July 30, 2025 • 38 mins
Muhammad Abdul‑Hadi Talks His Journey From House Arrest to CEO, Down North Pizza, Collabs + More
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
You are not.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
All right at the button. Let's get the show started
its way up with Angela yee, yeah, I don't know
if this is my headphones only one side is working?
Speaker 3 (00:19):
You never know leaving the community is yours working? Both
headphones made? Absolutely okay, So it's just me all right?
Well happy? What day is it? Wednesday? Is it Wednesday?
Speaker 2 (00:31):
I'm a little off today because I was judging a
drink making competition yesterday and I was a judge, but
you know what my main thing was, I like, really
spicy drinks?
Speaker 4 (00:42):
Is that? So?
Speaker 5 (00:42):
Is that something that you just noticed?
Speaker 6 (00:44):
No?
Speaker 3 (00:44):
I know, but that's what the goal was. I know.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
You know how it goes in is how it comes out?
What like with the spices?
Speaker 5 (00:52):
No, I don't know about no spices.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
I know you do.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
All right, Well, today's also a wealth Wednesday. And speaking
of spices, have you ever put so much crush red
pepper on your pizza?
Speaker 7 (01:02):
Nah?
Speaker 5 (01:03):
I don't play that.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Well, we are going to have the founder and owner
of Down North Pizza joining us today. Also the author
of We the Pizza, that is, Muhammad ab Dul Hattie
is going to be joining us.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
I'm excited to hear what he has to say.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
You know, he started his pizza plays only hiring people
who are formally incarcerated, and that's what he does. But
let's get this show started with some love of some positivity.
Let's shine a light eight hundred two ninety two fifty
one fifty call us up.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Let us know who you want to shine a light on.
Speaker 8 (01:32):
Turn your lights on, y'all, spreading love to those who
are doing greatness.
Speaker 6 (01:37):
Of light on them.
Speaker 5 (01:39):
Shine a light on it.
Speaker 8 (01:41):
It's time to shine.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
A light on, all right.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
But yeah, puddy Angela, yee, I am here with my
guy main on. Hey, Mortal, My headphones don't where can
you believe that's on? I have these regular degular black
ones on.
Speaker 5 (01:54):
It's not given.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
It's not giving way, it's not giving friendy beats.
Speaker 5 (01:57):
It's giving way down.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
All right, Well today, let's shine light on Black and
Quinn first of all, Black or some people call him
six lack, even though that's not really his name. They
have released their maternity photos, so they're having a baby.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
They've been agather for a while.
Speaker 5 (02:12):
I love that, you know. I'm a fan of Hiss.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Yeah, me too.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
I like his music a lot.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
I think he's an amazing artist. I was excited.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
It was one of the early on artists that I
interviewed up here, which was he don't do a ton
of interviews.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
So congratulations.
Speaker 5 (02:25):
This is girl, yes, Bianca.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Her name is quinn as an artist.
Speaker 5 (02:29):
So oh, she's an artist too. Nice?
Speaker 3 (02:32):
All right now, Chris, who do you want to shine
a light on?
Speaker 6 (02:35):
I want to shout out all right on with her
big head self.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
You know you love it when you call her big head.
Speaker 6 (02:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (02:44):
I just want to shine it right on her, tell
her I love her and hope she's listening.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
When is the wedding? I have no idea, but with
your big hands out calling up here, I don't have
no idea.
Speaker 5 (02:57):
I have no idea. Back now, how long?
Speaker 3 (03:02):
But okay, the question is how long have you been engaged?
Speaker 5 (03:06):
We just got to Gombo, so it's hob a couple
of months now what.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
You talk about. Just got engaged.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
It is August almost Hey, hey, it is what it is?
Speaker 3 (03:19):
All right? What's sign up to both of you? Congratulations?
Speaker 5 (03:22):
Thank you?
Speaker 6 (03:22):
I appreciate it, y'all.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Have a good day, all right you too? All right?
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Well that was Hina Light eight hundred two nine two
fifty one fifty. If you couldn't get through, you got
China light neither for last word. When we come back,
we got your ye t And let's talk about tyresee.
You know he is still going through situations with his
ex wife and the money that he owes almost half
a million dollars. We'll talk about what his ex wife,
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Samantha wants to happen.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
It's way up.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Ways like to talk like the Angela Jean like they
Angela Jean.
Speaker 8 (03:53):
Man she's spilling it all. This is yeaky way.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
It's way up. But Angela ye I'm here, Mano's here.
Let's get into this ut. As you're thinking about getting married,
Tyese is going through it with his ex wife.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Now.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
She wants him arrested for allegedly not paying almost five
hundred thousand dollars in legal fees. And that is also
because he owes like just paying her legal fees, but
also all of the penalties that come with not having paid.
And according to the court filing, she's alleging that despite
despite the fact that he has the ability to pay,
he's made no effort whatsoever to pay the fees or interest.
Speaker 5 (04:32):
So this is not even his child support that she
wants him to pay. This is the legal fees.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Yeah, this is unpaid legal fees from that divorce. And
I do want to say that the more you don't
pay something or make an effort, the more those fees
and interest rates are going to keep going up. You
got to figure out a way to handle it. If
you're trying to not have to pay it, it's not
going to just go away. So it's something that you
have to figure out and face. Now let's talk about
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Micaeh Rappaport. He is defending comments that he made about
Hulk Hogan after Hakogan passed away. You know, he died
from cardiac arrest on July twenty fourth. Now, originally this
is what Michael Rappaport had to say.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
I don't care if he had some controversy outside of
the ring.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
We're talking about one of the most.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
Original characters in American popular culture. We are talking about
a guy who created something outam his imagination that.
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Captured the world's attention.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
We're not going to be disrespecting the Hulkster for the joy.
Speaker 5 (05:35):
That he gave.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Well, after a ton of backlash because people were like,
we're not going to ignore you know, the racist things
that he said and multiple things that he did, and
his controversial statements, and so now Micaeh Rappaport is backtracking
a little bit, saying he wasn't aware of these comments.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
I was not aware at the time, from the bottom
of my heart, that he was involved with that racial controversy,
the N word controversy. Obviously, if I knew that at
the time, I wouldn't have done the video, or my
video would have been a lot different. I have openly
condemned racism, sexism, anti semitism, all of that on this platform.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Cutt he said he's not like a super fan of
Hok Hogan. He's not a wrestling head, he's not a documentarianop.
But then I also kind of feel like, if you
don't really know what's going on.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Then just stay out of it. Right right now.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Brooke Hogan, according to reports, is not going to get
an inheritance from her late father Hok Hogan. According to TMZ,
their citing sources to say that Brooke had herself removed
from her father's will in twenty twenty three because she
did not trust the people around him and she didn't
want to have any future financial issues. She wanted to
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protect her father from individuals she believes we're exploiting him,
and that led to them having disagreements, and so she
said she's just going to walk away from any inherented inheritance.
She's still going to get a modest sum from a
life insurance trust.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
And she's going to use that for her kids education.
Speaker 5 (07:07):
But she says she does not want to go.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
To the funeral, right, Yeah, she doesn't want to do that.
You know, they've been estranged from each other for quite
some time, and she said, when he left this earth,
it felt like part of my spirit left with him.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
And sometimes that's hard when you don't get.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Along with the parent and then they passed and you
never had a chance to fix it, or you feel
all kinds of things. So again, our love to the
family in this time. When we come back, we have
about last night. That's where we'll discuss what we did
last night. I already told you I was judging a
mixology competition at my funeral.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
I'm gonna tell you about it. It's way up.
Speaker 8 (07:46):
So about last night I went down.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
Yeah, it's way up with Angela. Yeah here with my
new man. No, what'd you do last night?
Speaker 9 (07:58):
Some business to take care. I was meeting for a
long time some music business man. Shout out to Drama
Bentley and Katka, And then I went up to the
game up in Dykeman.
Speaker 5 (08:10):
Okay, I was up there for a little while.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Is that in Manhattan?
Speaker 5 (08:14):
You don't know Dyman?
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Or is it the Bronze don't. I just know it's uptown.
Speaker 5 (08:17):
It's uptown.
Speaker 9 (08:18):
It's almost in the Bronx, but it's it's still.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
For people listening that are not from here. That's where
like all the basketball games are.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
That's where the nice clubs with the nice young ladies.
Speaker 5 (08:29):
Okay, you understand.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Maybe my wife's there maybe, so that's it.
Speaker 5 (08:35):
Yeah, that's it.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Anybody special at the game or.
Speaker 5 (08:37):
Luca was there, that's a big deal.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
I think you should leave with that. I'm trying to
get you to say it.
Speaker 5 (08:44):
Yeah he was there.
Speaker 9 (08:46):
The whole city felt like it was out, you know,
the guys like the hottest day of the year.
Speaker 5 (08:51):
Yeah, it was hot. Man, Dave was dead, Jim Jones
h okay was still. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
All right.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Well let's see yesterday I was at coffee uplifts people
and shot. Well I was working, let's say that. So
I was judging a mixology competition. But the catch was
it was three different teams. They had to be blindfolded
while they were making the drinks, and so we talked
about spiciness, so I like spicy drinks.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
So they were holopaniels.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Involved, it was chili oil involved, it was hot sauce
involved in making these drinks.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
It was pretty good. So shout out to everybody who
came out.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
I did for me to judge this competition, but it
was cute to see them having to make the drinks
and shake it into everything. The one that actually won
was made with Edmund's Honor. And if you don't know
what Pronghorn is, Pronghorn is actually it's a great initiative
that actually helps fund some of these black owned spirits brands.
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And so when you think of a ten to one realm,
when you think of Edmund's Honor, when you think of
Tkapri Tequila, when you think of all these different brands,
a lot of times it's a lot harder, we know,
for black and brown people to get funding. And so
prong Horn is specifically tailored to make sure that the marketing,
the funding, the everything that you need is there to
support the brand. So it's a commitment, all right, Well,
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when we come back, tell us a secret. So eight
hundred two nine two fifty one fifty. I feel like
Mano hasn't been on this in a while.
