October 24, 2025 • 82 mins
Welcome to Season V of the RnB-Live Podcast! We're back with an all-new look, sound, and team. Joining us in the studio are: We Have Leah Jenea is a rising RnB songstress with a voice full of soul and emotion. A Newark, NJnative, she caught nationwide attention when she appeared on TV-Show “The Four”: Battle for Stardom duringits second season in 2018.Recording artist and vocal coach, Mr. AvehreLife coach of Beverly Hills, Miss Ta'ShaThe Talented songstress, Miss Dimps (DimplesMusic)RnB singer, Mr. RellionFINE LEAH JENEA HERE:📲 Follow us YouTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@UCCCjl12qPcp_K0CS4-6eidA 📲 Follow us Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leahjeneaofficialFINE US HERE.📅 Airs Thursday, October 23rd at 7 PM📺 Watch on YouTube & rnb-live.com | https://www.rnb-live.com/📲 Follow us YouTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@RnBLivepodcast 📲 Follow us Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rnblivepodcast/ 📲Follow us TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@rnblivepodcastfor more exclusive content!#rnblivepodcast #rnbmusic #rnbsoul #rnbartist #singersongwriter #smoothvocals #lasvegas #vegaspodcast
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Went to R&B Live podcast number one in the streets for R&B music
live from Las Vegas and y'all know anytime it ain't 100° I'm
gonna praise God. Weather's perfect, everything's
feels great. I don't know I love the fall
It's like the end of the summer started to fall almost kind of
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thing going on. I love this thing that's
happening. You can not only no layers here,
but in Chicago, back in Chicago you can wear some layers.
Layers. It rained the other day here you
can wear a layer. I like that for us.
I like that. Make sure you like Speaking of
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Do all of those things do all ofthose things we want to see you,
we want to hear from you. We love when we see y'all in the
comments. We love when y'all TuneIn like
y'all tuning in right now and you don't want to miss this show
at all. You don't want to miss none of
the shows, but today it's. Not as special.
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It's extra special. It's special.
We got the extra songs today, wegot new music, we got some
announcements going on. We got some topics that we're
going to talk about, some thingsthat's going on in culture.
So we want to hear from you and just like always, you're going
to hear from us. I like that.
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So what are we going to get intotoday?
Can we say? Yeah, I I guess we can say we
can. Let's not sure we can do what we
want. Yes, we can do it.
We can say something. Just just give him a little bit.
I don't know our next. No, no, wait, no, no, wait,
wait. No, no, I just hold it up.
That's just me and I ain't. Supposed to say that because
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guess what? We didn't tell them where they
can find us at. They can find us at R&B Live
Podcast. You sound excited.
About this gym part, I love it. Do it at WWW dot RMB.
That's. The key we gotta slow down so we
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won't mess up at. R&B Live podcast Slow.
Down so you don't mess up. That a breach.
I like that. Yes.
Good Lord. I love our theme song.
I love that it be in the background.
I just got tuned in. But anyway, just back to this.
OK, so look, we going to do our toast.
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We always do a toast here on thepodcast.
I got the toast this time because I think y'all did it the
last time OK? Yes, it's your turn.
Let's do it. OK I just want a toast too all.
Right. I want a toast too.
Oh God, give it to me, guys. No beginnings.
OK? I really like that.
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I like that one. New beginning.
New beginning. I feel like it's a shift
happening. It is a shift.
Happening. What are you gonna do in the
shift? What you gonna do with the
shift? We're gonna do something new and
great. So yeah, I'm cheers to that.
Cheers to that. I'm a shift in the shift.
Yeah, yeah, I like that. It's a.
Shift in the shift and we shift.Y'all will look at each other.
Yeah. I looked at you.
I looked at you. Y'all know what that mean?
That's right. Pretty good.
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That's good. That's good stuff.
That's good stuff, yeah. Me to my tummy.
Yeah, because when you found thethe cooler water, huh?
Yeah, I like, I like it. You like that cooler water?
Get your electrolytes on. Electrolytes.
Get your electrolytes. We won't get into the first
music breaker today 'cause I have to announce this song.
Yes, I'll do this woman. This is my sister and I have the
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pleasure of working on her with this song, and it's actually on
the Billboard charts now. Greatness.
