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Speaker 1 (00:03):
God, Mona's got youngest hair. What's up Angela Yee? She
did a throwback the other day on her page, and
I was like, Mona, this isn't enough.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
We I'm reliving the glory, the moment, the wind.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
We had a jerk off competition.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Okay, don't say that, because I told you that's somewhere off.
I did win the jerk off in more ways than
one period.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
But no, this is it was actually, you know, an event,
a competition where you came with your own sauce.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
I came with my own So it was for Gracefoods
it was and what was it flushing metal Parks?
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Yes, and Queens.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
It was in Queens. And there was a jerk chicken competition, right,
and Angela Yee tried to go up against my super
so spicy secret sauce.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
I do want to say one thing though, and I'm
so glad that you said all this right now, because
the rules of the competition where you could only use
what was there you butt your own sauce.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
No no, no, no, no, so use what was there to
concoct my own salt.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
They said that you had some type of tupp aware.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
I did, no, I did not bring my ladues and gentlemen.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
We need a rematch, That's all it. But but why
we're really also here is because I'm excited about this.
Aside from all of the cheating you did, Lord, Lord,
she's a sore Losive ViBe's Cartel, Vibes, the World Bars,
World Boss and concert you know, Vibes carts. I was
sitting in that very seat that you're in right now
when he came here to wigh up at Angela Yee,
(01:32):
and I was so honored to have him up here.
And he did you know when he did, the Barclays
sold out immediately, insane. I didn't even get a chance
to go. But where I am going is Atlantic City Barbwalk.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Hall, Father's Day weekend. We're gonna blow it out and
have a blast.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Now. My request was this because I was like, no
matter what, I need to be there. And so I
got a bunch of my friends coming. But it's also
Father's Day weekend, so I do have some couples coming.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Oh wonderful. Yeah, that's what I think is going to
be fun about it. You can make it a whole weekend,
whether it's bring the family for Father's Day, grabbing your girls,
and just hanging out for the weekend.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
So once I ran into Mona Scott Young way after
she cheated in that competition, would.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
You say the word cheated, because guys, I will take
her on again anytime anywhere. Maybe we should do it
in Atlantic City, don't fail, we should do it in
Atlantic City. That would be great.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Shout out to Chef Simpson, who I did his cooking show,
and you know there is a Simpson restaurant in Atlantic City. Also, yeah,
inside of the hotel. It's literally like less than a
five minute walk to boardwalk call from the Simpson.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Oh perfect, So we should do it there. Okay, throw down, showdown.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Let me let Chef Simpson know what's going down so
he can.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Oh, chef try to talk to me about my jerk checking.
I'm ready to take him on too.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
But tell me how you ended up doing this moment,
because you know a lot of people know you from
managing artists. Of course I'm producing movies. Also, shout out
to you for that. That would keep amazing. We lost
holiday video now and then in addition to that also
obviously Violator management Love and Hip Hop producing other TV
(03:08):
shows as well, and so now these content I think
you did the SWEV.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Well, I did Miss Elliott Miss Elliott experience with Buster
and Sierra. Last summer we did that tour, and simultaneous
I had the Queens of R and B go out
and so, you know, but way before then, back in
twenty seventeen, when I first worked with Escape and brought
them back together, I did the Still Kicking It or
you know, the Great Escape tour that was tied to
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the TV show that I did with them then, so
that was.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
How did you bring them back together? What was that like?
Behind this?
Speaker 2 (03:39):
A whole lot of conversation, a whole lot of cajoling.
I mean, listen, it was the same thing that happened
when I brought them an SWV back together to do
you know the tour that we did after they did
the TV show. So yeah, No, I think it's just
all about figuring out ways to create a movie, a
story around the brand to help i've you know, ticket sales,
(04:01):
but also to create a great experience for the fans.
So I think both tours did that, the Great Escape
Tour and then fast forward when we did the Queens
of R and B.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
I want to say, we do have to let people
know Mona, You've been in this business for how long now?
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Oh geez, it's got to be all close to thirty years.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
And so kudos to you because I can't even express
how even coming up like in for me being from
New York and starting off in the music business, Mona
Scott Young was that name, oh dying and today to
still have always evolved and grown your business from the
core of what it was, which is about artists, right,
because I always felt like you're a very artist first
(04:41):
type of person.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
I saw a Buster Rhymes that was like your first
and I said.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
And it still is right, Buster's doing incredibly well. Missy's
still with after twenty eight twenty nine years. But yeah,
you're right. Management is always at the court. I say
that all the time in my DNA. That's my I'm
Mary directive. See, talent must help bring it to fruition,
you know. So whether that was managing artists careers or
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developing television ideas or film properties, it's always about kind
of having a vision for something and putting the pieces
together to see it all come together.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Now with Vibes Cartel, how did that come together for
you to end up doing these shows?
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Wow? That was interesting because of course, having you know,
done the tours, and shout out to my great partners
at Live Nation, Colin Lewis and the team there. I'm
always looking for kind of other opportunities. And Matteo, Matthew Matteo,
Mateo Productions, Five Star Productions. He's a very very dear
family friend and he promotes concerts all the time and
(05:44):
he came to me with the opportunity to jump into
you know, what he was doing with Vibes Cartel in
the first show that we did was at Amorate Arena
and that was phenomenal. The reviews were incredible. It was
Vibes's first time back in Florida in over twenty years.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
That was a big deal.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
That was a very big deal, and it was coming
on the heels of a great Barclays you know, welcome
back to the States show. Shout out to CJ and
the team over there who put that show together. But
now we've got you know, our Atlantic City show and listen.
I am at heart a Jamaican. You know, I'm a
Jamaican Paitian because I have an affinity. I've been going
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to Jamaica for years every you know, I used to
go like twice a year every year. My kids.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Taste it a little more Trinidadian.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
No, no, no, not the case. Okay, see how she
keeps coming from people, I'm gonna have to take her
out again. But no shout out to stay. She chung,
my very very dear family friend who's here with me today.
But we are you know, like my whole family. We
love Jamaica. We spend so much time there. So when
the and I love Dan Tall, I love reggae. When
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the opportunity came about to you know, jump in and
help pull these shows together, I was like a man.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
But it goes on behind the scenes. People who you know,
we've all attended shows, but very few people have done
things of this magnitude. What are some of the things
that's on the checklist of like I gotta do this,
We got to handle this. Just so people know, like
what do I need to do to successfully make this happen?
Speaker 2 (07:13):
I mean, first and foremost, it's the marketing, right and
the promotions. We do the research, where does the audience live?
Where the right you know, where's the right venue to
do it in? Because that's a big part of it.