Speaker 5 (10:23):
Yeah, didn't want me up there?
Speaker 3 (10:24):
Tell us a secret. All those three AM calls when
you're like, I'm not gonna make it all right.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Eight hundred two nine two fifty one fifty, call us
up and tell us a secret. Maybe you were creeping
around yesterday like this guy. Eight hundred two ninety two
fifty one fifty.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
Call us up. Tell us a secret.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
This is a judgment freeze one. Tell us a secret.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
I know that's right. Tell us a secret. Eight hundred
two ninety two fifty one fifty. Mano's back, absolutely now.
You haven't been on tell us a secret in a while.
Speaker 5 (10:52):
Because I felt like nobody wanted me here. I felt
like the fans didn't want me here.
Speaker 9 (10:56):
I felt like people in this room wanted me out
of the whip all so you know, I had to
fight for my rights and fight.
Speaker 2 (11:03):
We got the world's smallest violin and play that for
you right now. Eight hundred nine fifty one fifty anonimous college,
tell us your secret.
Speaker 5 (11:10):
Yeah, man, that got kids? How you do that?
Speaker 10 (11:15):
I was with the fifton and the younger sister was
feeling man one day we.
Speaker 5 (11:19):
Were from mine and it happened.
Speaker 2 (11:22):
So your kids are cousins, cousins and siblings.
Speaker 9 (11:25):
Yeah, cousin siblings, don't Now, I'm not judging, but it's
just just from between me and you that don't.
Speaker 5 (11:33):
Feel a little nasty though. I mean, no, I get it,
I get it. I just spend that.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
So how did y'all handle that? Afterward?
Speaker 5 (11:41):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (11:42):
They coo?
Speaker 3 (11:44):
They cool?
Speaker 2 (11:46):
That's the family.
Speaker 5 (11:47):
You're still sleeping with them?
Speaker 9 (11:49):
No, actually, not that the sip part, like why why stop?
Speaker 10 (11:53):
Now?
Speaker 3 (11:53):
Well maybe they don't want to.
Speaker 6 (11:55):
They don't want to no more.
Speaker 5 (11:56):
Man, it's like, but they cooling. So I'm many kids?
You got by them all together?
Speaker 1 (12:02):
All the.
Speaker 4 (12:05):
Wait?
Speaker 3 (12:05):
So one has four and the other one has one?
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Or no, one got three?
Speaker 5 (12:11):
Or one got one? You said five? One got three
and one got two? Third? Scott's crazy? How many kids
you got? Yeah?
Speaker 6 (12:20):
I got I got three girls and two boys.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
All right, Well, I pray for the whole family. Thank
you for calling? What's up? Anonymous calling? How are you?
Speaker 7 (12:28):
I'm good?
Speaker 10 (12:28):
How are you good?
Speaker 3 (12:29):
You want to tell me a man of a secret.
Speaker 4 (12:32):
I do.
Speaker 6 (12:33):
I had a dream about my boyfriend best friend, and
now like I can't get out of my head. I
just don't know where they'll be like to be with him.
Speaker 10 (12:43):
But the bad part is like he's dating a friend.
She's like a homegirl, but not really.
Speaker 8 (12:50):
A type of friend.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Okay, so your this is your your boyfriend's best friend
who's also dead, somebody that you're cool with.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Yeah, does it feel like he likes you?
Speaker 10 (13:03):
He dreams me more like the best massive type of thing.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
You had one dream or multiple?
Speaker 10 (13:10):
It is my second time.
Speaker 5 (13:11):
Oh upset the.
Speaker 10 (13:15):
First dream it wasn't like uh.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Like my second dream was what happened in the second
dream that.
Speaker 10 (13:23):
I don't want to talk about.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Yeah, I don't know that a dream means it's supposed
to happen.
Speaker 9 (13:31):
If you do act upon your dream, just understand that
you are embracing your side.
Speaker 5 (13:36):
Then if you cool with being a you like it.
I love it. It's all good to.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
Me, But you love it, it just means that it'll
affect a whole lot of lives in a negative way. No,
you're if you do that, all right, Well, just keep
dreaming says, okay, all right, thank you for calling. That
was tell us a secret eight hundred and two nine
two fifty one fifty. If you couldn't get through and
you were nervous because Mano was here judging you, you
can always leave a voicemail for last word. And when
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we come back, let's get into some yet. We'll be
talking about Buster to Rhymes getting a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame. But also Donald Trump, just like
we said, is he gonna part in Diddy?
Speaker 3 (14:12):
It's way up.
Speaker 8 (14:12):
Yo's about the lead ab off this, but let's get it.
Angelus building that yee te come and get the tea.
Speaker 3 (14:19):
It's way up.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
But Angela, yea, I'm here with Maynos and let's get
into some yet. So first off, the good news right
Bush the Rhymes is getting a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame next month. That's gonna be aw well,
I guess that's really like next month is now?
Speaker 3 (14:36):
Damn, here's light.
Speaker 5 (14:37):
He deserves that. Big shout out the bus.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
Yes, they oversee the inductions at the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce,
So he's gonna be honored alongside Big Boy mc ing
and then Chris rock Ll Cool Jay and Chuck d
you are going to be speakers.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
I love it, like it all right. Now, let's get
into that not so good news.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
Joey Badass is upset at his label and they are
blocking his new album.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
You know, he has an album coming out called Lonely.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
At the Top. Also just had a baby congratulations. But
here's what he had to say.
Speaker 11 (15:08):
Got pushed back because the label. This ain't because of
no sample clearances, This ain't because no features, This ain't
because of no clashing with another artist on the day
Like this is literally an exhibit a of the label
getting in an artist's way all year. I've just been
moving on rogue time. I'm not sure if y'all notice,
but all of my releases has been on YouTube.
Speaker 3 (15:32):
He does move like an independent artist Columbia.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
And the whole thing for him is that I feel
like he is so self sufficient that a label should
only be able to elevate him even more.
Speaker 9 (15:45):
But it's all about numbers for them in analytics, so
they only respond to that all right.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Now, Donald Trump is reportedly seriously thinking about giving Diddy
what giving a full presidential parton and this is something
that's been the works. Now when Lindsay Granger was up
here back in March. She was already talking about this.
Here's what she said early on tea.
Speaker 12 (16:07):
I just heard is that possibly did He's already talking
to Trump's team about a party.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
I can't tell you the source, but I did hear that.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
He's already having that conversation yesterday. And this was March
nineteenth when she came up here and said that. And
I remember Trump was acting like he knew nothing of this,
but it looks like.
Speaker 5 (16:26):
Looks potentially it may happen right.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
Before his sentencing date on October third. So he's been
pushing for a release on a fifty million dollar bond,
and he does feel like, according to his attorneys, they're
treating him differently than they would treat other people.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
True, And in other.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
News, this is somewhat related to Diddy because Mary J.
Blige and Missa Hilton Misa is his ex. They've been
going at it in court right and Mary J. Blige
has officially responded to a five million dollar lawsuit that
was filed by Missa Hilton.
Speaker 3 (16:57):
Now, attorneys for Mary J.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Blige and her company, Beautiful Like Productions have said that
this lawsuit that Mesa Hilton has put on them is
fraudulent because uh, she does not have her I guess
management company in New York, which is where it would be.
And this is all Overvado signing a recording contract with
Beautiful Life Productions.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
MESA, though, is saying that Mary J.
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Blige was withholding his completed album to try to pressure
him to cut ties with MYSA. But the two of
them have been such a good friend, like best of friends.
Speaker 5 (17:30):
That's likes on you.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
I could see that happening.
Speaker 5 (17:34):
No, because like I wanted to know you know my Uh,
I could see that happens like basically a lawsuit in.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
But you know I work in the media. We could
put out all kinds of stuff.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
All right, well that is your Yet when we come back,
we have under the radar. These are the stories that
are flying under the radar, and it's all about Maino.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
When we come back, things you've.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Never heard before, and they're illegals.
Speaker 8 (18:00):
In the news that relates to you. These stories are
flying under the radar.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
Yes, it's way up put it.
Speaker 10 (18:05):
Answer Laye.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
I'm here with my guy, and are you ready for
some of these under the radar stories. I know you're
gonna like this one I have has two new pancake dishes,
and there's this whole Dubai chocolate trend. Do you know
about this Dubai chocolate trend. Well, they have the lux
Dubai Chocolate pancake and that has Madagascar vanilla whipped cream,
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a whole Dubai chocolate bar, an edible twenty four carrot,
gold flakes, and gold glitter. How much you think that
costs so much? One hundred dollars you undred dollars?
Speaker 3 (18:41):
Sound yeah? For that order?
Speaker 2 (18:43):
So they give you like a few pancakes, a few pancakes.
So yes, I think that sounds like I was gonna
say reasonable.
Speaker 5 (18:51):
You think so full of if it's real.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
Gold gold flakes, don't I don't know the difference between
real gold and gold flakes.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
If you were on a date, you would be okay
with that.
Speaker 9 (19:03):
I wouldn't be going to a h All.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Right, Well, both stacks are going to be available starting
on Monday, if anybody wants to try that. It's going
to be in New York, Los Angeles, and Austin. And
they're saying this is the most expensive pancake the brand
has ever served. In the first twenty five guests, in
each of the locations, we'll get the chance to try
it for free. Then after that you can order that yourself.
Speaker 3 (19:25):
What do you think I like?
Speaker 5 (19:27):
It used to be one of the favorite places for
my son to go to.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
I have one thing about it I have is it's consistent.
