December 2, 2025 • 43 mins
Royal Ramey’s Mission: Second Chances, New Careers & the Power of “Firebreak” + More
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Yeah, ye, but you're all being waiting for.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
You tapped in the way up with Angela, Ye, all right,
way up with Angela yee. And because he is here
with me today, so we both did not stay up
all night watching this diddy docu series, The Reckoning Sean
Colmbs The Reckoning.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
But we are into episode one.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Yeah, we're doing like a nice little morning.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Pain versus love. Gosh, it's what it's called.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
You know.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
This is interesting to see because there's definitely footage right
before did he went to jail?
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Yeah, like he knew days before.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Yeah, yeah, oh gosh. Man. First, I'm I'm I'm shocked
at how fifty even got this footage.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
First off, well, I think they were filming it already
for something else, and so I guess the producers had
access to the footage.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
And then fifty got.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
On board and he was already saying he was working
on something. But it's very well done so far, I
will say.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Yeah, it definitely is definitely intriguing. It definitely looks very dark,
like it's just dark man, like just all the way
he grew up. It's just this.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Yeahs is all on the first the first one so far,
and he actually like was a childhood friend who helped
start Bad Boy and everything. So these are like real
firsthand as close as you can get. All right, Well,
today we have a special guest joining us, Chief Royal Ramy.
He's the co founder and chief executive officer of the
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Forestry and Fire Recruitment program that helps individuals who are
formerly incarcerated and worked in fire camps overcome barriers that
prevent them from entering that professional field of firefighting. Nic
He was in that position himself, so he wants to
make sure that when people come home they're able to
get that that work.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
You're doing the Lord's work right there. Man, that's a
beautiful thing to be doing, for sure.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Shot, Yeah, I love it. So let's get the show
started with some more positivity.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Let's shine up.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Eight hundred nine fifty one fifty call us up. Let
us know who you want to shine a light on?
Its way.
Speaker 5 (02:02):
Turn your lights on, y'all, spreading love to those who
are doing greatness.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
Shina light, shine light on. It's time to shine a
light on.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Them all right his way up at the angela Ye
Becazem is here with me today.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, what's up?
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Ready to shine the lights light right, I want to
shine a light on John Iima. Now, he grew up
in a Nigerian household.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Okay, shout out to the green white grant.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
So his parents wanted him to be a lawyer or
a doctor. No surprise that they weren't even thinking about tech.
But early on, when he was seven, he took a
part his first computer and put it back together in
it work.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
No surprise there either.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
His parents were like, well, there's something there. He became
a self taught coder. Before he was sixteen, he launched
two companies and sold them Wow, yeah, what's going on
in your household exactly?
Speaker 1 (02:50):
And then he launched spree Ai.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
It's a retail tech company that offers a photorealistic try
on technology power by Ai. So imagine that you can
upload this and and there's it's ninety nine percent accurate
in predicting whether or not a piece will fit snug
or loose. So it has a sizing tool on the platform,
so now you can buy things and realistically.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
See what it's going to look like on you.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Now, spree ai raised nearly sixty million dollars in funds
by last year, and now it's valued at one point
five billion dollars God, So we got a shout out
to him and to Afrotech for bringing us this story
as well.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
So Sean, I am a we shine a light on you.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Shout out to all the Nigerian parents. Are going to
show them this article is like a billion dollars company
is sixty years old.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Yeah, Milly, who do you want to shine a light on?
Speaker 6 (03:39):
I want to shine a light on my silf and
I want to shine a light on everybody that that
woke up this morning and going outside and doing that thing.
And you feel me not keeping themself now absolutely keeping
themself up. My brand is is rapped out. Brother, it's
all c k. You keep all character, keeps us true.
It's all about keeping confident to your cliff and keeping
your head up.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
What's an the brand again?
Speaker 7 (04:01):
Wrap?
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Okay? Rock out brand? Okay, I love it. Rock out
with your never mind.
Speaker 8 (04:08):
You know how it is you already how it's supposed
to go?
Speaker 4 (04:13):
All right?
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Well, Jay Millie, thank you and congress you. Shout out
to you.
Speaker 6 (04:16):
If mom, make sure everybody follow me at s Instagram please.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
All right, we'll do all right.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Well, that would shine a light eight hundred and two
nine two fifty one fifty. If you couldn't get thrilled,
you can leave a message and shine a light that way.
For last word, when we come back, let's get into
your et. Malagrol Grahams Versus Meghan the Stallion. Looks like
Malagro Grahams was found liable in this defamation case, and
I will tell you what that resulted in. Are you surprised, because.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
I'm not surprised at all. But it's going to be
very interesting to see how the how unfolds with the
rest of the media world and how they talk about people.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Okay, interesting, all right, well that's coming up next.
Speaker 5 (04:53):
Its way up, they say in the rooms from industry
shade to all the gossip out speeling.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
That eat all right, his way up with Angela Ye
Kazem is here. And have you been following this the
Malagro Grams Versus Megan the Stallion case in court?
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Yes, I have?
Speaker 2 (05:11):
All right, Well, Megan the Stallion won her defamation case
against Malagro Grahams, Cooper and TMZ hip Hop caught up
with Meghan. She just said, I'm just happy as the
verdict and the whole legal ordeal is over now. They
awarded Meghan's seventy five thousand dollars in damages that was
fifteen thousand for defamation, eight thousand for emotional distress, fifty
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thousand for a deep fake porn that was posted online
in two thousand for punitive damages and emotional distress. But
she's also liable for Megan's legal fees, so it could
be a lot more than this as well.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Yeah, seems like you look at the damage of the
seventy five thousand, does really seem like a lot. I
do think it seems like it has more to do
with the deep fake. I think that's the one thing
that pops out of my mind right Like I felt
like for a long time, the more ais prevalent, the
more deep fakes and who is what in the face
and especially being presented as news is a story, there
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has to be some sort of laws to protect yourself.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
And there's so much like deep fake and AI stuff happening,
even like these videos you see of Diddy right.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
Now, I was just about to say that, I'm like
TMZ is openly saying this is fake? Why post it?
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Why confuse and people?
Speaker 2 (06:21):
I see videos and all kinds of things, and that
seventy five thousand was also reduced to fifty nine thousand
dollars as well. So you know, I'm not sure what's
going to end up being the final outcome. Outcome, but
Megan the Stallion's legal team is saying that Milagros team
is issuing a false statement about the trial outcome. They said,
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the court has not issued a final judgment regarding the
defamation count and the judge still has to make a
final ruling and determine the entire financial amount that will
be required because Megan thee Stallion was actually trying to
get millions from her, and nobody's saying that can't happen.
Now here's what Malagro had to say as she was
live online.
Speaker 9 (07:01):
My s I heard you, luit, I heard you block too.
So anyway, I appreciate you guys, I love you guys,
and I can't wait for us to get back to it.
One chapter clothes, another one opens. Don't let certain things
be the end of your world.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
That's right, And you know, Megan the Stallion said that
she had to go through extensive therapy worth up to
two hundred and forty thousand dollars after all this, deep
fake videos were promoted online, you know, from her and
so the other thing they proved in this case was
that this was also coordinated by Tory Lanez and that
caused emotional distress to her. So I'm wondering how that's
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going to play out when it comes to him.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Well, I think one thing, especially people in the media
needs to realize and when you don't know folks that
go through proper journalism school or proper ethics, is that
like the reason why you have to stand so much
on the truth, especially if you're a big media entity,
is because of things like this, like companies can get sued,
companies can be found liable for you know, pressing false
from now when you are a solo media entity where
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you're a blogger of blogger or anything like that. Like,
I guess the rules are are a little bit more
muddled than they feel, like, Oh, this isn't real media.
I guess this lawsuit is kind of proven. No you are.
You are going to be treated.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Presented yourself as journalistic and putting out true things.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (08:19):
Yeah, So young media people should be very aware of
this case because it could.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Be all right, when we come back, we have about
last night where we discussed what we did last night.
I was getting some exclusives last night, exclusives doing lift service.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Okay, all right.
Speaker 5 (08:37):
About last night I went down okay to us playing
some variety scientists.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Yeah, is it a crime cast?
Speaker 3 (08:46):
You like Maria? You put me on?
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Actually I liked it for a long time.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
You did like I should be doing power sessions. I
just want to say, that's happening on the thirteenth. So
it's so that, but you could still win tickets.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
You got to Yeah, I'll pull up.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Now, what did you do last night?
Speaker 3 (09:06):
I was chilling, man, I was home watching as much basketball,
football and wrestled as I possibly could.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
I realize how much teller you are than Kevin Hart.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Heard is not that tall.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
He's like the disparity. Yeah, you mellow and Kevin Hart
was crazy.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
Hey man, I'm gonna talk. I think people see me
sitting down a lot, so they don't realize how tall
I am. So yeah, like, you know, I can hold
my own.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
You know that. You guys had a good time.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
It was really good. We also have Bill Bellamy on
yesterday as well. That that came on. I know, Bill,
it's fantastic. That Kevin Hart interview was amazing. I thought
it was basically like a stand up special. At one point,
like he was just telling jokes and he was laughing.
It was a great time. He was an amazing guest
for sure.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
Well, last night I was working.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
I was film and lift service, And so we're gonna
have some exclusives for you today. Monique Samuel's came on
heard about that, and she has returned to Real Housewives E.
Potomac this season, and so there's a lot of talk.
You know, she's going through divorce, something that she never
thought that she would do, because when we first saw
her on there and we saw her in love in
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marriage DC, she gave up this illusion of being happily
married because that's what she wanted to believe and what
she wanted people to believe.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Things have gone left.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
There was some video that leaked of her and her
former radio co host Jason Weims together, you know, kisses.
They looked very tight together. And so she's gonna explain
for the first time where that video actually came from,
who put that video out, okay, and how we're seeing
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this now. The voice is always so ugly, man, Listen,
I've never heard anybody say, you know, I know one
person who had a smooth divorce, and that's it, Okay,
one person. Everybody else is like, I'm watching Candy and
Todd go through it, you know.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
Just and even not one divorce, I was probably smooth.
It's probably smooth to y'all. They were probably just as
as solid as people and didn't make sure that anything
leaked out or anything like that.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
But now it's like a friend of mine, she's the
only person I know who it was pretty amicable. We
were somewhere she was like, I got to get on
zoom to finish this divorce. Wow, And they really like
did the whole thing on zoom and everything was smooth. Anyway, Yeah,
I want let's talk about divorce, yea, you know, since
we're having this conversation about it, if anybody listening has
(11:26):
either And I just watched that movie The Roses. I
don't know if anybody saw that, but you remember War
of the Roses. Well there's another one now called The Roses,
and it's all about like getting a divorce and anyway,
you know the story.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
But I want to hear your.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Guys' stories about divorce and what that has been like,
if it's your parents or somebody and your family or you,
how did you maintain and what was that like? Because
I know there are some horror stories, very few good ones. Yeah,
eight hundred two nine two fifty one fifty call us up.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
You're happily married.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
I'm good.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
I'm gad. Yeah, we're good.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
No, No, I just like to hear the stories. I
don't want it.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
Is eight fifty one fifty.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
We're talking about divorce and what has your experience been
with that?