You put you know, the right artists in the wrong
stadium or the wrong arena, and you can't sell the
show out. So one, making sure that you know the artists,
the audience, having a strong marketing strategy around it. We've
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got a great team. They're young, they know all this
social media stuff, so you know, aggressively going out there,
and then you know, making sure that the experience is
right for the artists. That's everything from fulfilling their writer
to helping them put together a dynamic show. You know,
Vibes is the kind of dynamic, incredible artists that he
could just stand on stage, yeah, and do nothing and
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the entire crowd, you know, is the arena is singing,
you know, all of his lyrics and stuff. But he
puts on a phenomenal show. And the good thing about
him is everyone is so supportive of wanting to see
you know, him out here doing his thing that you
never know who's gonna jump on stage.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
And I think also with him, he's been doing like
a great press round himself definitely and having these like
really standout interviews everywhere he goes. I feel like I
feel like it's something different that he's.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
One of those dynamic people. But as an artist electrifying
right where just like there's something magnetic. So you're right,
and he does a phenomenal job promoting, like he has
claimed every stage, every arena, every you know everything.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
He's like, how do you deal with artists who aren't
willing to do those things? Because I do think it
is part of the job. It's not just saying tickets
are on sale foreign artist and post it. It's like,
we also need you to work it. There's more work
that comes behind with that.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
How do I deal with them? Yeah, I don't. I mean, listen, no,
sirih it's just too much work that goes into it.
And you know, blessed at this stage in life to
be doing the things that I'm doing because I want
to do them and because I have a passion for them,
not because I have to. So I don't want to
get into anything that's going to be too much heavy lifting,
too stressful, too much work. Right, even with management, I
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used to say that management is a thankless job and
you're pulling a lot of times these artists to their
own success, kicking and screaming every step of the way.
They don't want to get up in the morning, they
don't want to go fulfill the obligations. I'm like, wait
a minute, I can't want this more than you do.
I can't work harder for you than you're gonna work
for yourself. And it's the same thing. Like Vibe real
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realizes that he's getting this opportunity, this second lease on life,
to do what he loves, to do, what he's passionate about,
and you can feel the gratitude, right you can feel
his passion for this. And so he's up, he's promoted,
he's doing whatever he has to do because he realizes
it's his life.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
It feels like he loves it too, and it kind and.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
He's having a great time, and I think that's infectious
and it's engaging and people want to come out and
support him and see him.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
If you think about how things were, say twenty years ago,
even when it came to developing artists managing artists, how
are things different now when you think of what you're
asking for for artists, and because there's so many different
ways I think for you know, people to monetize things.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
And it's interesting because I think, you know, it's easier
I'll say that because the reach is so much easier.
Right before they used to hit the pavement. They used
to have to hit every radio station, go to record stores.
Remember record stores. Remember you know they used to be
out there shaking hands, kissing babies, really beating the pavement
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right to promote themselves, promote their music, whatever it is
they were doing. Now they're getting up, they're not even
putting on pants, They're getting in front of the camera
and you know, putting it all out there on social media.
So every time I see an artist talking about, oh
I can't, I'm like, you're being lazy because everything is
that your fingertips right now in a way that artists
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from back in the day did not have right the
work ethic that they had to put in to make
a dent in the marketplace, where now you have global
reach at your fingertips, right.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
You know you're right now, Mona. We also know you
from reality TV.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
I knew she was going to bring it around to
this too.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
Of course, how could you not because we think modas
got young and that also goes I mean, Love and
Hip Hop is one of the longest running reality shows.
Is there anything that excites you now that you're like,
this is a project I would like to get done.
When it comes to TV when it and like as
far as reality TV, you know what, you.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Know, we're doing a lot more in the format space, right,
I've got like cooking shows and game shows and crime shows,
a lot of that because I'm a big crime buff myself. Right,
I love procedurals on the scripted side, but I will
watch you know, every single mad at my man. Why
did he do it? For my man? You know?
Speaker 1 (12:06):
I love crime, Why women killed?
Speaker 2 (12:09):
Why women killed? But also like just seeing the way
cons and crimes are done. I feel like it makes
me sharper.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
You know what. There's something to that because there was
a posted the other day about people who watch a
lot of crimes.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
Oh yeah, and let's look at that because I think
I saw that. I think it means that I'm warped
or some crazy, especially makes people who do it before
they go to bed. I will go to sleep at
night watching this stuff. So what does it say? Because
I know it said something crazy. But yeah, so we're
doing crime shows of course. The movies, I'm excited about that.
Like I said earlier, the Lost Holidays a movie, you know,
a passion project, and it's up on Prime video. I've
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got some other.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
Products I watched that movie too early.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
I did.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
I thought it was a beautiful story. It's a beautiful story.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
And what I love about it is it's called The
Lost Holiday with two l's. But it's not necessarily a
holiday movie, but it does hit all the holiday touch points.
Like for Mother's Day, it resonates. We did an amazing
event with Sabrina Fulton when she brought all of the
mothers who have lost sons together because the movie has
that theme. But it's also a Father's Day movie because
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within the story there two dads, same sex, dads who
have adopted a child. It's a pride movie. Yeah, because
it's about it, you.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Know things people are under attack right now. I do
think telling these real, true stories about human beings and.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
Human experiences and the full breadth and scope of it.
So that's what I love about this project. So many
people who went to see it walked away saying it
resonated for me. Oh, it made me remember, you know
my loved one that I need to make up with.
So it's not necessarily just about the story, it's about
the emotions that it's evoking. I highly recommend it, not
because I had anything to do with it. But because no,
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I remember a time where you watched movies because it
left you with the feeling, it made you feel something right,
And so it does that, and it does that across
so many different themes and subjects and with so many
different people that that's a beautiful thing. That's what artists
supposed to do. Bring us together. Lord knows now we
need to be brought together now more than ever I do.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
It says right here. Watching too much true crime TV
can be bad for your mental health. Some women who
consume hours of two crime shows and podcasts have reported
suffering from hypervigilance or reluctance to leave the house. We
were out the other night, and you can wait to
go home.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
Well, I do like being home. But the hypervigilance, that
is definitely true, because maybe my head's stay on a swivel. Okay,
you know you can't get nothing over on me. I
watch too much crime.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
That is true. I will say we were out and
you were like, I, they't know I'm staying here.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
And absolutely absolutely.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
But maybe say I'm like, Mota, are people looking for you?
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Well? You never know, but we do have to be
super vigil there's some crazy world we're living in right
right and right now, anything goes. There are no rules,
So I say this all the time. So my people like,
this is no time for us to be a sl
with the wheelright.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
You know, do you think you're kind of over shows
like Love and Hip Hop for you personally to want
to produce more?
Speaker 2 (15:08):
I mean not necessarily right, because Love and Hip Hop
at its core was about the stories of the lives
of this group of women and men who navigated this world.