You know what you're getting all right now. First time
home buyer, since we're talking about money, can get one
hundred thousand dollars for a down payment. In Florida, they
have the Home First Time home Buyer Program and so
people in Palm Beach County can. They'll assist you with
down payments for new homes. So Eligibility requirements include not
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owning a home, meeting income limits, purchasing a property within
Palm County, and also presenting a pre approval letter from
a first mortgage lender. This program was to help renters
transition to home ownership and hope fulfill that American.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
Dream of owning a home.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
They've been talking so much about how renting is really
what people are doing right now. People are feeling like
the dream of home ownership is so far out of reach.
So there's a lot of different programs in different places
that can actually assist you.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
We just got to make sure you really look for them.
All right. Well, that is you're under the radar.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
We do have the Way Up mixed at the top
of the hour, and it is also a Wealth Wednesday,
so we have a special guest joining us today, Muhammad
Abdul Hadi.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
He has this book out with the pizza.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
It's a recipe book, but it also details what he's
been through. He's from Philly. Have I made it? I
have not tried the pizza. It's in Philly. We got
to take a trip to down North Pizza. But it's
special because he actually only hires people who were formerly
incarcerated to give them the opportunity to, you know, stop
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with all the obstacles in.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
Life when you get home.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
All right, well, that is your under the radar, and
of course let's get it going.
Speaker 8 (21:06):
It's way up, they say in the rooms, from Industry
Shade to all of gossip out. Angela's feeling that.
Speaker 3 (21:14):
Eye all right, his way up at Angela.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
Yee, I'm here with Maino and let's get into some
of this eyeat. So it looks like Mia Thurton from
Real househo as a Potomac has moved on, you know,
on the show she was married her husband Gordon, but
she wasn't pleased in her marriage, and she was dating
somebody else Radio Personality Inc. From Atlanta, and they actually
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had known each other when they were younger and then
they reconnected. They were also all living in the same building,
so she had strange husband.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
And her boyfriend in the same building.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
But now it looks like she's moved on another new
guy and it's dating Bobby Valentino.
Speaker 5 (21:54):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
Now, she posted a video of the two of them
together looking boot up and said this is definitely might
get prettier and have fun era. So there you have it.
I wonder if he's going to be on the show
with her all right now. Frank Ocean it reportedly has
the threat and talent the creator with legal action. So
apparently there was a situation where, according to sources close,
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they say, there was a season desist from Frank Ocean
over the use of his own vocals. And that's when that,
I guess, really upset Tyler the creator. I'm not sure
if they're ever be cool with each other again, but
they've unfollowed each other on social media, and according to reports,
that's the reason why. I mean, you know, if y'all
want to group together a season desist or maybe imagine
(22:42):
you don't like a song, maybe you don't like your vocals,
but somebody wants to use it, or maybe you have
your own plans of things you want to put out.
I don't know, has anybody ever used your vocals man
or without clearing it?
Speaker 3 (22:52):
And have you ever pat a season desist?
Speaker 5 (22:55):
No? What about just calling them?
Speaker 3 (22:58):
I don't know what happened behind the scenes.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
Maybe he did and maybe he didn't go well, and
then they followed each other all right. Now, Glorilla started
out working at Checkers back in the day, and now
she's got her own Checkers meal.
Speaker 3 (23:09):
Here is the ad for that. Yeah, I rocked the
drive through back in the day. Guess I still do.
Get gloves barbecue jack burger with fries, drink and dessert.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
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Speaker 2 (23:23):
So that is a four dollar meal and it's a
special combo with your choice of a sandwich either at cheese,
double spicy chicken or gloves barbecue buford, seasoned fries.
Speaker 3 (23:32):
A drink, and a cinnamon apple pie. Four dollars. That's great.
Speaker 5 (23:34):
Nice.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
We're also starving in here today. Now here is Glorilla
actually working the Checkers drive through back.
Speaker 3 (23:45):
In the day.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
We'll give me Yeah, it gets your with a bit.
How about you?
Speaker 3 (23:51):
The number food medium A large medium, A large?
Speaker 9 (23:55):
Okay, I love that successful.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Check Us was my jam. Remember the little apple on
eight Checkers? Oh check listen my life. That used to
be my joints.
Speaker 3 (24:06):
All right?
Speaker 2 (24:07):
WNBA fans and people and the team lit up social
media and this happened last night. Somebody in the crowd
threw a sex toy onto the court. Why would someone
do such a thing, You see, it's a neon green nothing, yes,
and so they thought it was dangerous, but then when
they found out what it was, it wasn't so dangerous.
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This was during the Golden State Valkyries in Atlanta dream game.
Speaker 5 (24:32):
Body actually bought that in the.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Stadium now here is what Valkyries forward Cecilia Zandalasini had
to say.
Speaker 6 (24:39):
Do you know who it was?
Speaker 5 (24:41):
Yeah?
Speaker 10 (24:42):
One of our players almost got hate with it, So
that's very name.
Speaker 5 (24:44):
Yeah, out up hit what a dill doing the games? Crazy?
Speaker 3 (24:49):
Yeah? But outside no kidding? All right, Well that is
that is your ut. When we come back.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
We have asked Ye, eight hundred and two ninet two
fifty one fifty. Any question you have me and the
award winning advice giving Mayo, who happens to be a
dog in a mutt, He's here to help you.
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That's eight hundred to ninety two fifty one fifty.
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All right, everybody since whether it's relationship for career advice,
Angela's dropping facts, so you.
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Should you should know.
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This is ask gee, what's up? Its way up with Angela? Yee,
I am here with my guy Mano.
Speaker 11 (25:20):
May No.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
I feel you're perking up for this one because we
do have Sinclair on the line for ask Ye.
Speaker 3 (25:26):
Let's go sint Clair, what's your question?
Speaker 10 (25:28):
May and my boyfriend have a situation with a girl
and his actually is making it like it's not cool
with the polly no more. It feels like the man
the girl is more closer than me and him.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
Is that true?
Speaker 10 (25:40):
I mean, I feel like it's equal, and she makes
the joint effort to try to include him and everything,
and I even show her like if you want to
set him out on a date, take him out on
a date.
Speaker 5 (25:48):
I'm not dripping damn. I like this.
Speaker 9 (25:51):
You just might you might have to find a better
God that sounds a little bit more secure and understands
how to give that that love equally and not be
insecure about it.
Speaker 10 (26:00):
When when you're about as the situation, they kind of
say the same thing, like why you so?
Speaker 2 (26:05):
You know, but when you got into this, what was
the agreement? Was it supposed to be equal across the board?
Or was it that the two of you were adding
somebody to the relationship for fun?
Speaker 3 (26:15):
What was the whole idea behind this?
Speaker 10 (26:18):
Well, what's the girl was supposed to be equal? You know,
nobody's supposed to feel left out? Me and him say together,
and she has her own crib.
Speaker 9 (26:26):
Listen, you need any help all times?
Speaker 3 (26:30):
How would you feel if it was the other way?
Speaker 2 (26:32):
If it was the other way around though, would you
have felt a way if you felt like the two
of them are closer?
Speaker 3 (26:36):
Because it seems like he's just feeling left out.
Speaker 10 (26:38):
But here's the thing we try to include and everything.
I wouldn't feel left out if I right?
Speaker 3 (26:47):
Do you want to stay with him or would you?
Or do you feel like this now I'm gonna stay
with her.
Speaker 10 (26:51):
I want to stay with him, but I mean, if
it's going to our relationship, I guess.
Speaker 9 (26:57):
No, I say, listen, give him something a cry, check
this out. I'm looking for a wife, and I'm looking
for a wife anyway, so.
Speaker 3 (27:06):
This is perfect timing, perfect time.
Speaker 2 (27:08):
Would you leave him and continue with the woman and
find someone else?
Speaker 5 (27:12):
Yes? I mean yes, this is why.
Speaker 3 (27:16):
And look and this is why he feels that way.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
If you have to make a choice between him and her,
you're choosing her.
Speaker 5 (27:22):
Judgmental you would maybe he is.
Speaker 3 (27:26):
Right in his assessment, choose her?
Speaker 7 (27:29):
Is that?
Speaker 2 (27:30):
But I mean is that fair to say? Okay, so
he is right and so but you got it? Instead
of trying to act like I think they call it
gas lighting, instead of trying to make him feel like
he's crazy about it, just be like, you know what.
Speaker 9 (27:43):
Like but if he was a real guy, he will
standing up to the occasion and really command the situation.
Speaker 3 (27:49):
So what are you going to do? St? Clair?
Speaker 5 (27:51):
You knows what she's gonna do.
Speaker 9 (27:55):
Already gave you off of the lights miss out.
Speaker 10 (28:02):
There you have it, but I have a doing thank you?
Speaker 5 (28:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (28:07):
All right? Well that was ask yee ma.
Speaker 2 (28:09):
No anyway, when we come back, we got wealth Wednesday,
and we have the founder of down North Pizza, the
author of We the Pizza.
Speaker 3 (28:17):
Mohammad abdou Haati from Philly. He's going to be joining.
Speaker 2 (28:21):
Us talking about opening up his pizza shop and the
initiative mission behind it. That is to make sure that
people who are formally incarcerated have employment. They deserve that
chance just like anybody else.
Speaker 3 (28:32):
It's way up.
Speaker 9 (28:33):
I had a dream of wealthy and I don't mind
sharing my wealth dog.
Speaker 8 (28:37):
Getting you straight financially, mentally and physically. This is Wealth
Wednesday on way up with Angela Yee.
Speaker 2 (28:43):
What's up his way up at Angela Yee. And this
is a very special Wealth Wednesday for us. Today I
got Stacy Tisdale here.
Speaker 7 (28:49):
Happy Wealth Wednesdays, everybody. We are so excited to have
Muhammad Abdulhadi, who is the founder and owner of Down
North Pizza and also the author of We the Pizza
out whe Cafe, a new coffee shop.
Speaker 3 (29:02):
You were a serial n.
Speaker 12 (29:05):
And prior to all of that, you built a career
in real estate. But Down North Pizza is amazing. First
of all, tell everyone what it is so.
