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Speaker 1 (00:03):
What I call her.
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Ye hey, yes, it's way up at Angela. Yee, I'm
yes ma main o mano, Dan stop it. I produced
Dan is in here and he.
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Is just crazy down.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
I have never seen somebody go ham on a banana.
That's what he's doing right now.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Paul.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
It's like it feels disrespectful, like you shouldn't be.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
When did that become outlawed?
Speaker 2 (00:40):
It's not outlawed.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
It is.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Sometimes I'm trying to tell him it's not a popsicle,
it's a banana, all right. So anyway, we do have
a special guest joining us today, Erica Ford. Yeah, and
she has a book, The Piece Doctor's Playbook, three hundred
and sixty five Days to a Stronger, More Power, Power
for you. She's done a lot in the community, you
know her personally, Yeah, she's always working against gun violence
(01:06):
and yes, all of the things. And she does need
to take care of herself though, because I think a
lot of times when it comes to activism, when it
comes to working in the community, you give so much
of yourself. So we'll talk about that. But let's start
the show with some love and some positivity. Let's shine
a light eight hundred two nine to fifty one fifty.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Call us up.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Let us know who you want to shine a light on.
Who do you want to spread some love to. It's
way up.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Turn your lights on, y'all, spreading love to those who
are doing.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Greatness the light on, Shine the light on.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
It's time to shine a light on.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Alrighty, it's way up at Angela. Yeah, I'm here with
my guy Maino. When is Ramadan over?
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Oh man, we just it's be only a weekend.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Yeah, how's it going. I'm gonna do it with you.
That's to today, cap all right, but today we want
to shine a light on. Sizza her albums has officially
tied Michael Jackson's Thriller as the longest running top ten
album by a black artist in Billboard two hundred history.
(02:11):
What an accomplishment during Women's History Month, major for Scissor
to be able to do that. That album is definitely
a No Skip's amazing project. So I want to shout
out to Scissy for that and the fact that she
has music now that is still you know, her song
Luther with where Kendrick Lamar is number one on the
Billboard Hot one hundred for the third week. It's like
(02:31):
no matter what she does, she's just yeah, absolutely all right.
What shout out to you? Sis, so well deserved. Now,
who do you guys want to spread some love to?
Who do you want to shine a light on? Eight
hundred two nine fifty one fifty, Markisha, who do you
want to shine a light on? I'd like to shine
a light on my mom Ry, Okay, Cherry, tell us
about her. She is one of the bravest, nurturing, caring,
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considered women I know.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
And she gives tough love and it's.
Speaker 5 (02:59):
The best love.
Speaker 6 (03:00):
It makes us stronger. So I wanted to shine the
light on her.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
I like soft love, but tough love is necessary. You're right,
it is sometime you're right. Sometimes I just need a hug.
Speaker 5 (03:12):
And she gives a best hug.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Oh, shout out to you, and shout out to your
mama too, Markisha, thank you, thank you for calling you welcome.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
Have a good one.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
All right. Well, that was shine a light eight hundred
ninety fifty one fifty. If you couldn't get through, you
could leave a message. And since we just shined a
light on, Sissy, when we come back and you're yet,
let's talk about another person who is breaking records. This
time it's on Broadway. We'll tell you who it is.
It's way up, it.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Says the rooms from industry shade to all the gossip
out angelas spiling that et.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
And you know, I am all right, it's way up
with a I really be knowing what's going on. Yeah. So,
Denzel his his play Othello on Broadway set four house
records at the Ethel Barrymore Theater, grossing two point six
million dollars in its first week, It topped the Broadway
(04:05):
box office. They said the high demand for Denzel Washington
and Jake Jillenhall's performances has driven those ticket prices up.
It's an average of about three hundred and sixty two
dollars per ticket. So you know, shout out to them.
It was the highest grossing show on Broadway last week,
ahead of Wicked, The Lion, King Hamilton, all of that.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Wicked is still on rowing, yes, and in the movies, yep.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Absolutely, So shout out to him. I know, you know
how many people want to go see Denzel and Jake
jillen Hall, Like anybody would go to that. I feel like,
even if you never go to Broadway, that's a great opportunity.
To see two great actors going, but Denzel, you know,
a whole other level, all right. Lauren Hill and Stevie
Wonder they went to roberta Flex celebration of life music memorial.