So you know, that's what on Scripted is, and that's
what I'm always going to continue to do. Tell stories,
pull the curtain back on worlds that people are curious about,
don't necessarily know all the ins and outs of, And
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if it's entertaining in the process, right, and if it
creates a platform and gives opportunities in the process, then definitely.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Because I feel like when things people don't like how
they portray, they blame you.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
Of course, then I'm the go to blame forevery And
it's fine, And I've said it a million times because
the one thing I've always been consistent about is it
is not easy, right, right, I couldn't do it, Like
people get so mad and why don't you put your
life on team because I'm not built like that, right,
But no, it's not easy. See, they come on there,
they bear their souls and then everyone with a keyboard
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has an opinion and it you know, has direct access
to them. So I always say I get it when
they melt down, I get it. I don't love it
right right, and I don't love it when people form
their own opinions and think they know me better than
I know myself. But you know, I'm grown. I can
I can handle it because.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
There's people like I'm watching now and I have to say,
you know, obviously.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Yandy if you are commenting right now, well no, I'm just.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Saying yeah kind of. But even seeing like Yandy's going
through it right now, I feel like on there, but
that's somebody that you're very close with, and she started
off on there with you. Do you guys still keep
in contact about like what's going on?
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Of course? Yes? Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
How does a person navigate through because people will say
it destroys people's relationships and marriages and and I don't
think that that's always the case.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
I think that that's if they allow it to right,
and listen, I'm speaking as someone who has been married
for many years and has weathered ups and down.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
Don't forget the young, most get the young.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
Your foundation is everything right, and you should never put yourself,
your relationship, your family in a position that you do
not think your foundation can withstand. Right. So when people
come on the show and they expose things, half the time,
I'm going like, knowing that this was in your background,
knowing that these skeletons were in your closet, why you
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know what I'm saying. But they might have their reasons,
and a lot of times it's therapeutic. I've had people
say to me, I would have never been dishonest, I
would have never come clean about this thing. I actually
feel relieved that this is now in the open, and
I'm like, Okay, you could have done that at home
in private, but okay, right, But you know, your relationship
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is only as strong as it actually is, and nothing
should be able to come in. Ruin ruin in the
stry Oh there you go here trying to get in
the students.
Speaker 1 (18:03):
Mana was on Loving Hip Hop Forever was Unloving Hip
Hop for He did a drive by how are you how.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
I'm feeling great? Thank you Love. Mano was one of
those people that you know. No, I will say this
mayno Joe that you know, people have an impression of
you think you know what this person's about, but when
you talk to them and you get to know them, right,
there was a lot more to a lot more it was.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
I think it was pretty accurate on Manada.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
I was talking about you the other day.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
Were you saying anything good always good? Right?
Speaker 3 (18:39):
And it's probably coming left field because I didn't even
hear what you was talking about. But I always like
to tell a story about how because people kind of
don't know your your like your foundation and music like
you you you Chris Lighty violated, Like I tell that story.
Like yah, y'all know Mona from Loving hip Hop, but
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Mona was this powerhouse manager for years.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
They had everybody that was the place to be, that
was the place, like violator, like that was Was it
part of death Jam too? Was it?
Speaker 2 (19:13):
Yeah? Chris was the VP of A and R. He
had violated records under death Jam and then I just
appropriated a small office and was instead of violated management,
unbeknownst le Or Russell and anybody else in the building,
I just operaded, you know.
Speaker 3 (19:29):
But so I was in prison looking at all that studying,
everybody studying the whole game, right, But what I like,
what I love is your transition because I'm big on transition,
being able to start one.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Place and and evolution, evolution, and how you was.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
Able to get into the TV world and really come
with this this show that's still a staple right now.
Talk about that a little bit, like how was you
able to do that? Because everybody can't. I'm still trying
to do it.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
And it's years for that show get made. It took
years for the show to get made. But I also
think the show, like I said before, it resonated, right.
There was something about it that people connected to because
it was a reflection of a people they knew or
or had seen or had come across in their own life,
but be an aspirational world that they were curious about.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
Right.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
Hip hop has always been at the center of pop culture,
but it was like nobody knew what was going on
behind the scenes, who these people really are, how did
they navigate their relationships? And here we just pulled the
curtain back and gave them that you know, insider Bird's eye.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
V And it was like before it's time kind of
like because it was very early.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Nothing was like that.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
It was love and hip hop. The first time I
ever heard about it, I was in the car with Olivia.
She was like, yeah, so I'm doing the show with
Jim and Christy and.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
And shout out to Emily B who actually named the show.
I don't really talk about that often yet because we
were going back and forth with a lot of names,
and Emily was the person who was like love and
hip hop and we all were like, really, that's It's
funny because at first it was like, oh, that's too simple,
and then it was like a genius love and hip
(21:15):
hop exactly. Wow. But yeah, it's it's been very long running.
But one of the things that I also take pride
in is that there were other shows, not many, but
they were some of them. But it was always important
for me that the women reflected who they were in
their real lives. They were beautiful, they were sexy, they
were you know, aspirational, and so we took a lot
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of care in the right lenses, the right lighting, because
prior to that we was looking a little ashy on reality,
did not care. I mean, I'm lucked for life, right.
So the show goes on for as long as it
goes on. There's a you know, team in place that
does the day to day operations and producing. I'm not
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hands on the show anymore, but you know very much
the EP of the show.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
And what's more stressful management or working with the reality shows?
Speaker 2 (22:10):
You know, I used to say management, Now I would say, listen,
you're dealing with talent. You're dealing with people with emotions
and passion, right, whether you're talking about recording artists, are
vocalists or reality stars. So it's it's pretty much the
same because guess what all of the stress that artists
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go to to, you know, get their stuff together, get
their music out there. It's a different level of stress
when it's like, oh, I've got to go out here
and share a piece of my life that I'd rather
keep private and then show up the next day when
things went left. So it's a different level of stress.
But they're all passionate and they're all high strung.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Well, MENO is getting married, so he's yeah, you know,
and I.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
In the man it is where are you getting married?
And who is this young lady? Pray? Tell oh we're
keeping her, No, we don't.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
It doesn't exist yet.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
Oh she doesn't exist.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
He's he's looking for her wife.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
So this is the new reality. Marrying man. Oh, I
want to I want to marry main O. You see
how Ma wants.
Speaker 1 (23:21):
Already with the concept and all that.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
I ain't gonna say too much on the radio right now.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Now we can do something on the radio, on the
podcast and do like that Popped the Balloon show. We
can do that. I want to marry Manowa, marrying man.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
Lay away because Mayo got the ring, he got the cake,
but he was before.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Are you still paying for it over time? Why is
it on layaway? No, the love is on, the love
is on. His love doesn't even exist on right now,
from which he'll be there.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
So we do practice.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
I'm practicing my vow.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
He practiced. Yeah, he's everybody walking down out. He also,
I'm giving him away.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
You are giving him away. So am I performing the
word dearly beloved?
Speaker 1 (24:11):
We get it here today to get this thing.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Called life a long time what I'm here to tell
you there's something else. I love it, like it. Let's
do this now. Have you had any takers? Are are
there any women? There are definitely women who have expressed interest. Yeah,
(24:35):
a very very lot.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
I tell women like when they like hook me up
a man, and I'm like, okay, but just no.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
You need a disclaimer. I was like, I will not
be held responsible for her and this relationship.
