July 30, 2026 • 23 mins
We’re kicking it with history-maker Alexia Jayy! Fresh off her massive win on The Voice and in the middle of the BET Awards weekend chaos, Alexia pulled up on Caz and Eli Wilborn to chop it up about life, music, and everything in between.
Alexia shares her journey from church choir roots to making history on The Voice. She keeps it 100 on fighting performance anxiety, how Adam Levine built her confidence, and what goes into crafting hits with heavy hitters like Makeeba. Plus, we put her on the spot with a wild music bracket game to crown her ultimate R&B legends.
About the Guest
Alexia Jayy isn't just a voice; she’s a whole movement. Coming straight out of a small town to make history as the first Black woman to win The Voice, Alexia has been turning heads with her raw talent, sharp pen, and magnetic stage presence.
From her deep church roots to working with industry heavy hitters, she’s building an empire while staying completely true to who she is.
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SPEAKER_03 (00:08):
You hear the claps, you hear the energy, you hear
the good vibe.
I gotta download this right now.
Download it right now.
If you listen to you watching,download it right now.
Oh my God.
Get it.
Listen, welcome back to Can IVibe with y'all with a vibes?
Are you immaculate?
Every time we hop up in here, wejust had a little listening
party.
Miss Alexia J in the building.
(00:28):
The talent is unreal.
The talent is off the charts.
Y'all hear it firsthand.
I don't even got to explain it,y'all.
They hear it firsthand.
We're feeling good.
We're feeling great.
Welcome, welcome, welcome to theshow.
SPEAKER_01 (00:39):
Thank you.
Thank y'all for having me.
SPEAKER_03 (00:41):
Of course.
I'm excited.
I'm excited.
So, quick little background.
We got a recent winner of thevoice.
The first black woman ever towin the voice.
SPEAKER_00 (00:51):
Thank you.
SPEAKER_03 (00:53):
That's big time.
We got, you know, we gotproduction in the branded, too.
You know, we got to we got theclaps today.
So uh it's BET Awards weekend.
Got performances going on, justso much going on.
Uh, we're filled with sometalent, all that good stuff, and
we are excited to talk with you,catch a vibe with you, and maybe
even like you know, hear alittle bit more of the voice.
(01:16):
So, welcome, how are youfeeling?
SPEAKER_01 (01:18):
I'm feeling good.
I'm excited to be here.
I appreciate you guys for havingme.
I love the vibes.
Oh, thank you.
unknown (01:25):
Welcome.
SPEAKER_03 (01:25):
Yeah, so as we mentioned, it's BET Awards
weekend.
Anyway, anything you're lookingforward to?
Any way you're preparing?
SPEAKER_01 (01:32):
I have been in that room, in that hotel room,
rehearsing every day.
Um, I just did rehearsals today,so I am really excited about
getting on that stage.
It's my first time.
So yeah, first time.
So I'm excited.
There we go.
SPEAKER_03 (01:46):
There we go.
SPEAKER_01 (01:47):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (01:48):
Okay.
You have any nerves?
SPEAKER_01 (01:50):
Always.
I'm always nervous before theweek before and the night
before.
But as soon as I get on stage, Ithink I'll be all right.
SPEAKER_03 (01:57):
Okay.
So it's the buildup more so thanthe actual.
SPEAKER_01 (02:00):
Yeah, the it's it's anxiety mostly.
It's like I'm thinking about allof the things that I could do in
that moment and just trying tomake sure that I do everything
right.
So once I get there, I'll I'llbe okay.
SPEAKER_02 (02:12):
Now, what is your like, what is your like pregame
ritual look like?
How do you get in that mode whenit's time to like perform?
Whether it's the voice, BTAwards, backyard, local concert,
whatever it is, how do you getto that headspace?
SPEAKER_01 (02:26):
I'm not gonna lie to you.
I will take a second and go in acorner.
I'll pray real quick and ask theLord to, you know, whatever
these people need, let me beable to give it to them because
I don't feel like this is mine.
I feel like God gave it to me.
So I try my best to make surethat he is always present in
everything that I'm doing.
SPEAKER_03 (02:45):
I love that.
We love that.
Amen.
Amen.
Perform it on a Sunday time.
So we heard you first found outyou could sing or first started
singing at two years old.
SPEAKER_00 (02:57):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (02:58):
So how did that happen?
Like, how did how did you knowand how did that progress?
SPEAKER_01 (03:02):
Well, my mom was a vocal coach and she was the
choir director at our church,and so she used to help all the
kids at the church, and theywould come over to our house and
she would give them vocallessons, and I'd be sitting
under the piano.
And one day she had a studentthere, and she wanted them to
hit a certain note.
And I'm under the piano, I'mgoing over it, over and over it,
(03:23):
and I finally was like, Mama, Icould do it.
And she was like, Well, do it,and I did it, and she was like,
Oh.
SPEAKER_03 (03:28):
At two years old?
SPEAKER_01 (03:29):
Yeah.
Well, no, I was one when I didthat, and then she started
working with me, and I did myfirst solo at two years old at
church.
SPEAKER_03 (03:40):
So how obviously, you know, your your mother kind
of you know had a littledirection and and voice and you
know what she considered good,but like how do you know at that
young age, like, okay, there'ssome talent here.
SPEAKER_01 (03:53):
You know, I like I have kids now, so I really don't
understand how she, you know,like cultivated that, like,
because I couldn't imagine mydaughter coming to me saying, I
can do it, and then she singsthis note and it's perfect.
And it's like, okay, I gottafigure out how to make sure that
you get the best things to dowhat you need to do.
(04:14):
So she she's a superhero to me,honestly, because I couldn't
imagine having that role like atall.
SPEAKER_02 (04:20):
What song was that that you sang like in front of?
SPEAKER_01 (04:24):
Uh, the song that I sang, I think it was called
There Is Hope.
It was a gospel song.
Um, and she made me sing everylike we were we were in the
garage with that mic stand,singing every weekend to make
sure when I got to church I knewall the words, all the notes.
So she was like really heavilyin my life trying to make sure
(04:46):
that I was gonna sing because ofthat moment under that piano.
SPEAKER_03 (04:51):
Do you have any memories of it?
Or is it like you know, whatyour mom shared with you?
SPEAKER_01 (04:54):
Yeah, it's what she shared with me, but I do have
memories of she bought me thiskaraoke once she found out I
could sing.
She bought me this littlekaraoke machine.
So she has pictures in the houseof me just holding the mic,
walking around with my littlebraids.
I remember doing that, but Idon't remember none of the other
stuff.
SPEAKER_03 (05:09):
She's like whatever mama told me.
Uh, when did you start makingmusic?
Like, do you have an early age?
SPEAKER_01 (05:15):
Do you remember that?
Yes.
Uh, I think I was like six.
I started singing melodies.
And I'm gonna always talk aboutmy mom because I think what she
did was amazing.