(04:53):
It was a public memorial service and of course, you know,
killing Me Softly that is a roberta Flex classic, but
it also began's classic, you know, with Lauren's singing on there.
And Lauren actually got on the mic and said that
she showed up and wasn't asked to even do anything.
Just come. Here's what she said. We weren't slowly.
Speaker 7 (05:15):
Asked to do this because I think they were a
little shye and asking us to attend.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
So we kind of bone mush. That's really classics to
just stand by and not participated its service. Yes, so
her and why Cliff were there and they actually performed
Yes here it is here.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
So with your song.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Yes, that's really a way to take a classic song
and make it your own, you know what I mean.
It's not just their remake, it's like a whole different vibe.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
It was a classic in two errors.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Yep. All right.
Speaker 6 (06:07):
Now.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Michelle Obama has announced that she has a new podcast
she's doing with her brother Craig Craig Robinson. They're launching
it's called I Am Oh in my Opinion. They're going
to give their opinions and candid perspectives to the everyday
question shaping their lives, relationships, and the world around them.
And the repress release. It says, through honesty, humor, and
deep reflection, they uncover the shared experiences that connect us all.
(06:30):
And the podcast will debut on March twelfth. They have
guests like Lisa, ray J, Shaddy, Kicky Palmer and Moore.
They can get anyone, I'm sure, like if Michelle Obama
was like, may no, come get on this podcast. We're there, okay,
just to be clear, all right, well that is your
eut And when we come back, we have about last night.
That's where we discussed what we did last night. May no,
you want me to tell you what you did last No? No, no, okay,
(06:53):
I'll tell you what I did last night. Here's some drake.
This is what we do up here headlines. It's way up.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
So about last night. I went down, all.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Right, it's way up at Angela yea. What did you
do last night?
Speaker 4 (07:12):
Man?
Speaker 1 (07:12):
I was outside a little.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Bit, Okay, what's a little bitout.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Shout out to my brother black Man had some money
handsome from Harlem. It was his birthday. Man. I pulled
up on him and say less.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Less Yeah, yeah, did you order the Angela?
Speaker 1 (07:25):
I didn't. I didn't stay.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
You can't have that as a chicken.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
It's a chicken woman.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Yeah, I'm on the men. Yeah for women's yes, yes, indeed,
Oh that's nice. Yesterday I went to an event at
Miss Lily's.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
I used to go to one on Harlem, I mean
in Houston.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
Yeah, this is the one on Avenue. So VP Records
had an event there and Stinging Shaggy showed up. You know,
they have a new single together. It's called what's it
called Till the Morning?
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (07:58):
I think it. I think that's what it's called. Hold on,
let me let me double. Yes, it's called till the Morning.
It's a dope song. And you know that that it's
such a strange like friendship with Shaggy and Sting, but
they do a lot. They really get along so well together,
like going on tour together and everything. So they're back
at it, and yes, I believe if I'm not mistaken.
(08:19):
I remember they said that Shaggy had Sting in Jamaica
for the first time. That was like his I mean,
that was his first times.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Lilies.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Yeah, they were actually at Miss Lili's well listen, I
want to say. They were passing around some chicken and
planting kebabs as well as veggie kebabs, and it was amazing.
You know, one thing I'm gonna do is eat, you
know what I mean. And they also have the Rise
Up Festival. That's happened that happened I think did that
(08:47):
happen already? Yeah, they had the Rise Up Festival, So
shout out to them for that for being there shown up.
Shaggy always been super cool too, like when you talk
to Shaggy in person. And my friend Kashawn was with me.
Her mom is like the biggest Shaggy. She said, my
mom don't get excited about nothing, but you know, we
were like, do you mind if we FaceTime her mom
(09:07):
and did and her mom was so excited about that.
And then I told Shaggy because he was talking about
maybe he'll write a book one day, which I think
he should, right, I would definitely read a book about
Shaggy because he's been in this business for decades and
decades and still like super relevant today, which is not
an easy thing to do. Yeah, so I was like,
he could write a book. It could be called It
(09:28):
was Me.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
You got the name of it.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Can you imagine? But anyway, thank you to VP Records
for the invite. Shout out to DJ Nori who was there,
also Malaysia DJ Dangles. Of course Miss Pat was there
and she is such an icon to me. Miss Pat
is actually the owner of VP Records.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
VP been around for a long time.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Yeah, some of the biggest artists, like I feel like
all except for like Bob Marley, damn near everything. Yeah,
like almost every huge reggae dance all Soca artists we
signed at VP Records, and they call they call Miss
Pat the Godmother of reggae. So she's the force behind it.
