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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What's up, guys.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
He's a girl.
Speaker 1 (00:01):
Alexandria Ikamoni in the studio. iHeartRadio with the three Ladies
of Escape. We have Tiny Candy and Tamika Scott. How
are you guys today?
Speaker 3 (00:11):
You're good?
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Yeah, so happy to have you guys in studio. By
the way, yes, thank you. Yes, you guys look amazing.
I have to put that out there. Everybody looks fantastic.
But we are here to talk about a lot of
fantastic music you guys have going on this summertime. Let's
start off with two of your songs, Reaching new Heights.
Tell me more about it. Little Secret just went platinum.
Soft dis Place on Earth is now gold. How does
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that feel having that now in twenty twenty five for
those songs, Yes.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
It feels great, and it just let us know that
the fans are still listening. Yes, you know, before it
was all about buying albums and just selling albums, so
like our albums were platinum.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
But now that people can.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
Stream singles or songs individually, and you know, it allows
each song to shine by itself. Yeah, so it's good
to know that people are listening.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Yes, sure they really are. Yes, I listened to it.
Of course we all listen to those songs and those
are not just the only hits that we have from
you guys. Is really just adding on top of what
you guys have already been doing for so long. So
also let's talk about it. You guys have been doing
this for so long. But you have some shows coming
up this spring and summer. What can fans expect to
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see this year from Escape?
Speaker 5 (01:21):
Well, actually, we have a show coming up Saturday the
third and the vicetar Amphitheater with US Total and seven
o two.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Excited about that a few days?
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Yeah, how has it been preparing for this tour or
these shows that you have coming up?
Speaker 6 (01:37):
You just started preparing yesterday. It started working on it.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
The new material absolutely absolutely.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
I mean, you guys are professionally you guys been doing
this for so long, so it makes a lot of sense.
It's completely fine for this one, right. What will be
different from this show like Saturday in the one is
coming up versus a tory you guys just hot last year? Hm?
Speaker 6 (02:04):
Well, I mean I think the tour that we had
last year, we kind of we had we co headlined
with s WB, so we went back and forth kind
of like hit for hit type of vibe. So this
time it would be you know, each group is gonna
do their show separately in a part, but for the
most part, you're gonna get you know, the mics are
gonna be on. You know, we're gonna give you a show.
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You know what I'm saying. We love to entertain our audience,
Like we don't just sing, we dance, you know.
Speaker 5 (02:35):
And this is more. This is like a smaller venue
is more for the city. So we'll be very personal,
real intimate.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Face to face.
Speaker 5 (02:44):
Because usually the shows we do we like so far
up on stage and so far back, but here we're
like close so we can reach out and grab.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Which is really exciting. They cannot wait for that. And
this year we're still toward the beginning of this year,
if you will, little to the as well. But what
can we expect from the group this year? What would
you guys like to accomplish or what is to come
for you guys?
Speaker 6 (03:08):
Well, I think that you know, we we're planning on
doing more shows and just up in the any you
know what I'm saying. We want to get better as
we go, better and better, just you know, broaden the
horizons I show, make them. You know, we're trying to
get to a level we can like, you know, but
we may not be beyond that level. But you know,
we're trying to get but we need a budget.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
We could play a little bit, yeah, a little bit.
We have a nice now, don't get me wrong. We
have a very nice budget that we play with.
Speaker 5 (03:40):
Yeah yeah, to bring that experience, that escape experience. But
we need that Beyonce budget. We want to start flying
through the.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Sky a lot of it.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
I absolutely love it. So let's talk about we're talking
about you know, Beyonce. You know she's dropping music now
on tour. But what about you guys, Any music that
we can expect this year from you guys or we're
just gonna, you know, focus on the classics right now.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
We're just focusing on the classics.
Speaker 4 (04:02):
I mean, we also were developing other artists, so you know,
you will see, you know, our creativity come out in
the people that we're working with. You know, OMG Girls,
Young Naya, Siren.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Girl Group, Sirens. So it's you know, we're pouring into
other people right now.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
That makes a lot of sense. I mean, you guys
have been doing this for so long, been in the
business for a while. It makes sense to really just
give the next generation, you know, a chance of to
get the knowledge from you guys, because your knowledge really
expands so well. So I do want to switch over gears.
Since you talked about you know, g girls, I will
have to talk start with you over here. How's everything
been since you know, you've had some of these nice
wins in the past and you're really just enjoying life.
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How has it been with the girl group and what's
to come for them?