Like, I was always walkingaround the house singing
melodies, and so what she woulddo is she'll come to me, she's
like, What do you hear?
Like, what words do you hear?
And I would tell her what wordsI would hear, and she would help
me write the song.
(05:36):
So I think that helped me learnhow to write music just from
hearing the melodies in my headat six years old.
SPEAKER_03 (05:42):
Did she have a background in music?
SPEAKER_01 (05:43):
Or yes, so my whole family on my mom's side, they're
musicians, singers.
So, yeah, like when you come outin my family, yeah.
When you come out, people arelooking like, What are you gonna
do?
Oh are you gonna be a musician?
Are you gonna sing?
What you gonna do?
Okay.
SPEAKER_02 (05:56):
So you write your own music.
Yes, you write all of your ownmusic.
I write a lot of my music, andyou're the voice behind all of
it.
I love that.
SPEAKER_03 (06:02):
You real polygamy superstar.
SPEAKER_01 (06:05):
Thank you.
SPEAKER_03 (06:06):
And you have kids as well.
SPEAKER_01 (06:07):
Yes.
SPEAKER_03 (06:07):
So are you how old are they?
SPEAKER_01 (06:09):
Ten and four.
SPEAKER_03 (06:10):
Okay.
So are you looking the same wayyour mom was looking?
Are you kind of like, what areyou gonna do?
Do you have any talent?
SPEAKER_01 (06:17):
Um, yeah, because my son, he loves to play.
And my daughter, she's aperformer.
I know she's gonna be aperformer because she does it
like when I sing, she's like,Yeah, yeah, she's like, Mommy,
let me do it.
Let me do it.
So I hope that I could be as youknow good as my mom was for me
to them.
You will be.
Yeah, you will be.
(06:38):
I'm gonna try my best.
SPEAKER_03 (06:39):
They've been teaching me this.
SPEAKER_01 (06:41):
You know what I'm saying?
SPEAKER_02 (06:42):
So the song we just listened to, Money, which is my
official summer anthem.
I know that's right.
I I'm I'm I'm I'm vibing withit.
Thank you.
You wrote that song as well.
SPEAKER_01 (06:52):
Well, I wrote it with uh Makiba, she is an
amazing writer.
Um, and we were in the studio,and she was just like,
basically, you need somethingthat's gonna do what it did for
you.
Yeah, I've I promise I felt it.
I'm here, I felt it.
And when I heard it, I was like,Yeah, this is it.
This is this is the one.
So I'm happy that y'all like it.
SPEAKER_03 (07:12):
We oh yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (07:13):
Trust me.
SPEAKER_03 (07:14):
We play it back right now because um we could
talk about the voice a littlebit.
Like, what was the process likeuh getting on there, going on
there, the experience?
SPEAKER_01 (07:25):
The experience on the voice was it was amazing.
I did not have any expectations,I didn't know what to expect.
Um, but I was super excited.
And when I got there, everybodywas so welcoming, so nice.
Um, I was very nervous, likebecause I never did anything
like that before.
But being around the voicepeople, they all made me feel
(07:48):
really comfortable.
And each week they were cheeringus on, you know, nonstop.
And so it was an amazingexperience.
I got to meet some amazingpeople, I got some lifelong
friends, and it was really dope.
Caitlin.
SPEAKER_03 (08:00):
Who were some of the the people you met?
SPEAKER_01 (08:02):
Um, I got a lifelong friend, and his name was Jeremy.
He was in the top nine with me.
Um, but as far as meeting, I gotto meet my favorite coach, Adam
Levine.
I got to meet John Legend.
Um, I got to meet KellyClarkson, and I got to meet
CeeLo Green.
I I got to meet a lot of greatpeople, and it was amazing
(08:23):
singing for these people, andthey thought that I was great.
That was like they saw thevision.
Oh man, it was such a dopeexperience.
SPEAKER_02 (08:32):
How does it feel uh being the first black winner on
The Voice?
Is that something that likemeans something to you, or it
was just like you're just happyto be there as a winner?
SPEAKER_01 (08:41):
Ooh, both.
I was happy to just be in anumber, can't lie.
But when I found out that I wasthe first black woman to win, it
was like it was a big eye-openerbecause I'm from a very small
town, you know, everybody knowseach other.
My mom went to school with myfriends, parents.
And so it was like I wasbringing something back home to
(09:01):
my folks.
And so being the first blackwoman, come on now, that's been
everything.
SPEAKER_03 (09:07):
So you were talking about Adam as well.
I know he uh fought to be yourcoach.
So what was that experiencelike?
Um, how long did it go on?
SPEAKER_01 (09:16):
It was, oh my God, I didn't know how to feel in that
moment.
Um, I think my son really likemade me like come back to life
because they called him onstage.
Um, I think my son made thedecision for me because my house
is definitely a maroon fivehouse, and I didn't realize how
much he listens to the musicthat I like.
(09:37):
So when he got on stage and theyasked him who was his favorite
singer, and he said maroon five,I was like, okay, got it.
SPEAKER_03 (09:43):
That's who we're gonna choose.
You were a maroon five fanbefore going on.
SPEAKER_01 (09:47):
Yes, I was.
SPEAKER_03 (09:48):
And then seeing Adam there, it's like a full circle
moment for you.
SPEAKER_01 (09:53):
Yes, because I think at one moment I was, I think I
was like maybe 16, and they weregoing around, they did a music
video and they were going aroundsinging at people's weddings,
and I was like, get marriedbecause I really want you to
sing for me.
And then like being on the voiceand being on his team and him,
you know, falling in love withmy voice.
(10:15):
It was, it was, ooh, it wasmind-boggling because what is
happening right now, this issomebody that I listen to daily
and they like what I do.
So it was a really good feeling.
I don't even want to hold you.
SPEAKER_03 (10:27):
I bet so it was good.
Um, how long was he coachingyou?
SPEAKER_01 (10:31):
Um, we were there for five months, I think.
And he he really built myconfidence for real, for real.
It was because I'm alwaysnervous.
Anytime before I say, yeah, man,anytime before it don't give
nerves to me.
SPEAKER_02 (10:47):
It don't give nerves to me.
SPEAKER_01 (10:48):
Anytime before I say I'm nervous.
And he just basically let meknow, like, hey, you kill it
every time you do it.
You got to tell yourself thatevery single time.
And that really built myconfidence a whole lot.
So each week I came back withwith more and more.
And I watching it, I seen thatthat advice really, really
(11:09):
helped me each week.
SPEAKER_02 (11:10):
Speaking of Adam Levine and Kelly and Sila, all
these big names that you've gotto sing in front of.
Who would you say is like yourdream collaboration to work
with?
Who do you want to get in thebooth with and really make some
Chris Brown?
All day.
Oh, breezy.
We got some breezy fans inthere.
We got some breezy fans inthere.
All my life.
We were listening to some breezybefore you got in here.
