you know, to the beginning, because you guys formed as
a group as teenagers, right, yes, all right, how old.

Speaker 16 (50:21):
Fourteen baby baby wild in nineteen all right, so let's
talk about how y'all came together because at first it
was four of you, five five of you.

Speaker 8 (50:34):
Okay.

Speaker 11 (50:34):
I had heard, actually heard Salt and Pepper their album,
and I was like, gosh, wish really wish the West
Coast could be, you know, represented like that. So one
of my friends was like, well you do it. You know,
you just like to wrap. You're an entertainer, go ahead
and try to start a rapping. I was like, all right,
So then I had an audition in my mom's den.

Speaker 2 (50:50):
I love it and and I had a group already.

Speaker 15 (50:53):
Yeah, so my with the age difference, my group was
we were the cautious crew. You know, we had breakdowance
and talent and everything, and you were a beatbox female beatbox.

Speaker 11 (51:05):
Okay, and that doesn't get enough credit as well. But
I held this audition and when I say she blew
me away, she blew me away. So not only did
I take her, I took the whole crew.

Speaker 1 (51:15):
Right now, I'm talking it jj FAD And then you
guys also did end up signing to Ruthless Records, right,
and y'all were like very different, Yes, Ruthless Records.

Speaker 9 (51:28):
Yes, we dub ourselves the Ruthless Princesses.

Speaker 11 (51:30):
They were in the middle of starting the n w
A album and then Dre Jerry told Dre and Easy
Toldrey stop just stop right now, because I got these
girls and we need to put them out first because
they're so hardcore. They were afraid that mainstream wouldn't embrace
them or the label, so they put us out first
as a way to be reputable, as a way to
be like, okay, their mainstream. Okay, they're gonna anything on

(51:51):
the door list, Yeah, anything on Ruthless is gonna be fine,
you know. So we opened the doors for them to
break out and stuffing it up. Yeah, and also funded
their album with our because your album went gold, it
went and eventually platinum.

Speaker 1 (52:04):
That's a huge deal. So back to the Diss records
because that I can't believe JJ fadd was doing dis records.
I heard some Pepper had a little beef for y'all
for a second.

Speaker 12 (52:14):
It was.

Speaker 15 (52:15):
It was the time when we came out. Even we
thought like thissing was the way, you know, but we
only did our so we thought that that was out
at the time, right, So we just said, well, let's
just throw this out there. And that was the A side.
So we like, we're gonna di We're gonna dis. So
we wanted to have fun and then still like trying
to get a little name for ourselves.

Speaker 2 (52:35):
But that's there.

Speaker 9 (52:36):
But that didn't work.

Speaker 10 (52:38):
That didn't work, let me tell you.

Speaker 15 (52:39):
And we love everybody that we did then that was
so childish of us.

Speaker 9 (52:43):
But.

Speaker 15 (52:45):
Everybody that was kind of yeah, it was the thing
at the time, they said it ain't no hard feelings
against nobody. But one time we was in the club
with our pr person and he flipped that record on
the B side and Supersonic took off.

Speaker 2 (52:59):
It was like.

Speaker 11 (53:00):
Because the A side was the dis record, okay yeah,
and then we flipped it over and the club went wild.

Speaker 9 (53:05):
He was like, that's the record, you guys.

Speaker 2 (53:08):
That's something that I feel like to this day is
still a hit.

Speaker 1 (53:10):
Even if you were to put it out like now,
it just sounds very timeless. Yeah it is, and financially like,
for instance, I used to work with nob Rogers and
he wrote We Are Family, So he always talks about
how that song is so big it makes him a
lot of money to this day every single year. Does
super Sonic still bring in like some great checks every year?

Speaker 11 (53:28):
Absolutely, and you know, still being able to go out
and perform and that helps us well.

Speaker 9 (53:33):
But we're not gonna lie.

Speaker 11 (53:34):
We all have regular jobs, so super Sonic doesn't make
us rich. We want benefits, We want consistency, so we
all hold regular jobs.

Speaker 2 (53:43):
So you work both in healthcare and I'm a school
nurse okay.

Speaker 10 (53:46):
I'm a supervisor for Casino Hotel.

Speaker 9 (53:48):
Okay, And satsy C is a respiratory therapist.

Speaker 1 (53:50):
First of all, how exciting to have you as a
school nurse, Like, do the kids know I keep I
have like.

Speaker 11 (53:58):
Two different personas at work, Wanna nurse wanna, and it
does come out eventually, I need to go to the
You try to keep it on the download, but eventually,
like every job I've been out, eventually they're like, oh.