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Eight hundred and two ninety two fifty one fifty. Its
way up more now, Yeah, it's way up at Angela yee.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
I'm here with Kazem and we are talking about divorce,
and you know, this all comes to Monique Samuel. She
was on lip service, went through is going through really
tough times with Chris Samuel's her ex. I'm also looking
at Daddy Yankee. I mean he's going through it. He's
having to reply about his former wife allegedly diverting millions
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and royalties.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
Like everybody goes through it.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
So we want to know about your experience with divorce.
You know, not ucas because you're having you married. I
got to always put that good energy out there of that.
But yeah, yeah, what's your experience with divorce, So.
Speaker 10 (12:49):
My experience is a little bit unique. I got married
when I was twenty and got divorce when I was
twenty seven. I was still in love with my husband,
but my divorce was smooth. But my parents were getting
divorced at the exact same time, and my parents didn't
know I was married. So I yes, my mom ended
up finding out years later because she found my divorced people.
(13:11):
Oh no, but till this day, my dad doesn't know
that I was that I'm married and divorced.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
But yeah, how are you guys now? I mean you
two and your ex husband?
Speaker 1 (13:26):
I mean yeah, he said still Tip on Instagram.
Speaker 10 (13:32):
He is in a happy relationship, he has kids, and
that's about it as far as communication. He'll like congratulate
me on obvious success that I've been having in my career.
I still have that trouble. I want to tell my dad.
I've just never been able to find that moment to
have that real conversation with him about it.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
The longer you wait, the harder it is going to be. Dang,
you waited all this time exactly.
Speaker 10 (13:55):
Yeah, when I go visit him, I'm probably gonna go
tell him. I'd rather have the conversation faced.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
Y'all just had a whole Thanksgiving weekend. Also still didn't
come up, none of us ever.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
My father doesn't live in United Faith, said you have
to start it off with my dad. You know, I
never wanted you to be disappointed in me. Yeah, and
then he'd be like.
Speaker 10 (14:17):
Yeah, we have the attentions weren't there to do it correctly,
and unfortunately we did try to work on our marriage,
but it just didn't work out.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
Thanks for con I cannot wait to see how this
turns out.
Speaker 10 (14:28):
Thank you have a good one.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
You too, Hey, Pete, how you doing so? May and
Kas want to know how was your divorce all about it?
Speaker 6 (14:37):
My divorce was incredible. We got married at eighteen, we
got into our thirties, and theyally didn't like each other anymore.
You fell in love with our supervisors. Oh oh, our
worked daytime, she worked nighttime. And somebody came and told
me or whatever came and told me, and I just
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told the straight out. Look, you know, there was no
kids for the time. We'll go ahead and do this
the right way, and you guys could be together and
they're together now. I mean it's fun. That was my
my third grade sweetheart.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
So oh wow, were you hurt though? Were you at
least were you hurt or hurt?
Speaker 6 (15:17):
But because I knew her from her pigtail stage and
I wanted to make sure that she was happy.
Speaker 9 (15:23):
That's all.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Wow generous. And so is this still your supervisor?
Speaker 5 (15:27):
No?
Speaker 6 (15:28):
No, no no, they they put them somewhere.
Speaker 11 (15:30):
So how's my wife supervising her?
Speaker 6 (15:37):
But it's not, But I was. I was just trying
to explain that, Like I said, it doesn't have to
be that bad. If you have a clear understanding of
what things are going to go on, it works out tremendously.
We would be the voice training together, like good Di
voice training. Yeah. Yeah, we we were going through the
(15:59):
church for uh huh, and that was a requirement for
my family. And I mean we were eating lunch after
we got finished.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
I mean, you are your model training. But was the thing.
Props to you.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Thanks for sharing that with us. That's I'd like to
hear a good story. All right, Well, thank you for calling.
Speaker 6 (16:23):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
He's a really nice guy, I mean better than most.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
All right, hope.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Well you know what, since we talked about Monique Samuels
and I told you I have this exclusive of her
explaining this clip that went viral of her and her
ex radio host romantically. It looks like they were on
a romantic outing caught out there. Yeah, we're going to
actually have that for you when we come back, So
make sure y'all go look that up. If you haven't
seen it, if you've been watching Real Housewives e Potomac,
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you're going to want to tune into this.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
It's way up because she came with receipts. It's time
to spill that, ye Tam.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Yeah, it's way up with Angela Yee Kauzem is here
with me today. So Kaz, I've been trying to fill
you in on Real Housewives of Potomac CU. Yeah, no problem,
And we have an interview dropping today with Monique Samuels.
She's back on Real Housewives and Potomac. She also has
a book that's coming out on January fourth. It's kind
of like a love letters that she wrote to herself
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along with her memoir. And one thing that we got
the scoop from her about was this video that was
circulating recently. She used to do radio, the morning show
on WPGC and DC in the DMV area, and there
were some pictures and videos of her and her ex
co host Jason Weims, and they looked like they were
(17:40):
very comfortable with each other. Well, here's what she had
to say about where those videos came from.
Speaker 12 (17:45):
When I was going through the divorce, I was separated
but still living in the same house. Jason and I
were like great friends. He was giving me this advice
and I started to learn some things about what he
was going through. So we connected on that level, him
being separated, living in the same house, and it was
a friendship that was genuinely a friendship that turned very
emotionally connected and then it turned romantic. And the reason
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this video is out there right now is because my
ex husband actually leaked it.
Speaker 9 (18:12):
He actually got it from a former friend of.
Speaker 12 (18:14):
Mine, and he used it as an intimidation tactic because
he did not want me back on reality TV.
Speaker 9 (18:19):
He's afraid of my book coming out.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
She was very matter of fact and straightforward about everything.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Yeah, she definitely employed to be rabid defense or he
just kind of just got to own whatever's about to
come out, so it doesn't have the same sort of effect.
But I will say this, I do subscribe to the
to the Don't Poop where you eat nothing, don't you know?
That's it for my co host, Like he's the word together.
Like that's always a little touchy regardless, but you know,
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and so what she's saying is the truth. Thing yet,
like I guess that's the one thing you have to
do is own it and get in front of it
before she's against it.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
Yeah, Like what she was explaining was because the other
thing was that he's married.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
You know, he was married at the time. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Oh, and she talks about that too in the interview,
So you have to hear the totality of what she's saying.
But basically, but the thing is, like she said, they
were both going through a similar situation with their marriages,
and so sometimes you could be in a marriage and
feel more alone than if you were single. And I
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think there's nothing worse in being with a significant other
and being lonely while you're with somebody.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
Yeah, it's dark, it's tough, all right.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
Another thing that she talked about being back on the
show is Wendy and Eddie. You know, they have these
for charges. They were arrested and booked on for charges.
And here is what her thoughts are on all of that.
Speaker 9 (19:45):
Something about it just seems really off.
Speaker 12 (19:47):
And I'm always a little hesitant to make any type
of judgments when you have a predominantly like black family
living in a predominantly like white neighborhood, because it just
feels like, I'm like, there's something that's miss see here.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
And I felt it when she was saying we didn't
like have fake credit cards.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
We just gave different names and we.
Speaker 12 (20:06):
Still haven't heard what their sided, And like, why is
the state or whoever is behind this investigation?
Speaker 9 (20:11):
Why are y'all feeding all of this too?
Speaker 1 (20:15):
So it's all going to play out?
Speaker 3 (20:17):
Gosh. I feel like every season I don't even follow
Real House as much as the average person does. I
feel like every season someone having some legal issues, some
jail issues like this always you know, it's part of
the cycle.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
And we had some issues for some stolen furniture coming
off the plane drama.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
You gotta really catch up sports all day. But this
is kind of similar.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
That's the same, might be a little messier, might be
a little messier. Cleared all the bucks mentioned on his
Instagram today and everybody's like, Oh, what's gonna happen traumas?
Speaker 1 (20:50):
What does that mean?
Speaker 3 (20:52):
Will you clear anything?
Speaker 13 (20:53):
Like that.
Speaker 8 (20:54):
That's basically a pressure, like we broke up, we might
need to start seeing other people.
Speaker 3 (20:59):
So trading traders, free agent guys be on the lookout.
Many might be on the move.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
All right, Well, when we come back, we have under
the radar. These are the stories that are not in
the headlines. They're flying under the radar, but you need
to know about them.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
If you didn't get your real ID, get prepared to
pay to travel, it's way.
Speaker 5 (21:15):
Up newssition in the news that relates to you. These
stories are flying under the radar.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
Yeah, it's way up at Angela. Yee, I'm here with Caz.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Let's go under the radar with some of these stories. Now,
one of them I thought was interesting for you who
will not get your real idea. Y'all have been getting
warnings for years at this point.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Yeah, I'm one of those guys.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
I mean literally years.
Speaker 3 (21:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
Yeah, they've been telling you guys, this is coming.
Speaker 3 (21:42):
Seeing every commercial for it. I'm still like, oh, I
got a passport right.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
Well.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
The TSA is now saying that they're going to start
charging air travelers forty five dollars starting February first if
your ID does not meet these stricter federal standards because
they want you to finally get this real ID for
what though They started enforcing this in May of twenty
twenty five. So these are just enhanced screening for passengers.
(22:08):
And if you what's the problem cast don't you have
to get an ID?
Speaker 3 (22:13):
Of course when I go and get my driver's license,
you know, reregistered, Yes, I will get a real idea.
But I gotta know what is the benefit for me?
Is it gonna make the line quicker? Do I? Do
I get through? Like I have to take off my
sholders anymore?
Speaker 2 (22:25):
We have to pay forty five dollars every time you travel.
You have to get in a separate line.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
You know, it's like easy pass Like I remember crossing
the bridge was like free.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
And now I'm just going to let you know that
currently about ninety four percent of travelers at airport at
airports have these IDs, so you are.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
In the minority. Good ID.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
Do you know how long it's been since they've done this,
And starting in two thousand and five is when they've
been saying, come on, twenty years later, it's time to get.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
Me out of those that long of knowse that long
I thought it was like the last like maybe like
four years, twenty years bad.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Now I thought this story was crazy. A woman is
suing she wants to get in on her sister's twenty
eight million dollar inheritance. Carmen Thomas took a twenty three
and me test a DNA test in twenty twenty three
in February, and learned that she had two biological sisters.