(11:32):
So you got reposted by him,correct?
SPEAKER_01 (11:33):
Yes, I did.
Okay.
Uh huh.
So y'all can only imagine I wasin that house screaming.
SPEAKER_03 (11:39):
So let's let's go back to the day.
Let's let's run the day down.
Um, I don't know exactly whatyear it was.
SPEAKER_01 (11:45):
I don't either, but I will tell you exactly what I
was doing.
I was sleeping, and um I haddone this uh song.
It was called Best Part byAnaya, and he reposted it at
like, it had to be like 3 a.m.
my time.
And I kept getting all thesenotifications, and I'm like,
(12:07):
what's going on?
And I look at my phone and itsays Chris Brown, and I'm like,
nah, nah, and so I look and it'shis official page, and I was
like, oh my god, nobody was up,so I couldn't call anybody.
Don't laugh.
I just start cleaning up.
That's all I could do to passthe time until everybody woke
(12:28):
up.
But as soon as like 6 a.m.
all night, as soon as 6 a.m.
hit, I called my whole family.
Like, y'all are not gonnabelieve this.
And so we all just we had a goodlittle party that night.
SPEAKER_03 (12:42):
So, what was like what what came out of that?
What was the next few weeks orfew months like?
SPEAKER_01 (12:47):
Oh, it was it was dope.
It was like everybody started tocome to my page and like really
listen to because I started justposting original songs that I
was writing, and so people werecoming back listening to my
music.
So I was getting moreengagement, more engagement.
So it was at that time, I was oncloud nine because what Chris
(13:07):
Brown loves my what I do, likethat.
That's an amazing feeling.
SPEAKER_02 (13:11):
Who would you say like growing up was like your
biggest inspiration for yourmusic?
Obviously, you have a beautifulvoice, you have a coaching.
SPEAKER_01 (13:19):
Like I would say Whitney Houston played a really
big part.
Um, Aretha, definitely.
Um, if we're going gospel, I'mgonna say Smokey Northful, Fred
Hammond, all of those.
My mom made me listen toeverybody, every genre, anything
that you could think of, just soI would know exactly what I
wanted to sing and how I wantedto sing.
(13:41):
And now that I'm a little older,I respect that lady so much.
SPEAKER_02 (13:45):
And what would you say was like the difference?
Obviously, growing up, you hadyour mom, she was like your main
coach, and then you go from thatand you jump on the big stage to
Adam Velveen.
How was that difference fromlike, okay, you have a star in
Adam Velveen, and then you haveyour mom.
Like, how is that?
SPEAKER_01 (14:02):
Well, if I gotta be honest, Adam he reminded me a
little bit of how my mom works.
Like, he's really likestraightforward, and I love
that.
Like in music, I feel like youhave to be straightforward.
I need to know what's happening,how you feel about it.
And he wasn't shy at all to tellme what he liked, what he loved,
you know.
And so it wasn't too far apartfrom my mom.
(14:24):
Can't lie.
SPEAKER_02 (14:24):
Shut up, mom, shut up, mom, shut up, mom.
SPEAKER_03 (14:27):
We love the mom.
Um, what was the process like?
Like, it's coming from someonewho can't sing on QV.
Like, how do you get coached tomake it to that next level?
SPEAKER_01 (14:37):
Um, you know, that is a good question for mom.
She, I will tell you, she had mein rehearsals every weekend.
Um, I was doing, I was singingat somebody's church every
Sunday.
Like, she made sure that I knewevery aspect within music,
within performing.
Like, she didn't play like thatat all.
(14:59):
And so getting on that stage, itwas like, okay, I have to use
everything that she's evertaught me in this moment,
because that was my moment.
That's how I felt.
And I told her, I called herthat night when I won.
I was like, girl, I appreciateyou.
I really do.
Because everything that shetaught me, you would she knew
nothing about music.
(15:19):
She didn't go to school formusic, any of that.
So for her to be able to teachme all of those things, not
really knowing, and then megetting older and being able to
do that on stage.
SPEAKER_03 (15:30):
Ah I know that was everything for her.
SPEAKER_01 (15:31):
Ah, what?
And then seeing her on TVcrying, like we saw, we saw it.
Yeah, it got me.
SPEAKER_02 (15:37):
Shout out to mama.
Yeah, it got me.
Did Adam's coaching at all liketweak your technique and how you
sing?
SPEAKER_01 (15:44):
Or yeah, well, yeah, like I said, the confidence
part, like I come from a smalltown and nobody really, you
know, knows too much about thebig cities like that.
Nobody really makes it out fromIrvington.
And so being with Adam and himloving hearing me sing, it was a
big eye-opener because I singfor my church and for my local
(16:07):
community, you know.
And to get out here and sing infront of a mass bunch of people
is just like, and they love it.
It's like, okay, all right,guys, I can do this again.
Yeah, now I get to do the BETawards.
I'm I'm blessed and and and youknow, highly favorite in the
Lord.
SPEAKER_03 (16:25):
Amen.
Amen.
I love it.
We're gonna do a quicktransition, because they had a
game for us to play.
I don't like games.
I like these games.
We like a game.
All right, yeah.
We like a game.
Also, if there's any music youwant to share, promote that we
all need to hear, feel free to.
SPEAKER_01 (16:47):
Look, y'all just heard money.
I got brag out too, so y'allmake sure y'all check that out.
SPEAKER_03 (16:51):
We we we gonna we're gonna listen to Brag too.
All right, basically, the waywe're gonna go, we we gotta we
gotta listen to some artists.
You're gonna choose one, this orthat.
SPEAKER_01 (16:59):
Oh lord.
Okay.
Oh yes.
SPEAKER_03 (17:01):
Oh yes.
SPEAKER_01 (17:02):
Okay.
SPEAKER_03 (17:03):
Once you choose one, we're gonna go to the next one.
Then you it's basically gonna belike a little bracket.
SPEAKER_01 (17:07):
Like, okay.
SPEAKER_03 (17:07):
So we'll start with one and then go from there.
SPEAKER_01 (17:10):
Okay.
SPEAKER_03 (17:10):
Sierra or A Marie?
Sierra.
Sierra, okay.
SPEAKER_01 (17:14):
I love CC.
SPEAKER_03 (17:16):
We love CC.
SPEAKER_01 (17:17):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (17:17):
Sierra or Brittany Spears?
SPEAKER_01 (17:20):
Sierra.
SPEAKER_03 (17:21):
Okay.
Sierra or Kelly Rowland.
SPEAKER_01 (17:23):
Mmm.
I gotta go with my girl Kelly.
I love me so Kelly Roland.
SPEAKER_03 (17:28):
Okay, okay.
Kelly took over.
Uh Kelly Roland or Aliyah.
SPEAKER_01 (17:32):
Oh, what would y'all do?
Oh man.
Okay.
All right.
I'm gonna still stick with mygirl, Kelly.