Her name's Amethyst, and this isSalt right here on Be Live
Podcast. We are the culture.
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Live podcast. That was song by Amethyst.
I love that song. I'm so proud of my.
Sister the Vibe the. Aesthetically pleasing video
wasn't ready for that. I wasn't even ready.
And she is who she thinks she is.
She is who she thinks she is. I am just the anointing over her
though on watching her. She looks happy too.
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She. Brought the song even more of of
A and then the the lyric the salt of the earth.
She's letting you know that. Come on, you come.
On it we. That means that we we have a
purpose. We have a place here.
She better be that I went on that beach when she was shooting
that video because I'd have beenin the background her.
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Name was dancing, all that greatstuff.
I love the fact that that's Kingdom music and it's adjacent
to all of the stuff we want to hear on the radio, you know what
I'm saying? It has some Afrobeat up in.
There. Yeah.
I wasn't expecting that at all. Talking about God, it was.
A musical gumbo. That's the perfect way to start
the show, yeah. It was the and she's gorgeous.
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Well, thank y'all for playing her on the show.
And what part you had with us, Iguess.
Well, you know. Yes.
Let the people know. Vocal producing this song come.
On. This song in my bedroom in the
old house. And then two weeks after we
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recorded the song, I turned on the radio and it was on
iHeartRadio. I was like, that was so
inspiring to me. I was like, I really make this
on it. We make this on in my bedroom
and it's on the radio and now it's on the it's on the
Billboard charts. So look out.
For us, go ahead and request that song Hey Man, OK?
All right, so R&B dot podcast y'all know where we at We
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already said a little bit about the fact that today was a
special day special that's very.Special.
Just hold on to that, hold on tothat and know how old time, just
know. Just know that it's very
special. They're very, very extra
special. So we got some news, R&B,
culture talk. Yeah, talk.
We got to talk about the culture.
It's a lot going on in the worldand in the culture, and it's all
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tied together. So what we want to talk about
first, A lot to download. Okay.
How has marriage or relationshipshaped the way you see love?
Is that part of the That ain't part of the culture talk?
Is it, it is part of the culturetalk is us getting to know each
other And then also this is about.
Anything. That y'all want to bring up I?
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Got some I'm the only married person up here to be.
Marriage or relationship? Can we pass marriage?
Or you read it? It says how how has a how has
marriage or relationship shaped the way you see love and does it
influence how you experience R&Bmusic?
Oh, I see what they did run again because I felt like I got
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loved. How has marriage, how has
marriage or relationships shapedthe way you see love?
Or does it influence how you experience R&B music?
OK, so that's a kind of a true questions, right?
So how has marriage over marriage shaped and shaped the
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way you see love? Well, in order to get married
you you that that courting situation and the music that
comes within that, that courtingsituation, the the music that
that came in and what we were listening to.
The soundtrack of y'all love. So it's basically what, what,
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what we were feeding each other to feed each other.
I got it, you know what I'm saying?
And that plays a part. So what she's listening to, if
I'm listening to it, then that it kind of gives you a sense of
like we in our we, our spirits are aligned So and and and and
to the fact that I sing backgrounds for for Bobby Brown
and she came to a concert and was.
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Was that one of your first date?Was that one named?
Was that how y'all met? No, we met in church.
OK, the fact that I was a background for Bobby Brown, she
didn't even want to deal with me.
So but I had to convince her that because she was under the
influence of the what everybody thought.
Gotcha. Because not knowing, it's not
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knowing just so I'm going to saythat.
So once she got to know me, which she had to step.
Out was you playing her love songs to get her to come out on
dates with you was you sending acause back then we how long ago
we communicated through songs yes you you you you texting you
yeah you send a certain type of text or a song and.
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Especially if they broke up withyou.
You know what? Song.
Yeah, send a song. You probably had to beat her
back. Then you paged her.
Hey, what was it? What was it?
2 weight roller. Roller with two weight page.
That's the I think love, OK. I mean relationships, it's about
unity and about togetherness andoneness.
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So I feel like they go hand in hand when you trying to fall in
love. When you fall in love with
somebody, you got to find that song to let them know how you
feel. That's cool.