Their father died in twenty eighteen from an undiagnosed aortic aneurysm,
(23:20):
and now the family did sue the hospital because they
didn't diagnose him in a timely fashion that caused him
precious hours that led to his death. Well, this woman,
Carmen Thomas, found out about the settlement and then suit
her half sisters.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
She wanted to get a payout. So imagine you.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
Just find out that you have this long lost sister.
She's twenty eight years old, and now they want to
get a piece of this inheritances.
Speaker 3 (23:46):
Just like this. I forgot the name of the movie,
but it was like the person who had the inheritance
thought it was all theirs, and then was dads mister
beads right, Adam Sandler basically mister beads right, like Adam
sand the clubs ins like, oh yeah, like I'm actually
the inheritance for all this time.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
Well I think it's interesting. Do you think she deserves
to get some of that inheritance?
Speaker 3 (24:08):
The law's the law, man, Like if you got kids
and you're supposed to split it with your you know,
your next of ken and you are next of ken.
Speaker 8 (24:15):
Yeah, you gotta get broke off something. It's crazy, but
you know that's why you gotta know where your kids
is at.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
All right, Well that is you're under the radar. And
now don't forget. Royal Raimi is going to be joining
us today. He's the co founder and CEO of the
Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program that helps individuals who are
formally incarcerated and worked in fire camps overcome barriers that
prevent them from entering that professional field once they're released.
So we'll talk to him, and of course we got
the way it mixed for you at the top of
(24:41):
the hour.
Speaker 10 (24:42):
But just like the like they ANGELI Jan like they
Angela jee man.
Speaker 4 (24:47):
She's spilling it all. This is ye te way.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
All right, it's way up with Angela Yee. I'm here,
my god, couzem is here, oh man. So we've been
watching this Sean Diddy, well Sewn Holmes and reckoning to
Netflix four part series. As we all know, fifty cent
is one is the executive.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Producer for this.
Speaker 2 (25:07):
It's a well done docuseries from what we've seen. It
just came out midnight, so we've seen about half of these.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
As far as this series.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Now, some of the things that we've seen is they
do have some exclusive footage of the six days before
did he had to turn himself in, And there's footage
of him in the hotel. He's on the phone with
his lawyers and here's what he's telling his lawyers about
his image.
Speaker 4 (25:33):
You've handled this and it was complete honored.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
I don't think it's working well losing.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
Side of the big picture. Man, this is still lowendite.
Speaker 14 (25:40):
We have to find somebody that'll work with us, that
has dealt in the dirtiest of business of media in
propaganda Antiqular.
Speaker 1 (25:47):
Eight nuclear bombs straight to the head.
Speaker 3 (25:50):
So I'm gonna get off the phone right now and
I am going to let you professionals look at the
situation and come back to me with a solution.
Speaker 4 (25:58):
And y'all are not working together right We're.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
Losing, yo. The Reckoning is such an appropriately titled.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
For a lot of people.
Speaker 3 (26:09):
It feels like and we're watching all these clips are
you're seeing like so many familiar faces, Like if you've
been just anywhere within the music industry in the past
ten fifteen years, you recognize all these people, you know, all.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
These kind of Barrows is in it.
Speaker 2 (26:22):
Yes, and he helped start bad Boy Records, you know,
old footage with Andre Harrel and how did he got started?
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Heavy D Capricorn Capricorn Clark is in it.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
Another person is Joy Dickerson Neil, and she is an
alleged victim of his, also a former acquaintance of his,
and she has actually has one of the oldest allegations
made against him. She says that he drugged and sexually
assaulted her in nineteen ninety one. He denies these allegations.
But here's what you had to say about that alleged assault.
Speaker 9 (26:54):
Was there ever a time that Shaun Comps sexually assaulted you?
Speaker 1 (26:59):
Yes, someone called me up and told me that.
Speaker 15 (27:01):
He said, you know, he has a video and that's
when he described it.
Speaker 16 (27:06):
This thing was incredibly devastating to my family. I approached
a lot of people for help. I got things like
what do you want me to do about it?
Speaker 4 (27:17):
Too?
Speaker 9 (27:18):
If I help you, I can't get into his parties.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
So she was saying that she was told that there
was videos of her having sex that was being shown
at parties, and her parents found out. Her mother even
wrote a letter to Ditty's mom and to him just
about this situation because she was so distraught allegedly from this.
Now here's what Joy Dickerson Neil had to say about
when she did run into Ditty after people had been
(27:43):
telling her about these videos of hers being shown.
Speaker 15 (27:46):
I avoided him for a very long time. I ran
into him one day. He came to me. He got
on his knees and swore he did not do this
thing to me and denied it.
Speaker 3 (27:58):
And that is the very last time I talked. Yeah,
I mean as soon as I saw that clip, and
you know they did the comparison with him in Alpo
and how much she looked up to him. The first
thing that came into my mom was Paid in Full,
which which Cam played loosely a person loosely based on
Alpo showing videos of you know, somebody he was having
sex with in the club, like the on tape and stuff.
Speaker 2 (28:20):
Like that, So it was so humiliating. Now another person
on here, Arbrio Day. Yeah, and you know, Arbrio Day
has been loud about the situations that she says that
she endured while being part of Bad.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
Boy Records with Danny Kane.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
And one thing that she talks about is how he
kind of looked at her as the sexy one in
the group, the chosen one, so to speak. And here's
what she had to say about their business relationship turning
into something really inappropriate. You know, emails of penis pictures
and things like that.
Speaker 7 (28:54):
There are emails with pictures of his penis. Here's one email.
I don't want to just you. I want to turn
you out. I just want and like to do things different.
If you change your mind and get ready to do
what I say, hit me. God, bless Ditty. God is
(29:14):
the greatest. What happens in real life to anyone else?
Your boss gets fired. Six months later, I was fired.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
And she also speaks and this was hard to even watch,
but she's reading one of these civil lawsuits that was
filed against Ditty where a woman says she accidentally walked
into her room and Aubrey was sprawled out on a
couch looking inebriated and ditty was two men, yes, and
(29:44):
she was laying there with no pants on. And she said,
I don't have a recollection of this. I don't drink
like that. It's never been an issue. And she said,
does this mean I was raped? Is that what this means?
I don't even know, and I don't want to know.
Speaker 3 (29:58):
That is just it's horrifying, Like, I mean, what, what what
more can you say about, you know, somebody who obviously
anybody who's filed over real day than he Cane. For
the number of years, she has always been very outspoken
about like her time and the treatment that she had,
you know, being around Puff. So seeing her pop up
in the documentary, I was like, I noticed this is happening,
(30:19):
and it definitely.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
Was, and she should speak her truth, all right, Well,
that is your yee tea.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
And Collina from Dirty Money was on it too.
Speaker 2 (30:27):
I just want to say that you guys got to
watch it though, to see exactly what happened still happen
the whole thing.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
I'm still trying to catch my breath, like damn.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
But she was one person that says she never witnessed
him doing anything, and but she did play voice messages
that he left her.
Speaker 1 (30:39):
All right, when we come.
Speaker 2 (30:40):
Back, we have asked yee eight hundred two ninety two
fifty one fifty Me and kazn't here to help you out.
Speaker 1 (30:46):
He's actually a real journalist, just so you guys know.
Speaker 2 (30:49):
So anything that you need to know that you need
some help with, he's got you back, so do I.
It's way up eight hundred two ninety two fifty one fifty.
Speaker 5 (30:56):
But it's relationship for career advice, Angela's dropping facts.
Speaker 4 (31:00):
You should you should know.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
What's up his way.
Speaker 2 (31:03):
But Angela, yee, I'm here with my guy Kaz, about
to give some advice for ask Yee time. And today's
anonymous caller went through her man's phone and found out
that he was cheating.
Speaker 1 (31:14):
Should she leave him?
Speaker 10 (31:16):
I caught my boyfriend cheating. I went through his phone
and we went together for like maybe.
Speaker 13 (31:22):
I'll say a year and a half, and I don't.
Speaker 10 (31:25):
Know if I should give him a second.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
Kid, Why did you go through his phone? Because normally
there's a reason, a feeling.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
And what did you see?
Speaker 13 (31:35):
He was talking to a female for like months and
I've seen a.
Speaker 2 (31:39):
Video as well, You're never gonna forget that. No, And
what did he say when you confronted him?
Speaker 13 (31:45):
He was like, oh, I thought you were cheating, And
I'm like, oh.
Speaker 1 (31:48):
My god, no, he did not try to put it
back on.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
If you want to forgive that person and give it
another chance, by all means, but don't be surprised if
this happens again.
Speaker 2 (31:56):
Then you can only blame yourself. I don't like how
we handled. Like my thing is, this was something that
was ongoing. So that's not just I cheated. It's a
relationship and this video proof and on even been together
that long, Like this was going on for months, so
that means for a large part of your relationship he
also was with somebody else, and then he would have
(32:17):
still kept going, or he might still be going if
you didn't find out.
Speaker 1 (32:20):
How do we know this is?
Speaker 3 (32:22):
That's how I feel good chance you won the many too.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
And then his first response was you were cheating, you dummy.
That is an awful, awful explanation or rationalization, like so
I've been cheating for months because I thought you were.
Speaker 1 (32:37):
That's so dumb, Like what are you eight? Sorry? It
bothered me?
Speaker 6 (32:40):
No?
Speaker 3 (32:40):
No, no, you have.
Speaker 2 (32:44):
Yeah, do you think you can get that picture out
of your head of him like having snow.
Speaker 4 (32:49):
I can't.
Speaker 13 (32:49):
I keep thinking about it.
Speaker 3 (32:51):
Do the right thing for yourself and for him, and
just have a clean break.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
And what reason does he have to stop if you
take him back, like stay with him?
Speaker 1 (32:59):
To be real, God, don't even respect you.
Speaker 2 (33:00):
If he can do all of that, you find all that,
and then you're still there.
Speaker 8 (33:04):
Exactly and honestly, to be honest, if you if you
really do like him like that, you have to leave
him like you have to give him the chance to
try and win you back if he has any actual
remorse for what he's done, and if he didn't, then
you made the right choice.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
And if you let yourself like that, yeah, then you
got to do what you need to do for you.
And guess what hessed on the best thing he could
have ever had for me exactly.
Speaker 13 (33:28):
All right, thank you guys so much.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
Did you get the other girl up and let her
know this is his girlfriend? No?
Speaker 3 (33:35):
One last question? You are really talking to know? Other guys?
Were you all right? I just got to make sure.
Does that make sure we're all clear?
Speaker 8 (33:42):
All right?
Speaker 1 (33:42):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (33:43):
Do the right thing. You know what to do.