SPEAKER_03 (17:42):
We're going a little newer school, Kelly or Doja Cat.
SPEAKER_01 (17:46):
Oh my God.
Y'all did that on purpose.
Because I love Doja.
She's a leaper just like me.
Well, you gotta pick one.
I'm gonna pick Kelly still,because you know I love singing.
I'm gonna pick a lot of things.
SPEAKER_03 (18:00):
Kelly's still rolling.
Uh Kelly or Christina Aguilera.
SPEAKER_01 (18:06):
Mmm.
Y'all are good.
Um, I'm gonna go with Christina.
I love it.
SPEAKER_00 (18:15):
I love Christina Rebellion.
SPEAKER_03 (18:18):
Christina or Ariana Grande.
SPEAKER_01 (18:20):
What is I'm gonna go with Ariana?
I'm gonna I love I'm surprised.
SPEAKER_02 (18:27):
Man, no, those fascinators that she I'm
surprised.
SPEAKER_03 (18:30):
She got a little voice on her.
SPEAKER_01 (18:31):
Ooh, it's beautiful.
SPEAKER_03 (18:33):
She do.
Oh man, Christina had a shortrun.
Arianna or Eli's girl, DemiLovato.
SPEAKER_00 (18:44):
I'ma still go with Ariana.
Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_03 (18:50):
Uh Ariana or Adele.
SPEAKER_01 (18:52):
Ooh, Adele.
All day.
SPEAKER_02 (18:55):
Can I add one in there?
I know it wasn't in there.
Adele or Lana Del Rey.
SPEAKER_01 (18:59):
Why would you do whoever?
SPEAKER_02 (19:01):
I gotta have my girl Lana in there.
I'm sorry.
SPEAKER_01 (19:04):
I'm gonna go, I'm gonna still go with Adele.
I love Adele.
SPEAKER_02 (19:09):
I know that hurts.
Love me some Adele.
That's your girlfriend.
Hear me out, though.
SPEAKER_03 (19:15):
Adele or Tony Braxton?
SPEAKER_01 (19:19):
Oh, y'all went down the line.
Got it.
Okay.
I'm gonna still go with my girl,Adele.
Okay.
SPEAKER_03 (19:25):
Let's see if Adele can win it all.
Adele or Mariah Carey.
SPEAKER_00 (19:29):
Oh my God.
I'm gonna go with Mariah.
Yeah.
Mariah is yeah, she's a girl.
SPEAKER_03 (19:38):
Mariah, okay.
Mariah or Beyonce.
I know she she hates us rightnow.
SPEAKER_01 (19:47):
Oh man.
Okay.
All right.
Mariah or Beyonce?
I've never asked myself thisquestion.
I'm gonna go with Beyonce.
I gotta go with Beyonce.
SPEAKER_03 (20:00):
Okay.
Beyonce or Rihanna.
SPEAKER_01 (20:03):
Oh, I just had this argument with my man.
I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go withBeyonce real bad.
Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_02 (20:10):
That's a tough one.
What'd your man say about it?
What'd your man say about it?
SPEAKER_01 (20:13):
He was so we were arguing like about Beyonce and
Rihanna.
He's a Beyonce fan, and I waslike a big Rihanna fan.
But if I gotta go, I'm gonna gowith Beyonce.
We we had that argument already.
SPEAKER_03 (20:23):
So is it like a catalog thing or um yeah, yeah,
yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (20:27):
Like I feel like Beyonce, she was a big part of
us, both of us.
And so that's my girl.
SPEAKER_03 (20:34):
Okay, let's go a little old school.
Beyonce or Celine Dion?
SPEAKER_01 (20:40):
Oh, why would y'all do this to me?
SPEAKER_02 (20:43):
She blame darn okay.
Blame Shaka.
SPEAKER_01 (20:48):
I'm gonna go with Celine.
I love Celine Dion.
Okay.
SPEAKER_03 (20:54):
Celine or Shaka Khan?
SPEAKER_01 (20:58):
Shaka all day.
I gotta I gotta go with Shaka.
Okay.
SPEAKER_03 (21:02):
The list's changing up.
SPEAKER_01 (21:03):
It's just switching.
Y'all did some good picks.
Can't lie.
SPEAKER_03 (21:06):
Shaka or Whitney?
Oh, I knew it.
SPEAKER_01 (21:10):
I knew it.
I'm gonna, Whitney is gonna takeall of it.
All day.
Whitney, it's at the top for me.
SPEAKER_03 (21:17):
At the top?
She's taking it all?
SPEAKER_01 (21:18):
Yeah, she's taking it off.
Over Aretha.
Don't y'all, don't y'all dothat.
You said she's at the top.
Is she over Aretha?
SPEAKER_03 (21:24):
Whitney or Aretha?
SPEAKER_01 (21:29):
Oh my God.
Um, I gotta go with Whitney.
I love, I love Whitney.
I love Aretha.
That's listen, Aretha is part ofmy life.
But Whitney just, I don't know.
SPEAKER_03 (21:41):
She's she was Whitney's Whitney.
SPEAKER_01 (21:43):
And she was my favorite godmother.
So yeah.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_03 (21:47):
All right, we got one more for you.
Uh, Whitney or Alexia J.
SPEAKER_01 (21:51):
Ooh, don't do that.
Don't you do you gotta pick.
SPEAKER_03 (21:55):
You gotta pick.
SPEAKER_00 (21:56):
Let me tell you something.
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (21:58):
This is what I'm gonna say.
I would have loved to get onstage and sing with Whitney, and
I probably would have cried, butI would never go against my girl
like that because she's alegend.
unknown (22:09):
Okay.
SPEAKER_03 (22:10):
She's legend.
We that's respect.
SPEAKER_01 (22:12):
Yeah, I gotta respect my girl.
SPEAKER_03 (22:14):
Just as much as you would have loved going on, we
would have loved hearing that.
SPEAKER_01 (22:17):
I would have cried.
Y'all wouldn't even got nothingout of me.
SPEAKER_03 (22:22):
All right.
So basically, end of the day,Whitney taking it all.
Whole list.
SPEAKER_01 (22:26):
Yes.
Okay.
Yep.
SPEAKER_03 (22:28):
That's fair.
Yeah, that's fair.
I like that.
We can wrap it up.
Is there anything you want toshare, promote?
SPEAKER_01 (22:34):
Yes.
So I just released my new songs,Money and Brag.
I hope you guys take a listenand I hope you love it.
SPEAKER_02 (22:41):
Alexia J, the talented Alexia J.
SPEAKER_03 (22:44):
We appreciate you having us.
I look forward to seeing all theperformances this weekend.
Yes, I'm excited.
Oh, you got me.
SPEAKER_02 (22:51):
The voice of an angel with the summer anthem.
Oh, thank you.
Go get money and brag right now.
SPEAKER_01 (22:58):
Thank y'all so much.