I don't know, I think I said thesame thing.
Really understand. But like, yeah, the soundtrack,
because you remember the. I at least like the impactful
moments in my life, whether it been love or friendship.
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You remember the song that was playing probably before.
You might not even remember whatyou had on, but you might
remember that song that was playing and what you was danced
to. You know, I think music just got
that things like a time machine take you back.
Definitely it influenced marriage.
I think it influenced marriage because it influenced the dating
and then the dating influenced the marriage.
So it all helps. In a nutshell, music go with
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everything. How about?
That I put my R&B on everything.Well, this is another question
that's up over here because theyreally want us to get to know
each other. I feel like I know y'all, but
y'all don't know all of us as much as we know each other.
That's right. Now you want to get to know
everybody a little bit more. So Dimples music.
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Oh, I got this right even. Have you always been a solo
artist? Why and why not?
Why or why not? So like if you have always been
a solo artist, why? And would you ever consider
being a rude Why right now? Have you always been a solo
artist? No.
Tell us the. Story do tell.
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I was in let me see how many groups 01 group that was kind of
a mold from salt and pepper withthe old manage or the I guess
you would say the first management team for seven O 2
dope. I was to be a DJ singer slash
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rapper. That's.
Dope. Second group was a party of
four, 2 girls, 2 guys, one professional dancer, a boy that
could actually like sing sing sing sing corte and a DJDJ.
So Hype and myself and I sang inrap and we were put together in
the studio and we became a groupthat night and we had a house
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role manager, we had a fitness coach, we had a house mom, we
had security, the. Whole camp.
We had media training, I. Feel like.
Wow I feel like the biggest artist they all came from
groups. I believe it's.
Like part of the training that you need.
Yeah, that's right. To really be great, you got to
know how when to pull up and when to pull back back.
You know. Blend and stuff like that, that
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Jason. Yeah, I think it's important.
The first group I ended up in onaccident, somebody saw me, asked
me if I could sing. I sang and they were like come
over to the house. We're putting a group together
and it just happened to be 7 O2's management and all these
things and I was already a fan of seven O 2 because you know
from Vegas. Hello, that's.
Interesting you said they wantedyou to be a DJ Slash singer.
They was. They was.
Trying they thought they was some people that's.
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Dope man, that's. Dope.
It was the whole thing. Like we had our makeup.
It was a whole thing. That's.
Great. What about you really on because
I I know you. I've I'm a group person.
I'm I, I, it's just me. I think to be able to look to
your left and right and be able to know that you up there with,
you know what I'm saying, another person that just got
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your back and, and, and the factthat the, that you're moving
together, making beautiful music.
I, I, I find it so great to whenit's three people harmony, then
the one person sings that, that just rings to me When you got
three people in perfect pitch and he's singing as to one
person. You can sing your face off.
I get it. And everybody who's solo can.
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But when you add another person and another person, then you all
sing together. The the the the the organized
noise that you can make. As you was talking, I just was
looking the back at all the groups and I'm in a part of oh
God. Do tell.
Do tell. Started in church.
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Started in church. Liberty Baptist Church on 49th.
The King Dr. Chicago, IL Right? Yeah.
And then I wanted on to being ina recording choir called Joshua
Troop. Everybody, hey everybody, this
is the way we first this is. Choir Chicago, but yeah.
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Did that love them? And then I started my own groups
and now I'm a solo artist as well as I'm in a duo.
I'm in a duo. A lot of people don't know this.
Actually, did you know? No, I did not know you were in
the duo. When did this happen?
Actually, so make this quick. So I never really wanted to be a
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solo artist. I love writing and I've always
had a gift for harmonies and putting together groups.
Back in the day I could say thatnow 'cause I'm almost 40.
Well, back in the day, I was a part of a ministry called BR
Rail under Kierra Sheard. She basically started a choir,
Old Right Life. It started in Detroit and then
she started making other choirs in other cities to promote God
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and do ministry. So when she started BRL Chicago,
I never forget her and her team called me.
I'm on the phone with Kira Shearand they asked me to direct and
lead BRL Chicago. So we do conferences and all
this stuff. This is a guy named Adam Ness
from Detroit was singing with The Clark Sisters and and Kier
came to came from Detroit to single Kier, I met him, we
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became like best buds and we've been singing together for almost
almost 20 years now. So we started as the gospel doer
before I ever was a viewer. I saw the art.