Speaker 1 (24:46):
Turns out for a good time, not a long time.
He hey, this is my friend. But I do think
Mona is a person that could also give you tips
on how to stay married. It's one thing to get married,
it's another thing that in real life.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
Yeah, in real life, we were celebrating our twenty year wedding anniversary.
But twenty nine, almost thirty years. Congratulation, that is the
young and Mona Scott Young.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
That's right, that's right.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
What so you guys were together for almost ten years
before you got married exactly.
Speaker 2 (25:15):
The only reason we got married was because our son
turned around one day and was like, wait, his name
is Scott. That is young. We're Scott Young. Please don't
tell me y'all ain't married. And we were like, oh,
I guess you gotta do it.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
Did you have a big wedding or oh we we.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
Shut New Orleans down because you know that is my city.
I love No Orleans. Shout out to Norlean's my airport,
msy airport. Cod guys, but yeah, no, we went we
got married there, and then we went back for the
five year wedding anniversary, the ten year wedding anniversary, and
every time we redid the whole thing, you know, second
Line parade down Bourbon, shut the street down, We did
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the whole four day weekend thing. So yeah, I.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Feel like Mona loves a party because over the weekend,
somebody invited me somewhere and then we're going to Mona's house.
Speaker 2 (25:59):
Yeah, I do have a party.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
Is your husband like that too, are you?
Speaker 2 (26:03):
Guys?
Speaker 1 (26:04):
I feel like he's not like.
Speaker 2 (26:07):
He's very laid back, but I am. I will throw
a party at the drop of a guy. I've got
this down to a science. I whipped up ten pans
of Macon cheese and that's the other thing. My mac
and cheese is nothing to mess with either, all.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
Right, But I want I taste all that a mac.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
And cheese for this barbecue.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
But man, I'm gonna We're gonna go see vibes cartel.
You want to say, June fourteenth, We'll call it Atlantic.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
City, absolutely, but we I'm making it a whole weekend.
We're going to a weekend so you can find your
wife there. Why don't we do that?
Speaker 1 (26:39):
Possibly, ladies, you want to wind up on Mano.
Speaker 2 (26:45):
Get your tickets, because you got to show me proof
that you bought a ticket to the show in order
to be entered into a chance to marry Maino.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
Oh my gosh, I like that.
Speaker 2 (26:54):
Want a chance to marry Maina a voice and everything,
win a chance to But yeah, no, we're gonna have
a great time the boardwalk. It is phenomenal.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
So I say, it was just there. I sat, I
went to a fight at boardwalk call and it was
so amazing.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
It's summertime, the weather's nice. There's so much to do
out on the boardwalk. Bring your family, bring your man,
bring your girlfriend, hang out. Reino's gonna be there looking
for a wife. Angela and I are gonna host something.
Let's we should give away some tickets.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
Let's give away some tickets.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
Let's give aways some tickets and then we're gonna host something.
We'll do what a chef's restaurant?
Speaker 1 (27:33):
What is called Simpson?
Speaker 3 (27:35):
You know they got the ships in when we were
supposed to go, did you go?
Speaker 2 (27:37):
Yeah? I went, No, But Atlantic City. He's got a
spot in Atlantic he does. Yeah, I to go together.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Well, you didn't come to the fight. You called me
because when your car was in the shopping So we.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
Can go together. June fourteenth, Father's Day Weekend in Atlantic City,
Simpson Restaurant. We're gonna have an offensive.
Speaker 1 (27:56):
When I tell you Philly was deep went out because
obviously Boots is from Philly. I mean it was a time.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
This is where we're going to be doing first round
auditions on I want to marry Mayno at the restaurant. Right,
come get your jerk chicken. Listen.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
It's gonna it's different kind of jerk off.
Speaker 2 (28:19):
It's gonna be a different kind of stop stop jerk off.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
Jerk off.
Speaker 2 (28:31):
Cartel, Boardwalk Hall, June fourteenth, Father's Day Weekend.
Speaker 1 (28:35):
All right, so how can people? How are we gonna
give away these tickets?
Speaker 2 (28:38):
What do we want to do? Do we they need to?
Is it trivia? Bas What are we gonna do? How
are we gonna pick when we.
Speaker 1 (28:43):
Need some type of vibe?
Speaker 2 (28:45):
How do we pick a winner?
Speaker 1 (28:50):
You know what I want to do. I want to say, Okay,
let's post this on Instagram and then I think we
shall pick a person. I'm we're gonna collab on it, okay,
and I'm a collab on who we're picking the comet
with that.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
Person and maybe one of the criteria. Could we tell
us why you want to marry Mayne? Yeah, and you
win a chance to meet him in Atlantic City, Damn?
Speaker 1 (29:10):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Then or win a chance to marry Angela. Ye, no, no,
I can't do that. Now, we're gonna give away two tickets.
We'll put it up posts.
Speaker 1 (29:27):
Okay, perfect, last Today we're gonna me and Mona will
collaborate and figure and figure out who we want to
give it to. But tell us why you want to go.
It's Father's Day weekend that weekend, so it's the day
before day before father.
Speaker 2 (29:42):
The fifteenth, Sunday the fifteenth, This is Saturday the fourteenth
borderwalk call.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
Yes, so just hit us up, let us know why
you want to come, and we're gonna pick the most
compelling story exactly.
Speaker 2 (29:52):
So it could be hang out with your girlfriend, bring
your dad, come with your man, right, whatever, but just
give us a great reason why you should be in
the building with ViBe's cartel the World Boss World Boardwalk
Hall on June fourteenth period.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
Who wants to marry main now and wants to but
thank you so much Mona Scott Young for being here
with us, and I told you got to come and
like guess home sometimes.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
Such a good time man, I always have such a
good time. I would love to come and guess.
Speaker 1 (30:17):
And then she'll be like, don't ask me this, and
then I ask it anyway, but.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
I always answer that you do. Everything is on the table.
But I think what we should do is conceptualize. A
couple of times, I come up, we get some callers in, okay,
and we screen Mayno's next one.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
Okay, I'm into it.
Speaker 3 (30:33):
Yes, she's with everything that's wrong, anything to do about me.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
And what's wrong with it.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
I'll be looking for a looking out for you. You
don't think I want to give you away.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
All I'm good for is a meal.
Speaker 1 (30:45):
No, that's not all.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
That's what you said.
Speaker 1 (30:46):
I didn't say, get a nice man and have a
good time, a meal and a good.
Speaker 2 (30:55):
No. No, this is about a friend. Though it was crazy.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
Get at, this is.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
What I'm saying. Strat, Strat, shout out to Sari.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
Give it this all right?
Speaker 2 (31:08):
Yes, well, thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
Thank you Mona. Last as always, I appreciate you.
Speaker 2 (31:16):
Way up
God, Mona's got youngest hair. What's up Angela Yee? She
did a throwback the other day on her page, and
I was like, Mona, this isn't enough.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
We I'm reliving the glory, the moment, the wind.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
We had a jerk off competition.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Okay, don't say that, because I told you that's somewhere off.