SPEAKER_03 (22:59):
But yes, much love.
Shout out everybody here.
Can't I buy with y'all podcast?
Shout out Cash Money, wholeproduction crew.
You can find us everywhere.
YouTube, TikTok, IG, ApplePodcasts, Spotify, all that good
stuff.
Just Alexia J.
Alexia J.
SPEAKER_01 (23:14):
Two Wives.
Two eyes.
SPEAKER_03 (23:17):
Don't get it twisted.
That's a wrap.
You hear the claps, you hear the energy, you hear
the good vibe.
I gotta download this right now.
Download it right now.
If you listen to you watching,download it right now.
Oh my God.
Get it.
Listen, welcome back to Can IVibe with y'all with a vibes?
Are you immaculate?
Every time we hop up in here, wejust had a little listening
party.
Miss Alexia J in the building.
(00:28):
The talent is unreal.
The talent is off the charts.
Y'all hear it firsthand.
I don't even got to explain it,y'all.
They hear it firsthand.
We're feeling good.
We're feeling great.
Welcome, welcome, welcome to theshow.
SPEAKER_01 (00:39):
Thank you.
Thank y'all for having me.
SPEAKER_03 (00:41):
Of course.
I'm excited.
I'm excited.
So, quick little background.
We got a recent winner of thevoice.
The first black woman ever towin the voice.
SPEAKER_00 (00:51):
Thank you.
SPEAKER_03 (00:53):
That's big time.
We got, you know, we gotproduction in the branded, too.
You know, we got to we got theclaps today.
So uh it's BET Awards weekend.
Got performances going on, justso much going on.
Uh, we're filled with sometalent, all that good stuff, and
we are excited to talk with you,catch a vibe with you, and maybe
even like you know, hear alittle bit more of the voice.
(01:16):
So, welcome, how are youfeeling?
SPEAKER_01 (01:18):
I'm feeling good.
I'm excited to be here.
I appreciate you guys for havingme.
I love the vibes.
Oh, thank you.
unknown (01:25):
Welcome.
SPEAKER_03 (01:25):
Yeah, so as we mentioned, it's BET Awards
weekend.
Anyway, anything you're lookingforward to?
Any way you're preparing?
SPEAKER_01 (01:32):
I have been in that room, in that hotel room,
rehearsing every day.
Um, I just did rehearsals today,so I am really excited about
getting on that stage.
It's my first time.
So yeah, first time.
So I'm excited.
There we go.
SPEAKER_03 (01:46):
There we go.
SPEAKER_01 (01:47):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (01:48):
Okay.
You have any nerves?
SPEAKER_01 (01:50):
Always.
I'm always nervous before theweek before and the night
before.
But as soon as I get on stage, Ithink I'll be all right.
SPEAKER_03 (01:57):
Okay.
So it's the buildup more so thanthe actual.
SPEAKER_01 (02:00):
Yeah, the it's it's anxiety mostly.
It's like I'm thinking about allof the things that I could do in
that moment and just trying tomake sure that I do everything
right.
So once I get there, I'll I'llbe okay.
SPEAKER_02 (02:12):
Now, what is your like, what is your like pregame
ritual look like?
How do you get in that mode whenit's time to like perform?
Whether it's the voice, BTAwards, backyard, local concert,
whatever it is, how do you getto that headspace?
SPEAKER_01 (02:26):
I'm not gonna lie to you.
I will take a second and go in acorner.
I'll pray real quick and ask theLord to, you know, whatever
these people need, let me beable to give it to them because
I don't feel like this is mine.
I feel like God gave it to me.
So I try my best to make surethat he is always present in
everything that I'm doing.
SPEAKER_03 (02:45):
I love that.
We love that.
Amen.
Amen.
Perform it on a Sunday time.
So we heard you first found outyou could sing or first started
singing at two years old.
SPEAKER_00 (02:57):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (02:58):
So how did that happen?
Like, how did how did you knowand how did that progress?
SPEAKER_01 (03:02):
Well, my mom was a vocal coach and she was the
choir director at our church,and so she used to help all the
kids at the church, and theywould come over to our house and
she would give them vocallessons, and I'd be sitting
under the piano.
And one day she had a studentthere, and she wanted them to
hit a certain note.
And I'm under the piano, I'mgoing over it, over and over it,
(03:23):
and I finally was like, Mama, Icould do it.
And she was like, Well, do it,and I did it, and she was like,
Oh.
SPEAKER_03 (03:28):
At two years old?
SPEAKER_01 (03:29):
Yeah.
Well, no, I was one when I didthat, and then she started
working with me, and I did myfirst solo at two years old at
church.
SPEAKER_03 (03:40):
So how obviously, you know, your your mother kind
of you know had a littledirection and and voice and you
know what she considered good,but like how do you know at that
young age, like, okay, there'ssome talent here.
SPEAKER_01 (03:53):
You know, I like I have kids now, so I really don't
understand how she, you know,like cultivated that, like,
because I couldn't imagine mydaughter coming to me saying, I
can do it, and then she singsthis note and it's perfect.
And it's like, okay, I gottafigure out how to make sure that
you get the best things to dowhat you need to do.
(04:14):
So she she's a superhero to me,honestly, because I couldn't
imagine having that role like atall.
SPEAKER_02 (04:20):
What song was that that you sang like in front of?
SPEAKER_01 (04:24):
Uh, the song that I sang, I think it was called
There Is Hope.
It was a gospel song.
Um, and she made me sing everylike we were we were in the
garage with that mic stand,singing every weekend to make
sure when I got to church I knewall the words, all the notes.
So she was like really heavilyin my life trying to make sure
(04:46):
that I was gonna sing because ofthat moment under that piano.
SPEAKER_03 (04:51):
Do you have any memories of it?
Or is it like you know, whatyour mom shared with you?
SPEAKER_01 (04:54):
Yeah, it's what she shared with me, but I do have
memories of she bought me thiskaraoke once she found out I
could sing.
She bought me this littlekaraoke machine.
So she has pictures in the houseof me just holding the mic,
walking around with my littlebraids.
I remember doing that, but Idon't remember none of the other
stuff.
SPEAKER_03 (05:09):
She's like whatever mama told me.
Uh, when did you start makingmusic?
Like, do you have an early age?
SPEAKER_01 (05:15):
Do you remember that?
Yes.
Uh, I think I was like six.
I started singing melodies.
And I'm gonna always talk aboutmy mom because I think what she
did was amazing.
Like, I was always walkingaround the house singing
melodies, and so what she woulddo is she'll come to me, she's
like, What do you hear?
Like, what words do you hear?
And I would tell her what wordsI would hear, and she would help
me write the song.
(05:36):
So I think that helped me learnhow to write music just from
hearing the melodies in my headat six years old.
SPEAKER_03 (05:42):
Did she have a background in music?
SPEAKER_01 (05:43):
Or yes, so my whole family on my mom's side, they're
musicians, singers.