They brought it to Queens. They're based out of there now,
(10:12):
but shout out to all of them, all right, and yeah,
so that's what we got going on. I also today
am doing an event at my coffee shop, so I'm
sure I'll tell you guys about this tomorrow. But shout
out to two girls in a cook shop. They do
the tacos that you we do taco Tuesdays. They get
there around three, but the event is from six to
nine tonight, and we're doing it with Happy Cork, which
(10:34):
is a black woman owned shop where they actually feature
a lot of black and woman owned spirits.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Got it? Are you still going to have those tacos
at around seven?
Speaker 2 (10:44):
I'm gonna ask her to hold them for you if
you're gonna really show up. Okay, all right, well that
is what we did last night. Also, who's joining us today?
We do have a well it's today, Today's not even Wednesday.
What's wrong with me? All right? It's way up, yeah, hey,
way up. Yeah, it's way up with Angela. Yea, I'm
(11:05):
here guy, yeah, mana. What's your drink of choice when
you drink?
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Right now? I'm probably on tequila?
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Okay, all right, I'm not mad at.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
That, you know, it's probably my thing and I go
straight mm hmmm.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
What about mescal? You have a drink mescal?
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Yeah, but it tastes burnt.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
It's smoky, It has a smoky taste to it. All right, now,
I'm just asking because we are going to have shortly
a black woman owned liquor store is called Happy Cork
that's in Brooklyn. But she's going to educate us on
a lot of the different brands that are available, because
I know in the spirits business it is really hard
to find black and it's hard to find women own spirits.
(11:43):
But she's going to give you some great options because
I know a lot of us. You know, we have
our go tos when it comes to drinking. But certain
things break through, right like we think about Uncle Neris
and how that whiskey really broke through and disrupted a space.
But there's a lot of disruptors out there, So I
want to make sure that we're we're of them. I
think a lot of times we order what we're used to,
we don't even know if.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
The quality is. We just follow, Yes, we do.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
So I want to make sure that we educate ourselves
on other brands that are out there and the people
behind the brands. And so nobody better to do that
than Sunshine for us, the owner of Happy Cork, She's
going to be joining us when we come back. It's
way up.
Speaker 5 (12:19):
Hello, ladies.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
When they ask what you bring to the table.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Tell them you brought the table up put angela Ye
celebrating the ladies during Women's History Month.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
What's up? His way up put Angela Yee. I'm here
with my guy Mana, and we've got a special guest,
entrepreneur real estate mogul. I want to say that Sunshine
Foss is here. Thank you for having me. Guys, So
you own a store, but not just the store of
the building, yes, and the store is called Happy Cork, right.
You also wanted to highlight black owned brands in this store,
(12:49):
and I think this is such an important thing because
in the Spirit's business, you see that it's such a
challenge and a struggle to be able to even if
you're not a black owned brand, you know, to stand
down and to survive in that space, but for a
black owned brand, it can be even harder.
Speaker 8 (13:04):
Absolutely, for me, I felt like there was no representation
and so for me, I wanted to make sure that
we could represent that on our shelves and also too
to be able to kind of set us apart from
what was already on the market and no life. All
of these brands that we have on the shelves, there's
so much attention to detail and quality that goes into it.
It's not just us slapping like a label on something
(13:25):
and put it up on the shelf just so it
could sell quick. It really is about like spending time
nurturing these brands and creating like the most amazing products.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
And look at we have Uncle Nerris right here. Now
we all know this is like a billion dollar bran
yep at this point. And we also have Tea Caprim.
Excited about that, So tell us the story of Ta Capri.
Speaker 8 (13:45):
So Ta Capri was created by this amazing black woman.
And again, for you to have a tequila, it has
to be made in Mexico for it to be called tequila.
So you have a gavi, like we have a gave
spirits out of Africa. A lot of people don't even
know Africa has one of the biggest growing markets for
a gave, which is essential for making tequila. But for
it to be called tequila, it has to be made
(14:06):
in Mexico. But one of the first black women to
create a tequila brand out of Mexico, and that in
itself is hard enough, but now has distribution all over
the US.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
That's not easy.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
And then you have a mescal here a Doce.
Speaker 8 (14:21):
You have a mescal here Doce. Mescal again created by
an amazing black woman.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
It's a duo.