Speaker 2 (33:44):
Anonymous caller, thank you all right, good luck. Tell the
other girl too. I would be like, hello, open up
the door. All right, Well that was ask ye eight
hundred two nine.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
I like how we tag team that. And of course
we all agreement there because.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
If Maida was here, he would have said, have a threesome.
That's his excellence, that's his rationale for.
Speaker 3 (34:09):
That I have.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
But when we come back, we have especial guest joining us.
Royal Raimi is here.
Speaker 2 (34:15):
That is Chief Royal Ramy, the co founder and CEO
of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program. And what he
does is he helps formerly incarcerated people who worked in
fire camps overcome the barriers that prevent them from entering
that professional field once they are released.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
So you'll hear his story.
Speaker 2 (34:32):
He's also a twenty twenty three Obama Leaders USA Program
participant and a twenty twenty four Ted fellow. You're gonna
love his story. It's way up this, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 5 (34:43):
More way up with Angela on now what it is?
Speaker 1 (34:48):
What's up?
Speaker 2 (34:49):
His way up with Angela yee? And what an honor
today to have Royal Rami here with me. He's the
co founder and CEO of the Forestry and fire recruitment program.
Speaker 1 (34:57):
We see the shirt, yeah little so so, you know,
but your.
Speaker 2 (35:00):
Journey to get to starting this and this whole mission
has been amazing. So for people who maybe haven't seen
you on TV already seenior Ted talk, I would love
for you to just break down how you even co
founded this program.
Speaker 3 (35:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 14 (35:16):
So, I don't know if folks know that California have
been utilizing incarcerating people to fight wildfires since the nineteen forties.
And you know, folks get paid a dollar an hour
to do the work. Right up until the last month,
a couple of bills have been passed where they can
be able to get seven dollars and twenty five cent.
So my story I was, you know, young, dumb and
(35:37):
made some poor choices in life and I ended up
getting sentenced to six years in prison and out of
that time, I did four years eight months and from there,
the last twenty months of my sentence I actually went
to fire camp.
Speaker 1 (35:49):
And did that help you get out earlier? It didn't,
Oh it didn't.
Speaker 14 (35:52):
It didn't because of my crime and stuff. What I
committed in the robbing a drug dealer thought it was
easy money.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
But you know, you're like they're not going to call
it right, right, right?
Speaker 14 (36:02):
So did that and then I end up you know,
serving that time. But I fell in love with while
laying fire fighting while I was there, But it just
didn't make sense, you know, for me to gain those
that knowledge, skills and abilities to do it and not
being able to you know, pursue it as a career
once I come home. So when I was in camp,
you know, I was like, you know, talking to people like, hey,
you know, is it doable?
Speaker 3 (36:22):
Right?
Speaker 14 (36:22):
It was like, well, you got a feeling me, So
if you have a feeling me, you can't become a firefighter.
Speaker 2 (36:27):
But I could do it while I was incarcerated, right,
But then when I come home, I can't do what
I was doing right, right.
Speaker 3 (36:32):
So that didn't make sense to me.
Speaker 14 (36:34):
So me and my co founder Brandon Smith, we was
in there, we was talking about it and it was like, look,
once we figured this out, we want to start a
nonprofit organization to help people. And luckily, once I came home,
ended up receiving like twenty four certifications, finishing my MT course,
and then I ended up getting hired with with cal Fire,
the state's fire department, and from there that's when we
(36:55):
knew we had something special. And you know today being
helped over three hundred people get job in the fire
service since twenty eighteen.
Speaker 1 (37:02):
Chief Royal Raimi is here.
Speaker 2 (37:04):
He is the co founder and CEO of the Forestry
and Fire Recruitment Program.
Speaker 1 (37:09):
He helps individuals formerly.
Speaker 2 (37:10):
Incarcerated who worked in fire camps actually get into that
professional field and overcome all.
Speaker 1 (37:16):
Of those barriers. We have more with him when we
come back.
Speaker 4 (37:19):
It's way up, way up with Angela ye.
Speaker 1 (37:22):
What's up? His way up with Angela yee.
Speaker 2 (37:24):
And right now I'm talking to Chief Royal Ramy, the
co founder and CEO of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program.
He found himself sentenced to six years at the California
Correctional Institution, during which time he worked in fire camps
and now he helps other people who are formally incarcerated
get on that pathway to be in that professional field.
Can you break down the steps when someone starts the program.
Speaker 14 (37:46):
We have a career training programs eight weeks. The first
four weeks comes with certifications that they need in order
for them to get an entry level position with that's great.
Speaker 2 (37:55):
So this program gets you the certifications already. So that's
one okay, one.
Speaker 14 (38:00):
Step, and then also they get paid they did, right.
They get financial literacy through our partnership with Chase, also
receive like life skills.
Speaker 1 (38:09):
Mentally amazing, help them with.
Speaker 14 (38:11):
The application process and them understand how to apply to
these different fire agencies. I got a shout out to
my director of social services and she helps with all
the other different you know, mental health, relapsed prevention, conflict resolution,
all those other different wrap around services. That's important for
us because you know, when folks come home from prison,
folks have trauma, you know, and being able to mentally
(38:33):
prepare them to be from considered a public nuisance to
a public servant. Right, it's a whole different ballgame. This
is actually a family win a career where folks are
making between sixty to one hundred k a year with
benefits of retirement. And that's where I think the life
changing piece when it comes to folks and men and women.
So we got two women camps too, and we had
graduated sixteen.
Speaker 2 (38:54):
Merely, I don't know if I've ever come across a
woman firefighter and.
Speaker 14 (38:59):
We just started a high school program. We're trying to
figure out multiple different ways and providing an opportunity for
all people of color and folks that's in marginals, communities,
and even women.
Speaker 2 (39:09):
Right now, I'm talking to Chief Royal Raimi, the co
founder and CEO of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program.
I saw you also talking about and I want to
end it with this too, just how effective your program is.
And they were talking about the recidivism rate and for
people who are in your program, you said it was
ten percent or lower lower.
Speaker 14 (39:28):
So now it's like less than sever perceiss, it's like
six point five.
Speaker 1 (39:33):
But what's the average outside of.
Speaker 14 (39:35):
So it's about forty percent in California right now.
Speaker 2 (39:37):
Forty percent recidivism rate. But for people who were part
of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program, it's less than
seven percent. That's a big deal. It just shows the
type of leadership that you're instilling in people, the confidence.
Speaker 1 (39:49):
But like you said, the economic factor of it too.
Speaker 2 (39:52):
You have a job, you have the ability, you have
your voice, but you have the skills to be able
to do that and provide for your family.
Speaker 14 (39:58):
Absolutely, and let me leave you with this. It costs
one hundred and thirty two thousand, eight hundred and sixty
dollars to house one person in caliber and prison annually.
Think about that number, right, and that's double is like
tuition for undergraduate person going to USC. So it's like
you know when you think about college, right right, you
think about.
Speaker 1 (40:19):
We don't have the funds to that, Yes you do.
You actually will save money, right you will.
Speaker 14 (40:25):
And the stat for us is that our data shows
that we and helped save the state of California about
twenty four million dollars so far and doing this work,
and I know we have a lot of opportunity to
scale up and grow and it's starting other states to
utilize incarcerating people to fight wildfires, and we want to
be able to figure out ways to you know, go
to other states.
Speaker 2 (40:44):
Eventually and make sure they get paid more too. Absolutely
make sure they get paid so the work that they're doing.
Speaker 3 (40:51):
Well.
Speaker 1 (40:51):
Thank you so much again, I appreciate you for joining
me today.
Speaker 3 (40:53):
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 2 (40:54):
You can watch that for interview and get more information
by going to my YouTube Way Up with Ye And
when we come back, you guys have the last word.
Speaker 3 (41:02):
Take up the phone.
Speaker 4 (41:05):
It gets your voice heard.
Speaker 11 (41:06):
What the word he is?
Speaker 4 (41:08):
The last word on Way Up with Angela, Ye Yo,
it's way.
Speaker 1 (41:12):
Up with Angela Yee Caz. Thank you so much for
hanging out with me today. You know, I love coming
to hang out with you and I had a good time.
Speaker 8 (41:19):
You give good advice to I'll try my best, you know,
and they know has his way of doing things.
Speaker 1 (41:23):
We got my own way.
Speaker 3 (41:24):
It's a balance. That's a balance.
Speaker 1 (41:26):
And I enjoyed watching the Reckoning.
Speaker 3 (41:29):
That's the first thing I'm doing I get home.
Speaker 1 (41:31):
Is it finished? Oh my god?
Speaker 3 (41:33):
All aside, it's a well done documentary. Pettiness is off
from fifty. It looks like it does really well.
Speaker 2 (41:39):
So I can't wait see the fact that people are
more mad at fifty than at Diddy for.
Speaker 1 (41:43):
Some of the things. That is crazy.
Speaker 3 (41:45):
State of the world, people, the world to me.
Speaker 2 (41:48):
But anyway, thank you again the Royal Remi for joining us.
What's that for interview on my YouTube channel. He's the
co founder and CEO of the Fire Forestry and Fire
Recruitment Program. Just an amazing story, you know, when he
was incarcerated working and put it out fires and they
had those crazy wildfires in California. Yeah, and then imagine
(42:09):
coming home and you can't even get a job as
a firefighter.
Speaker 1 (42:11):
That's ridiculous.
Speaker 3 (42:13):
I'm always supporting to anybody who helps people when they
come out of jail to get work and just land
on their feet immediately, especially some of the specific as
that so shout out to him. Man, that was a
great sore.
Speaker 2 (42:22):
All right, And again make sure you check out lipservice today.
Monique Samuels is our special guest and she is dropping
a lot of tea on there.
Speaker 1 (42:29):
But again, this is your show.
Speaker 2 (42:31):
Earlier we talked about divorce and a couple of people
have had, you know, decent divorces, but for the majority,
I think not.
Speaker 1 (42:38):
But this is your show, so you have the last word.
Speaker 11 (42:42):
I divorced my husband. He didn't know what you bought
until like five years after. He didn't want to sign
the papers, and when I send the papers, he started
to act all sort of questions, specifically left the country
and for me to get and I had to fly
there with my friends to keep us to him. Got it,
(43:02):
somebody us embassy, send it back and proceed in stock.
Speaker 13 (43:06):
I want to shine a light on my sister Shawty.
She was a big help in my life coming out
of my breakup. She literally been there with me. She
was literally at my house for them there four months
helping me with everything. I just literally had my son.
He threw two years old. I was really in a
dark space of my life and she helps me with
out of it and she's still here to this day.