So, yeah, like when you come outin my family, yeah.
When you come out, people arelooking like, What are you gonna
do?
Oh are you gonna be a musician?
Are you gonna sing?
What you gonna do?
Okay.
SPEAKER_02 (05:56):
So you write your own music.
Yes, you write all of your ownmusic.
I write a lot of my music, andyou're the voice behind all of
it.
I love that.
SPEAKER_03 (06:02):
You real polygamy superstar.
SPEAKER_01 (06:05):
Thank you.
SPEAKER_03 (06:06):
And you have kids as well.
SPEAKER_01 (06:07):
Yes.
SPEAKER_03 (06:07):
So are you how old are they?
SPEAKER_01 (06:09):
Ten and four.
SPEAKER_03 (06:10):
Okay.
So are you looking the same wayyour mom was looking?
Are you kind of like, what areyou gonna do?
Do you have any talent?
SPEAKER_01 (06:17):
Um, yeah, because my son, he loves to play.
And my daughter, she's aperformer.
I know she's gonna be aperformer because she does it
like when I sing, she's like,Yeah, yeah, she's like, Mommy,
let me do it.
Let me do it.
So I hope that I could be as youknow good as my mom was for me
to them.
You will be.
Yeah, you will be.
(06:38):
I'm gonna try my best.
SPEAKER_03 (06:39):
They've been teaching me this.
SPEAKER_01 (06:41):
You know what I'm saying?
SPEAKER_02 (06:42):
So the song we just listened to, Money, which is my
official summer anthem.
I know that's right.
I I'm I'm I'm I'm vibing withit.
Thank you.
You wrote that song as well.
SPEAKER_01 (06:52):
Well, I wrote it with uh Makiba, she is an
amazing writer.
Um, and we were in the studio,and she was just like,
basically, you need somethingthat's gonna do what it did for
you.
Yeah, I've I promise I felt it.
I'm here, I felt it.
And when I heard it, I was like,Yeah, this is it.
This is this is the one.
So I'm happy that y'all like it.
SPEAKER_03 (07:12):
We oh yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (07:13):
Trust me.
SPEAKER_03 (07:14):
We play it back right now because um we could
talk about the voice a littlebit.
Like, what was the process likeuh getting on there, going on
there, the experience?
SPEAKER_01 (07:25):
The experience on the voice was it was amazing.
I did not have any expectations,I didn't know what to expect.
Um, but I was super excited.
And when I got there, everybodywas so welcoming, so nice.
Um, I was very nervous, likebecause I never did anything
like that before.
But being around the voicepeople, they all made me feel
(07:48):
really comfortable.
And each week they were cheeringus on, you know, nonstop.
And so it was an amazingexperience.
I got to meet some amazingpeople, I got some lifelong
friends, and it was really dope.
Caitlin.
SPEAKER_03 (08:00):
Who were some of the the people you met?
SPEAKER_01 (08:02):
Um, I got a lifelong friend, and his name was Jeremy.
He was in the top nine with me.
Um, but as far as meeting, I gotto meet my favorite coach, Adam
Levine.
I got to meet John Legend.
Um, I got to meet KellyClarkson, and I got to meet
CeeLo Green.
I I got to meet a lot of greatpeople, and it was amazing
(08:23):
singing for these people, andthey thought that I was great.
That was like they saw thevision.
Oh man, it was such a dopeexperience.
SPEAKER_02 (08:32):
How does it feel uh being the first black winner on
The Voice?
Is that something that likemeans something to you, or it
was just like you're just happyto be there as a winner?
SPEAKER_01 (08:41):
Ooh, both.
I was happy to just be in anumber, can't lie.
But when I found out that I wasthe first black woman to win, it
was like it was a big eye-openerbecause I'm from a very small
town, you know, everybody knowseach other.
My mom went to school with myfriends, parents.
And so it was like I wasbringing something back home to
(09:01):
my folks.
And so being the first blackwoman, come on now, that's been
everything.
SPEAKER_03 (09:07):
So you were talking about Adam as well.
I know he uh fought to be yourcoach.
So what was that experiencelike?
Um, how long did it go on?
SPEAKER_01 (09:16):
It was, oh my God, I didn't know how to feel in that
moment.
Um, I think my son really likemade me like come back to life
because they called him onstage.
Um, I think my son made thedecision for me because my house
is definitely a maroon fivehouse, and I didn't realize how
much he listens to the musicthat I like.
(09:37):
So when he got on stage and theyasked him who was his favorite
singer, and he said maroon five,I was like, okay, got it.
SPEAKER_03 (09:43):
That's who we're gonna choose.
You were a maroon five fanbefore going on.
SPEAKER_01 (09:47):
Yes, I was.
SPEAKER_03 (09:48):
And then seeing Adam there, it's like a full circle
moment for you.
SPEAKER_01 (09:53):
Yes, because I think at one moment I was, I think I
was like maybe 16, and they weregoing around, they did a music
video and they were going aroundsinging at people's weddings,
and I was like, get marriedbecause I really want you to
sing for me.
And then like being on the voiceand being on his team and him,
you know, falling in love withmy voice.
(10:15):
It was, it was, ooh, it wasmind-boggling because what is
happening right now, this issomebody that I listen to daily
and they like what I do.
So it was a really good feeling.
I don't even want to hold you.
SPEAKER_03 (10:27):
I bet so it was good.
Um, how long was he coachingyou?
SPEAKER_01 (10:31):
Um, we were there for five months, I think.
And he he really built myconfidence for real, for real.
It was because I'm alwaysnervous.
Anytime before I say, yeah, man,anytime before it don't give
nerves to me.
SPEAKER_02 (10:47):
It don't give nerves to me.
SPEAKER_01 (10:48):
Anytime before I say I'm nervous.
And he just basically let meknow, like, hey, you kill it
every time you do it.
You got to tell yourself thatevery single time.
And that really built myconfidence a whole lot.
So each week I came back withwith more and more.
And I watching it, I seen thatthat advice really, really
(11:09):
helped me each week.
SPEAKER_02 (11:10):
Speaking of Adam Levine and Kelly and Sila, all
these big names that you've gotto sing in front of.
Who would you say is like yourdream collaboration to work
with?
Who do you want to get in thebooth with and really make some
Chris Brown?
All day.
Oh, breezy.
We got some breezy fans inthere.
We got some breezy fans inthere.
All my life.
We were listening to some breezybefore you got in here.
(11:32):
So you got reposted by him,correct?
SPEAKER_01 (11:33):
Yes, I did.
Okay.
Uh huh.
So y'all can only imagine I wasin that house screaming.
SPEAKER_03 (11:39):
So let's let's go back to the day.
Let's let's run the day down.
Um, I don't know exactly whatyear it was.
SPEAKER_01 (11:45):
I don't either, but I will tell you exactly what I
was doing.
I was sleeping, and um I haddone this uh song.