Speaker 8 (14:27):
Mescal is one of like the most popular categories, and
we not many black people own a mescal brand, and
that is so it kind of feels like stupid, like
why would we not?
Speaker 2 (14:39):
And I think we get so accustomed to ordering certain
things that we don't even try to venture out and
try other brands, you know what I mean. And so
I just think it's important for us to, you know,
rethink what it is that we're getting to do our
little research because we do have a lot of say
and where our dialas are spent in supporting each other,
because you know, there's a lot of things right now
with the president that we have currently in office that's
(15:01):
trying to make sure that we don't get the support
that we need. And so I just think that what
you're doing is so important and so valuable. And I
know my friend Ingrid has I best wine. My best
Wines is on our show and she actually did that
wine in South Africa. Yes, well, listen, I want to
thank you so much for coming through because tonight you'll
actually be doing co hosting at cup at my coffee shop.
(15:23):
Engratulations again, but I'm just excited for this collaboration. As
Women's History months, I'm sure we got these black women
own brands that are going to be featured at Cup tonight,
as we also do Taco Tuesday. I appreciate you. I'm
excited about tonight. I'm everybody.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Come out, everybody.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
About it. And when we come back, we have your
Yu tea and the Menandez brothers find out what happened
yesterday during this press Conference's way up.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Angelus feeling that yea te Come and get the tea.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
It's way up with Angela.
Speaker 9 (15:53):
Yee.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
I'm here, manos here, No right, let's get into this yet.
I know we've been watching all that's been happening with
the Mendez brothers and the La County dissic Attorney Nathan
Hackman said yesterday he's asking the court to withdraw the
previous DA's motion for resentencing. He said that basically they've
been telling a whole lot of lies. He does not
want them to get out of jail. He said this
(16:15):
at a news conference yesterday. He said the court can
agree with it, the court can disagree with it or
modify it in some respect, but they are prepared to
go forward with the hearing that's going to be happening
March twentieth and twenty first that's what is set for.
You know, they're serving life without the possibility of parole
from murdering their parents, Kitty and Jose Menendez. He said,
the brothers persist in telling these lies for the last
(16:36):
over thirty years about their self defense about they persist
in insisting they did not suborn any perjury or attempt
to suborn perjury. Then they do not meet the standards
for resentencing. They do not meet the standards for rehabilitation.
So he also brings up the fact that it was premeditation.
They drove to San Diego days before the murder, bought
shotguns with the fake ID. On the night of the murders,
(16:57):
they planned an alibi, and they also went to buy
movie ticket and so they said they had the presence
of mind to pick up all the shotgun shells to
try to hide their fingerprints, so on and so forth.
So we'll see what happens. It's not looking promising now,
though I did think, yeah, that they were going to
end up getting out all right now. Wendy Williams was
(17:18):
taken away from her New York assistant living facility by ambulance.
Cops were called in yesterday for a wellness check she
tossed a handwritten note out the window and it said
help Wendy. And so the call came in about eleven
fifteen am. We know she's been diagnosed with dementia and
she tossed that note. So she was taken away by
(17:39):
ambulance and there is a guardianship investigation. We talked about
this yesterday. They're also saying, according to TMZ, that she
did as a psychiatrist's capacity test and that she scored
a ten out of ten on a psych exam. She
was asked ten questions to see if she was alert
and oriented, and she answered every single one of them correctly.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
So hopefully.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
That's what she's arguing. I think that we've seen her
have some struggles. I don't know that what she's gone
through Warrence's guardianship, inside of a place where she can't
speak to anybody, can't access her own funds or do anything.
I think that's the issue all right now. Real Housewives
of Atlanta Portia told Watch What Happens Live on Sunday
(18:23):
that her divorce was about to be finalized before her
ex got detained by Ice, and in addition to that,
she also is now according to the Jasmine Brand filing
emotion to try to get her portion of the home
that her and Simon had together. So we'll see what
happens with that. And that is your Yet, we do
have the way Yup mix at the top of the hour,
plus we have Erica Ford joining us. She is the
(18:44):
author of the Peace Doctor's Playbook, but we also know
her for the amazing work that she's done in the community.
This is a new chapter of her life as she
is trying to find her own peace. Sometimes you do
so much for other people, it's hard for you to
take care of yourself. That's what she's trying to do now.
He wants to pass that information forward. It's way up.