Shout up to all of your friends. If you got
(43:28):
a good friend, keep your friend. And I want to
shine a light on my
Speaker 4 (43:30):
Friend going way out with Angela Yee
Yeah, ye, but you're all being waiting for.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
You tapped in the way up with Angela, Ye, all right,
way up with Angela yee. And because he is here
with me today, so we both did not stay up
all night watching this diddy docu series, The Reckoning Sean
Colmbs The Reckoning.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
But we are into episode one.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Yeah, we're doing like a nice little morning.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Pain versus love. Gosh, it's what it's called.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
You know.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
This is interesting to see because there's definitely footage right
before did he went to jail?
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Yeah, like he knew days before.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Yeah, yeah, oh gosh. Man. First, I'm I'm I'm shocked
at how fifty even got this footage.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
First off, well, I think they were filming it already
for something else, and so I guess the producers had
access to the footage.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
And then fifty got.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
On board and he was already saying he was working
on something. But it's very well done so far, I
will say.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Yeah, it definitely is definitely intriguing. It definitely looks very dark,
like it's just dark man, like just all the way
he grew up. It's just this.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Yeahs is all on the first the first one so far,
and he actually like was a childhood friend who helped
start Bad Boy and everything. So these are like real
firsthand as close as you can get. All right, Well,
today we have a special guest joining us, Chief Royal Ramy.
He's the co founder and chief executive officer of the
(01:26):
Forestry and Fire Recruitment program that helps individuals who are
formerly incarcerated and worked in fire camps overcome barriers that
prevent them from entering that professional field of firefighting. Nic
He was in that position himself, so he wants to
make sure that when people come home they're able to
get that that work.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
You're doing the Lord's work right there. Man, that's a
beautiful thing to be doing, for sure.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Shot, Yeah, I love it. So let's get the show
started with some more positivity.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Let's shine up.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Eight hundred nine fifty one fifty call us up. Let
us know who you want to shine a light on?
Its way.
Speaker 5 (02:02):
Turn your lights on, y'all, spreading love to those who
are doing greatness.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
Shina light, shine light on. It's time to shine a
light on.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Them all right his way up at the angela Ye
Becazem is here with me today.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, what's up?
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Ready to shine the lights light right, I want to
shine a light on John Iima. Now, he grew up
in a Nigerian household.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Okay, shout out to the green white grant.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
So his parents wanted him to be a lawyer or
a doctor. No surprise that they weren't even thinking about tech.
But early on, when he was seven, he took a
part his first computer and put it back together in
it work.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
No surprise there either.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
His parents were like, well, there's something there. He became
a self taught coder. Before he was sixteen, he launched
two companies and sold them Wow, yeah, what's going on
in your household exactly?
Speaker 1 (02:50):
And then he launched spree Ai.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
It's a retail tech company that offers a photorealistic try
on technology power by Ai. So imagine that you can
upload this and and there's it's ninety nine percent accurate
in predicting whether or not a piece will fit snug
or loose. So it has a sizing tool on the platform,
so now you can buy things and realistically.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
See what it's going to look like on you.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Now, spree ai raised nearly sixty million dollars in funds
by last year, and now it's valued at one point
five billion dollars God, So we got a shout out
to him and to Afrotech for bringing us this story
as well.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
So Sean, I am a we shine a light on you.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Shout out to all the Nigerian parents. Are going to
show them this article is like a billion dollars company
is sixty years old.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Yeah, Milly, who do you want to shine a light on?
Speaker 6 (03:39):
I want to shine a light on my silf and
I want to shine a light on everybody that that
woke up this morning and going outside and doing that thing.
And you feel me not keeping themself now absolutely keeping
themself up. My brand is is rapped out. Brother, it's
all c k. You keep all character, keeps us true.
It's all about keeping confident to your cliff and keeping
your head up.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
What's an the brand again?
Speaker 7 (04:01):
Wrap?
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Okay? Rock out brand? Okay, I love it. Rock out
with your never mind.
Speaker 8 (04:08):
You know how it is you already how it's supposed
to go?
Speaker 4 (04:13):
All right?
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Well, Jay Millie, thank you and congress you. Shout out
to you.
Speaker 6 (04:16):
If mom, make sure everybody follow me at s Instagram please.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
All right, we'll do all right.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Well, that would shine a light eight hundred and two
nine two fifty one fifty. If you couldn't get thrilled,
you can leave a message and shine a light that way.
For last word, when we come back, let's get into
your et. Malagrol Grahams Versus Meghan the Stallion. Looks like
Malagro Grahams was found liable in this defamation case, and
I will tell you what that resulted in. Are you surprised, because.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
I'm not surprised at all. But it's going to be
very interesting to see how the how unfolds with the
rest of the media world and how they talk about people.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Okay, interesting, all right, well that's coming up next.
Speaker 5 (04:53):
Its way up, they say in the rooms from industry
shade to all the gossip out speeling.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
That eat all right, his way up with Angela Ye
Kazem is here. And have you been following this the
Malagro Grams Versus Megan the Stallion case in court?
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Yes, I have?
Speaker 2 (05:11):
All right, Well, Megan the Stallion won her defamation case
against Malagro Grahams, Cooper and TMZ hip Hop caught up
with Meghan. She just said, I'm just happy as the
verdict and the whole legal ordeal is over now. They
awarded Meghan's seventy five thousand dollars in damages that was
fifteen thousand for defamation, eight thousand for emotional distress, fifty
(05:31):
thousand for a deep fake porn that was posted online
in two thousand for punitive damages and emotional distress. But
she's also liable for Megan's legal fees, so it could
be a lot more than this as well.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Yeah, seems like you look at the damage of the
seventy five thousand, does really seem like a lot. I
do think it seems like it has more to do
with the deep fake. I think that's the one thing
that pops out of my mind right Like I felt
like for a long time, the more ais prevalent, the
more deep fakes and who is what in the face
and especially being presented as news is a story, there
(06:08):
has to be some sort of laws to protect yourself.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
And there's so much like deep fake and AI stuff happening,
even like these videos you see of Diddy right.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
Now, I was just about to say that, I'm like
TMZ is openly saying this is fake? Why post it?
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Why confuse and people?
Speaker 2 (06:21):
I see videos and all kinds of things, and that
seventy five thousand was also reduced to fifty nine thousand
dollars as well. So you know, I'm not sure what's
going to end up being the final outcome. Outcome, but
Megan the Stallion's legal team is saying that Milagros team
is issuing a false statement about the trial outcome. They said,
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the court has not issued a final judgment regarding the
defamation count and the judge still has to make a
final ruling and determine the entire financial amount that will
be required because Megan thee Stallion was actually trying to
get millions from her, and nobody's saying that can't happen.
Now here's what Malagro had to say as she was
live online.
Speaker 9 (07:01):
My s I heard you, luit, I heard you block too.
So anyway, I appreciate you guys, I love you guys,
and I can't wait for us to get back to it.
One chapter clothes, another one opens. Don't let certain things
be the end of your world.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
That's right, And you know, Megan the Stallion said that
she had to go through extensive therapy worth up to
two hundred and forty thousand dollars after all this, deep
fake videos were promoted online, you know, from her and
so the other thing they proved in this case was
that this was also coordinated by Tory Lanez and that
caused emotional distress to her. So I'm wondering how that's
(07:39):
going to play out when it comes to him.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Well, I think one thing, especially people in the media
needs to realize and when you don't know folks that
go through proper journalism school or proper ethics, is that
like the reason why you have to stand so much
on the truth, especially if you're a big media entity,
is because of things like this, like companies can get sued,
companies can be found liable for you know, pressing false
from now when you are a solo media entity where
(08:03):
you're a blogger of blogger or anything like that. Like,
I guess the rules are are a little bit more
muddled than they feel, like, Oh, this isn't real media.
I guess this lawsuit is kind of proven. No you are.
You are going to be treated.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Presented yourself as journalistic and putting out true things.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (08:19):
Yeah, So young media people should be very aware of
this case because it could.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Be all right, when we come back, we have about
last night where we discussed what we did last night.
I was getting some exclusives last night, exclusives doing lift service.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Okay, all right.
Speaker 5 (08:37):
About last night I went down okay to us playing
some variety scientists.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Yeah, is it a crime cast?
Speaker 3 (08:46):
You like Maria? You put me on?
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Actually I liked it for a long time.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
You did like I should be doing power sessions. I
just want to say, that's happening on the thirteenth. So
it's so that, but you could still win tickets.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
You got to Yeah, I'll pull up.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Now, what did you do last night?
Speaker 3 (09:06):
I was chilling, man, I was home watching as much basketball,
football and wrestled as I possibly could.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
I realize how much teller you are than Kevin Hart.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Heard is not that tall.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
He's like the disparity. Yeah, you mellow and Kevin Hart
was crazy.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
Hey man, I'm gonna talk. I think people see me
sitting down a lot, so they don't realize how tall
I am. So yeah, like, you know, I can hold
my own.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
You know that. You guys had a good time.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
It was really good. We also have Bill Bellamy on
yesterday as well. That that came on. I know, Bill,
it's fantastic. That Kevin Hart interview was amazing. I thought
it was basically like a stand up special. At one point,
like he was just telling jokes and he was laughing.
It was a great time. He was an amazing guest
for sure.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
Well, last night I was working.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
I was film and lift service, And so we're gonna
have some exclusives for you today. Monique Samuel's came on
heard about that, and she has returned to Real Housewives E.
Potomac this season, and so there's a lot of talk.
You know, she's going through divorce, something that she never
thought that she would do, because when we first saw
her on there and we saw her in love in
(10:12):
marriage DC, she gave up this illusion of being happily
married because that's what she wanted to believe and what
she wanted people to believe.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Things have gone left.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
There was some video that leaked of her and her
former radio co host Jason Weims together, you know, kisses.
They looked very tight together. And so she's gonna explain
for the first time where that video actually came from,
who put that video out, okay, and how we're seeing
(10:42):
this now. The voice is always so ugly, man, Listen,
I've never heard anybody say, you know, I know one
person who had a smooth divorce, and that's it, Okay,
one person. Everybody else is like, I'm watching Candy and
Todd go through it, you know.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
Just and even not one divorce, I was probably smooth.
It's probably smooth to y'all. They were probably just as
as solid as people and didn't make sure that anything
leaked out or anything like that.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
But now it's like a friend of mine, she's the
only person I know who it was pretty amicable. We
were somewhere she was like, I got to get on
zoom to finish this divorce. Wow, And they really like
did the whole thing on zoom and everything was smooth. Anyway, Yeah,
I want let's talk about divorce, yea, you know, since
we're having this conversation about it, if anybody listening has
(11:26):
either And I just watched that movie The Roses. I
don't know if anybody saw that, but you remember War
of the Roses. Well there's another one now called The Roses,
and it's all about like getting a divorce and anyway,
you know the story.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
But I want to hear your.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Guys' stories about divorce and what that has been like,
if it's your parents or somebody and your family or you,
how did you maintain and what was that like? Because
I know there are some horror stories, very few good ones. Yeah,
eight hundred two nine two fifty one fifty call us up.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
You're happily married.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
I'm good.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
I'm gad. Yeah, we're good.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
No, No, I just like to hear the stories. I
don't want it.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
Is eight fifty one fifty.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
We're talking about divorce and what has your experience been
with that?