It was called Best Part byAnaya, and he reposted it at
like, it had to be like 3 a.m.
my time.
And I kept getting all thesenotifications, and I'm like,
(12:07):
what's going on?
And I look at my phone and itsays Chris Brown, and I'm like,
nah, nah, and so I look and it'shis official page, and I was
like, oh my god, nobody was up,so I couldn't call anybody.
Don't laugh.
I just start cleaning up.
That's all I could do to passthe time until everybody woke
(12:28):
up.
But as soon as like 6 a.m.
all night, as soon as 6 a.m.
hit, I called my whole family.
Like, y'all are not gonnabelieve this.
And so we all just we had a goodlittle party that night.
SPEAKER_03 (12:42):
So, what was like what what came out of that?
What was the next few weeks orfew months like?
SPEAKER_01 (12:47):
Oh, it was it was dope.
It was like everybody started tocome to my page and like really
listen to because I started justposting original songs that I
was writing, and so people werecoming back listening to my
music.
So I was getting moreengagement, more engagement.
So it was at that time, I was oncloud nine because what Chris
(13:07):
Brown loves my what I do, likethat.
That's an amazing feeling.
SPEAKER_02 (13:11):
Who would you say like growing up was like your
biggest inspiration for yourmusic?
Obviously, you have a beautifulvoice, you have a coaching.
SPEAKER_01 (13:19):
Like I would say Whitney Houston played a really
big part.
Um, Aretha, definitely.
Um, if we're going gospel, I'mgonna say Smokey Northful, Fred
Hammond, all of those.
My mom made me listen toeverybody, every genre, anything
that you could think of, just soI would know exactly what I
wanted to sing and how I wantedto sing.
(13:41):
And now that I'm a little older,I respect that lady so much.
SPEAKER_02 (13:45):
And what would you say was like the difference?
Obviously, growing up, you hadyour mom, she was like your main
coach, and then you go from thatand you jump on the big stage to
Adam Velveen.
How was that difference fromlike, okay, you have a star in
Adam Velveen, and then you haveyour mom.
Like, how is that?
SPEAKER_01 (14:02):
Well, if I gotta be honest, Adam he reminded me a
little bit of how my mom works.
Like, he's really likestraightforward, and I love
that.
Like in music, I feel like youhave to be straightforward.
I need to know what's happening,how you feel about it.
And he wasn't shy at all to tellme what he liked, what he loved,
you know.
And so it wasn't too far apartfrom my mom.
(14:24):
Can't lie.
SPEAKER_02 (14:24):
Shut up, mom, shut up, mom, shut up, mom.
SPEAKER_03 (14:27):
We love the mom.
Um, what was the process like?
Like, it's coming from someonewho can't sing on QV.
Like, how do you get coached tomake it to that next level?
SPEAKER_01 (14:37):
Um, you know, that is a good question for mom.
She, I will tell you, she had mein rehearsals every weekend.
Um, I was doing, I was singingat somebody's church every
Sunday.
Like, she made sure that I knewevery aspect within music,
within performing.
Like, she didn't play like thatat all.
(14:59):
And so getting on that stage, itwas like, okay, I have to use
everything that she's evertaught me in this moment,
because that was my moment.
That's how I felt.
And I told her, I called herthat night when I won.
I was like, girl, I appreciateyou.
I really do.
Because everything that shetaught me, you would she knew
nothing about music.
(15:19):
She didn't go to school formusic, any of that.
So for her to be able to teachme all of those things, not
really knowing, and then megetting older and being able to
do that on stage.
SPEAKER_03 (15:30):
Ah I know that was everything for her.
SPEAKER_01 (15:31):
Ah, what?
And then seeing her on TVcrying, like we saw, we saw it.
Yeah, it got me.
SPEAKER_02 (15:37):
Shout out to mama.
Yeah, it got me.
Did Adam's coaching at all liketweak your technique and how you
sing?
SPEAKER_01 (15:44):
Or yeah, well, yeah, like I said, the confidence
part, like I come from a smalltown and nobody really, you
know, knows too much about thebig cities like that.
Nobody really makes it out fromIrvington.
And so being with Adam and himloving hearing me sing, it was a
big eye-opener because I singfor my church and for my local
(16:07):
community, you know.
And to get out here and sing infront of a mass bunch of people
is just like, and they love it.
It's like, okay, all right,guys, I can do this again.
Yeah, now I get to do the BETawards.
I'm I'm blessed and and and youknow, highly favorite in the
Lord.
SPEAKER_03 (16:25):
Amen.
Amen.
I love it.
We're gonna do a quicktransition, because they had a
game for us to play.
I don't like games.
I like these games.
We like a game.
All right, yeah.
We like a game.
Also, if there's any music youwant to share, promote that we
all need to hear, feel free to.
SPEAKER_01 (16:47):
Look, y'all just heard money.
I got brag out too, so y'allmake sure y'all check that out.
SPEAKER_03 (16:51):
We we we gonna we're gonna listen to Brag too.
All right, basically, the waywe're gonna go, we we gotta we
gotta listen to some artists.
You're gonna choose one, this orthat.
SPEAKER_01 (16:59):
Oh lord.
Okay.
Oh yes.
SPEAKER_03 (17:01):
Oh yes.
SPEAKER_01 (17:02):
Okay.
SPEAKER_03 (17:03):
Once you choose one, we're gonna go to the next one.
Then you it's basically gonna belike a little bracket.
SPEAKER_01 (17:07):
Like, okay.
SPEAKER_03 (17:07):
So we'll start with one and then go from there.
SPEAKER_01 (17:10):
Okay.
SPEAKER_03 (17:10):
Sierra or A Marie?
Sierra.
Sierra, okay.
SPEAKER_01 (17:14):
I love CC.
SPEAKER_03 (17:16):
We love CC.
SPEAKER_01 (17:17):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (17:17):
Sierra or Brittany Spears?
SPEAKER_01 (17:20):
Sierra.
SPEAKER_03 (17:21):
Okay.
Sierra or Kelly Rowland.
SPEAKER_01 (17:23):
Mmm.
I gotta go with my girl Kelly.
I love me so Kelly Roland.
SPEAKER_03 (17:28):
Okay, okay.
Kelly took over.
Uh Kelly Roland or Aliyah.
SPEAKER_01 (17:32):
Oh, what would y'all do?
Oh man.
Okay.
All right.
I'm gonna still stick with mygirl, Kelly.
SPEAKER_03 (17:42):
We're going a little newer school, Kelly or Doja Cat.
SPEAKER_01 (17:46):
Oh my God.
Y'all did that on purpose.
Because I love Doja.
She's a leaper just like me.
Well, you gotta pick one.
I'm gonna pick Kelly still,because you know I love singing.
I'm gonna pick a lot of things.
SPEAKER_03 (18:00):
Kelly's still rolling.
Uh Kelly or Christina Aguilera.