Speaker 6 (04:45):
Well, it's it's been amazing. It's getting better and better
as it goes. As you know, we we luckily come
into a blessing. We haven't received it yet, but it's
coming it's own way. But the girls have dropped new music.
They're planning on releasing and EP this year. They've never
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released an EP. We've had enough songs too, but you know,
just never happened. They kind of like split or you know,
for a while, and so we never put anything out.
So right now we're excited to you know, put a
new body of music out this time around. The girls
are writing most of all their songs and they're in
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they're recording, they're recording theirselves, they're doing everything on their own,
like you know, so I love to see them in
their element like they have. At first, it was kind
of like me giving them stuff maybe, you know. And
now they're doing their own things, so and I'm just like, yeah,
that's dope's and I just got to come in and
oversee it, like okay, yeah, I like that change that
do this, and so it's it's a new it's a
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new era for me. It's a new thing because I'm
also kind of have to listen to their wants and
wishes when I'm used to running everything like we're doing this,
we're doing that, and you know. So it's different, but
I'm loving it. I'm getting used to them being in
control of their careers. And but we just dropped a
song called make a Scene. We got a dope video.
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We got a lot of people. I directed it, so yeah,
it was my first real directorial debut and I had
people like uh DC, Young Fly and my son Messiah
and uh Jazzy Pay a lot of other people in
the video. We did like a small mini movie type
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of five five minute type thing. So you know, that's dope,
and we're looking forward to dropping a summer song, you know,
in a couple of months or so.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
That's exciting.
Speaker 6 (06:39):
Yeah, and doing some shows and you know, things of
that nature, and collaborating with Candy and Siren and we're
gonna hopefully and young Nya.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 6 (06:49):
We talked about maybe putting something together for the for
the young artists, like but we can put some shows
together and maybe we'll do that. You know, hopefully that'll
come around because it's there.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
It's their time now, really just to bring them all up,
which is really exciting. And speaking of you know g
girls one obviously your daughter, you know that you have
a few new blessings coming into life. As far as grandbabies,
how has it been with the newest addition to your family?
Speaker 6 (07:13):
I mean I love it. I mean enjoying having a
you know, we have our first boy and he's amazing.
I'm just like, you know, all into him. You know
what I'm saying. I got my my my oldest grandchild.
She's my little monster. She is very headstrong, she's gonna
be she's gonna be her dad, her her uncle, I
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mean her uncle, I'm sorry, her grandpa. He is in
love with her because she's in love with him. So
he's taking out in my baby take on.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
I'm just playing.
Speaker 6 (07:46):
But we have us and I have two more granddaughters
that we just had, so they are all amazing.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
Yes, absolutely, and you're talking about, you know, the next
generation of artists in this business. I mean, we cannot
continue the conversation without errors.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
I mean, oh my god.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
She is a star within her own right. Can I
ask like what I mean, because you're still mom, you
still have control over her. She's a little girl. What
can we expect from her? What would you like to
see with her career?
Speaker 6 (08:15):
What aras? You know, I've been kind of like taking
my time with Aris because I mean, she's she She
hasn't recorded a lot of songs, but she has this song.
She asking me all the time when we putting that
drama queen. We were putting that druma queen. I'm just like,
we got time. But you know, I know that, you
know kids are putting out more music, because that's kind
of waiting until.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
She like grow up a little bit. But I may drop.
Speaker 6 (08:37):
Something on her this summer so she can have a
little moment. But she's she's acting now, she's doing her
more shows, TV shows. She got Miss pat show coming
out good season, she's on the NBC show for Gross
Point Guarden Society, and you know, I'm just looking forward
to her doing more of that. But I keep her like,
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I keep pushing her and I'm just grooming her like
that's my thing. I want to groom her. I don't
just want to throw out there, you know what I'm saying.
I will give her the opportunity because you know, it
seems like that's you know, everybody's pushing me to do more,
do more, So I'm slowly doing it.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Okay, makes sense, I understand completely. And she's young, you know,
she has a long time so absolutely, you know, absolutely, Now,
miss Candy, I mean, what don't you do? That's really
the best way to put it. From restaurants to shows
on Broadway. I mean the resume is very long, which
is fantastic, But how are you just managing it all
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within your day, especially when you're now doing shows with
the group again and so forth. How is it looking
like for you?