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Eight hundred and two ninety two fifty one fifty. Its
way up more now, Yeah, it's way up at Angela yee.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
I'm here with Kazem and we are talking about divorce,
and you know, this all comes to Monique Samuel. She
was on lip service, went through is going through really
tough times with Chris Samuel's her ex. I'm also looking
at Daddy Yankee. I mean he's going through it. He's
having to reply about his former wife allegedly diverting millions
(12:34):
and royalties.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
Like everybody goes through it.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
So we want to know about your experience with divorce.
You know, not ucas because you're having you married. I
got to always put that good energy out there of that.
But yeah, yeah, what's your experience with divorce, So.
Speaker 10 (12:49):
My experience is a little bit unique. I got married
when I was twenty and got divorce when I was
twenty seven. I was still in love with my husband,
but my divorce was smooth. But my parents were getting
divorced at the exact same time, and my parents didn't
know I was married. So I yes, my mom ended
up finding out years later because she found my divorced people.
(13:11):
Oh no, but till this day, my dad doesn't know
that I was that I'm married and divorced.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
But yeah, how are you guys now? I mean you
two and your ex husband?
Speaker 1 (13:26):
I mean yeah, he said still Tip on Instagram.
Speaker 10 (13:32):
He is in a happy relationship, he has kids, and
that's about it as far as communication. He'll like congratulate
me on obvious success that I've been having in my career.
I still have that trouble. I want to tell my dad.
I've just never been able to find that moment to
have that real conversation with him about it.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
The longer you wait, the harder it is going to be. Dang,
you waited all this time exactly.
Speaker 10 (13:55):
Yeah, when I go visit him, I'm probably gonna go
tell him. I'd rather have the conversation faced.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
Y'all just had a whole Thanksgiving weekend. Also still didn't
come up, none of us ever.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
My father doesn't live in United Faith, said you have
to start it off with my dad. You know, I
never wanted you to be disappointed in me. Yeah, and
then he'd be like.
Speaker 10 (14:17):
Yeah, we have the attentions weren't there to do it correctly,
and unfortunately we did try to work on our marriage,
but it just didn't work out.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
Thanks for con I cannot wait to see how this
turns out.
Speaker 10 (14:28):
Thank you have a good one.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
You too, Hey, Pete, how you doing so? May and
Kas want to know how was your divorce all about it?
Speaker 6 (14:37):
My divorce was incredible. We got married at eighteen, we
got into our thirties, and theyally didn't like each other anymore.
You fell in love with our supervisors. Oh oh, our
worked daytime, she worked nighttime. And somebody came and told
me or whatever came and told me, and I just
(14:59):
told the straight out. Look, you know, there was no
kids for the time. We'll go ahead and do this
the right way, and you guys could be together and
they're together now. I mean it's fun. That was my
my third grade sweetheart.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
So oh wow, were you hurt though? Were you at
least were you hurt or hurt?
Speaker 6 (15:17):
But because I knew her from her pigtail stage and
I wanted to make sure that she was happy.
Speaker 9 (15:23):
That's all.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Wow generous. And so is this still your supervisor?
Speaker 5 (15:27):
No?
Speaker 6 (15:28):
No, no no, they they put them somewhere.
Speaker 11 (15:30):
So how's my wife supervising her?
Speaker 6 (15:37):
But it's not, But I was. I was just trying
to explain that, Like I said, it doesn't have to
be that bad. If you have a clear understanding of
what things are going to go on, it works out tremendously.
We would be the voice training together, like good Di
voice training. Yeah. Yeah, we we were going through the
(15:59):
church for uh huh, and that was a requirement for
my family. And I mean we were eating lunch after
we got finished.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
I mean, you are your model training. But was the thing.
Props to you.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Thanks for sharing that with us. That's I'd like to
hear a good story. All right, Well, thank you for calling.
Speaker 6 (16:23):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
He's a really nice guy, I mean better than most.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
All right, hope.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Well you know what, since we talked about Monique Samuels
and I told you I have this exclusive of her
explaining this clip that went viral of her and her
ex radio host romantically. It looks like they were on
a romantic outing caught out there. Yeah, we're going to
actually have that for you when we come back, So
make sure y'all go look that up. If you haven't
seen it, if you've been watching Real Housewives e Potomac,
(16:51):
you're going to want to tune into this.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
It's way up because she came with receipts. It's time
to spill that, ye Tam.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Yeah, it's way up with Angela Yee Kauzem is here
with me today. So Kaz, I've been trying to fill
you in on Real Housewives of Potomac CU. Yeah, no problem,
And we have an interview dropping today with Monique Samuels.
She's back on Real Housewives and Potomac. She also has
a book that's coming out on January fourth. It's kind
of like a love letters that she wrote to herself
(17:19):
along with her memoir. And one thing that we got
the scoop from her about was this video that was
circulating recently. She used to do radio, the morning show
on WPGC and DC in the DMV area, and there
were some pictures and videos of her and her ex
co host Jason Weims, and they looked like they were
(17:40):
very comfortable with each other. Well, here's what she had
to say about where those videos came from.
Speaker 12 (17:45):
When I was going through the divorce, I was separated
but still living in the same house. Jason and I
were like great friends. He was giving me this advice
and I started to learn some things about what he
was going through. So we connected on that level, him
being separated, living in the same house, and it was
a friendship that was genuinely a friendship that turned very
emotionally connected and then it turned romantic. And the reason
(18:08):
this video is out there right now is because my
ex husband actually leaked it.
Speaker 9 (18:12):
He actually got it from a former friend of.
Speaker 12 (18:14):
Mine, and he used it as an intimidation tactic because
he did not want me back on reality TV.
Speaker 9 (18:19):
He's afraid of my book coming out.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
She was very matter of fact and straightforward about everything.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Yeah, she definitely employed to be rabid defense or he
just kind of just got to own whatever's about to
come out, so it doesn't have the same sort of effect.
But I will say this, I do subscribe to the
to the Don't Poop where you eat nothing, don't you know?
That's it for my co host, Like he's the word together.
Like that's always a little touchy regardless, but you know,
(18:48):
and so what she's saying is the truth. Thing yet,
like I guess that's the one thing you have to
do is own it and get in front of it
before she's against it.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
Yeah, Like what she was explaining was because the other
thing was that he's married.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
You know, he was married at the time. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Oh, and she talks about that too in the interview,
So you have to hear the totality of what she's saying.
But basically, but the thing is, like she said, they
were both going through a similar situation with their marriages,
and so sometimes you could be in a marriage and
feel more alone than if you were single. And I
(19:25):
think there's nothing worse in being with a significant other
and being lonely while you're with somebody.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
Yeah, it's dark, it's tough, all right.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
Another thing that she talked about being back on the
show is Wendy and Eddie. You know, they have these
for charges. They were arrested and booked on for charges.
And here is what her thoughts are on all of that.
Speaker 9 (19:45):
Something about it just seems really off.
Speaker 12 (19:47):
And I'm always a little hesitant to make any type
of judgments when you have a predominantly like black family
living in a predominantly like white neighborhood, because it just
feels like, I'm like, there's something that's miss see here.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
And I felt it when she was saying we didn't
like have fake credit cards.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
We just gave different names and we.
Speaker 12 (20:06):
Still haven't heard what their sided, And like, why is
the state or whoever is behind this investigation?
Speaker 9 (20:11):
Why are y'all feeding all of this too?
Speaker 1 (20:15):
So it's all going to play out?
Speaker 3 (20:17):
Gosh. I feel like every season I don't even follow
Real House as much as the average person does. I
feel like every season someone having some legal issues, some
jail issues like this always you know, it's part of
the cycle.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
And we had some issues for some stolen furniture coming
off the plane drama.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
You gotta really catch up sports all day. But this
is kind of similar.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
That's the same, might be a little messier, might be
a little messier. Cleared all the bucks mentioned on his
Instagram today and everybody's like, Oh, what's gonna happen traumas?
Speaker 1 (20:50):
What does that mean?
Speaker 3 (20:52):
Will you clear anything?
Speaker 13 (20:53):
Like that.
Speaker 8 (20:54):
That's basically a pressure, like we broke up, we might
need to start seeing other people.
Speaker 3 (20:59):
So trading traders, free agent guys be on the lookout.
Many might be on the move.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
All right, Well, when we come back, we have under
the radar. These are the stories that are not in
the headlines. They're flying under the radar, but you need
to know about them.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
If you didn't get your real ID, get prepared to
pay to travel, it's way.
Speaker 5 (21:15):
Up newssition in the news that relates to you. These
stories are flying under the radar.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
Yeah, it's way up at Angela. Yee, I'm here with Caz.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Let's go under the radar with some of these stories. Now,
one of them I thought was interesting for you who
will not get your real idea. Y'all have been getting
warnings for years at this point.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Yeah, I'm one of those guys.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
I mean literally years.
Speaker 3 (21:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
Yeah, they've been telling you guys, this is coming.
Speaker 3 (21:42):
Seeing every commercial for it. I'm still like, oh, I
got a passport right.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
Well.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
The TSA is now saying that they're going to start
charging air travelers forty five dollars starting February first if
your ID does not meet these stricter federal standards because
they want you to finally get this real ID for
what though They started enforcing this in May of twenty
twenty five. So these are just enhanced screening for passengers.
(22:08):
And if you what's the problem cast don't you have
to get an ID?
Speaker 3 (22:13):
Of course when I go and get my driver's license,
you know, reregistered, Yes, I will get a real idea.
But I gotta know what is the benefit for me?
Is it gonna make the line quicker? Do I? Do
I get through? Like I have to take off my
sholders anymore?
Speaker 2 (22:25):
We have to pay forty five dollars every time you travel.
You have to get in a separate line.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
You know, it's like easy pass Like I remember crossing
the bridge was like free.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
And now I'm just going to let you know that
currently about ninety four percent of travelers at airport at
airports have these IDs, so you are.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
In the minority. Good ID.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
Do you know how long it's been since they've done this,
And starting in two thousand and five is when they've
been saying, come on, twenty years later, it's time to get.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
Me out of those that long of knowse that long
I thought it was like the last like maybe like
four years, twenty years bad.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Now I thought this story was crazy. A woman is
suing she wants to get in on her sister's twenty
eight million dollar inheritance. Carmen Thomas took a twenty three
and me test a DNA test in twenty twenty three
in February, and learned that she had two biological sisters.