Speaker 9 (54:11):
We heard that you.

Speaker 11 (54:13):
So it eventually gets out. But they know that I'm
there to do that job. I'm also a cheer coach
there too, so okay, I do the cheer and so
they know.

Speaker 1 (54:21):
But it's still cool to be able to like brag
on that chair coach. Yeah, and baby Dee, what about
you at your job? Do people know like this is I.

Speaker 10 (54:29):
Mean they know they I mean they tell everybody come
in the door.

Speaker 2 (54:31):
I bet everything here.

Speaker 1 (54:36):
Now, how was it for you guys being in the
miss because there was a lot of drama going on,
you know, being signed to a label like Ruthless and
even with Jerry Heller and with people talking about the
business side of things and then the breakup and NWA.
I mean, y'all were in the midst of all that
and we never get to hear your side of how
that affected your business?

Speaker 2 (54:54):
How did that affect you guys as a group and
your music.

Speaker 10 (54:57):
At the time.

Speaker 15 (54:58):
That's when we kind of stepped away and was with
our babies now.

Speaker 10 (55:04):
Because in between all that, we stayed mutual.

Speaker 15 (55:07):
They were having it out, you know, and we were
in a back groul like, oh my god, next, you know,
but we stayed mutual. We love both sides. We love
both sides, and they kept it like that. That wasn't
our business, you know. So that's why I'm still all
love with everybody.

Speaker 6 (55:21):
Right.

Speaker 10 (55:22):
We didn't take no sides.

Speaker 11 (55:23):
But I will say, and people always like Jerry Heller
he was a crook blah blah blah blah, But I
have to tell you, Jerry Hall Heler was very good
to us. He gave us our own publishing.

Speaker 2 (55:32):
Wow. Did y'all have lawyers that were handling that or
did they were his lawyers?

Speaker 9 (55:36):
That's see. Yes, yes, yeah, we were young.

Speaker 11 (55:41):
But I still say to this day like he treated
us just like his kids.

Speaker 9 (55:46):
All right.

Speaker 5 (55:46):
J J.

Speaker 1 (55:46):
Fadd is here with us. We have more with them
when we come back. I have so many questions. The
first female rap group signed to Ruthless Record, first female
rap group nominated for a Grammy, So many first with them.
It's way up at Angela Yee.

Speaker 2 (56:02):
You find a way up with Angela Yee.

Speaker 1 (56:04):
What's appics way up with Angela Yee. I'm Angela Yee
and the iconic group jj FAD is here with me.

Speaker 2 (56:10):
Now let's talk to baby D.

Speaker 1 (56:12):
I know you had some issues when you found out
that you guys were not even featured in the movie
Straight out of Compton.

Speaker 15 (56:17):
It's just funny how like we were snubbed out of
that and that really hurt us because we were there
and like she said earlier, we opened the doors for Ruthless,
So how could you even do Ruthless movie story whatever
without even mentioning us.

Speaker 1 (56:29):
But you know what, that leaves a great space for
I know you guys are working on your own movie, yeah,
and I think that leaves a great space for you
to be able to tell your own story from the
way it's all. And we also didn't see enough of
like women. You guys were also the first female REP
group to be nominated for a Grammy, Yes and again,
And I saw you guys talking about this too, and
I saw Jerry Heller also shouting you all out for

(56:51):
the contributions that you've made and not gotten the recognition for.
But you weren't even invited to the fiftieth anniversary of
hip hop and being the first female rap group nominated
for a Grammy. I would think at least be in
the audience, at least some type of interview or something, right.

Speaker 11 (57:06):
Exactly, because if you're at the Grammys and they're honoring
rap and we're the rap was the very first category
in the eighties and you were the first one nominated, yeah, we.

Speaker 9 (57:17):
Was hanging in there.

Speaker 11 (57:19):
But the funny thing he is is I always remember
Chuck saying, y'all need to go. We're gonna make a
statement because that's what we do, that's who we are.
But you guys need to go. He goes, this is
the first You guys are young. This is opportunity that
may never come again. And it didn't, not not yet, heynity,
but we're thankful that we did. So you have a

(57:41):
still good relationship with Chucky, Yes, very very good relationship.
I call him like a mentor. We were on the
very first national hip hop tour, which was the Runs
House Tour. We were on that tour and they all
were so protective and they treated us like gold.

Speaker 9 (57:58):
I'm like, she's gonna have to tell you the story
about right, DMC. But anyway, I'll tell you firs to
tell you about Chuck. We would take long.

Speaker 11 (58:03):
Walks like after the show and he would tell tell
me about the business.