Speaker 13 (29:14):
Down North Pizza is a mission based, for profit restaurant
in the heart of Strawberry Mansion, which is a decorated
neighborhood in Philadelphia, and what we do is that we
exclusively hire formally incarcerated individuals and provide them with resources
so that they can navigate society post incarceration. So for me,
it was very important to go into where the problem
is so prevalent and try to help from within.
Speaker 12 (29:37):
You started it during lockdown and you were actually under
house arrest.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
Yes, and before the shop open.
Speaker 13 (29:44):
That's when I actually got my sentence handed down to me,
and I knew that I was going to be on
house rest for a year.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
I had to think, like, how am I going to
do this?
Speaker 13 (29:51):
I had literally six hours a day to be out
the house, but I noticed how my life was impacted
by being a felon now, and I had resources. So
I'm thinking about the people that don't have the resources
when they land in these situations. So that was my
motivation to keep it pushing.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
When you even think about your conviction, because I read
about it and what happened, people would hear that, right,
you had no record of anything before that you were
involved with the wrong people. Sometimes we're not aware we're
doing something that we could get in trouble for, but
people just hear conviction and they don't care what it is.
You're automatically like, ooh, I don't know if we want
to fell in working here or.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
Yeah, all of that. It's hard to even get a
place to live.
Speaker 13 (30:30):
Yeah, And you can have all the money in the
world and they look at you as a felon and
then they're like, well, we don't want them living in
this particular complex or this building. So even myself, I've
seen how my life just changed once the conviction could
hand it down.
Speaker 2 (30:43):
But that's why I love what it is that you're
doing right, because this is also what I find is
that people that have these convictions and these felonies on
their record, they want to be able to work, They
want to be able to be productive members of society.
Speaker 3 (30:55):
They just need a chance.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
Right now, we are talking to the author of the
Pizza and founder of down North, Za Muhammad Abdulhati.
Speaker 12 (31:01):
You were in real estate developing and property management before that,
and you actually own the building that down North is in.
Speaker 13 (31:08):
Yes, prior to down North, I had a real estate
development company and I always sort of value in individuals
who've been formally incarcerated. And my whole development team was
comprised of them. So the full circle moment was building
was actually built by no hands of individuals who've been
justice impacted. So seeing the building from the shell to
the first slice of pizza, it was like a surreal feeling.
Speaker 2 (31:28):
Not only are you doing this mission based business with
Down North Pizza, but the piece is also amazing. And
you guys have gotten tons of awards. No, because it
could be great, good mission pieces nasty, yeah, but that
is not the case here.
Speaker 13 (31:43):
No, And that was that's important that even though, like
I always tell people, you know, even though there's a
different between a supporter and the customer, and when we
opened Down North we had tons of supporters. It was
our job to convert to supporters into customers and you
only can do that through products and services.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
And we knew we had to make a premium product,
all right.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
Kamada abdul Haati is here with us for a wealth Wednesday.
Down North Pizza is his pizza place in Philly that
he founded only hiring people who are formally incarcerated.
Speaker 3 (32:08):
We have more with him when we come back. It's
way up.
Speaker 9 (32:11):
Got a dream of wealthy and I don't mind sharing
my wealth dog.
Speaker 8 (32:15):
Getting you straight financially mentally and physically. This is Wealth
Wednesday on Way Up with Angela Yee.
Speaker 2 (32:21):
What's up his Way Up with Angela Yee. And today
is a Wealth Wednesday. Also, just so you know, we
do have a free in person Wealth Wednesday event. A
coffee uplifts people today and that is all about AI
and some AI training. So make sure y'all come through.
I'll be there, but it's free, so don't get left behind.
And right now we have the author of We the
Pizza and the founder of Down North Pizza, Muhammada ab
(32:42):
Dulahati here with us. Now you just open out West
Cafe and Coffee Shop. Can you tell us about that?
Speaker 13 (32:48):
I felt that a concept about West in twenty twenty
one is to play on words, just like down Nooth Pizza.
It's like you gotta be from Philly to understand.
Speaker 3 (32:56):
Okay, you're from West Philadelphia.
Speaker 13 (32:57):
Yes, I'm West Philadelphia actually a block away from where
the morning.
Speaker 1 (33:03):
Sorry, And I want to do coffee.
Speaker 13 (33:06):
I always love coffee, but I actually wanted to open
up a cafe and I'm like, I'm going to do it.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
I'm going to continue the mission. I know that we
had to open up.
Speaker 13 (33:12):
A spot, so we can provide more opportunities for individuals
who've been justice impacted. So in the midst of it,
I'm the type of person if I'm going to get
into something new, I need to learn as much that
you never should be put in a position where somebody.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
Can tell you something about your business that you.
Speaker 13 (33:25):
Can't confirm it di I And if you don't know
something about it, then you at the mercy of somebody
telling you you need this or this doesn't work because
you had no knowledge about it. So for me, I
wanted to like study coffee like in every you know
form that it was. So I had the opportunity to
study coffee and I think Staten Island or Columbia those
are my two options.
Speaker 3 (33:45):
Which did you pick?
Speaker 1 (33:46):
Columbia?
Speaker 13 (33:52):
Yeah, So I took up the opportunity and they literally
teach you everything about coffee.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
That was the first time I actually knew coffee was
a fruit and I.
Speaker 5 (34:02):
Think a fruit.
Speaker 1 (34:03):
Yes, it's a very So right now, we've been open
for two weeks.
Speaker 3 (34:07):
Oh this is fresh fash Okay.
Speaker 13 (34:10):
It took about two and a half years to build
out the space, equipment, staff and everything.
Speaker 1 (34:15):
So week two weeks in, it's been a heck the experience.
Speaker 13 (34:18):
And we not only sell coffee, we also sell premium
breakfast sandwiches.
Speaker 2 (34:22):
Right now we are talking to the author of We
the Pizza and founder of Down North Pizza, Muhammad Abdulhati.
Speaker 12 (34:28):
You have a foundation, new pizza foundation.
Speaker 3 (34:30):
Tell everybody what that does.
Speaker 13 (34:32):
So when and I opened Down North Pizza maybe a
year or so later, we figured that we're doing a
lot of community based things, and we operate a little
different than traditional foundations.
Speaker 1 (34:42):
So with us, we actually work.
Speaker 13 (34:44):
With community, whether it's the Justice Impact community or the
community within Strawberry Mansion that Down North Pizza resides in,
and we talk with them to see what their needs are,
to go out raise the money, and then we take
the resources back to them.
Speaker 3 (34:57):
That's amazing and that's.
Speaker 1 (34:58):
What we've been doing for the past three years.
Speaker 13 (35:01):
And I was telling you about one of the programs
that we got called Protect Your Crib.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
As we see how gentrification is like.
Speaker 13 (35:06):
Ravaging through our communities, like how can we help And
a lot of people are losing their houses simply because
they're defaulting on like property taxes.
Speaker 1 (35:14):
In Philadelphia County.
Speaker 13 (35:15):
You can actually your house will be going to what's
it called shriff cell auction.
Speaker 3 (35:20):
Off your house just because of these taxes.
Speaker 1 (35:21):
Because of these.
Speaker 13 (35:22):
Taxes, so we like, well, how can we help? And
I'm like, well, how about we just pay their taxes,
get them a fresh clean slate. They're programs that will
give you tax credit. They just don't know about them.
So provide an informative session so that they can learn
about these programs, enroll them in the programs.
Speaker 1 (35:37):
Now you have a zero balance.
Speaker 3 (35:39):
All right, Well, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (35:40):
I cannot wait to come out there and come by
the pizza shop and the cafe. Thank you so much
for coming through for well, thanks for having me. Make
sure y'all pick up his book We the Pizza. Make
sure y'all continue to support Down North Pizza. You can
watch that for interview on my YouTube channel, Way Up
with You and when we come back, you have the
last word.
Speaker 1 (35:57):
Got the ball, get your voice heard with the word.
Speaker 8 (36:02):
He is the last word on Way Up with Angela Yee?
Speaker 3 (36:05):
What's up? Its Way up with Angela yee.
Speaker 5 (36:07):
Okay with my guy.
Speaker 2 (36:10):
What a great time we had today. Shout out again
to Muhammad abdul Hadi. His book We the Pizza. His
cookbook is out right now laying pies and saving lives.
You know, he's got down North Pizza in Philly. When
he was on the show, all these Philly people were
hitting me up, like the pizza's amazing.
Speaker 3 (36:26):
We got to make a trip because we both we
have to go down there just to taste it, just
to get some pizza.
Speaker 2 (36:32):
And he's also got a new cafe open, so we're
going to do a nice coffee collab.
Speaker 3 (36:36):
But again, thank you off for.
Speaker 2 (36:37):
Sharing your secrets and feeling like this is a safe space.
Also for asking ye. Thank you for calling in with
your questions. I felt like Mana was really excited about
today's ask Ye. Also, tonight is a big day for
Wealth Wednesdays, because not only did we have Wealth Wednesday
with Mohammed this morning, but we also are going to
be doing a free AI training for entrepreneurs at my
(36:59):
coffee shop, call thee Uplifts people. It's free, guys, and
you need that AI training. I tell you I've been
on it. That's in Brooklyn at three twenty nine Gates Avenue,
And if you cannot make that, We're also going to
be doing a Wealth Wednesday's Real Estate Club free virtual
masterclass tonight at seven PM, so make sure you do
all of the things, but definitely come out again. It's
free AI training at Coffee uplifts people tonight. I'll be
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there and again this is your show, so you have
the last word. Hi.
Speaker 6 (37:27):
My name from and I want to shine a light
on myself. About two years ago, I had a really
bad caught accident and I also thought i'd believing the
love of my life. And I just want to let
everybody know out there that there is a bridal light
at the end. So that's not only shining delight on me,
they've given hope, hopefully to those out there who think
(37:48):
there is no hope. We are strong at just ten
forty years old. Let's get this a life. And Angela,
I love you. I listen to you every day
Speaker 8 (37:56):
Going way out turnout with Angela Ye
You are not.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
All right at the button. Let's get the show started
its way up with Angela yee, yeah, I don't know
if this is my headphones only one side is working?