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (09:42):
Tiring? It's just like a NonStop, you know thing, constantly
having to work on you know, how I can make
this right or make that better, or you know, put
out a fire here, you know, get this going there,
and sometimes it does feel like a lot, but you know,
(10:04):
I do have a good team around me, you know,
I try to make sure I get that good quality
time in. My goal was to start, you know, spending
more vacations with the family. But sometimes things.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
Will be so crazy. I'll be trying to figure like, Okay.
Speaker 4 (10:18):
Well when am I going to be able to do
what I gotta do, like, you know, right now. You know,
because I'm a firm believer, you gotta work on your
next move while you're in your current move. So it's
like right now working on some things behind the scenes,
trying to get those things right, but what's coming and
it's just like it can be overwhelming, but it's fun
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because I'm doing what I.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Love right and you're doing it gracefully. We have to
put that out there. You're doing it very well. So
you appreciate that one thing that you have such success
with recently that's been talked about othello Broadway. Oh my goodness,
I mean, how are your what are your thoughts about
the response that it has gotten so far and where
would you like to go with Broadway.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
I'm grateful for the support, you know, the community is
the culture is coming through, like, you know, like everybody
is really coming out and supporting this show.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
We make history.
Speaker 4 (11:17):
Highest grossing Broadway sales week of any play in the
Broadway history. So it's, uh, you know, it's like one
of those moments, you know, constantly where I'm like, Wow,
I can't believe that I'm doing what I always dreamed
that I would be able to do, but at the
highest level, you know, So it feels good. And to
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say that I'm working with Denzel Washington and Jake jill All.
But this is my fourth show that I've been a
producer on Broadway, so you know, I always you know,
I have to say to people like it is start
with this when you know, I've been going at this
for a minute. And I feel like each time we
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put up a show, we learn more and it gets
better and we get more support, you know, because I
think when people realize, oh, you're not just doing this
for play play, You're doing this for real. Yeah, the
respect is definitely you know, people have been showing a
lot of love.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Now, of course I would not be doing my job.
I didn't ask something about housewives here.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
We got to talk about it, ma'am.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
Let me just start with, if you had the opportunity
to come back anytime soon, would you be open to it,
would you take it.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
I'm just not in the space right now to I'm
not really think about it.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Just basically, yeah, it's nothing wrong.
Speaker 4 (12:48):
I don't have anything negative to say about the newcast
because people are like, what do you think about that?
Speaker 2 (12:52):
I think it's good. I feel like it's good that
they're switching things up.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
I haven't had a chance to get fully caught up
on the current season, but I mean, just like everybody
else has to see the clips online. And I'm excited
for my friends Samia because we're friends.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
In real life, and.
Speaker 4 (13:10):
You know, I'm glad I get to celebrate her. But
I mean, to be honest with you, you know, sometimes
she'd be wanting, you know, she wanted me to come
to things she was doing doing during the season, and
I didn't want to come because I was like, my
whole thing was I wanted a full year to be
off of the show at least now it's now the
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whole season past. I still want to be off, still
want to be off right now, But you know, I'm
excited my daughter is going to be on the show
on Bravo coming out June third, next Gen NYC. And
you know, I made an appearance for her because of
my daughter, of course, But right now, as far as
like housewives, I don't know if I want to be
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caught up in the midst of.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Her business.
Speaker 6 (13:58):
It's really her business. Yeah, I'm sure she enjoys that.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
Yeah. I like being able to just live my best life.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
And you've been living you Yeah, You've shared a big
part of your life with you know, the audience watching, so.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Yeah, for fourteen seasons.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
So it's like, you know, now I can just live
and I have to Well, not that I don't have
to worry about the opinions of other people, because people
still be having opinions, but I just don't have to
even care.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Right, speaking of caring, I mean Kenya Moore's exit of
the show, what are your thoughts today? I mean, like
you said, you've seen clips. Do you feel like it
was warranted? Was it?
Speaker 2 (14:38):
I don't like it?
Speaker 4 (14:39):
Yeah, And a lot of people, you know, hit me
with that, well, that's you know, so inappropriate to show
poor on TV.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
But y'all, it's like, I don't know, I've seen.
Speaker 4 (14:50):
A lot of craziness happening throughout my years on the show,
Like it's been some crazy stuff and everybody's acting like
this is the worst. I don't think that's true. I
don't think this is the worst thing that's ever happened
on the show. And even at that, I'm not saying
that it's not a bad thing. That's not what I'm saying.
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I'm saying that both her and the other young lady,
they both did something that was messed up, not cool,
and like, I just don't understand why one person was
punished and the other one wasn't.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
I didn't get that part.