Speaker 9 (58:06):
Make sure you do this, make sure you do that,
make sure you have this, make sure.

Speaker 3 (58:09):
You have that.

Speaker 11 (58:09):
Like he always mentored me and said, these are the
things that you need to do to be successful. And
I'll never forget that because I cherished all that knowledge
that he had at that time, you know, so that
was really special to me and that's why I just
I love him.

Speaker 7 (58:23):
Now.

Speaker 2 (58:23):
I want to hear your story.

Speaker 8 (58:24):
Yeah, yeah, yoah.

Speaker 10 (58:30):
I was just like I had to stay home.

Speaker 15 (58:31):
See, I had to stay in the room because I
was young, you know, I was fourteen. And then you
would take like DMC and say, come on in all
babysit out babysit. So he was my personal babysitter and
you would sit and write wraps, you know, all night
until they come and get me. And we just had
the greatest time. Like Flavor, you know, Flavor was like,
oh you know, he was.

Speaker 10 (58:52):
Wild and crazy.

Speaker 15 (58:52):
I got to run around with him a little bit,
you know, but then now go going back to the babysit.

Speaker 10 (58:57):
So we wouldn't go out.

Speaker 5 (59:00):
She couldn't.

Speaker 11 (59:00):
God was like, I'll watch it like.

Speaker 10 (59:04):
Them, So I need to care of me and I
love them for that.

Speaker 1 (59:06):
Right now, I'm talking to jj FAD, So you are
working on some new music? Yes, okay, So what's the
sound like now for JJFAD?

Speaker 11 (59:15):
And that's where we're torn because if you really think
about it, Angela, how many people from the eighties have
come back and tried to come back and make a
song and it was successful. Right, So we're being really
careful about how we come back because you don't want
to alienate those fans that love Supersonic, right, But you
also want to.

Speaker 9 (59:35):
Make sure that you're up to date with what people
are hearing.

Speaker 2 (59:37):
Maybe I should do another a new disc record? Who
shoot you? Yeah? Well listen.

Speaker 1 (59:49):
I want to thank you guys so much for coming through.
This honestly was such a pleasure for me. I know
this all started with you wanted to make sure that
you set the record strate is there anything else you
feel like you need to set the record straight on
while we're here.

Speaker 15 (01:00:00):
Only that we just want our flowers while we're here.
You know, we don't want to wait till something bad happen,
and they could have shot one of us. We just
want the respect and the love that you know, we
we deserve, right, that's all.

Speaker 11 (01:00:11):
And our place is stamped in hip hop history, so
give us that respect. If you have hip hop's fiftieth,
then include us, because what more history do you have
than having been nominated for the first Grammy, you know,
being on the first national tour, Like, what more history
is there than that, you know, as far as hip
hop goes. So yeah, we just want that respect. We
just want to be included, you know, in the fiftieth

(01:00:34):
anniversary and all the time, just even in the conversations.

Speaker 1 (01:00:37):
It doesn't have to just be the fiftieth anniversary, and
it doesn't have to just be about women, right hip hop?

Speaker 2 (01:00:42):
It could be hip hop in general.

Speaker 1 (01:00:43):
Correct, Correct, This is an honor for me to have
you all up here, just because I grew up as
a hip hop kid in Brooklyn, and so, like I said,
I never thatt I be in a position to be
sitting in a room with you guys.

Speaker 2 (01:00:54):
So thank you so much, thank you, thank you.

Speaker 1 (01:00:57):
We had a good time all right, Well, thank you
so much to JJ for joining me today on Way
Up with angela Ye and you can watch the full
interview on my YouTube channel Way up with Ye, And
when we come back we have asked ye. Pastor Aar
Bernard is here to also give us his expert advice.
Is Way up with Ye one eight hundred two ninety
two fifty one fifty call us up?

Speaker 12 (01:01:15):
I go gad.

Speaker 4 (01:01:16):
Everybody like since with its relationship with career advice, Angela's
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Speaker 2 (01:01:22):
This is ask ye what's up? Is Way up with Angela?

Speaker 7 (01:01:25):
Ye?

Speaker 1 (01:01:25):
I'm Angela ye, and Pastor Aar Bernard is here with me.
What a blessing to have you here because people need
some help and it's time to ask ye. All right, Well,
eight hundred two nine two fifty one fifty is a
number and this caller wants to remain anonymous.

Speaker 2 (01:01:38):
Hello Doland, how are you?

Speaker 17 (01:01:40):
I'm good?

Speaker 10 (01:01:40):
How are you?

Speaker 17 (01:01:41):
Yee?