Speaker 3 (00:19):
You never know leaving the community is yours working? Both
headphones made? Absolutely okay, So it's just me all right?
Well happy? What day is it? Wednesday? Is it Wednesday?
Speaker 2 (00:31):
I'm a little off today because I was judging a
drink making competition yesterday and I was a judge, but
you know what my main thing was, I like, really
spicy drinks?
Speaker 4 (00:42):
Is that? So?
Speaker 5 (00:42):
Is that something that you just noticed?
Speaker 6 (00:44):
No?
Speaker 3 (00:44):
I know, but that's what the goal was. I know.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
You know how it goes in is how it comes out?
What like with the spices?
Speaker 5 (00:52):
No, I don't know about no spices.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
I know you do.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
All right, Well, today's also a wealth Wednesday. And speaking
of spices, have you ever put so much crush red
pepper on your pizza?
Speaker 7 (01:02):
Nah?
Speaker 5 (01:03):
I don't play that.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Well, we are going to have the founder and owner
of Down North Pizza joining us today. Also the author
of We the Pizza, that is, Muhammad ab Dul Hattie
is going to be joining us.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
I'm excited to hear what he has to say.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
You know, he started his pizza plays only hiring people
who are formally incarcerated, and that's what he does. But
let's get this show started with some love of some positivity.
Let's shine a light eight hundred two ninety two fifty
one fifty call us up.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Let us know who you want to shine a light on.
Speaker 8 (01:32):
Turn your lights on, y'all, spreading love to those who
are doing greatness.
Speaker 6 (01:37):
Of light on them.
Speaker 5 (01:39):
Shine a light on it.
Speaker 8 (01:41):
It's time to shine.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
A light on, all right.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
But yeah, puddy Angela, yee, I am here with my
guy main on. Hey, Mortal, My headphones don't where can
you believe that's on? I have these regular degular black
ones on.
Speaker 5 (01:54):
It's not given.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
It's not giving way, it's not giving friendy beats.
Speaker 5 (01:57):
It's giving way down.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
All right, Well today, let's shine light on Black and
Quinn first of all, Black or some people call him
six lack, even though that's not really his name. They
have released their maternity photos, so they're having a baby.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
They've been agather for a while.
Speaker 5 (02:12):
I love that, you know. I'm a fan of Hiss.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Yeah, me too.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
I like his music a lot.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
I think he's an amazing artist. I was excited.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
It was one of the early on artists that I
interviewed up here, which was he don't do a ton
of interviews.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
So congratulations.
Speaker 5 (02:25):
This is girl, yes, Bianca.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Her name is quinn as an artist.
Speaker 5 (02:29):
So oh, she's an artist too. Nice?
Speaker 3 (02:32):
All right now, Chris, who do you want to shine
a light on?
Speaker 6 (02:35):
I want to shout out all right on with her
big head self.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
You know you love it when you call her big head.
Speaker 6 (02:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (02:44):
I just want to shine it right on her, tell
her I love her and hope she's listening.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
When is the wedding? I have no idea, but with
your big hands out calling up here, I don't have
no idea.
Speaker 5 (02:57):
I have no idea. Back now, how long?
Speaker 3 (03:02):
But okay, the question is how long have you been engaged?
Speaker 5 (03:06):
We just got to Gombo, so it's hob a couple
of months now what.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
You talk about. Just got engaged.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
It is August almost Hey, hey, it is what it is?
Speaker 3 (03:19):
All right? What's sign up to both of you? Congratulations?
Speaker 5 (03:22):
Thank you?
Speaker 6 (03:22):
I appreciate it, y'all.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Have a good day, all right you too? All right?
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Well that was Hina Light eight hundred two nine two
fifty one fifty. If you couldn't get through, you got
China light neither for last word. When we come back,
we got your ye t And let's talk about tyresee.
You know he is still going through situations with his
ex wife and the money that he owes almost half
a million dollars. We'll talk about what his ex wife,
(03:46):
Samantha wants to happen.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
It's way up.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Ways like to talk like the Angela Jean like they
Angela Jean.
Speaker 8 (03:53):
Man she's spilling it all. This is yeaky way.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
It's way up. But Angela ye I'm here, Mano's here.
Let's get into this ut. As you're thinking about getting married,
Tyese is going through it with his ex wife.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Now.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
She wants him arrested for allegedly not paying almost five
hundred thousand dollars in legal fees. And that is also
because he owes like just paying her legal fees, but
also all of the penalties that come with not having paid.
And according to the court filing, she's alleging that despite
despite the fact that he has the ability to pay,
he's made no effort whatsoever to pay the fees or interest.
Speaker 5 (04:32):
So this is not even his child support that she
wants him to pay. This is the legal fees.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Yeah, this is unpaid legal fees from that divorce. And
I do want to say that the more you don't
pay something or make an effort, the more those fees
and interest rates are going to keep going up. You
got to figure out a way to handle it. If
you're trying to not have to pay it, it's not
going to just go away. So it's something that you
have to figure out and face. Now let's talk about
(05:01):
Micaeh Rappaport. He is defending comments that he made about
Hulk Hogan after Hakogan passed away. You know, he died
from cardiac arrest on July twenty fourth. Now, originally this
is what Michael Rappaport had to say.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
I don't care if he had some controversy outside of
the ring.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
We're talking about one of the most.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
Original characters in American popular culture. We are talking about
a guy who created something outam his imagination that.
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Captured the world's attention.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
We're not going to be disrespecting the Hulkster for the joy.
Speaker 5 (05:35):
That he gave.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Well, after a ton of backlash because people were like,
we're not going to ignore you know, the racist things
that he said and multiple things that he did, and
his controversial statements, and so now Micaeh Rappaport is backtracking
a little bit, saying he wasn't aware of these comments.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
I was not aware at the time, from the bottom
of my heart, that he was involved with that racial controversy,
the N word controversy. Obviously, if I knew that at
the time, I wouldn't have done the video, or my
video would have been a lot different. I have openly
condemned racism, sexism, anti semitism, all of that on this platform.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Cutt he said he's not like a super fan of
Hok Hogan. He's not a wrestling head, he's not a documentarianop.
But then I also kind of feel like, if you
don't really know what's going on.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Then just stay out of it. Right right now.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Brooke Hogan, according to reports, is not going to get
an inheritance from her late father Hok Hogan. According to TMZ,
their citing sources to say that Brooke had herself removed
from her father's will in twenty twenty three because she
did not trust the people around him and she didn't
want to have any future financial issues. She wanted to
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protect her father from individuals she believes we're exploiting him,
and that led to them having disagreements, and so she
said she's just going to walk away from any inherented inheritance.
She's still going to get a modest sum from a
life insurance trust.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
And she's going to use that for her kids education.
Speaker 5 (07:07):
But she says she does not want to go.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
To the funeral, right, Yeah, she doesn't want to do that.
You know, they've been estranged from each other for quite
some time, and she said, when he left this earth,
it felt like part of my spirit left with him.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
And sometimes that's hard when you don't get.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Along with the parent and then they passed and you
never had a chance to fix it, or you feel
all kinds of things. So again, our love to the
family in this time. When we come back, we have
about last night. That's where we'll discuss what we did
last night. I already told you I was judging a
mixology competition at my funeral.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
I'm gonna tell you about it. It's way up.
Speaker 8 (07:46):
So about last night I went down.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
Yeah, it's way up with Angela. Yeah here with my
new man. No, what'd you do last night?
Speaker 9 (07:58):
Some business to take care. I was meeting for a
long time some music business man. Shout out to Drama
Bentley and Katka, And then I went up to the
game up in Dykeman.
Speaker 5 (08:10):
Okay, I was up there for a little while.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Is that in Manhattan?
Speaker 5 (08:14):
You don't know Dyman?
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Or is it the Bronze don't. I just know it's uptown.
Speaker 5 (08:17):
It's uptown.
Speaker 9 (08:18):
It's almost in the Bronx, but it's it's still.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
For people listening that are not from here. That's where
like all the basketball games are.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
That's where the nice clubs with the nice young ladies.
Speaker 5 (08:29):
Okay, you understand.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Maybe my wife's there maybe, so that's it.
Speaker 5 (08:35):
Yeah, that's it.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Anybody special at the game or.
Speaker 5 (08:37):
Luca was there, that's a big deal.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
I think you should leave with that. I'm trying to
get you to say it.
Speaker 5 (08:44):
Yeah he was there.
Speaker 9 (08:46):
The whole city felt like it was out, you know,
the guys like the hottest day of the year.
Speaker 5 (08:51):
Yeah, it was hot. Man, Dave was dead, Jim Jones
h okay was still. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
All right.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Well let's see yesterday I was at coffee uplifts people
and shot. Well I was working, let's say that. So
I was judging a mixology competition. But the catch was
it was three different teams. They had to be blindfolded
while they were making the drinks, and so we talked
about spiciness, so I like spicy drinks.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
So they were holopaniels.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Involved, it was chili oil involved, it was hot sauce
involved in making these drinks.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
It was pretty good. So shout out to everybody who
came out.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
I did for me to judge this competition, but it
was cute to see them having to make the drinks
and shake it into everything. The one that actually won
was made with Edmund's Honor. And if you don't know
what Pronghorn is, Pronghorn is actually it's a great initiative
that actually helps fund some of these black owned spirits brands.
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And so when you think of a ten to one realm,
when you think of Edmund's Honor, when you think of
Tkapri Tequila, when you think of all these different brands,
a lot of times it's a lot harder, we know,
for black and brown people to get funding. And so
prong Horn is specifically tailored to make sure that the marketing,
the funding, the everything that you need is there to
support the brand. So it's a commitment, all right, Well,
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when we come back, tell us a secret. So eight
hundred two nine two fifty one fifty. I feel like
Mano hasn't been on this in a while.