I did win the jerk off in more ways than
one period.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
But no, this is it was actually, you know, an event,
a competition where you came with your own sauce.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
I came with my own So it was for Gracefoods
it was and what was it flushing metal Parks?
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Yes, and Queens.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
It was in Queens. And there was a jerk chicken competition, right,
and Angela Yee tried to go up against my super
so spicy secret sauce.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
I do want to say one thing though, and I'm
so glad that you said all this right now, because
the rules of the competition where you could only use
what was there you butt your own sauce.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
No no, no, no, no, so use what was there to
concoct my own salt.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
They said that you had some type of tupp aware.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
I did, no, I did not bring my ladues and gentlemen.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
We need a rematch, That's all it. But but why
we're really also here is because I'm excited about this.
Aside from all of the cheating you did, Lord, Lord,
she's a sore Losive ViBe's Cartel, Vibes, the World Bars,
World Boss and concert you know, Vibes carts. I was
sitting in that very seat that you're in right now
when he came here to wigh up at Angela Yee,
(01:32):
and I was so honored to have him up here.
And he did you know when he did, the Barclays
sold out immediately, insane. I didn't even get a chance
to go. But where I am going is Atlantic City Barbwalk.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Hall, Father's Day weekend. We're gonna blow it out and
have a blast.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Now. My request was this because I was like, no
matter what, I need to be there. And so I
got a bunch of my friends coming. But it's also
Father's Day weekend, so I do have some couples coming.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Oh wonderful. Yeah, that's what I think is going to
be fun about it. You can make it a whole weekend,
whether it's bring the family for Father's Day, grabbing your girls,
and just hanging out for the weekend.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
So once I ran into Mona Scott Young way after
she cheated in that competition, would.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
You say the word cheated, because guys, I will take
her on again anytime anywhere. Maybe we should do it
in Atlantic City, don't fail, we should do it in
Atlantic City. That would be great.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Shout out to Chef Simpson, who I did his cooking show,
and you know there is a Simpson restaurant in Atlantic City. Also, yeah,
inside of the hotel. It's literally like less than a
five minute walk to boardwalk call from the Simpson.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Oh perfect, So we should do it there. Okay, throw down, showdown.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Let me let Chef Simpson know what's going down so
he can.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Oh, chef try to talk to me about my jerk checking.
I'm ready to take him on too.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
But tell me how you ended up doing this moment,
because you know a lot of people know you from
managing artists. Of course I'm producing movies. Also, shout out
to you for that. That would keep amazing. We lost
holiday video now and then in addition to that also
obviously Violator management Love and Hip Hop producing other TV
(03:08):
shows as well, and so now these content I think
you did the SWEV.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Well, I did Miss Elliott Miss Elliott experience with Buster
and Sierra. Last summer we did that tour, and simultaneous
I had the Queens of R and B go out
and so, you know, but way before then, back in
twenty seventeen, when I first worked with Escape and brought
them back together, I did the Still Kicking It or
you know, the Great Escape tour that was tied to
(03:35):
the TV show that I did with them then, so
that was.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
How did you bring them back together? What was that like?
Behind this?
Speaker 2 (03:39):
A whole lot of conversation, a whole lot of cajoling.
I mean, listen, it was the same thing that happened
when I brought them an SWV back together to do
you know the tour that we did after they did
the TV show. So yeah, No, I think it's just
all about figuring out ways to create a movie, a
story around the brand to help i've you know, ticket sales,
(04:01):
but also to create a great experience for the fans.
So I think both tours did that, the Great Escape
Tour and then fast forward when we did the Queens
of R and B.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
I want to say, we do have to let people
know Mona, You've been in this business for how long now?
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Oh geez, it's got to be all close to thirty years.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
And so kudos to you because I can't even express
how even coming up like in for me being from
New York and starting off in the music business, Mona
Scott Young was that name, oh dying and today to
still have always evolved and grown your business from the
core of what it was, which is about artists, right,
because I always felt like you're a very artist first
(04:41):
type of person.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
I saw a Buster Rhymes that was like your first
and I said.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
And it still is right, Buster's doing incredibly well. Missy's
still with after twenty eight twenty nine years. But yeah,
you're right. Management is always at the court. I say
that all the time in my DNA. That's my I'm
Mary directive. See, talent must help bring it to fruition,
you know. So whether that was managing artists careers or
(05:07):
developing television ideas or film properties, it's always about kind
of having a vision for something and putting the pieces
together to see it all come together.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Now with Vibes Cartel, how did that come together for
you to end up doing these shows?
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Wow? That was interesting because of course, having you know,
done the tours, and shout out to my great partners
at Live Nation, Colin Lewis and the team there. I'm
always looking for kind of other opportunities. And Matteo, Matthew Matteo,
Mateo Productions, Five Star Productions. He's a very very dear
family friend and he promotes concerts all the time and
(05:44):
he came to me with the opportunity to jump into
you know, what he was doing with Vibes Cartel in
the first show that we did was at Amorate Arena
and that was phenomenal. The reviews were incredible. It was
Vibes's first time back in Florida in over twenty years.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
That was a big deal.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
That was a very big deal, and it was coming
on the heels of a great Barclays you know, welcome
back to the States show. Shout out to CJ and
the team over there who put that show together. But
now we've got you know, our Atlantic City show and listen.
I am at heart a Jamaican. You know, I'm a
Jamaican Paitian because I have an affinity. I've been going
(06:24):
to Jamaica for years every you know, I used to
go like twice a year every year. My kids.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Taste it a little more Trinidadian.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
No, no, no, not the case. Okay, see how she
keeps coming from people, I'm gonna have to take her
out again. But no shout out to stay. She chung,
my very very dear family friend who's here with me today.
But we are you know, like my whole family. We
love Jamaica. We spend so much time there. So when
the and I love Dan Tall, I love reggae. When
(06:53):
the opportunity came about to you know, jump in and
help pull these shows together, I was like a man.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
But it goes on behind the scenes. People who you know,
we've all attended shows, but very few people have done
things of this magnitude. What are some of the things
that's on the checklist of like I gotta do this,
We got to handle this. Just so people know, like
what do I need to do to successfully make this happen?
Speaker 2 (07:13):
I mean, first and foremost, it's the marketing, right and
the promotions. We do the research, where does the audience live?
Where the right you know, where's the right venue to
do it in? Because that's a big part of it.