She's like to talk like they Angela g like they
(19:06):
Angela G.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
Man, she's spilling it all.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
This is yet, Well, it's way up at Angela. Yee,
I'm here, Mano's here.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
Right, let's get into some yet and let's talk about
this Steven A Smith versus Lebron James. A lot of
people are weighing in on what they believe is the
real issue here and who's right and who's wrong. Well,
Ryan Clark on the Pivot Podcast has some things to
say about the privilege that Briannie gets that also goes
along with the criticism that he gets. Here's what he said,
(19:38):
brin gotta let Briannie be a man.
Speaker 9 (19:40):
Bronnie James he is more negatively critiqued than any player
who would be picked.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
In that position that does the job the way that
he does it.
Speaker 9 (19:48):
But he's also benefited in nil when he only averaged
four points a game. He has marketing and commercials and
publicity and followings and get paid away from the court
more than mac McCall, who didn't let the g League
in scoring in one of the don't contest three times
because you're Lebron James's son.
Speaker 2 (20:06):
He also says that Lebron running up on Stephen A
does not help the narrative because the narrative was he's
there because of you. Now all of a sudden, we
can't talk about him either. So that was his point.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
I'm Lebron, right, yeah, I'm Lebron. I get it, but
I'm Lebron.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
Like all right, Well, here's what Stephen A. Smith has
to say about his conversation with Lebron. He said, it
wasn't about Bronnie, it was more about Lebron as a dad,
so it.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
Wasn't about Bronnie. It was about him once he said
as a father, that was about him.
Speaker 4 (20:39):
I don't want to have a critical word about Bronnie
James at this stage of his career.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
All right, So you know, we don't know what's really
going to happen, but I know Stephen A. Smith is
going to continue to address this.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
Well, we don't even know exactly what he said.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Well we know what Steven A. Smith is saying that
I guess he's saying. The gist of the conversation was
about Brownie, was about Lebron.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
Stop talking about my son or else.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
Okay, So we'll see what happens, because you know, I
believe he's doing some more press and talking about this
and listen. I don't know, but I understand both sides
of it, because I think Ryan Clark did a good
job of explaining, you'll get the benefits, right, but you
can't be mad with the criticism that comes with those benefits.
(21:28):
It's going to be both.
Speaker 1 (21:29):
I get it, but you more emotionally attached it because it's.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
Your son, Yeah, and that's hard to not be you know.
And Ryan Clark also has a son that is, you know,
wanting to play and obviously they'll never play together. But
you have to balance being a dad but also being
a public sports figure. All right, Drake posted You know,
I grew up non confrontational and always treated this game
as a sport where my pen won gold. But these
(21:53):
days the podium has been hard for all of us
to ignore. I understand that this next chapter may leave
you feeling uneasy, but I hope you see my honest
as clarity not charity. That answers some questions, especially about
the unanswered text you've been sending me. What does that Somebody,
somebody analyze this.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
Decoders.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
Oh, he has to do is just keep doing music
like truthfully, that's it. Just keep doing that. And then lastly,
I want to talk about Donald Trump. Now he is
saying this boycott of Tesla is illegal. You know, Tesla
sales and stocks have dropped, and he said he plans
to buy a Tesla today to support Elon Musk because
of the vehicle maker sales and share price. Things are
(22:37):
going bad. So we said today he's going to be
buying this new Tesla as a show of confidence and support.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
And does he think that's going to drive the stock
back up.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
Well, maybe his followers will go and then do the
same thing. I think that's what he's hoping. There's a
lot of people that blindly do what he does, so
that could help. Right, people bought the Donald Trump crypto
and the sneakers?
Speaker 6 (22:57):
Right?
Speaker 2 (22:57):
Did people buy the sneakers?
Speaker 5 (22:59):
All? Right?
Speaker 2 (22:59):
And addition to that, he also announced a fifty percent
tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum imports after Ontario's electricity
tariffs came in at twenty five percent. This was Donald
Trump's response to that. He also warned of additional tariffs
on Canadian cars starting April second, if there's other trade
barriers that remain, and he declared a national emergency on
(23:20):
electricity and suggested that Canada should join the US to
eliminate terriffs and be more secure. So, in other words,
you want to take over Canada. Canada's also a Canadian car,
you know, there's a lot of.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
Well, I think a Canadian car.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
I think they make a lot of things there, Like
you know in Mexico, a lot of our stuff for
cars is imported from Mexico. The parts, yeah, the parts.