Speaker 5 (10:23):
Yeah, didn't want me up there?
Speaker 3 (10:24):
Tell us a secret. All those three AM calls when
you're like, I'm not gonna make it all right.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Eight hundred two nine two fifty one fifty, call us
up and tell us a secret. Maybe you were creeping
around yesterday like this guy. Eight hundred two ninety two
fifty one fifty.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
Call us up. Tell us a secret.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
This is a judgment freeze one. Tell us a secret.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
I know that's right. Tell us a secret. Eight hundred
two ninety two fifty one fifty. Mano's back, absolutely now.
You haven't been on tell us a secret in a while.
Speaker 5 (10:52):
Because I felt like nobody wanted me here. I felt
like the fans didn't want me here.
Speaker 9 (10:56):
I felt like people in this room wanted me out
of the whip all so you know, I had to
fight for my rights and fight.
Speaker 2 (11:03):
We got the world's smallest violin and play that for
you right now. Eight hundred nine fifty one fifty anonimous college,
tell us your secret.
Speaker 5 (11:10):
Yeah, man, that got kids? How you do that?
Speaker 10 (11:15):
I was with the fifton and the younger sister was
feeling man one day we.
Speaker 5 (11:19):
Were from mine and it happened.
Speaker 2 (11:22):
So your kids are cousins, cousins and siblings.
Speaker 9 (11:25):
Yeah, cousin siblings, don't Now, I'm not judging, but it's
just just from between me and you that don't.
Speaker 5 (11:33):
Feel a little nasty though. I mean, no, I get it,
I get it. I just spend that.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
So how did y'all handle that? Afterward?
Speaker 5 (11:41):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (11:42):
They coo?
Speaker 3 (11:44):
They cool?
Speaker 2 (11:46):
That's the family.
Speaker 5 (11:47):
You're still sleeping with them?
Speaker 9 (11:49):
No, actually, not that the sip part, like why why stop?
Speaker 10 (11:53):
Now?
Speaker 3 (11:53):
Well maybe they don't want to.
Speaker 6 (11:55):
They don't want to no more.
Speaker 5 (11:56):
Man, it's like, but they cooling. So I'm many kids?
You got by them all together?
Speaker 1 (12:02):
All the.
Speaker 4 (12:05):
Wait?
Speaker 3 (12:05):
So one has four and the other one has one?
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Or no, one got three?
Speaker 5 (12:11):
Or one got one? You said five? One got three
and one got two? Third? Scott's crazy? How many kids
you got? Yeah?
Speaker 6 (12:20):
I got I got three girls and two boys.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
All right, Well, I pray for the whole family. Thank
you for calling? What's up? Anonymous calling? How are you?
Speaker 7 (12:28):
I'm good?
Speaker 10 (12:28):
How are you good?
Speaker 3 (12:29):
You want to tell me a man of a secret.
Speaker 4 (12:32):
I do.
Speaker 6 (12:33):
I had a dream about my boyfriend best friend, and
now like I can't get out of my head. I
just don't know where they'll be like to be with him.
Speaker 10 (12:43):
But the bad part is like he's dating a friend.
She's like a homegirl, but not really.
Speaker 8 (12:50):
A type of friend.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Okay, so your this is your your boyfriend's best friend
who's also dead, somebody that you're cool with.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Yeah, does it feel like he likes you?
Speaker 10 (13:03):
He dreams me more like the best massive type of thing.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
You had one dream or multiple?
Speaker 10 (13:10):
It is my second time.
Speaker 5 (13:11):
Oh upset the.
Speaker 10 (13:15):
First dream it wasn't like uh.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Like my second dream was what happened in the second
dream that.
Speaker 10 (13:23):
I don't want to talk about.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Yeah, I don't know that a dream means it's supposed
to happen.
Speaker 9 (13:31):
If you do act upon your dream, just understand that
you are embracing your side.
Speaker 5 (13:36):
Then if you cool with being a you like it.
I love it. It's all good to.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
Me, But you love it, it just means that it'll
affect a whole lot of lives in a negative way. No,
you're if you do that, all right, Well, just keep
dreaming says, okay, all right, thank you for calling. That
was tell us a secret eight hundred and two nine
two fifty one fifty. If you couldn't get through and
you were nervous because Mano was here judging you, you
can always leave a voicemail for last word. And when
(14:01):
we come back, let's get into some yet. We'll be
talking about Buster to Rhymes getting a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame. But also Donald Trump, just like
we said, is he gonna part in Diddy?
Speaker 3 (14:12):
It's way up.
Speaker 8 (14:12):
Yo's about the lead ab off this, but let's get it.
Angelus building that yee te come and get the tea.
Speaker 3 (14:19):
It's way up.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
But Angela, yea, I'm here with Maynos and let's get
into some yet. So first off, the good news right
Bush the Rhymes is getting a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame next month. That's gonna be aw well,
I guess that's really like next month is now?
Speaker 3 (14:36):
Damn, here's light.
Speaker 5 (14:37):
He deserves that. Big shout out the bus.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
Yes, they oversee the inductions at the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce,
So he's gonna be honored alongside Big Boy mc ing
and then Chris rock Ll Cool Jay and Chuck d
you are going to be speakers.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
I love it, like it all right. Now, let's get
into that not so good news.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
Joey Badass is upset at his label and they are
blocking his new album.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
You know, he has an album coming out called Lonely.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
At the Top. Also just had a baby congratulations. But
here's what he had to say.
Speaker 11 (15:08):
Got pushed back because the label. This ain't because of
no sample clearances, This ain't because no features, This ain't
because of no clashing with another artist on the day
Like this is literally an exhibit a of the label
getting in an artist's way all year. I've just been
moving on rogue time. I'm not sure if y'all notice,
but all of my releases has been on YouTube.
Speaker 3 (15:32):
He does move like an independent artist Columbia.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
And the whole thing for him is that I feel
like he is so self sufficient that a label should
only be able to elevate him even more.
Speaker 9 (15:45):
But it's all about numbers for them in analytics, so
they only respond to that all right.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Now, Donald Trump is reportedly seriously thinking about giving Diddy
what giving a full presidential parton and this is something
that's been the works. Now when Lindsay Granger was up
here back in March. She was already talking about this.
Here's what she said early on tea.
Speaker 12 (16:07):
I just heard is that possibly did He's already talking
to Trump's team about a party.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
I can't tell you the source, but I did hear that.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
He's already having that conversation yesterday. And this was March
nineteenth when she came up here and said that. And
I remember Trump was acting like he knew nothing of this,
but it looks like.
Speaker 5 (16:26):
Looks potentially it may happen right.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
Before his sentencing date on October third. So he's been
pushing for a release on a fifty million dollar bond,
and he does feel like, according to his attorneys, they're
treating him differently than they would treat other people.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
True, And in other.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
News, this is somewhat related to Diddy because Mary J.
Blige and Missa Hilton Misa is his ex. They've been
going at it in court right and Mary J. Blige
has officially responded to a five million dollar lawsuit that
was filed by Missa Hilton.
Speaker 3 (16:57):
Now, attorneys for Mary J.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Blige and her company, Beautiful Like Productions have said that
this lawsuit that Mesa Hilton has put on them is
fraudulent because uh, she does not have her I guess
management company in New York, which is where it would be.
And this is all Overvado signing a recording contract with
Beautiful Life Productions.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
MESA, though, is saying that Mary J.
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Blige was withholding his completed album to try to pressure
him to cut ties with MYSA. But the two of
them have been such a good friend, like best of friends.
Speaker 5 (17:30):
That's likes on you.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
I could see that happening.
Speaker 5 (17:34):
No, because like I wanted to know you know my Uh,
I could see that happens like basically a lawsuit in.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
But you know I work in the media. We could
put out all kinds of stuff.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
All right, well that is your Yet when we come back,
we have under the radar. These are the stories that
are flying under the radar, and it's all about Maino.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
When we come back, things you've.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Never heard before, and they're illegals.
Speaker 8 (18:00):
In the news that relates to you. These stories are
flying under the radar.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
Yes, it's way up put it.
Speaker 10 (18:05):
Answer Laye.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
I'm here with my guy, and are you ready for
some of these under the radar stories. I know you're
gonna like this one I have has two new pancake dishes,
and there's this whole Dubai chocolate trend. Do you know
about this Dubai chocolate trend. Well, they have the lux
Dubai Chocolate pancake and that has Madagascar vanilla whipped cream,
(18:29):
a whole Dubai chocolate bar, an edible twenty four carrot,
gold flakes, and gold glitter. How much you think that
costs so much? One hundred dollars you undred dollars?
Speaker 3 (18:41):
Sound yeah? For that order?
Speaker 2 (18:43):
So they give you like a few pancakes, a few pancakes.
So yes, I think that sounds like I was gonna
say reasonable.
Speaker 5 (18:51):
You think so full of if it's real.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
Gold gold flakes, don't I don't know the difference between
real gold and gold flakes.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
If you were on a date, you would be okay
with that.
Speaker 9 (19:03):
I wouldn't be going to a h All.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Right, Well, both stacks are going to be available starting
on Monday, if anybody wants to try that. It's going
to be in New York, Los Angeles, and Austin. And
they're saying this is the most expensive pancake the brand
has ever served. In the first twenty five guests, in
each of the locations, we'll get the chance to try
it for free. Then after that you can order that yourself.
Speaker 3 (19:25):
What do you think I like?
Speaker 5 (19:27):
It used to be one of the favorite places for
my son to go to.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
I have one thing about it I have is it's consistent.
You know what you're getting all right now. First time
home buyer, since we're talking about money, can get one
hundred thousand dollars for a down payment. In Florida, they
have the Home First Time home Buyer Program and so
people in Palm Beach County can. They'll assist you with
down payments for new homes. So Eligibility requirements include not
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owning a home, meeting income limits, purchasing a property within
Palm County, and also presenting a pre approval letter from
a first mortgage lender. This program was to help renters
transition to home ownership and hope fulfill that American.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
Dream of owning a home.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
They've been talking so much about how renting is really
what people are doing right now. People are feeling like
the dream of home ownership is so far out of reach.