I was in the gospel duo with this guy named Adam, and we
basically had to grow up, decidelike, you know, we want to do
our own music separately. So we went and often ventured
off and we came back together like in the last five or six
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years and we've been like recording.
So our single actually coming out this year the most.
Interesting person I know that'sgoing to be.
Great touch. So I said all that.
I don't know why that long ass story I have.
I've had the opportunity to be in both the group setting and
the solo artist setting. Enjoy most.
I enjoy the group better. Me too.
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I just love, I think I just loveharmonies and voices and
blending and all of the stuff. I think it's important to be
able to, like we said, know how to do those things and the group
allows you to sharpen iron, sharpen each other and stuff
like it's just. You find out what you're made of
in a group for a show. Yeah, and I think it's important
to be able to stand up there on your own and do it too.
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Absolutely, that's true. So both of them.
Both of us. Yeah, I.
Love that. Tasha, what about you if you was
in a group? I actually was in a group.
I was in a group. Talk about it.
Well, yeah, I know I love music so I Can't Sing.
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But my cousin, she used to rap and sing and it was her another
girl rap and I was actually the DJ like.
Y'all better than I did. I love it, I love it.
Man, but that was. Really cool is sibling harmony.
Sibling win is going to win every time.
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Yeah. The Walls Group kids.
Oh, my God. They ain't kids no more.
They wanna they, you know, like,naturally The Clark Sisters.
Yeah, I saw them. There's their pet.
They're real sisters they rid of.
Their tones said Who birthed these people right here?
Because these women right here and at the age they're doing it
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and the level that they're doingit at.
Family Blend is something about that level about.
Family Blend you. Go on and on.
All right, let's get into a music break.
Listen, we got a music break andI'm excited about this one.
It's the Way You Move by Jadon. This dude is called R&B live
podcast Ready culture. Doing too much with the drink
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now. What's up?
Hey, hey, yo. There they go.
Down with mom right there man. She don't want you.
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His range is crazy. He tall as a tree he is.
He gave me Omarion Usher and Chris Brown, yes.
Yeah. Yeah, welcome back to the show.
Today is a super, super duper duper.
It's a. Super.
Super for. Me super.
Special day. It is.
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Are you excited? I'm excited, yeah.
I'm just ready. I'm sitting back and ready.
I'm, you know. This, this, this all just gonna
blow your mind. Our special guest, Wild Millions
with the voice that transcends beyond sound, time, space,
anything that you thought, Oh yeah, she going to morph and do
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something different with it. That's right.
Because. Her sound is so unique, and
she's here for the first time onthe R&B Live podcast stage.
Can we put a real, real warm welcome on this one right here
for me? Y'all all the way from New
Jersey? That's right.
Yeah. That's the girl.
That's the girl. She's really that girl, Leah.
Janine. Fire.
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Up and we love you right back. Yes, yes.
Oh my. That's what I'm talking about.
I'm talking about. Yes, I had heard every note.
Jesus. Every single note.
She could do everything definitely upstairs she's
everyone knows this for. Sure, man.
You tuned in to the live podcast.
That was Leah Janay, and she's going to be coming up to the
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studio for an exclusive interview with us.
That's right. Followed by another performance.
So stay tuned. Keep it locked.
OK guys, please do. OK.
Speaking of great music and women in power and music and
things, I think this goes with the theme.
Our next music break. That's right.
What is it? Our next music break is The One
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only. No, not the one and only.
It's two out of them, no? It's two and only the two.
And only Brandy and Monica. Yeah, the boy.
Yeah. Talk about it the.
Boys they by tomorrow. Yeah, don't start like tomorrow.
Yes, it. Starts.
It starts very soon, so get yourtickets, check the video out,
throw it all. The way back, throw it all the
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way back. Hey, hey, not too.
I'm too early to get into it. Bring your Monica with the boys
mind. They are basically taking over
the world right now. The marketing for this tour is
good. And they look good too.
Have you tried Have you tried the breakfast cereal Dunkin'
(28:18):
Donuts thing they got? No.