And they do a lot of building there too, So
you know that's part of what it is, is that
they build there as well, and they have factories. All right,
well that is your yet when we come back, ask
Yee with the award winning advice giving may know all right,
eight hundred and nine two fifty one fifty call us
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up any question. Oh and here's the legend herself, Sizzo
with Saturn.
Speaker 3 (24:06):
It's way up night everybody like Sis with its relationship
with career advice.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
Angela's dropping facts.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
You should know this, ISSD what's up his way up
at Angela? Yee, I'm here. My guy Mano's here. He's
your award winning advice giver. He's been through it all.
And we got Mike on the line for ask yee, Hey, Mike,
what's going on you?
Speaker 3 (24:25):
How we doing?
Speaker 2 (24:26):
I'm good? What's your question for me? At may now?
Speaker 6 (24:29):
So ysus go? I think she's the one. We've been
seeing each other for a while. She fills my cups
in all the types of ways. You know, we floated down.
We weren't trying to really sleep with each other yet,
because you know, you don't do that when you're really
into someone, really and when I got to her place
and contact has been about what four weeks her place
was a math.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
Wow, she didn't clean up for you.
Speaker 6 (24:52):
I mean, I don't know if she was anticipating that
it was going to happen after this date. But you
know me, I'm always ready. I'm always prepared to have
my face is spotless.
Speaker 2 (25:00):
M hmm.
Speaker 6 (25:00):
But the sink was dirty. I went to the bathroom.
It just wasn't really I wasn't feeling it was.
Speaker 4 (25:07):
The house dirty or was it like disorganized with like clothes,
because there's a difference.
Speaker 6 (25:11):
Uh, it was disorganized the clothes.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
You know.
Speaker 6 (25:14):
It looked like she was just trying to figure out
what the hell she's trying to wear all week and
just left everywhere, Like I saw the song on the
couch on the arm rack.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
Oh it's not that dirty then, It's just.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
It's a dirty like crust in the bathtub and stains
in the toilet, maybe a poop floating around.
Speaker 6 (25:32):
Nah, man, I would have walked out.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
She's just messy.
Speaker 6 (25:36):
Like if you were to see my place, I'm extremely organized.
Speaker 4 (25:39):
Yeah, but don't be a lame though, bro, because everybody
not like you. You can't just be like you know what.
Speaker 2 (25:44):
It probably flashed through his head, like, is this a
person I could be with when i'm because people who
are really neat and organized it's hard for them to
be with somebody who is messy, right, because there's a balance.
Did you still smash I mean yeah, or on top
of the clothes, to the clothes.
Speaker 4 (26:03):
But nobody's going to be perfect, though, Bro, you could
talk to about it, like, especially if you're planning on
proceeding with the relationship for it to be serious.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
But I don't think it's a deal breakup.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
Has she been to your house not yet see what
she sees? That's shot. Yeah, you definitely should have a conversation.
You should be like, look, this is a little messy.
I don't know if it was like an out of
the ordinary thing for you. I'm just super neat, so
just thought I asked. I don't know. If you have
a housekeeper, just.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
Be the one so ra'h moving together, just be the
one that clean up the house. That's your job.
Speaker 6 (26:37):
I appreciate, y'all. I appreciate y'all. I'm gonna sit on
it and think about it.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
But I think I think he's going back, so it
don't matter. Yeah, I think this is a small thing,
but it is something you got to nip in the
bard right right away, because you don't want it to
turn into a bigger issue. All right, Well, good luck,
all right, Well that was ask you. I know that's
something small to you, a big deal. Yeah, you've had worked.
(27:02):
When I'm not home for a long time and I'm
running around doing stuff, my house gets messy. It bothers me.
But I will tell you if she should know you're
going on a date with somebody and this could potentially happen,
definitely shit clean up.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
She didn't know that they was gonna slide back, all right.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
Yeah, it was four weeks. She probably thought it ain't
nothing happening. I'll wear these old granny panties. All right.
Well that is ask ye eight hundred two nine two
fifty one fifty. If you want to leave a message
and ask a question that way you can. And when
we come back, we have Erica Ford joining us. She
has a new book out, The Peace Doctors Playbook. But
she has also been quite active in the community for
a really long time. This is like her life's work.
(27:38):
But she's had some struggles recently. We'll talk about that
in relation to the book that she has.