So there's a lot of different programs in different places
that can actually assist you.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
We just got to make sure you really look for them.
All right. Well, that is you're under the radar.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
We do have the Way Up mixed at the top
of the hour, and it is also a Wealth Wednesday,
so we have a special guest joining us today, Muhammad
Abdul Hadi.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
He has this book out with the pizza.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
It's a recipe book, but it also details what he's
been through. He's from Philly. Have I made it? I
have not tried the pizza. It's in Philly. We got
to take a trip to down North Pizza. But it's
special because he actually only hires people who were formerly
incarcerated to give them the opportunity to, you know, stop
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with all the obstacles in.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
Life when you get home.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
All right, well, that is your under the radar, and
of course let's get it going.
Speaker 8 (21:06):
It's way up, they say in the rooms, from Industry
Shade to all of gossip out. Angela's feeling that.
Speaker 3 (21:14):
Eye all right, his way up at Angela.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
Yee, I'm here with Maino and let's get into some
of this eyeat. So it looks like Mia Thurton from
Real househo as a Potomac has moved on, you know,
on the show she was married her husband Gordon, but
she wasn't pleased in her marriage, and she was dating
somebody else Radio Personality Inc. From Atlanta, and they actually
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had known each other when they were younger and then
they reconnected. They were also all living in the same building,
so she had strange husband.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
And her boyfriend in the same building.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
But now it looks like she's moved on another new
guy and it's dating Bobby Valentino.
Speaker 5 (21:54):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
Now, she posted a video of the two of them
together looking boot up and said this is definitely might
get prettier and have fun era. So there you have it.
I wonder if he's going to be on the show
with her all right now. Frank Ocean it reportedly has
the threat and talent the creator with legal action. So
apparently there was a situation where, according to sources close,
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they say, there was a season desist from Frank Ocean
over the use of his own vocals. And that's when that,
I guess, really upset Tyler the creator. I'm not sure
if they're ever be cool with each other again, but
they've unfollowed each other on social media, and according to reports,
that's the reason why. I mean, you know, if y'all
want to group together a season desist or maybe imagine
(22:42):
you don't like a song, maybe you don't like your vocals,
but somebody wants to use it, or maybe you have
your own plans of things you want to put out.
I don't know, has anybody ever used your vocals man
or without clearing it?
Speaker 3 (22:52):
And have you ever pat a season desist?
Speaker 5 (22:55):
No? What about just calling them?
Speaker 3 (22:58):
I don't know what happened behind the scenes.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
Maybe he did and maybe he didn't go well, and
then they followed each other all right. Now, Glorilla started
out working at Checkers back in the day, and now
she's got her own Checkers meal.
Speaker 3 (23:09):
Here is the ad for that. Yeah, I rocked the
drive through back in the day. Guess I still do.
Get gloves barbecue jack burger with fries, drink and dessert.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Just four bucks watch me coop only at Checkers and rallies.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
So that is a four dollar meal and it's a
special combo with your choice of a sandwich either at cheese,
double spicy chicken or gloves barbecue buford, seasoned fries.
Speaker 3 (23:32):
A drink, and a cinnamon apple pie. Four dollars. That's great.
Speaker 5 (23:34):
Nice.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
We're also starving in here today. Now here is Glorilla
actually working the Checkers drive through back.
Speaker 3 (23:45):
In the day.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
We'll give me Yeah, it gets your with a bit.
How about you?
Speaker 3 (23:51):
The number food medium A large medium, A large?
Speaker 9 (23:55):
Okay, I love that successful.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Check Us was my jam. Remember the little apple on
eight Checkers? Oh check listen my life. That used to
be my joints.
Speaker 3 (24:06):
All right?
Speaker 2 (24:07):
WNBA fans and people and the team lit up social
media and this happened last night. Somebody in the crowd
threw a sex toy onto the court. Why would someone
do such a thing, You see, it's a neon green nothing, yes,
and so they thought it was dangerous, but then when
they found out what it was, it wasn't so dangerous.
(24:29):
This was during the Golden State Valkyries in Atlanta dream game.
Speaker 5 (24:32):
Body actually bought that in the.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Stadium now here is what Valkyries forward Cecilia Zandalasini had
to say.
Speaker 6 (24:39):
Do you know who it was?
Speaker 5 (24:41):
Yeah?
Speaker 10 (24:42):
One of our players almost got hate with it, So
that's very name.
Speaker 5 (24:44):
Yeah, out up hit what a dill doing the games? Crazy?
Speaker 3 (24:49):
Yeah? But outside no kidding? All right, Well that is
that is your ut. When we come back.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
We have asked Ye, eight hundred and two ninet two
fifty one fifty. Any question you have me and the
award winning advice giving Mayo, who happens to be a
dog in a mutt, He's here to help you.
Speaker 3 (25:05):
That's eight hundred to ninety two fifty one fifty.
Speaker 8 (25:08):
All right, everybody since whether it's relationship for career advice,
Angela's dropping facts, so you.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
Should you should know.
Speaker 2 (25:15):
This is ask gee, what's up? Its way up with Angela? Yee,
I am here with my guy Mano.
Speaker 11 (25:20):
May No.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
I feel you're perking up for this one because we
do have Sinclair on the line for ask Ye.
Speaker 3 (25:26):
Let's go sint Clair, what's your question?
Speaker 10 (25:28):
May and my boyfriend have a situation with a girl
and his actually is making it like it's not cool
with the polly no more. It feels like the man
the girl is more closer than me and him.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
Is that true?
Speaker 10 (25:40):
I mean, I feel like it's equal, and she makes
the joint effort to try to include him and everything,
and I even show her like if you want to
set him out on a date, take him out on
a date.
Speaker 5 (25:48):
I'm not dripping damn. I like this.
Speaker 9 (25:51):
You just might you might have to find a better
God that sounds a little bit more secure and understands
how to give that that love equally and not be
insecure about it.
Speaker 10 (26:00):
When when you're about as the situation, they kind of
say the same thing, like why you so?
Speaker 2 (26:05):
You know, but when you got into this, what was
the agreement? Was it supposed to be equal across the board?
Or was it that the two of you were adding
somebody to the relationship for fun?
Speaker 3 (26:15):
What was the whole idea behind this?
Speaker 10 (26:18):
Well, what's the girl was supposed to be equal? You know,
nobody's supposed to feel left out? Me and him say together,
and she has her own crib.
Speaker 9 (26:26):
Listen, you need any help all times?
Speaker 3 (26:30):
How would you feel if it was the other way?
Speaker 2 (26:32):
If it was the other way around though, would you
have felt a way if you felt like the two
of them are closer?
Speaker 3 (26:36):
Because it seems like he's just feeling left out.
Speaker 10 (26:38):
But here's the thing we try to include and everything.
I wouldn't feel left out if I right?
Speaker 3 (26:47):
Do you want to stay with him or would you?
Or do you feel like this now I'm gonna stay
with her.
Speaker 10 (26:51):
I want to stay with him, but I mean, if
it's going to our relationship, I guess.
Speaker 9 (26:57):
No, I say, listen, give him something a cry, check
this out. I'm looking for a wife, and I'm looking
for a wife anyway, so.
Speaker 3 (27:06):
This is perfect timing, perfect time.
Speaker 2 (27:08):
Would you leave him and continue with the woman and
find someone else?
Speaker 5 (27:12):
Yes? I mean yes, this is why.
Speaker 3 (27:16):
And look and this is why he feels that way.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
If you have to make a choice between him and her,
you're choosing her.
Speaker 5 (27:22):
Judgmental you would maybe he is.
Speaker 3 (27:26):
Right in his assessment, choose her?
Speaker 7 (27:29):
Is that?
Speaker 2 (27:30):
But I mean is that fair to say? Okay, so
he is right and so but you got it? Instead
of trying to act like I think they call it
gas lighting, instead of trying to make him feel like
he's crazy about it, just be like, you know what.
Speaker 9 (27:43):
Like but if he was a real guy, he will
standing up to the occasion and really command the situation.
Speaker 3 (27:49):
So what are you going to do? St? Clair?
Speaker 5 (27:51):
You knows what she's gonna do.
Speaker 9 (27:55):
Already gave you off of the lights miss out.
Speaker 10 (28:02):
There you have it, but I have a doing thank you?
Speaker 5 (28:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (28:07):
All right? Well that was ask yee ma.
Speaker 2 (28:09):
No anyway, when we come back, we got wealth Wednesday,
and we have the founder of down North Pizza, the
author of We the Pizza.
Speaker 3 (28:17):
Mohammad abdou Haati from Philly. He's going to be joining.
Speaker 2 (28:21):
Us talking about opening up his pizza shop and the
initiative mission behind it. That is to make sure that
people who are formally incarcerated have employment. They deserve that
chance just like anybody else.
Speaker 3 (28:32):
It's way up.
Speaker 9 (28:33):
I had a dream of wealthy and I don't mind
sharing my wealth dog.
Speaker 8 (28:37):
Getting you straight financially, mentally and physically. This is Wealth
Wednesday on way up with Angela Yee.
Speaker 2 (28:43):
What's up his way up at Angela Yee. And this
is a very special Wealth Wednesday for us. Today I
got Stacy Tisdale here.
Speaker 7 (28:49):
Happy Wealth Wednesdays, everybody. We are so excited to have
Muhammad Abdulhadi, who is the founder and owner of Down
North Pizza and also the author of We the Pizza
out whe Cafe, a new coffee shop.
Speaker 3 (29:02):
You were a serial n.
Speaker 12 (29:05):
And prior to all of that, you built a career
in real estate. But Down North Pizza is amazing. First
of all, tell everyone what it is so.