Commercial. No, there was a whole.
Drink, put me on. Yeah, it's like the cereal bar.
It's like a drink. It's a cereal latte.
Cereal. Milk latte.
They got a whole commercial looking good.
We should plan A. Good for them.
I'm. Just not.
Going to watch that cause that Dunkin' Donuts, Yeah.
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What? Yeah.
OK, I love that for them. I love that for me too, 'cause
I'm going to tour. What you talking about?
Yeah, Hey, come on, it's the R&BLive podcast.
Y'all not back in the place to be #1 in the streets for R&B
music in Vegas and all around the world.
Because we're not just in Vegas.We're on your TV and on your
computer and all of the things so make.
Sure, you be on the in your house.
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Can we talk about it? Can we get into our special
guest? Absolutely.
So. Excited to be here finally I
now. Have you?
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Here for sure because. We was watching you on the TV,
all of millions of people was watching on the TV and now we
watching on this TV. Yeah.
The face card never declined. At all.
At all initiated but hold. On because we're doing this a
little bit unorthodox. Usually we read it, but we had
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to just we had to just see you first.
But now we're going to talk. Talk to her nice dimples talk.
OK, So what I'm going to do here?
Is this right? OK, she's here.
We finally have her here. Yeah.
Leah Janay is a Newark born R&B songstress who gained.
Who gained that? OK Leah Janae is a Newark born
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R&B songstress who gained national attention on Season 2
of the 4th Battle for Stardom. Known for her soulful voice,
heartfelt lyrics and commanding the stage presence, she brings
intimacy and impairment to today's R&B.
OK, yes she does a teens Asia, so I could imagine what's about
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to happen. Yeah, they get like that, yeah.
We can, we just can't go past. She's from, she's from North,
but she's from New Jersey. That's.
The sound biased from. New Jersey I.
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Understand by my jersey. But.
You know, East Coast, I love East Coast, yes, because Chicago
is Midwest. But we, you know, we're close
enough. It's only a 2 hour plan.
Yeah. It's all right there, so.
How was it growing up in? Newark It was great, honestly.
Like there's a lot going on, youknow, violence and things of
that nature. But my parents are really
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strict. They're from the Caribbean,
Beijing, so they're very strict.You know, we stayed inside
unless we were doing something artistic or, yeah, meaningful,
we were inside. So definitely, my mom sings.
My dad is a rapper. He used to write for and perform
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with Jaheim. Yeah.
So it's through the family for sure.
Yeah. And.
And so, 'cause we sing you on this show and I feel like you
was the youngest person. Yeah, I was the youngest person
on that season. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
They had a younger artist, Savia, on the other season.
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Yeah, but I was the youngest on that season.
And it was did. You audition like, how did it
happen? Yeah, so a lot of people don't
know, like, of course, you know,the 4 was definitely the start
of like, a lot of things. But I've been performing and
doing shows since I was about nine years old.
So yeah, yeah, it had been for along time.
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So before I did the four, the like, one thing that let me knew
that I was kind of in a place tocompete was I did the Apollo,
the Showtime Apollo and. I won.
Yeah, Yeah. Thank you.
Yes. It was big.
Yeah, I did. It was like 3 rounds.
I won the three rounds and then the last one I did not win.
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It was a beautiful pianist. Her name is Asia.
Shout out Asia, She's really dope.
But while I was there, I met someone.
His name is Demetrius Graham. He actually was on the one of
the last seasons of The Voice. He also is an opera singer.
But I was like very, very close to me at the time after the show
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and he was in touch with one of the producers for the four and
they needed more artists. So pretty much he put me in
contact and I was about to go toprom and things of that nature.
So like I sent in my videos, butI really was not worried about
that thing. Like I was like, I'm about to
graduate, I'm going to go to AMDA, You know, I'm not really
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like I'm thinking of it, but I kind of already had like, you
know, this rule so much in my life and not negatively, but I
was just like, I'm about to do the high school thing, you know,
So I sent in my videos and it was whatever.
And then they called me back. We had to do like an executive
audition, which was with Lorianne Gibson and Mario
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Winans. So we when I went out there, it
was like kind of before, like I was about to do like my
announcing of the school. I was going to go through
everything. So I was just like, OK, like
I'll go, but they need to not begetting in the way.