You put you know, the right artists in the wrong
stadium or the wrong arena, and you can't sell the
show out. So one, making sure that you know the artists,
the audience, having a strong marketing strategy around it. We've
(07:35):
got a great team. They're young, they know all this
social media stuff, so you know, aggressively going out there,
and then you know, making sure that the experience is
right for the artists. That's everything from fulfilling their writer
to helping them put together a dynamic show. You know,
Vibes is the kind of dynamic, incredible artists that he
could just stand on stage, yeah, and do nothing and
(07:57):
the entire crowd, you know, is the arena is singing,
you know, all of his lyrics and stuff. But he
puts on a phenomenal show. And the good thing about
him is everyone is so supportive of wanting to see
you know, him out here doing his thing that you
never know who's gonna jump on stage.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
And I think also with him, he's been doing like
a great press round himself definitely and having these like
really standout interviews everywhere he goes. I feel like I
feel like it's something different that he's.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
One of those dynamic people. But as an artist electrifying
right where just like there's something magnetic. So you're right,
and he does a phenomenal job promoting, like he has
claimed every stage, every arena, every you know everything.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
He's like, how do you deal with artists who aren't
willing to do those things? Because I do think it
is part of the job. It's not just saying tickets
are on sale foreign artist and post it. It's like,
we also need you to work it. There's more work
that comes behind with that.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
How do I deal with them? Yeah, I don't. I mean, listen, no,
sirih it's just too much work that goes into it.
And you know, blessed at this stage in life to
be doing the things that I'm doing because I want
to do them and because I have a passion for them,
not because I have to. So I don't want to
get into anything that's going to be too much heavy lifting,
too stressful, too much work. Right, even with management, I
(09:20):
used to say that management is a thankless job and
you're pulling a lot of times these artists to their
own success, kicking and screaming every step of the way.
They don't want to get up in the morning, they
don't want to go fulfill the obligations. I'm like, wait
a minute, I can't want this more than you do.
I can't work harder for you than you're gonna work
for yourself. And it's the same thing. Like Vibe real
(09:41):
realizes that he's getting this opportunity, this second lease on life,
to do what he loves, to do, what he's passionate about,
and you can feel the gratitude, right you can feel
his passion for this. And so he's up, he's promoted,
he's doing whatever he has to do because he realizes
it's his life.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
It feels like he loves it too, and it kind and.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
He's having a great time, and I think that's infectious
and it's engaging and people want to come out and
support him and see him.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
If you think about how things were, say twenty years ago,
even when it came to developing artists managing artists, how
are things different now when you think of what you're
asking for for artists, and because there's so many different
ways I think for you know, people to monetize things.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
And it's interesting because I think, you know, it's easier
I'll say that because the reach is so much easier.
Right before they used to hit the pavement. They used
to have to hit every radio station, go to record stores.
Remember record stores. Remember you know they used to be
out there shaking hands, kissing babies, really beating the pavement
(10:49):
right to promote themselves, promote their music, whatever it is
they were doing. Now they're getting up, they're not even
putting on pants, They're getting in front of the camera
and you know, putting it all out there on social media.
So every time I see an artist talking about, oh
I can't, I'm like, you're being lazy because everything is
that your fingertips right now in a way that artists
(11:11):
from back in the day did not have right the
work ethic that they had to put in to make
a dent in the marketplace, where now you have global
reach at your fingertips, right.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
You know you're right now, Mona. We also know you
from reality TV.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
I knew she was going to bring it around to
this too.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
Of course, how could you not because we think modas
got young and that also goes I mean, Love and
Hip Hop is one of the longest running reality shows.
Is there anything that excites you now that you're like,
this is a project I would like to get done.
When it comes to TV when it and like as
far as reality TV, you know what, you.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Know, we're doing a lot more in the format space, right,
I've got like cooking shows and game shows and crime shows,
a lot of that because I'm a big crime buff myself. Right,
I love procedurals on the scripted side, but I will
watch you know, every single mad at my man. Why
did he do it? For my man? You know?
Speaker 1 (12:06):
I love crime, Why women killed?
Speaker 2 (12:09):
Why women killed? But also like just seeing the way
cons and crimes are done. I feel like it makes
me sharper.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
You know what. There's something to that because there was
a posted the other day about people who watch a
lot of crimes.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
Oh yeah, and let's look at that because I think
I saw that. I think it means that I'm warped
or some crazy, especially makes people who do it before
they go to bed. I will go to sleep at
night watching this stuff. So what does it say? Because
I know it said something crazy. But yeah, so we're
doing crime shows of course. The movies, I'm excited about that.
Like I said earlier, the Lost Holidays a movie, you know,
a passion project, and it's up on Prime video. I've
(12:43):
got some other.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
Products I watched that movie too early.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
I did.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
I thought it was a beautiful story. It's a beautiful story.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
And what I love about it is it's called The
Lost Holiday with two l's. But it's not necessarily a
holiday movie, but it does hit all the holiday touch points.
Like for Mother's Day, it resonates. We did an amazing
event with Sabrina Fulton when she brought all of the
mothers who have lost sons together because the movie has
that theme. But it's also a Father's Day movie because
(13:11):
within the story there two dads, same sex, dads who
have adopted a child. It's a pride movie. Yeah, because
it's about it, you.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Know things people are under attack right now. I do
think telling these real, true stories about human beings and.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
Human experiences and the full breadth and scope of it.
So that's what I love about this project. So many
people who went to see it walked away saying it
resonated for me. Oh, it made me remember, you know
my loved one that I need to make up with.
So it's not necessarily just about the story, it's about
the emotions that it's evoking. I highly recommend it, not
because I had anything to do with it. But because no,
(13:50):
I remember a time where you watched movies because it
left you with the feeling, it made you feel something right,
And so it does that, and it does that across
so many different themes and subjects and with so many
different people that that's a beautiful thing. That's what artists
supposed to do. Bring us together. Lord knows now we
need to be brought together now more than ever I do.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
It says right here. Watching too much true crime TV
can be bad for your mental health. Some women who
consume hours of two crime shows and podcasts have reported
suffering from hypervigilance or reluctance to leave the house. We
were out the other night, and you can wait to
go home.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
Well, I do like being home. But the hypervigilance, that
is definitely true, because maybe my head's stay on a swivel. Okay,
you know you can't get nothing over on me. I
watch too much crime.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
That is true. I will say we were out and
you were like, I, they't know I'm staying here.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
And absolutely absolutely.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
But maybe say I'm like, Mota, are people looking for you?
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Well? You never know, but we do have to be
super vigil there's some crazy world we're living in right
right and right now, anything goes. There are no rules,
So I say this all the time. So my people like,
this is no time for us to be a sl
with the wheelright.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
You know, do you think you're kind of over shows
like Love and Hip Hop for you personally to want
to produce more?
Speaker 2 (15:08):
I mean not necessarily right, because Love and Hip Hop
at its core was about the stories of the lives
of this group of women and men who navigated this world.