Their father died in twenty eighteen from an undiagnosed aortic aneurysm,
(23:20):
and now the family did sue the hospital because they
didn't diagnose him in a timely fashion that caused him
precious hours that led to his death. Well, this woman,
Carmen Thomas, found out about the settlement and then suit
her half sisters.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
She wanted to get a payout. So imagine you.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
Just find out that you have this long lost sister.
She's twenty eight years old, and now they want to
get a piece of this inheritances.
Speaker 3 (23:46):
Just like this. I forgot the name of the movie,
but it was like the person who had the inheritance
thought it was all theirs, and then was dads mister
beads right, Adam Sandler basically mister beads right, like Adam
sand the clubs ins like, oh yeah, like I'm actually
the inheritance for all this time.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
Well I think it's interesting. Do you think she deserves
to get some of that inheritance?
Speaker 3 (24:08):
The law's the law, man, Like if you got kids
and you're supposed to split it with your you know,
your next of ken and you are next of ken.
Speaker 8 (24:15):
Yeah, you gotta get broke off something. It's crazy, but
you know that's why you gotta know where your kids
is at.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
All right, Well that is you're under the radar. And
now don't forget. Royal Raimi is going to be joining
us today. He's the co founder and CEO of the
Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program that helps individuals who are
formally incarcerated and worked in fire camps overcome barriers that
prevent them from entering that professional field once they're released.
So we'll talk to him, and of course we got
the way it mixed for you at the top of
(24:41):
the hour.
Speaker 10 (24:42):
But just like the like they ANGELI Jan like they
Angela jee man.
Speaker 4 (24:47):
She's spilling it all. This is ye te way.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
All right, it's way up with Angela Yee. I'm here,
my god, couzem is here, oh man. So we've been
watching this Sean Diddy, well Sewn Holmes and reckoning to
Netflix four part series. As we all know, fifty cent
is one is the executive.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Producer for this.
Speaker 2 (25:07):
It's a well done docuseries from what we've seen. It
just came out midnight, so we've seen about half of these.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
As far as this series.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Now, some of the things that we've seen is they
do have some exclusive footage of the six days before
did he had to turn himself in, And there's footage
of him in the hotel. He's on the phone with
his lawyers and here's what he's telling his lawyers about
his image.
Speaker 4 (25:33):
You've handled this and it was complete honored.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
I don't think it's working well losing.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
Side of the big picture. Man, this is still lowendite.
Speaker 14 (25:40):
We have to find somebody that'll work with us, that
has dealt in the dirtiest of business of media in
propaganda Antiqular.
Speaker 1 (25:47):
Eight nuclear bombs straight to the head.
Speaker 3 (25:50):
So I'm gonna get off the phone right now and
I am going to let you professionals look at the
situation and come back to me with a solution.
Speaker 4 (25:58):
And y'all are not working together right We're.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
Losing, yo. The Reckoning is such an appropriately titled.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
For a lot of people.
Speaker 3 (26:09):
It feels like and we're watching all these clips are
you're seeing like so many familiar faces, Like if you've
been just anywhere within the music industry in the past
ten fifteen years, you recognize all these people, you know, all.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
These kind of Barrows is in it.
Speaker 2 (26:22):
Yes, and he helped start bad Boy Records, you know,
old footage with Andre Harrel and how did he got started?
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Heavy D Capricorn Capricorn Clark is in it.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
Another person is Joy Dickerson Neil, and she is an
alleged victim of his, also a former acquaintance of his,
and she has actually has one of the oldest allegations
made against him. She says that he drugged and sexually
assaulted her in nineteen ninety one. He denies these allegations.
But here's what you had to say about that alleged assault.
Speaker 9 (26:54):
Was there ever a time that Shaun Comps sexually assaulted you?
Speaker 1 (26:59):
Yes, someone called me up and told me that.
Speaker 15 (27:01):
He said, you know, he has a video and that's
when he described it.
Speaker 16 (27:06):
This thing was incredibly devastating to my family. I approached
a lot of people for help. I got things like
what do you want me to do about it?
Speaker 4 (27:17):
Too?
Speaker 9 (27:18):
If I help you, I can't get into his parties.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
So she was saying that she was told that there
was videos of her having sex that was being shown
at parties, and her parents found out. Her mother even
wrote a letter to Ditty's mom and to him just
about this situation because she was so distraught allegedly from this.
Now here's what Joy Dickerson Neil had to say about
when she did run into Ditty after people had been
(27:43):
telling her about these videos of hers being shown.
Speaker 15 (27:46):
I avoided him for a very long time. I ran
into him one day. He came to me. He got
on his knees and swore he did not do this
thing to me and denied it.
Speaker 3 (27:58):
And that is the very last time I talked. Yeah,
I mean as soon as I saw that clip, and
you know they did the comparison with him in Alpo
and how much she looked up to him. The first
thing that came into my mom was Paid in Full,
which which Cam played loosely a person loosely based on
Alpo showing videos of you know, somebody he was having
sex with in the club, like the on tape and stuff.
Speaker 2 (28:20):
Like that, So it was so humiliating. Now another person
on here, Arbrio Day. Yeah, and you know, Arbrio Day
has been loud about the situations that she says that
she endured while being part of Bad.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
Boy Records with Danny Kane.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
And one thing that she talks about is how he
kind of looked at her as the sexy one in
the group, the chosen one, so to speak. And here's
what she had to say about their business relationship turning
into something really inappropriate. You know, emails of penis pictures
and things like that.
Speaker 7 (28:54):
There are emails with pictures of his penis. Here's one email.
I don't want to just you. I want to turn
you out. I just want and like to do things different.
If you change your mind and get ready to do
what I say, hit me. God, bless Ditty. God is
(29:14):
the greatest. What happens in real life to anyone else?
Your boss gets fired. Six months later, I was fired.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
And she also speaks and this was hard to even watch,
but she's reading one of these civil lawsuits that was
filed against Ditty where a woman says she accidentally walked
into her room and Aubrey was sprawled out on a
couch looking inebriated and ditty was two men, yes, and
(29:44):
she was laying there with no pants on. And she said,
I don't have a recollection of this. I don't drink
like that. It's never been an issue. And she said,
does this mean I was raped? Is that what this means?
I don't even know, and I don't want to know.
Speaker 3 (29:58):
That is just it's horrifying, Like, I mean, what, what what
more can you say about, you know, somebody who obviously
anybody who's filed over real day than he Cane. For
the number of years, she has always been very outspoken
about like her time and the treatment that she had,
you know, being around Puff. So seeing her pop up
in the documentary, I was like, I noticed this is happening,
(30:19):
and it definitely.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
Was, and she should speak her truth, all right, Well,
that is your yee tea.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
And Collina from Dirty Money was on it too.
Speaker 2 (30:27):
I just want to say that you guys got to
watch it though, to see exactly what happened still happen
the whole thing.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
I'm still trying to catch my breath, like damn.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
But she was one person that says she never witnessed
him doing anything, and but she did play voice messages
that he left her.
Speaker 1 (30:39):
All right, when we come.
Speaker 2 (30:40):
Back, we have asked yee eight hundred two ninety two
fifty one fifty Me and kazn't here to help you out.
Speaker 1 (30:46):
He's actually a real journalist, just so you guys know.
Speaker 2 (30:49):
So anything that you need to know that you need
some help with, he's got you back, so do I.
It's way up eight hundred two ninety two fifty one fifty.
Speaker 5 (30:56):
But it's relationship for career advice, Angela's dropping facts.
Speaker 4 (31:00):
You should you should know.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
What's up his way.
Speaker 2 (31:03):
But Angela, yee, I'm here with my guy Kaz, about
to give some advice for ask Yee time. And today's
anonymous caller went through her man's phone and found out
that he was cheating.
Speaker 1 (31:14):
Should she leave him?
Speaker 10 (31:16):
I caught my boyfriend cheating. I went through his phone
and we went together for like maybe.
Speaker 13 (31:22):
I'll say a year and a half, and I don't.
Speaker 10 (31:25):
Know if I should give him a second.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
Kid, Why did you go through his phone? Because normally
there's a reason, a feeling.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
And what did you see?
Speaker 13 (31:35):
He was talking to a female for like months and
I've seen a.
Speaker 2 (31:39):
Video as well, You're never gonna forget that. No, And
what did he say when you confronted him?
Speaker 13 (31:45):
He was like, oh, I thought you were cheating, And
I'm like, oh.
Speaker 1 (31:48):
My god, no, he did not try to put it
back on.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
If you want to forgive that person and give it
another chance, by all means, but don't be surprised if
this happens again.
Speaker 2 (31:56):
Then you can only blame yourself. I don't like how
we handled. Like my thing is, this was something that
was ongoing. So that's not just I cheated. It's a
relationship and this video proof and on even been together
that long, Like this was going on for months, so
that means for a large part of your relationship he
also was with somebody else, and then he would have
(32:17):
still kept going, or he might still be going if
you didn't find out.
Speaker 1 (32:20):
How do we know this is?
Speaker 3 (32:22):
That's how I feel good chance you won the many too.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
And then his first response was you were cheating, you dummy.
That is an awful, awful explanation or rationalization, like so
I've been cheating for months because I thought you were.
Speaker 1 (32:37):
That's so dumb, Like what are you eight? Sorry? It
bothered me?
Speaker 6 (32:40):
No?
Speaker 3 (32:40):
No, no, you have.
Speaker 2 (32:44):
Yeah, do you think you can get that picture out
of your head of him like having snow.
Speaker 4 (32:49):
I can't.
Speaker 13 (32:49):
I keep thinking about it.
Speaker 3 (32:51):
Do the right thing for yourself and for him, and
just have a clean break.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
And what reason does he have to stop if you
take him back, like stay with him?
Speaker 1 (32:59):
To be real, God, don't even respect you.
Speaker 2 (33:00):
If he can do all of that, you find all that,
and then you're still there.
Speaker 8 (33:04):
Exactly and honestly, to be honest, if you if you
really do like him like that, you have to leave
him like you have to give him the chance to
try and win you back if he has any actual
remorse for what he's done, and if he didn't, then
you made the right choice.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
And if you let yourself like that, yeah, then you
got to do what you need to do for you.
And guess what hessed on the best thing he could
have ever had for me exactly.
Speaker 13 (33:28):
All right, thank you guys so much.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
Did you get the other girl up and let her
know this is his girlfriend? No?
Speaker 3 (33:35):
One last question? You are really talking to know? Other guys?
Were you all right? I just got to make sure.
Does that make sure we're all clear?
Speaker 8 (33:42):
All right?
Speaker 1 (33:42):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (33:43):
Do the right thing. You know what to do.