So yeah. So when I went out there, they
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pretty much were like, well, OK,you know, you can get some
things sent to you. And I was like, Oh no, I'm going
back home. I'm graduating, I'm at my prom,
already bought my dress and I'llbe back.
So I probably would have been onsome like further along episodes
had I not had school going on. Yeah, yeah.
It was, but I prioritized it. If you was on the four at 17,
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yeah. I mean, how old was you on
Apollo when an Apollo? I was 16.
That was like between 15 and 16.Yeah.
So it was like the, you know, the Amateur 9 version.
But it, it was still a lot. And it was a commitment like
every, you know, Saturday or whatever until it was over.
We were heading to Harlem, me and my family.
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So yeah. What?
Was the the first time? I want to say, like for every
artist, there's that moment thatyou just knew you had to do it.
Yeah. Did you have one of those?
Experiences yes I did. So it's very, very funny.
So I remember my dad was a rapper.
So as far as performance wise and stuff like that, those were
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like the mannerisms I saw. And I'm also just kind of really
like my dad. So I was, there was a summer
camp that was at North Sydney Hall that was like all art stuff
and my parents enrolled me or whatever.
And I was actually in the dance category because I grew up doing
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ballet. So I wasn't even really
prioritizing music at that time.But when we would do the choir
class or whatever, like, you know, they liked how I sing.
So I was at the producer of the,you know, program.
She came to me and was like, we're going to have, like, some
people do solos, we want you to do a solo.
You're going to sing. I will always love you.
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So I was like, OK, so we did it in a Cervant hall, you know,
which is like that time I was 9,I was nine.
Oh, yeah. I have videos.
So we're in the Cervant house, like this huge, huge stage.
And it's like me in the middle. And they went at the show to go
back, like, go fast. So they just hit the, you know,
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that final dump. And that's when it was time to
go. And all my manuals, like I was
so tiny in this little purple dress, but all the manuals were
rapping like I was. And my mom was like, Oh my gosh,
yeah, he has to do this forever.I just want to keep doing this,
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you know? Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yes, yes.
It was amazing. And then from there, I was in a
group. You guys were talking about
group earlier. Yeah.
So the people pretty much that they had gotten to do the solos
(36:53):
for that, you know, segment or whatever.
They decided to put us all in a group and it was a New York
Symphony on Special Ensemble. So I was in that till about from
like 9 to 13. We won the McDonald's Gospel
Fest and just a lot of differentvenues, churches because it was
(37:16):
mostly Christian based or whatever.
So like, we did some pop songs or whatever, but I'm mostly
saying, you know, through the church and everything and that
had like, you know, the biggest influence on everything being
able to like hear one another, have to switch out parts
(37:36):
whenever things might happen. Do you have?
A favorite vocal part? I know you probably sing more
than one, but what's? Your favorite 1 so I'm.
I'm a metzo soprano, so that's why it's kind of like, yeah, so,
so yeah. So like in my, I wouldn't say
like my mixed register can go like I just plan it.
(37:59):
But like the basis like of my voices, it's like my tone is
maybe higher, but overall it's it's kind of deep speaking.
Voice. Yeah, you.
Don't know I'm in love. I need to cast you as the voice
of a Disney Princess. Yeah, that's what I was paying
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attention to and and and again, she accredited to having strict
parents and being inside. Yeah.
Being where she's from, and I know where that is personally in
order to make it. You have to be.
Inside. Smoking out there for.
You and and it can be done. So I'm glad that you saying that
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so those who are inside don't think you lame.
Don't think it's. Corny, it's just setting you up
so you can be outside. And, you know, you want to be
set apart because when I was on the show, they kept asking me
like, you know, because I'm surethey did their research on the
place. So they just kept on asking me
how, how hard was it to grow up in Newark?
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And I was just like, stop askingme that question.
Like, it drove me to tears one day because I was like, I did
not have a bad upbringing. Like, I don't know what to tell
you. I was in a rough place.
Like, I have friends who've died.
I've had friends, you know what I'm saying?
A lot of different things. I have friends who are gang
members but it's just have neveraffected me because of how my
parents raised me. It's weird how people ask a
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question of some to someone who's living in it.