So you know, that's what on Scripted is, and that's
what I'm always going to continue to do. Tell stories,
pull the curtain back on worlds that people are curious about,
don't necessarily know all the ins and outs of, And
(15:29):
if it's entertaining in the process, right, and if it
creates a platform and gives opportunities in the process, then definitely.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Because I feel like when things people don't like how
they portray, they blame you.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
Of course, then I'm the go to blame forevery And
it's fine, And I've said it a million times because
the one thing I've always been consistent about is it
is not easy, right, right, I couldn't do it, Like
people get so mad and why don't you put your
life on team because I'm not built like that, right,
But no, it's not easy. See, they come on there,
they bear their souls and then everyone with a keyboard
(16:04):
has an opinion and it you know, has direct access
to them. So I always say I get it when
they melt down, I get it. I don't love it
right right, and I don't love it when people form
their own opinions and think they know me better than
I know myself. But you know, I'm grown. I can
I can handle it because.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
There's people like I'm watching now and I have to say,
you know, obviously.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Yandy if you are commenting right now, well no, I'm just.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Saying yeah kind of. But even seeing like Yandy's going
through it right now, I feel like on there, but
that's somebody that you're very close with, and she started
off on there with you. Do you guys still keep
in contact about like what's going on?
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Of course? Yes? Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
How does a person navigate through because people will say
it destroys people's relationships and marriages and and I don't
think that that's always the case.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
I think that that's if they allow it to right,
and listen, I'm speaking as someone who has been married
for many years and has weathered ups and down.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
Don't forget the young, most get the young.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
Your foundation is everything right, and you should never put yourself,
your relationship, your family in a position that you do
not think your foundation can withstand. Right. So when people
come on the show and they expose things, half the time,
I'm going like, knowing that this was in your background,
knowing that these skeletons were in your closet, why you
(17:27):
know what I'm saying. But they might have their reasons,
and a lot of times it's therapeutic. I've had people
say to me, I would have never been dishonest, I
would have never come clean about this thing. I actually
feel relieved that this is now in the open, and
I'm like, Okay, you could have done that at home
in private, but okay, right, But you know, your relationship
(17:50):
is only as strong as it actually is, and nothing
should be able to come in. Ruin ruin in the
stry Oh there you go here trying to get in
the students.
Speaker 1 (18:03):
Mana was on Loving Hip Hop Forever was Unloving Hip
Hop for He did a drive by how are you how.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
I'm feeling great? Thank you Love. Mano was one of
those people that you know. No, I will say this
mayno Joe that you know, people have an impression of
you think you know what this person's about, but when
you talk to them and you get to know them, right,
there was a lot more to a lot more it was.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
I think it was pretty accurate on Manada.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
I was talking about you the other day.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
Were you saying anything good always good? Right?
Speaker 3 (18:39):
And it's probably coming left field because I didn't even
hear what you was talking about. But I always like
to tell a story about how because people kind of
don't know your your like your foundation and music like
you you you Chris Lighty violated, Like I tell that story.
Like yah, y'all know Mona from Loving hip Hop, but
(18:59):
Mona was this powerhouse manager for years.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
They had everybody that was the place to be, that
was the place, like violator, like that was Was it
part of death Jam too? Was it?
Speaker 2 (19:13):
Yeah? Chris was the VP of A and R. He
had violated records under death Jam and then I just
appropriated a small office and was instead of violated management,
unbeknownst le Or Russell and anybody else in the building,
I just operaded, you know.
Speaker 3 (19:29):
But so I was in prison looking at all that studying,
everybody studying the whole game, right, But what I like,
what I love is your transition because I'm big on transition,
being able to start one.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Place and and evolution, evolution, and how you was.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
Able to get into the TV world and really come
with this this show that's still a staple right now.
Talk about that a little bit, like how was you
able to do that? Because everybody can't. I'm still trying
to do it.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
And it's years for that show get made. It took
years for the show to get made. But I also
think the show, like I said before, it resonated, right.
There was something about it that people connected to because
it was a reflection of a people they knew or
or had seen or had come across in their own life,
but be an aspirational world that they were curious about.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
Right.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
Hip hop has always been at the center of pop culture,
but it was like nobody knew what was going on
behind the scenes, who these people really are, how did
they navigate their relationships? And here we just pulled the
curtain back and gave them that you know, insider Bird's eye.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
V And it was like before it's time kind of
like because it was very early.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Nothing was like that.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
It was love and hip hop. The first time I
ever heard about it, I was in the car with Olivia.
She was like, yeah, so I'm doing the show with
Jim and Christy and.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
And shout out to Emily B who actually named the show.
I don't really talk about that often yet because we
were going back and forth with a lot of names,
and Emily was the person who was like love and
hip hop and we all were like, really, that's It's
funny because at first it was like, oh, that's too simple,
and then it was like a genius love and hip
(21:15):
hop exactly. Wow. But yeah, it's it's been very long running.
But one of the things that I also take pride
in is that there were other shows, not many, but
they were some of them. But it was always important
for me that the women reflected who they were in
their real lives. They were beautiful, they were sexy, they
were you know, aspirational, and so we took a lot
(21:38):
of care in the right lenses, the right lighting, because
prior to that we was looking a little ashy on reality,
did not care. I mean, I'm lucked for life, right.
So the show goes on for as long as it
goes on. There's a you know, team in place that
does the day to day operations and producing. I'm not
(21:59):
hands on the show anymore, but you know very much
the EP of the show.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
And what's more stressful management or working with the reality shows?
Speaker 2 (22:10):
You know, I used to say management, Now I would say, listen,
you're dealing with talent. You're dealing with people with emotions
and passion, right, whether you're talking about recording artists, are
vocalists or reality stars. So it's it's pretty much the
same because guess what all of the stress that artists
(22:33):
go to to, you know, get their stuff together, get
their music out there. It's a different level of stress
when it's like, oh, I've got to go out here
and share a piece of my life that I'd rather
keep private and then show up the next day when
things went left. So it's a different level of stress.
But they're all passionate and they're all high strung.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Well, MENO is getting married, so he's yeah, you know,
and I.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
In the man it is where are you getting married?
And who is this young lady? Pray? Tell oh we're
keeping her, No, we don't.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
It doesn't exist yet.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
Oh she doesn't exist.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
He's he's looking for her wife.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
So this is the new reality. Marrying man. Oh, I
want to I want to marry main O. You see
how Ma wants.
Speaker 1 (23:21):
Already with the concept and all that.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
I ain't gonna say too much on the radio right now.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Now we can do something on the radio, on the
podcast and do like that Popped the Balloon show. We
can do that. I want to marry Manowa, marrying man.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
Lay away because Mayo got the ring, he got the cake,
but he was before.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Are you still paying for it over time? Why is
it on layaway? No, the love is on, the love
is on. His love doesn't even exist on right now,
from which he'll be there.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
So we do practice.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
I'm practicing my vow.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
He practiced. Yeah, he's everybody walking down out. He also,
I'm giving him away.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
You are giving him away. So am I performing the
word dearly beloved?
Speaker 1 (24:11):
We get it here today to get this thing.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Called life a long time what I'm here to tell
you there's something else. I love it, like it. Let's
do this now. Have you had any takers? Are are
there any women? There are definitely women who have expressed interest. Yeah,
(24:35):
a very very lot.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
I tell women like when they like hook me up
a man, and I'm like, okay, but just no.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
You need a disclaimer. I was like, I will not
be held responsible for her and this relationship.