Speaker 4 (15:27):
And it's like sometimes I feel like they go a
little extra hard on Kenyon, you know, and when I
don't understand why, because it's like I personally feel like,
if you know you got craziness out there, then why
come on the show if you don't think you're ever
going to get exposed, Because we know housewives, the housewives
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be exposing people, and the audience that watch you expose
like it be stuff that once the show comes out,
then people start digging and finding stuff to put out
there by it. So if you had something like that
that was out there in the atmosphere people can go
online and get you know, why would you.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Think that that's not going to ever come up? You
know what I mean?
Speaker 4 (16:12):
So yeah, I just I wouldn't suggest anybody who had
a lot of secrets that they didn't want to deal
with to come on it. Like to me, I would
just be like, you might own that and just keep
it pushing because you knew it was there, you know, But.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
It makes sense.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
Last question about Housewives, I did want to ask because
you mentioned that was not the worst thing that has
happened on the show in your opinion, what was the
worst thing that has ever happened any season.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
It's been a lot of bad stuff, you know. I
just leave it at that. That's it. That's it.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
That's a valid response. That's a valid response for that.
Now it's to Meka Scott. You have a lot going
on as well. I mean on social media you are always,
you know, talking about the products you have and the
businesses you have going on. So tell us more about,
you know, everything that you do that people might not
even see on social media that you really want the
people to know.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
Well, I love to cook, yes you do.
Speaker 5 (17:15):
So I started my own seasoning line called Tamika Scott
Southern fudse eight different fuds delicious, low sodium. I use
pink Himalayan salt instead of regular table salt. And I'm
just trying to build my culinary up. So I just
launched some candles there, dessert inspired candles, massage candles that
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you can get in time of Mother's Day. Go to
school and do you get your candles? So I'm just
I got something else I'm waiting on and I should,
I want to say in another week. It has something
to do with food, So it's just some food.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Listen, so I can't wait. And I saw when you
were massaging that candle on your hand, I mean looks
real good from it, So that was yes, yes, okay.
So let's also talk about family. I mean, we know
there's one person who used to be a part of
the group that is not here at the table today,
your sister. So when she did put out that statement
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of her, you know you're not defending her during her escape,
what was your thoughts on that and how did you
feel just to see that from your own sister?
Speaker 3 (18:24):
Well, I mean, did I not defend her? Ladies?
Speaker 6 (18:28):
Well, you know, you know, Adam, I were answered it earlier.
But I mean, if I can speak because this is
not a sister I'm not in the sister league.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
It's business.
Speaker 6 (18:41):
Yeah, but I feel like Tamika was always defending, always
in her corner. They were always locked, you know what
I'm saying. And we were just talking about being in
a group with two sisters. Was hell, you know what
I'm saying for me and can it because it was
either the two sisters because we were majority roots, so
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it's either a split thing here or one of us
is on the other side. But they were never separate.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Even though.
Speaker 6 (19:10):
Yeah, even though there are a lot of times that
she knew she would should have been on our side,
she was not. And it was because she was. It
was because that's her sister, and that's what she was writing.
That's what she's been. She's been brought up and that's
what she did for so many years. So eventually I
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feel like she grew up and she realized that that
is not the best name for Tamika, you see what
I'm saying.
Speaker 2 (19:38):
So she started.
Speaker 6 (19:39):
So now you see her making moves as a different person.
She's she's going her she's moving in her own direction,
in her own lane. For Tamika and her family instead
of just you know, going that way because it's my family.
And so she's done that so a long a long time.
So right now I feel good about what she doing
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because she has helped it down way way too low
it But you know, you know, I'm Southern.
Speaker 5 (20:13):
We were brought up that family's everything. You don't go
against family, no matter what. You know, even if your
family's wrong, you you sit there, you hide it, you
you put it up on the rug, you know, and
you just forget about it. So it carried on into
our business. So I didn't know how to separate the
two because it's like, Okay, you gotta make a decision,
but you can't go against your sister. So a lot
of decisions that I made was because it was what
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she wanted to do, I understand, and it affected our business.
Speaker 6 (20:39):
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm I was always you know,
touching my girl like me and her like this, you
know what I'm saying. But I know when it wasn't
working for me and that in a way, and I
knew when I needed to be like, we're trying to
do this, you know what I'm saying. But it was
going nowhere because two against two.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
You know what I'm.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
Saying here, you've been quiet? Do you have? I mean,
you publicly spoke about you didn't understand where it came from.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
What are your which part.