Speaker 2 (33:44):
Anonymous caller, thank you all right, good luck. Tell the
other girl too. I would be like, hello, open up
the door. All right, Well that was ask ye eight
hundred two nine.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
I like how we tag team that. And of course
we all agreement there because.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
If Maida was here, he would have said, have a threesome.
That's his excellence, that's his rationale for.
Speaker 3 (34:09):
That I have.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
But when we come back, we have especial guest joining us.
Royal Raimi is here.
Speaker 2 (34:15):
That is Chief Royal Ramy, the co founder and CEO
of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program. And what he
does is he helps formerly incarcerated people who worked in
fire camps overcome the barriers that prevent them from entering
that professional field once they are released.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
So you'll hear his story.
Speaker 2 (34:32):
He's also a twenty twenty three Obama Leaders USA Program
participant and a twenty twenty four Ted fellow. You're gonna
love his story. It's way up this, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 5 (34:43):
More way up with Angela on now what it is?
Speaker 1 (34:48):
What's up?
Speaker 2 (34:49):
His way up with Angela yee? And what an honor
today to have Royal Rami here with me. He's the
co founder and CEO of the Forestry and fire recruitment program.
Speaker 1 (34:57):
We see the shirt, yeah little so so, you know,
but your.
Speaker 2 (35:00):
Journey to get to starting this and this whole mission
has been amazing. So for people who maybe haven't seen
you on TV already seenior Ted talk, I would love
for you to just break down how you even co
founded this program.
Speaker 3 (35:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 14 (35:16):
So, I don't know if folks know that California have
been utilizing incarcerating people to fight wildfires since the nineteen forties.
And you know, folks get paid a dollar an hour
to do the work. Right up until the last month,
a couple of bills have been passed where they can
be able to get seven dollars and twenty five cent.
So my story I was, you know, young, dumb and
(35:37):
made some poor choices in life and I ended up
getting sentenced to six years in prison and out of
that time, I did four years eight months and from there,
the last twenty months of my sentence I actually went
to fire camp.
Speaker 1 (35:49):
And did that help you get out earlier? It didn't,
Oh it didn't.
Speaker 14 (35:52):
It didn't because of my crime and stuff. What I
committed in the robbing a drug dealer thought it was
easy money.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
But you know, you're like they're not going to call
it right, right, right?
Speaker 14 (36:02):
So did that and then I end up you know,
serving that time. But I fell in love with while
laying fire fighting while I was there, But it just
didn't make sense, you know, for me to gain those
that knowledge, skills and abilities to do it and not
being able to you know, pursue it as a career
once I come home. So when I was in camp,
you know, I was like, you know, talking to people like, hey,
you know, is it doable?
Speaker 3 (36:22):
Right?
Speaker 14 (36:22):
It was like, well, you got a feeling me, So
if you have a feeling me, you can't become a firefighter.
Speaker 2 (36:27):
But I could do it while I was incarcerated, right,
But then when I come home, I can't do what
I was doing right, right.
Speaker 3 (36:32):
So that didn't make sense to me.
Speaker 14 (36:34):
So me and my co founder Brandon Smith, we was
in there, we was talking about it and it was like, look,
once we figured this out, we want to start a
nonprofit organization to help people. And luckily, once I came home,
ended up receiving like twenty four certifications, finishing my MT course,
and then I ended up getting hired with with cal Fire,
the state's fire department, and from there that's when we
(36:55):
knew we had something special. And you know today being
helped over three hundred people get job in the fire
service since twenty eighteen.
Speaker 1 (37:02):
Chief Royal Raimi is here.
Speaker 2 (37:04):
He is the co founder and CEO of the Forestry
and Fire Recruitment Program.
Speaker 1 (37:09):
He helps individuals formerly.
Speaker 2 (37:10):
Incarcerated who worked in fire camps actually get into that
professional field and overcome all.
Speaker 1 (37:16):
Of those barriers. We have more with him when we
come back.
Speaker 4 (37:19):
It's way up, way up with Angela ye.
Speaker 1 (37:22):
What's up? His way up with Angela yee.
Speaker 2 (37:24):
And right now I'm talking to Chief Royal Ramy, the
co founder and CEO of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program.
He found himself sentenced to six years at the California
Correctional Institution, during which time he worked in fire camps
and now he helps other people who are formally incarcerated
get on that pathway to be in that professional field.
Can you break down the steps when someone starts the program.
Speaker 14 (37:46):
We have a career training programs eight weeks. The first
four weeks comes with certifications that they need in order
for them to get an entry level position with that's great.
Speaker 2 (37:55):
So this program gets you the certifications already. So that's
one okay, one.
Speaker 14 (38:00):
Step, and then also they get paid they did, right.
They get financial literacy through our partnership with Chase, also
receive like life skills.
Speaker 1 (38:09):
Mentally amazing, help them with.
Speaker 14 (38:11):
The application process and them understand how to apply to
these different fire agencies. I got a shout out to
my director of social services and she helps with all
the other different you know, mental health, relapsed prevention, conflict resolution,
all those other different wrap around services. That's important for
us because you know, when folks come home from prison,
folks have trauma, you know, and being able to mentally
(38:33):
prepare them to be from considered a public nuisance to
a public servant. Right, it's a whole different ballgame. This
is actually a family win a career where folks are
making between sixty to one hundred k a year with
benefits of retirement. And that's where I think the life
changing piece when it comes to folks and men and women.
So we got two women camps too, and we had
graduated sixteen.
Speaker 2 (38:54):
Merely, I don't know if I've ever come across a
woman firefighter and.
Speaker 14 (38:59):
We just started a high school program. We're trying to
figure out multiple different ways and providing an opportunity for
all people of color and folks that's in marginals, communities,
and even women.
Speaker 2 (39:09):
Right now, I'm talking to Chief Royal Raimi, the co
founder and CEO of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program.
I saw you also talking about and I want to
end it with this too, just how effective your program is.
And they were talking about the recidivism rate and for
people who are in your program, you said it was
ten percent or lower lower.
Speaker 14 (39:28):
So now it's like less than sever perceiss, it's like
six point five.
Speaker 1 (39:33):
But what's the average outside of.
Speaker 14 (39:35):
So it's about forty percent in California right now.
Speaker 2 (39:37):
Forty percent recidivism rate. But for people who were part
of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program, it's less than
seven percent. That's a big deal. It just shows the
type of leadership that you're instilling in people, the confidence.
Speaker 1 (39:49):
But like you said, the economic factor of it too.
Speaker 2 (39:52):
You have a job, you have the ability, you have
your voice, but you have the skills to be able
to do that and provide for your family.
Speaker 14 (39:58):
Absolutely, and let me leave you with this. It costs
one hundred and thirty two thousand, eight hundred and sixty
dollars to house one person in caliber and prison annually.
Think about that number, right, and that's double is like
tuition for undergraduate person going to USC. So it's like
you know when you think about college, right right, you
think about.
Speaker 1 (40:19):
We don't have the funds to that, Yes you do.
You actually will save money, right you will.
Speaker 14 (40:25):
And the stat for us is that our data shows
that we and helped save the state of California about
twenty four million dollars so far and doing this work,
and I know we have a lot of opportunity to
scale up and grow and it's starting other states to
utilize incarcerating people to fight wildfires, and we want to
be able to figure out ways to you know, go
to other states.
Speaker 2 (40:44):
Eventually and make sure they get paid more too. Absolutely
make sure they get paid so the work that they're doing.
Speaker 3 (40:51):
Well.
Speaker 1 (40:51):
Thank you so much again, I appreciate you for joining
me today.
Speaker 3 (40:53):
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 2 (40:54):
You can watch that for interview and get more information
by going to my YouTube Way Up with Ye And
when we come back, you guys have the last word.
Speaker 3 (41:02):
Take up the phone.
Speaker 4 (41:05):
It gets your voice heard.
Speaker 11 (41:06):
What the word he is?
Speaker 4 (41:08):
The last word on Way Up with Angela, Ye Yo,
it's way.
Speaker 1 (41:12):
Up with Angela Yee Caz. Thank you so much for
hanging out with me today. You know, I love coming
to hang out with you and I had a good time.
Speaker 8 (41:19):
You give good advice to I'll try my best, you know,
and they know has his way of doing things.
Speaker 1 (41:23):
We got my own way.
Speaker 3 (41:24):
It's a balance. That's a balance.
Speaker 1 (41:26):
And I enjoyed watching the Reckoning.
Speaker 3 (41:29):
That's the first thing I'm doing I get home.
Speaker 1 (41:31):
Is it finished? Oh my god?
Speaker 3 (41:33):
All aside, it's a well done documentary. Pettiness is off
from fifty. It looks like it does really well.
Speaker 2 (41:39):
So I can't wait see the fact that people are
more mad at fifty than at Diddy for.
Speaker 1 (41:43):
Some of the things. That is crazy.
Speaker 3 (41:45):
State of the world, people, the world to me.
Speaker 2 (41:48):
But anyway, thank you again the Royal Remi for joining us.
What's that for interview on my YouTube channel. He's the
co founder and CEO of the Fire Forestry and Fire
Recruitment Program. Just an amazing story, you know, when he
was incarcerated working and put it out fires and they
had those crazy wildfires in California. Yeah, and then imagine
(42:09):
coming home and you can't even get a job as
a firefighter.
Speaker 1 (42:11):
That's ridiculous.
Speaker 3 (42:13):
I'm always supporting to anybody who helps people when they
come out of jail to get work and just land
on their feet immediately, especially some of the specific as
that so shout out to him. Man, that was a
great sore.
Speaker 2 (42:22):
All right, And again make sure you check out lipservice today.
Monique Samuels is our special guest and she is dropping
a lot of tea on there.
Speaker 1 (42:29):
But again, this is your show.
Speaker 2 (42:31):
Earlier we talked about divorce and a couple of people
have had, you know, decent divorces, but for the majority,
I think not.
Speaker 1 (42:38):
But this is your show, so you have the last word.
Speaker 11 (42:42):
I divorced my husband. He didn't know what you bought
until like five years after. He didn't want to sign
the papers, and when I send the papers, he started
to act all sort of questions, specifically left the country
and for me to get and I had to fly
there with my friends to keep us to him. Got it,
(43:02):
somebody us embassy, send it back and proceed in stock.
Speaker 13 (43:06):
I want to shine a light on my sister Shawty.
She was a big help in my life coming out
of my breakup. She literally been there with me. She
was literally at my house for them there four months
helping me with everything. I just literally had my son.
He threw two years old. I was really in a
dark space of my life and she helps me with
out of it and she's still here to this day.
Shout up to all of your friends. If you got
(43:28):
a good friend, keep your friend. And I want to
shine a light on my
Speaker 4 (43:30):
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