Speaker 1 (24:46):
Turns out for a good time, not a long time.
He hey, this is my friend. But I do think
Mona is a person that could also give you tips
on how to stay married. It's one thing to get married,
it's another thing that in real life.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
Yeah, in real life, we were celebrating our twenty year wedding anniversary.
But twenty nine, almost thirty years. Congratulation, that is the
young and Mona Scott Young.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
That's right, that's right.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
What so you guys were together for almost ten years
before you got married exactly.
Speaker 2 (25:15):
The only reason we got married was because our son
turned around one day and was like, wait, his name
is Scott. That is young. We're Scott Young. Please don't
tell me y'all ain't married. And we were like, oh,
I guess you gotta do it.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
Did you have a big wedding or oh we we.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
Shut New Orleans down because you know that is my city.
I love No Orleans. Shout out to Norlean's my airport,
msy airport. Cod guys, but yeah, no, we went we
got married there, and then we went back for the
five year wedding anniversary, the ten year wedding anniversary, and
every time we redid the whole thing, you know, second
Line parade down Bourbon, shut the street down, We did
(25:52):
the whole four day weekend thing. So yeah, I.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Feel like Mona loves a party because over the weekend,
somebody invited me somewhere and then we're going to Mona's house.
Speaker 2 (25:59):
Yeah, I do have a party.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
Is your husband like that too, are you?
Speaker 2 (26:03):
Guys?
Speaker 1 (26:04):
I feel like he's not like.
Speaker 2 (26:07):
He's very laid back, but I am. I will throw
a party at the drop of a guy. I've got
this down to a science. I whipped up ten pans
of Macon cheese and that's the other thing. My mac
and cheese is nothing to mess with either, all.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
Right, But I want I taste all that a mac.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
And cheese for this barbecue.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
But man, I'm gonna We're gonna go see vibes cartel.
You want to say, June fourteenth, We'll call it Atlantic.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
City, absolutely, but we I'm making it a whole weekend.
We're going to a weekend so you can find your
wife there. Why don't we do that?
Speaker 1 (26:39):
Possibly, ladies, you want to wind up on Mano.
Speaker 2 (26:45):
Get your tickets, because you got to show me proof
that you bought a ticket to the show in order
to be entered into a chance to marry Maino.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
Oh my gosh, I like that.
Speaker 2 (26:54):
Want a chance to marry Maina a voice and everything,
win a chance to But yeah, no, we're gonna have
a great time the boardwalk. It is phenomenal.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
So I say, it was just there. I sat, I
went to a fight at boardwalk call and it was
so amazing.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
It's summertime, the weather's nice. There's so much to do
out on the boardwalk. Bring your family, bring your man,
bring your girlfriend, hang out. Reino's gonna be there looking
for a wife. Angela and I are gonna host something.
Let's we should give away some tickets.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
Let's give away some tickets.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
Let's give aways some tickets and then we're gonna host something.
We'll do what a chef's restaurant?
Speaker 1 (27:33):
What is called Simpson?
Speaker 3 (27:35):
You know they got the ships in when we were
supposed to go, did you go?
Speaker 2 (27:37):
Yeah? I went, No, But Atlantic City. He's got a
spot in Atlantic he does. Yeah, I to go together.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Well, you didn't come to the fight. You called me
because when your car was in the shopping So we.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
Can go together. June fourteenth, Father's Day Weekend in Atlantic City,
Simpson Restaurant. We're gonna have an offensive.
Speaker 1 (27:56):
When I tell you Philly was deep went out because
obviously Boots is from Philly. I mean it was a time.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
This is where we're going to be doing first round
auditions on I want to marry Mayno at the restaurant. Right,
come get your jerk chicken. Listen.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
It's gonna it's different kind of jerk off.
Speaker 2 (28:19):
It's gonna be a different kind of stop stop jerk off.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
Jerk off.
Speaker 2 (28:31):
Cartel, Boardwalk Hall, June fourteenth, Father's Day Weekend.
Speaker 1 (28:35):
All right, so how can people? How are we gonna
give away these tickets?
Speaker 2 (28:38):
What do we want to do? Do we they need to?
Is it trivia? Bas What are we gonna do? How
are we gonna pick when we.
Speaker 1 (28:43):
Need some type of vibe?
Speaker 2 (28:45):
How do we pick a winner?
Speaker 1 (28:50):
You know what I want to do. I want to say, Okay,
let's post this on Instagram and then I think we
shall pick a person. I'm we're gonna collab on it, okay,
and I'm a collab on who we're picking the comet
with that.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
Person and maybe one of the criteria. Could we tell
us why you want to marry Mayne? Yeah, and you
win a chance to meet him in Atlantic City, Damn?
Speaker 1 (29:10):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Then or win a chance to marry Angela. Ye, no, no,
I can't do that. Now, we're gonna give away two tickets.
We'll put it up posts.
Speaker 1 (29:27):
Okay, perfect, last Today we're gonna me and Mona will
collaborate and figure and figure out who we want to
give it to. But tell us why you want to go.
It's Father's Day weekend that weekend, so it's the day
before day before father.
Speaker 2 (29:42):
The fifteenth, Sunday the fifteenth, This is Saturday the fourteenth
borderwalk call.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
Yes, so just hit us up, let us know why
you want to come, and we're gonna pick the most
compelling story exactly.
Speaker 2 (29:52):
So it could be hang out with your girlfriend, bring
your dad, come with your man, right, whatever, but just
give us a great reason why you should be in
the building with ViBe's cartel the World Boss World Boardwalk
Hall on June fourteenth period.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
Who wants to marry main now and wants to but
thank you so much Mona Scott Young for being here
with us, and I told you got to come and
like guess home sometimes.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
Such a good time man, I always have such a
good time. I would love to come and guess.
Speaker 1 (30:17):
And then she'll be like, don't ask me this, and
then I ask it anyway, but.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
I always answer that you do. Everything is on the table.
But I think what we should do is conceptualize. A
couple of times, I come up, we get some callers in, okay,
and we screen Mayno's next one.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
Okay, I'm into it.
Speaker 3 (30:33):
Yes, she's with everything that's wrong, anything to do about me.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
And what's wrong with it.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
I'll be looking for a looking out for you. You
don't think I want to give you away.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
All I'm good for is a meal.
Speaker 1 (30:45):
No, that's not all.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
That's what you said.
Speaker 1 (30:46):
I didn't say, get a nice man and have a
good time, a meal and a good.
Speaker 2 (30:55):
No. No, this is about a friend. Though it was crazy.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
Get at, this is.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
What I'm saying. Strat, Strat, shout out to Sari.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
Give it this all right?
Speaker 2 (31:08):
Yes, well, thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
Thank you Mona. Last as always, I appreciate you.
Speaker 2 (31:16):
Way up
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