Speaker 2 (01:01:42):
I'm good?

Speaker 1 (01:01:42):
Thank you, and you're very fortunate because Pastor a Ar
Bernard is here too.

Speaker 17 (01:01:46):
Nice to me too.

Speaker 2 (01:01:47):
Bernard likewise, Okay, what's your question?

Speaker 7 (01:01:50):
Kay?

Speaker 17 (01:01:51):
My question is I've been together for thirteen years of
my fiance. We haven't we're not officially married, but we
just you know, claim each other as a married couple
and stuff like that. We have two boys and I
like being having we don't have mental problem mental health problems,
and he turned to prescription pills or whatever, and then

(01:02:15):
now he's trying to get off of it.

Speaker 14 (01:02:17):
But the thing is if he.

Speaker 17 (01:02:19):
Gets off to go to rehab and stuff like that,
me and my kids are kind of gonna fall down
because I'm not working, like and also just started having
seizures like a year ago, pseudo seizures, and so I'm
trying to deal with that at the same time, and
it's like I don't have money coming in.

Speaker 13 (01:02:35):
For the household.

Speaker 17 (01:02:37):
I'm just trying to figure out a way to be
able to step up and be there for him as
well and make sure I'm there for myself.

Speaker 3 (01:02:46):
Wow, if I may respond to you, do you have
a support system? Are you part of a church, part
of a group? What's your support system? This is very
important at times like this.

Speaker 17 (01:02:59):
I actually just started at church where my kids used
to go to their daycare, like since I haven't been working,
I had to pull them out of there because that
was like eight hundred of months and we definitely didn't
have that. Like, it's a lot of things going down
and down, like our car is down and all kind
of stuff back to back.

Speaker 1 (01:03:17):
So what you're saying is he does need to go
to rehab, but financially, you need still support for the family, correct.

Speaker 3 (01:03:25):
Yeah, And there are support systems in place. You just
need to reach out to your local pastor your local
church and find out what programs they can connect you to.
There's help out there for you. You just got to
seek it.

Speaker 1 (01:03:38):
Okay, Yeah, and listen, and what about family support too.

Speaker 17 (01:03:43):
We with both don't have that family support. I have
an aunt, she lives like an hour away, but she's
only doing that. She the things that she can because
she's seek and stuff like that.

Speaker 2 (01:03:56):
You know, what what city are you guys in? And
we in Boma? Okay?

Speaker 3 (01:04:01):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I've been there before. The fact that
you didn't mention family in the beginning, I had to
assume very quickly that you didn't have that kind of
support system. That's why I asked about an external support system.
But definitely, they've got to be programs, community centers, community programs,
social programs that are available to you that you need

(01:04:22):
to tap into as quickly as as possible.

Speaker 17 (01:04:25):
Right, And that's the thing I also go, I'm sorry
to cut you off.

Speaker 6 (01:04:29):
I go to.

Speaker 14 (01:04:31):
Something like that.

Speaker 17 (01:04:32):
But it seemed like he said that if he goes
to his job or whatever and tells them about it,
they will fire him because there's these they were tolerance
type things.

Speaker 3 (01:04:44):
Yeah, well that's why I suggested the local church because
they're you're protected.

Speaker 1 (01:04:49):
Okay, all right, I wish you so much support, and
I really do hope this does work out for you.

Speaker 2 (01:04:55):
If you can't, just send me a DM.

Speaker 1 (01:04:57):
I know you want to remain anonymous, so I won't
post your information just so we can stay in touch.

Speaker 6 (01:05:01):
Thank you so much.

Speaker 17 (01:05:03):
I will definitely send it to you on Instagram.

Speaker 1 (01:05:06):
Yeah, Instagram, send me a DM so you and I
can stay in touch and I can also look into
some things for you.

Speaker 3 (01:05:11):
Yeah, we can do that together. I'd love to do that.

Speaker 14 (01:05:13):
Yeah, I was gonna ask.

Speaker 17 (01:05:14):
I also be in you too as well.

Speaker 6 (01:05:16):
Past it.

Speaker 3 (01:05:17):
Well, yeah, you can go to my website. You can
just google me a ar Bernard pastor R Bernard and
absolutely you'll have access there. Yeah, and we have and
we have relationships in that part of town.

Speaker 13 (01:05:30):
Thank you so much.

Speaker 17 (01:05:31):
I really appreciate that.

Speaker 2 (01:05:32):
All right, Dear, thank you, I'm glad you called this
for help.

Speaker 12 (01:05:35):
Yeah, thank you.

Speaker 2 (01:05:37):
Good listening all right, it's way up with Angela uee.
See that's amazing.