Speaker 3 (27:43):
It's way up ladies when they ask what you bring
to the table, tell them you brought the table. Wait
you up with Angela Yee celebrating the ladies doing Women's
History Month.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
What's up? His way up at the Angela Yee. I'm
here with my compadre Maino. I'm in the building and
we have the iconic Erica Ford here with us.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
How you doing today?
Speaker 2 (28:02):
I'm good you.
Speaker 7 (28:03):
I'm glad you're here, peaceful and peaceful.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
And we have the Peace Doctor's Playbook here. As you
guys can see, it's a tool. I think writing is
so important when it comes to things being therapeutic for you,
but also coming up with solutions.
Speaker 7 (28:16):
And the particular of these solutions are exactly what I
used on myself and young people for the last thirty
seven years. And so I put what works in the
playbook and I do plays because I like sports. Right,
you can't win a championship without plays. You need a playbook.
But who's your coach for life? Who's writing your place
for life? Who's writing your kids plays?
Speaker 5 (28:37):
Right?
Speaker 7 (28:37):
You need your playbook. You need a guide to help
you guide through this thing because this world is crazy,
you know, Erica.
Speaker 2 (28:44):
I want to say, like as a person who's been
on the front lines for decades. And then for you,
I know you've said, oh, you're taking a step back
from life camp and things that you said, but that's
still your baby always. Yes, I know that's hard for you,
but we also don't realize that's all that that takes
on a person personally, because I think a lot of
times you look to people who are leaders in that
(29:05):
space and we have a lot of expectations. It's like,
come on, Erica, we need you to get out here
and do this. We needed to organize, but that's not
always easy for a person like yourself.
Speaker 7 (29:15):
I just want to remind you of what I physically
looked like last year. Last year was one hundred pounds wet.
I was almost dead. It took a toll because for
people like Mano. I'm the voice for people like Mano,
and not Mano as the celebrity, but Mano before he
became the celebrity. Right the people who have no voice,
that are incarcerated, that the police are beating up in
(29:37):
the streets, that are getting kicked out of school. I've
been the advocate for those folks for years.
Speaker 2 (29:43):
Right now, Mano and I are talking to Erica for
the author of The Peace Doctor's Playbook, but you also
know her as the founder of Life Camp my programs.
Speaker 7 (29:51):
I started with brothers in jail. I started with Tupac, right,
and our goal was to work with those young people
that nobody else wanted to work, right, And those brothers
were caught in a system in the street. They had
lawyers that they were paying, they had accountants.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
And that was a business. I was that working with Tubac.
Speaker 7 (30:06):
It was amazing because Tupac is a visionary, right, and
he's got heart, and he's loyal, and you know, I
think that if a system wasn't intentionally designed to destroy him,
he would, you know, have made even greater impact. But
he's he's lit fire in a lot of people who
are doing great things today. And so just like Nipsey,
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his the marathon continues, right. But Tupac had a vision
and that vision is now throughout the United States, right
because the New York City Crisis Management system. Although a
lot of people say that they started it, you know,
it's something that started in my living room, the concept
of it, right, the writing of it, and now we
are able to pay a lot of men and women
(30:49):
who come home from jail to work in the communities
that they hustled in that they helped destroy.
Speaker 2 (30:54):
And then we also are.
Speaker 7 (30:55):
There to co produce public safety with the police. Like,
you can't criminalize your way out of this, you can't
lock your way out of this. We can't lock up
young people because they don't have access to wells, because
they don't have access to the resource and the knowledge
that they need to get out of this intentional trap.
Speaker 2 (31:12):
Erica Ford is here with us and we have more
with her when we come back. It's way up, ladies.
Speaker 3 (31:17):
When they ask what you bring to the table, tell
them you brought the table way up with Angela Yee
celebrating the ladies during Women's History Month.
Speaker 2 (31:25):
What's up is way up with Angela Yee and we
are here with activist, author, founder of Life Camp Erica Ford.
How do you work within the system that we have now?
Speaker 7 (31:34):
It's hard and that's why I got these gray hairs.
That's why I almost instead you working in the system
and then you lose faith. Our work years to co
produce public safety with the police. Most people don't want
to work with the police, right, you know, and so
but I'm like, we gotta work with them because they
in our neighborhood. So if a young kids get arrested
(31:54):
or something's going left, how do you negotiate out of it?