Speaker 13 (29:14):
Down North Pizza is a mission based, for profit restaurant
in the heart of Strawberry Mansion, which is a decorated
neighborhood in Philadelphia, and what we do is that we
exclusively hire formally incarcerated individuals and provide them with resources
so that they can navigate society post incarceration. So for me,
it was very important to go into where the problem
is so prevalent and try to help from within.
Speaker 12 (29:37):
You started it during lockdown and you were actually under
house arrest.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
Yes, and before the shop open.
Speaker 13 (29:44):
That's when I actually got my sentence handed down to me,
and I knew that I was going to be on
house rest for a year.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
I had to think, like, how am I going to
do this?
Speaker 13 (29:51):
I had literally six hours a day to be out
the house, but I noticed how my life was impacted
by being a felon now, and I had resources. So
I'm thinking about the people that don't have the resources
when they land in these situations. So that was my
motivation to keep it pushing.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
When you even think about your conviction, because I read
about it and what happened, people would hear that, right,
you had no record of anything before that you were
involved with the wrong people. Sometimes we're not aware we're
doing something that we could get in trouble for, but
people just hear conviction and they don't care what it is.
You're automatically like, ooh, I don't know if we want
to fell in working here or.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
Yeah, all of that. It's hard to even get a
place to live.
Speaker 13 (30:30):
Yeah, And you can have all the money in the
world and they look at you as a felon and
then they're like, well, we don't want them living in
this particular complex or this building. So even myself, I've
seen how my life just changed once the conviction could
hand it down.
Speaker 2 (30:43):
But that's why I love what it is that you're
doing right, because this is also what I find is
that people that have these convictions and these felonies on
their record, they want to be able to work, They
want to be able to be productive members of society.
Speaker 3 (30:55):
They just need a chance.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
Right now, we are talking to the author of the
Pizza and founder of down North, Za Muhammad Abdulhati.
Speaker 12 (31:01):
You were in real estate developing and property management before that,
and you actually own the building that down North is in.
Speaker 13 (31:08):
Yes, prior to down North, I had a real estate
development company and I always sort of value in individuals
who've been formally incarcerated. And my whole development team was
comprised of them. So the full circle moment was building
was actually built by no hands of individuals who've been
justice impacted. So seeing the building from the shell to
the first slice of pizza, it was like a surreal feeling.
Speaker 2 (31:28):
Not only are you doing this mission based business with
Down North Pizza, but the piece is also amazing. And
you guys have gotten tons of awards. No, because it
could be great, good mission pieces nasty, yeah, but that
is not the case here.
Speaker 13 (31:43):
No, And that was that's important that even though, like
I always tell people, you know, even though there's a
different between a supporter and the customer, and when we
opened Down North we had tons of supporters. It was
our job to convert to supporters into customers and you
only can do that through products and services.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
And we knew we had to make a premium product,
all right.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
Kamada abdul Haati is here with us for a wealth Wednesday.
Down North Pizza is his pizza place in Philly that
he founded only hiring people who are formally incarcerated.
Speaker 3 (32:08):
We have more with him when we come back. It's
way up.
Speaker 9 (32:11):
Got a dream of wealthy and I don't mind sharing
my wealth dog.
Speaker 8 (32:15):
Getting you straight financially mentally and physically. This is Wealth
Wednesday on Way Up with Angela Yee.
Speaker 2 (32:21):
What's up his Way Up with Angela Yee. And today
is a Wealth Wednesday. Also, just so you know, we
do have a free in person Wealth Wednesday event. A
coffee uplifts people today and that is all about AI
and some AI training. So make sure y'all come through.
I'll be there, but it's free, so don't get left behind.
And right now we have the author of We the
Pizza and the founder of Down North Pizza, Muhammada ab
(32:42):
Dulahati here with us. Now you just open out West
Cafe and Coffee Shop. Can you tell us about that?
Speaker 13 (32:48):
I felt that a concept about West in twenty twenty
one is to play on words, just like down Nooth Pizza.
It's like you gotta be from Philly to understand.
Speaker 3 (32:56):
Okay, you're from West Philadelphia.
Speaker 13 (32:57):
Yes, I'm West Philadelphia actually a block away from where
the morning.
Speaker 1 (33:03):
Sorry, And I want to do coffee.
Speaker 13 (33:06):
I always love coffee, but I actually wanted to open
up a cafe and I'm like, I'm going to do it.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
I'm going to continue the mission. I know that we
had to open up.
Speaker 13 (33:12):
A spot, so we can provide more opportunities for individuals
who've been justice impacted. So in the midst of it,
I'm the type of person if I'm going to get
into something new, I need to learn as much that
you never should be put in a position where somebody.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
Can tell you something about your business that you.
Speaker 13 (33:25):
Can't confirm it di I And if you don't know
something about it, then you at the mercy of somebody
telling you you need this or this doesn't work because
you had no knowledge about it. So for me, I
wanted to like study coffee like in every you know
form that it was. So I had the opportunity to
study coffee and I think Staten Island or Columbia those
are my two options.
Speaker 3 (33:45):
Which did you pick?
Speaker 1 (33:46):
Columbia?
Speaker 13 (33:52):
Yeah, So I took up the opportunity and they literally
teach you everything about coffee.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
That was the first time I actually knew coffee was
a fruit and I.
Speaker 5 (34:02):
Think a fruit.
Speaker 1 (34:03):
Yes, it's a very So right now, we've been open
for two weeks.
Speaker 3 (34:07):
Oh this is fresh fash Okay.
Speaker 13 (34:10):
It took about two and a half years to build
out the space, equipment, staff and everything.
Speaker 1 (34:15):
So week two weeks in, it's been a heck the experience.
Speaker 13 (34:18):
And we not only sell coffee, we also sell premium
breakfast sandwiches.
Speaker 2 (34:22):
Right now we are talking to the author of We
the Pizza and founder of Down North Pizza, Muhammad Abdulhati.
Speaker 12 (34:28):
You have a foundation, new pizza foundation.
Speaker 3 (34:30):
Tell everybody what that does.
Speaker 13 (34:32):
So when and I opened Down North Pizza maybe a
year or so later, we figured that we're doing a
lot of community based things, and we operate a little
different than traditional foundations.
Speaker 1 (34:42):
So with us, we actually work.
Speaker 13 (34:44):
With community, whether it's the Justice Impact community or the
community within Strawberry Mansion that Down North Pizza resides in,
and we talk with them to see what their needs are,
to go out raise the money, and then we take
the resources back to them.
Speaker 3 (34:57):
That's amazing and that's.
Speaker 1 (34:58):
What we've been doing for the past three years.
Speaker 13 (35:01):
And I was telling you about one of the programs
that we got called Protect Your Crib.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
As we see how gentrification is like.
Speaker 13 (35:06):
Ravaging through our communities, like how can we help And
a lot of people are losing their houses simply because
they're defaulting on like property taxes.
Speaker 1 (35:14):
In Philadelphia County.
Speaker 13 (35:15):
You can actually your house will be going to what's
it called shriff cell auction.
Speaker 3 (35:20):
Off your house just because of these taxes.
Speaker 1 (35:21):
Because of these.
Speaker 13 (35:22):
Taxes, so we like, well, how can we help? And
I'm like, well, how about we just pay their taxes,
get them a fresh clean slate. They're programs that will
give you tax credit. They just don't know about them.
So provide an informative session so that they can learn
about these programs, enroll them in the programs.
Speaker 1 (35:37):
Now you have a zero balance.
Speaker 3 (35:39):
All right, Well, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (35:40):
I cannot wait to come out there and come by
the pizza shop and the cafe. Thank you so much
for coming through for well, thanks for having me. Make
sure y'all pick up his book We the Pizza. Make
sure y'all continue to support Down North Pizza. You can
watch that for interview on my YouTube channel, Way Up
with You and when we come back, you have the
last word.
Speaker 1 (35:57):
Got the ball, get your voice heard with the word.
Speaker 8 (36:02):
He is the last word on Way Up with Angela Yee?
Speaker 3 (36:05):
What's up? Its Way up with Angela yee.
Speaker 5 (36:07):
Okay with my guy.
Speaker 2 (36:10):
What a great time we had today. Shout out again
to Muhammad abdul Hadi. His book We the Pizza. His
cookbook is out right now laying pies and saving lives.
You know, he's got down North Pizza in Philly. When
he was on the show, all these Philly people were
hitting me up, like the pizza's amazing.
Speaker 3 (36:26):
We got to make a trip because we both we
have to go down there just to taste it, just
to get some pizza.
Speaker 2 (36:32):
And he's also got a new cafe open, so we're
going to do a nice coffee collab.
Speaker 3 (36:36):
But again, thank you off for.
Speaker 2 (36:37):
Sharing your secrets and feeling like this is a safe space.
Also for asking ye. Thank you for calling in with
your questions. I felt like Mana was really excited about
today's ask Ye. Also, tonight is a big day for
Wealth Wednesdays, because not only did we have Wealth Wednesday
with Mohammed this morning, but we also are going to
be doing a free AI training for entrepreneurs at my
(36:59):
coffee shop, call thee Uplifts people. It's free, guys, and
you need that AI training. I tell you I've been
on it. That's in Brooklyn at three twenty nine Gates Avenue,
And if you cannot make that, We're also going to
be doing a Wealth Wednesday's Real Estate Club free virtual
masterclass tonight at seven PM, so make sure you do
all of the things, but definitely come out again. It's
free AI training at Coffee uplifts people tonight. I'll be
(37:22):
there and again this is your show, so you have
the last word. Hi.
Speaker 6 (37:27):
My name from and I want to shine a light
on myself. About two years ago, I had a really
bad caught accident and I also thought i'd believing the
love of my life. And I just want to let
everybody know out there that there is a bridal light
at the end. So that's not only shining delight on me,
they've given hope, hopefully to those out there who think
(37:48):
there is no hope. We are strong at just ten
forty years old. Let's get this a life. And Angela,
I love you. I listen to you every day
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