Speaker 3 (01:05:41):
Well, that's that's one of the roles of the church.
It's community, people caring for each other, and we we
we don't have enough of that. We've moved away from that.

Speaker 1 (01:05:51):
Okay, well, I'm gonna definitely make sure I stay in
contact with her and give some updates.

Speaker 2 (01:05:55):
That is ask ye eight.

Speaker 1 (01:05:56):
Hundred two nine fifty one fifty in case you couldn't
get through featuring past to a ar Bernard. And when
we come back, you guys always have the last word.
That is a number eight hundred two nine fifty one fifty.
It's way up at Angela Yee.

Speaker 4 (01:06:07):
Take up the phone, tapping to get your voice heard.
What the word?

Speaker 2 (01:06:12):
This is the last word on way up with Angela Yee.
What's up? It's way up with Angela Yee.

Speaker 1 (01:06:17):
I'm Angela Yee and I just want to say thank
you to pass to Al Bernard for joining me today.

Speaker 3 (01:06:22):
It is my pleasure and I will tell you it's
been a learning experience for me to see the type
of phone calls that you're feeling fielding and how are
you responding to the needs of people. It's an amazing
platform you have here.

Speaker 1 (01:06:33):
I love this and you know what, I want to
bring this up and put you on the spot right
now because you had a podcast. Yes, okay, now what happened?
Are you bringing this back.

Speaker 3 (01:06:42):
Or we are relaunching October third?

Speaker 2 (01:06:44):
Okay, I had to put you on the side and
I'm like, where's the podcast.

Speaker 3 (01:06:47):
We're excited about it. It's a whole new look, whole
new feel, and a new podcast. Well it's called al
Bernard of course, but yeah, we're relaunching, so we're very
excited about it. So we haven't disappeared on you.

Speaker 1 (01:07:00):
That's always going to put you on the spot, and
I gave you no heads up, but yes, because you know,
I've been following pastor a ar Bernard ever since we
first met, and I know I've interviewed you before on
the Breakfast Club, but it's different to have you here
the whole time on Way Up at Angela.

Speaker 2 (01:07:12):
Ye, just guest hosting.

Speaker 3 (01:07:14):
It's been an amazing experience. And again I've learned a lot, yes,
watching what you do and how you do it and
the role that you play in the lives of people,
and that's special to me.

Speaker 1 (01:07:24):
Oh well, thank you that means a lot coming from you,
And what else means a lot is that we will
also be spending the rest of the day together. At
five pm, we'll be having a town hall. We'll be
talking about relationships, yes, which is a.

Speaker 2 (01:07:38):
Very important topic.

Speaker 1 (01:07:39):
Okay, And that's going to be at five pm today,
so you guys can all stream that and join us
at a town hall.

Speaker 2 (01:07:45):
You can stream that for free.

Speaker 1 (01:07:46):
You'll also have it available even afterwards if you can't
make it at five, We'll make sure that you guys
have that available to download to watch at your leisure.

Speaker 2 (01:07:55):
And I want to thank JJ Fadd for coming through today.

Speaker 1 (01:07:59):
You know, I grew up listening to hip hop in
Brooklyn and JJ FAD I could never even have imagined
that I would be sitting down having conversations with them.
So I thank them for coming through and their contributions
to hip hop.

Speaker 2 (01:08:10):
And I thank you Pastor A. Bernard, a huge Tupac fan.

Speaker 1 (01:08:13):
We found out today, Uh yeah, and for reasons that
we'd have to take some time to discuss.

Speaker 3 (01:08:20):
It was a music, but more so the words. He
was really insightful and prophetic in terms of how he
understood what was happening in society.

Speaker 1 (01:08:29):
Now, you're absolutely right. I think that's why people gravitated
toward him so much. You know as well. But as usual,
you guys get the last word too, in case you
couldn't get through today.

Speaker 2 (01:08:38):
Eight hundred two nine two fifty one fifty is a number.
Last word.

Speaker 13 (01:08:42):
Hey, g this is Jafil Patterson.

Speaker 12 (01:08:44):
Yo.

Speaker 13 (01:08:44):
Let them ladies know. But JJ said I had the
biggest crush on them, math I love them girls.

Speaker 6 (01:08:50):
Why hey, j know, I'm sure i'd calling from Minneapolis,
Minnesota like to give a shout out to Aar Bernard
And I'm glad to have had a chance to have
met him in Minneapolis at my home church. And God
blessed him to continue to keep bread and the good
word of the Gospel around. Have a great

Speaker 4 (01:09:13):
Day going way out with angela ye