SPEAKER_01 (18:06):
Mmm.
Y'all are good.
Um, I'm gonna go with Christina.
I love it.
SPEAKER_00 (18:15):
I love Christina Rebellion.
SPEAKER_03 (18:18):
Christina or Ariana Grande.
SPEAKER_01 (18:20):
What is I'm gonna go with Ariana?
I'm gonna I love I'm surprised.
SPEAKER_02 (18:27):
Man, no, those fascinators that she I'm
surprised.
SPEAKER_03 (18:30):
She got a little voice on her.
SPEAKER_01 (18:31):
Ooh, it's beautiful.
SPEAKER_03 (18:33):
She do.
Oh man, Christina had a shortrun.
Arianna or Eli's girl, DemiLovato.
SPEAKER_00 (18:44):
I'ma still go with Ariana.
Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_03 (18:50):
Uh Ariana or Adele.
SPEAKER_01 (18:52):
Ooh, Adele.
All day.
SPEAKER_02 (18:55):
Can I add one in there?
I know it wasn't in there.
Adele or Lana Del Rey.
SPEAKER_01 (18:59):
Why would you do whoever?
SPEAKER_02 (19:01):
I gotta have my girl Lana in there.
I'm sorry.
SPEAKER_01 (19:04):
I'm gonna go, I'm gonna still go with Adele.
I love Adele.
SPEAKER_02 (19:09):
I know that hurts.
Love me some Adele.
That's your girlfriend.
Hear me out, though.
SPEAKER_03 (19:15):
Adele or Tony Braxton?
SPEAKER_01 (19:19):
Oh, y'all went down the line.
Got it.
Okay.
I'm gonna still go with my girl,Adele.
Okay.
SPEAKER_03 (19:25):
Let's see if Adele can win it all.
Adele or Mariah Carey.
SPEAKER_00 (19:29):
Oh my God.
I'm gonna go with Mariah.
Yeah.
Mariah is yeah, she's a girl.
SPEAKER_03 (19:38):
Mariah, okay.
Mariah or Beyonce.
I know she she hates us rightnow.
SPEAKER_01 (19:47):
Oh man.
Okay.
All right.
Mariah or Beyonce?
I've never asked myself thisquestion.
I'm gonna go with Beyonce.
I gotta go with Beyonce.
SPEAKER_03 (20:00):
Okay.
Beyonce or Rihanna.
SPEAKER_01 (20:03):
Oh, I just had this argument with my man.
I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go withBeyonce real bad.
Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_02 (20:10):
That's a tough one.
What'd your man say about it?
What'd your man say about it?
SPEAKER_01 (20:13):
He was so we were arguing like about Beyonce and
Rihanna.
He's a Beyonce fan, and I waslike a big Rihanna fan.
But if I gotta go, I'm gonna gowith Beyonce.
We we had that argument already.
SPEAKER_03 (20:23):
So is it like a catalog thing or um yeah, yeah,
yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (20:27):
Like I feel like Beyonce, she was a big part of
us, both of us.
And so that's my girl.
SPEAKER_03 (20:34):
Okay, let's go a little old school.
Beyonce or Celine Dion?
SPEAKER_01 (20:40):
Oh, why would y'all do this to me?
SPEAKER_02 (20:43):
She blame darn okay.
Blame Shaka.
SPEAKER_01 (20:48):
I'm gonna go with Celine.
I love Celine Dion.
Okay.
SPEAKER_03 (20:54):
Celine or Shaka Khan?
SPEAKER_01 (20:58):
Shaka all day.
I gotta I gotta go with Shaka.
Okay.
SPEAKER_03 (21:02):
The list's changing up.
SPEAKER_01 (21:03):
It's just switching.
Y'all did some good picks.
Can't lie.
SPEAKER_03 (21:06):
Shaka or Whitney?
Oh, I knew it.
SPEAKER_01 (21:10):
I knew it.
I'm gonna, Whitney is gonna takeall of it.
All day.
Whitney, it's at the top for me.
SPEAKER_03 (21:17):
At the top?
She's taking it all?
SPEAKER_01 (21:18):
Yeah, she's taking it off.
Over Aretha.
Don't y'all, don't y'all dothat.
You said she's at the top.
Is she over Aretha?
SPEAKER_03 (21:24):
Whitney or Aretha?
SPEAKER_01 (21:29):
Oh my God.
Um, I gotta go with Whitney.
I love, I love Whitney.
I love Aretha.
That's listen, Aretha is part ofmy life.
But Whitney just, I don't know.
SPEAKER_03 (21:41):
She's she was Whitney's Whitney.
SPEAKER_01 (21:43):
And she was my favorite godmother.
So yeah.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_03 (21:47):
All right, we got one more for you.
Uh, Whitney or Alexia J.
SPEAKER_01 (21:51):
Ooh, don't do that.
Don't you do you gotta pick.
SPEAKER_03 (21:55):
You gotta pick.
SPEAKER_00 (21:56):
Let me tell you something.
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (21:58):
This is what I'm gonna say.
I would have loved to get onstage and sing with Whitney, and
I probably would have cried, butI would never go against my girl
like that because she's alegend.
unknown (22:09):
Okay.
SPEAKER_03 (22:10):
She's legend.
We that's respect.
SPEAKER_01 (22:12):
Yeah, I gotta respect my girl.
SPEAKER_03 (22:14):
Just as much as you would have loved going on, we
would have loved hearing that.
SPEAKER_01 (22:17):
I would have cried.
Y'all wouldn't even got nothingout of me.
SPEAKER_03 (22:22):
All right.
So basically, end of the day,Whitney taking it all.
Whole list.
SPEAKER_01 (22:26):
Yes.
Okay.
Yep.
SPEAKER_03 (22:28):
That's fair.
Yeah, that's fair.
I like that.
We can wrap it up.
Is there anything you want toshare, promote?
SPEAKER_01 (22:34):
Yes.
So I just released my new songs,Money and Brag.
I hope you guys take a listenand I hope you love it.
SPEAKER_02 (22:41):
Alexia J, the talented Alexia J.
SPEAKER_03 (22:44):
We appreciate you having us.
I look forward to seeing all theperformances this weekend.
Yes, I'm excited.
Oh, you got me.
SPEAKER_02 (22:51):
The voice of an angel with the summer anthem.
Oh, thank you.
Go get money and brag right now.
SPEAKER_01 (22:58):
Thank y'all so much.
SPEAKER_03 (22:59):
But yes, much love.
Shout out everybody here.
Can't I buy with y'all podcast?
Shout out Cash Money, wholeproduction crew.
You can find us everywhere.
YouTube, TikTok, IG, ApplePodcasts, Spotify, all that good
stuff.
Just Alexia J.
Alexia J.
SPEAKER_01 (23:14):
Two Wives.
Two eyes.
SPEAKER_03 (23:17):
Don't get it twisted.
That's a wrap.
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