Speaker 1 (21:06):
In regards to her? You know, her sister not defending Tasha,
Latasha defend her?
Speaker 2 (21:12):
How you say not knowing where it came from?
Speaker 1 (21:15):
No, from your perspective, because you you know, you were
saying you never understood what what Latasha was saying about
not being defended by her sister.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
Okay, I try not to say much because I feel
like I always get blamed in the situation for everything.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
Not here not here, But.
Speaker 4 (21:35):
And I honestly I agree with what Tiny was saying.
I feel like for years to Mika has just basically.
Speaker 2 (21:43):
Supported whatever her.
Speaker 4 (21:44):
Sister wanted to do, right or wrong, even when it
wasn't in her best interest.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
And so.
Speaker 4 (21:54):
Now it's like, Okay, there are things that happened, and
and there were choices that made what I did not
understand was when she said in the song she made
it seem as though like we kind of put her
up the group. But for us and people who watched
the showed it our last show TV show with Escape
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and StEB Ev. You could see on there when she
was saying she didn't want to do shows with us.
After the one show that we were doing for the day,
she didn't even want to do that that performance on
the TV show. And then you know, there were opportunities
that came up for us to do as a group
and she didn't want to do them with us, And
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it was like her team at the time was just like, Okay, well,
y'all go ahead and do them if they'll do it
with you, like thinking that people wouldn't want to work.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
With us just because she wasn't a.
Speaker 4 (22:50):
Part of and it's like, Okay, we accepted it, and
I feel like it's nothing.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
Wrong with her wanting to do her own music.
Speaker 4 (23:00):
To be clear, we accepted it and we started doing
our own shows.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
She was when was it she didn't want to do it.
Speaker 4 (23:09):
So that's the part that I don't agree with her
doing the song and she sounds great, you know, I
feel like she's very talented. Tasha and I always bumped it,
So you know, when people try to make it seem
like I somehow don't want for me, it wouldn't be
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no different because we always bumped it. Whether it was
then or now. So I'm not really. I feel like
there's so many family things that need to be worked
out before we even discussed the group. So the same
way it was addressed in the song, dressed her personal life,
she dressed family stuff, and then she addressed the group.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
I think that's how it needs to be fixed. I
got it.
Speaker 3 (23:55):
I get it.
Speaker 1 (23:55):
And just a couple more questions. Since you're talking about
family and fixing it, where are you now with your family?
Speaker 5 (24:01):
Well, you know, I'm good with my family. I have
a wonderful husband, beautiful daughters, wonderful glam babies, So I'm
at peace.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
Yes, family, absolutely, And very last question here, Mother's Day
is coming up for the moms here. What would be
your perfect and ideal Mother's Day plan? If you can
pick it, tell your man's or tell your kids what
you want to do?
Speaker 3 (24:25):
What would that look like? We're gonna be on stage?
Speaker 6 (24:28):
Sciate was like.
Speaker 2 (24:36):
What would you think?
Speaker 5 (24:37):
You came up?
Speaker 6 (24:43):
You booked a show on Mother's Day and June I
was like, yes, we did. I was like, we work
on Mother's Day any other time.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
He's like, that's but.
Speaker 6 (24:55):
Anyway, I mean, you know we're gonna We're gonna be
with that loved one, that's for sure. Where we are working,
we'll be they'll be there.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
I'm saying this now. You know, I'm always thinking about
the coeen.
Speaker 4 (25:07):
Of course, if we fly all our kids and the
whole family, we might as well not work because we're
gonna spend all.
Speaker 2 (25:14):
The money on like.
Speaker 6 (25:18):
Well, you know, I'm only flying one because all the
rest of them they'll be all right.
Speaker 4 (25:24):
I didn't do that because my older daughter Briley and Taylor,
they get mad if we don't include them. But we
don't include the smaller kids though, I gotta take everybody.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
Well.
Speaker 6 (25:38):
I bring Major too if he wants to come. But Major,
you know, he don't really like do much, so I
don't you know, you know. But yeah, but King and
Znique and all the rest of them, they have their
own lives. And you know what I'm saying, I only
got one to two to worry about. I love it.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
Well, we will say Happy Mother's Day to you all
you can, just in case you don't get the time
to really celebrate, maybe the day before day after you
guys can do something that would be really fun. All right,
Once again, Alexandre Kimoni in the studio with Candy Tiny
and Tamika Scott. Thank you, guys so much for coming.
Speaker 2 (26:16):
In, Thank you for having us. Thank you so much.