Speaker 2 (31:57):
If you don't have a relationship with the police, or
you have a contentious relationship, right then f you.
Speaker 7 (32:03):
And it took years to build that relationship. So for
them to just run in my office like you know,
they running in the crack spot too, that was. That
was was Now like I haven't spoke to nobody. I
haven't spoke to nobody, And that tells you. Now nobody
in NYPD has reached out. And let me put it
this way, the authority in NYPD, right because I could
(32:23):
talk to local cops and stuff like that, but the
authority in NYPD has not reached out and talked to me.
Speaker 2 (32:30):
So listen, and that's really discouraged. Like you said, it
is discouraged. And you spent so much time, really like
over thirty years building that bridge and that relationship to
be yes, yes, yeah, So now what now we go.
Speaker 7 (32:44):
To the peace stop to playbooks.
Speaker 1 (32:46):
Yeah, we opened it up, and it.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
Is just because the river is quiet doesn't mean the
crocodiles are gone. Stay focused see things for what they
truly are not what your emotions paint them to be.
Love life and live by the three hours, respect for yourself,
respect for others, and responsibility for your actions. Life challenges
don't disappear just because things seem calm.
Speaker 7 (33:05):
That police situation is a good example of that, but
also in many ways right because the reality of it
is is we're caught in a trap, and so things
might look calm, but stay focused and plan your life well.
Speaker 2 (33:20):
Listen, I want to make sure everybody knows that Erica
Ford is going to be at Barnes and Noble. Your
book will be there in the window. You have activations
March eighteenth through March twenty sixth, and this is the
main Barnes and Noble on Fifth Avenue, right by the
New York Public Library.
Speaker 7 (33:33):
Correct, I'm on Fifth Avenue. We couldn't even shop on
Fifth Avenue. Back here, like, go to Erica Ford dot
org and show.
Speaker 2 (33:44):
Up and show out the peace Doctors played book three
hundred and sixty five Days to a stronger, more powerful you,
and nobody better to get that from than Erica Ford.
Speaker 7 (33:52):
Thank you, thank you, thank you both.
Speaker 2 (33:53):
You can watch that food interview with EM's on my
YouTube channel. Way up with you. And when we come back,
you guys have the last people pick up the phone.
Speaker 5 (34:03):
To get your voice heard. What the word he is?
Speaker 2 (34:06):
The last word? On Way Up with Angela, Ye, what's up?
His way up at Angela? Yee, I'm here, My guy
Mano is here.
Speaker 5 (34:12):
I know that's right.
Speaker 2 (34:13):
And let me tell you something today. I am gonna
be at Coffee uplifts people, my coffee shop in Brooklyn
Taco Tuesday, Taco Tuesdays. Yes, indeed you're pulling up. Yes,
because after Ramadan, after the sun goes down, because it's Ramadan,
you can come and have your fish tacos. And thank
you again the Happy Cork, thank you the Sunshine for
joining us. We're going to be featuring four black woman
(34:37):
owned spirits brands, so they'll be with us tonight a
cup as well. Also shout out to Erica Ford for
joining us. Make sure you get her book, The Peace
Doctors Playbook. Watch that full interview on my YouTube channel,
Way Up with Ye Mano on your best behavior? How
you feeling?
Speaker 1 (34:51):
I'm great, you feel good, I'm good?
Speaker 2 (34:52):
You hungry?
Speaker 1 (34:53):
Yet good? I am hungry.
Speaker 2 (34:54):
I know you only got a few more hours, all
right though, I got this. We outside not a problem,
all right, this is your show, so you have the
last word.
Speaker 5 (35:03):
Hey, Angela, Yeah, I want to shout a light on you.
I love the show. I especially love the secrets part
of the show. I just want to say maybe if
also they could add what's sign they are and then
we do like at the end of the week where
we do a survey to see the different sciences doing
like all the crazier things, and we could like basically
show who outshined in the secrets. Thank you, Angela.
Speaker 1 (35:25):
I love you.
Speaker 5 (35:26):
Hey, this Tiffany, and I just want to change the
light out on my daughter pretty Leah doing her thing
right now, and I just wanted.
Speaker 6 (35:33):
To let her know that I love her.
Speaker 9 (35:34):
She's going to the topic you almost death.
Speaker 1 (35:37):
It's time.
Speaker 3 (35:39):
I'm about the trip you tamped in and way up
with Angela.
Speaker 2 (35:43):
Ye, I want to now have