How do I? Answer Yeah, that's another
thing too. It's like I'm still, you know,
but. I feel like it's a lot of
stigmas too, that we got a breakbecause I definitely from
Chicago. Everybody swear that's right.
(40:02):
Yeah. And there's so much art, so much
art in Newark in particular, NewJersey for sure, but Newark in
particular, it's like you can goanywhere and hit an open mic or
an art walk or whatever the casemay be.
It's not like. So that kind of helps overall.
And our mayor is really prominent in it, so.
(40:26):
It helps. What's the 1st?
Time like that, they mayor. Yeah, shut up, Raz Baraka.
I mean, I'm. The age I am, I don't talk about
the mayor. So you know what I'm saying?
That means you're paying attention.
Oh yeah, and you and. You have a voice.
So definitely within that, yeah,like, like they have Linkin Park
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Festival, Halsey Festival, different, just different things
have been going on within the community for so long.
And it's like, it's kind of likestepping stones for artists.
So it's like even there's an event that happens called 24
Hours of Peace where like a whole block is blocked off for
24 hours from 6:00 Friday to 6:00 Saturday night.
(41:14):
And things, art things are happening, performances, DJ
sets, yoga, people doing seminars, all like in the street
at this time period. So it was like growing up or
whatever, Like if you're like, you know, a local artist,
whatever, you do the Friday where you know, you do real
(41:35):
early too. So then it's like if you get to
do the Saturday now, like I think the last one I did was
last year and I did this Saturday opened up for Lady
London. So like, yeah.
So like to me that was like, youknow, where I need to be in that
in that situation. So it's really cool how like is
set up. You should read children's
books. Yeah.
(41:56):
Did I? Not.
Say that. Yeah, sure.
Anybody's. Books right and.
Go straight to bed. Turn.
On. Turn that on so she can go to
bed. Like it's a healing agent in her
voice. Yeah.
(42:17):
What did I say earlier? Yes, thank you.
I appreciate that, y'all. I can't.
It's funny because like I reallydon't like listening to myself
back on things, whether it's singing or talking.
Yeah, I feel like. Oh, turn that off.
(42:37):
Thank you. I.
Appreciate y'all. If we came to Newark, 'cause I'm
a foodie, I love to eat. I've been wanting to know where
we gonna eat at. Yeah, taking this.
What would you? Recommend goodness tell them
where. They gotta.
Go. So there's a lot of places.
OK, so a place that I like a lot, it's in North, it's called
the Ironbound. So it's like downtown, but it's
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like further out and it's kind of more where, you know, the
Spanish, you know, speaking people are.
I don't want to just group them in because there'd be everybody.
There's a place called Mom Poo. It's really delicious.
It's like tapas and it's like, you know, like stuff that you
like steak, stuff like that. But it's just the way they I
(43:24):
always get the steak where I always get these little steak.
They also have I don't know why I'm going like blank.
I go there so much and I order so much food.
What size? Is going with those steak I
know. Yeah, right.
Because. What?
You eating rice? Well, you know rice.
(43:47):
They do like a nice they have really nice salads.
I like like I like like raw tunalike sushi grade.
They have like salads or stuff like that.
But overall, like my overall diet, diet me is just pretty
clean. It is.
And like certain things like dairy and stuff like that.
Like my mom has cut out of my life early so.
(44:08):
Not say that earlier today. I'm West Indian.
Yeah, yeah. So green banana, sardines, like
sardines is like, if you want tobe a gorgeous, gorgeous human
being, you need your fish oils. OK, Yeah.
You need your fish oils and vegetables, fruits, like my
(44:32):
mom's so little more Lords. My mom is a chef, so.
Yeah. So she.
Yeah. So she's been all into culinary,
and now that I have to cook and cook for my little guy, I have
learned, you know? All the way.
Around culinary. My sister and my brother, they
(44:55):
don't do the R&B side like me, but they do musical theater.
So like right now my brother is on tour.
We're at a show called Dog Man. It's, I don't know if you guys
ever heard of Captain Underpantsbooks.
Yeah. So it derives from that.
And he he just a little bit yesterday.
(45:16):
So safe travels. Yeah.
That's that's cool, man. I got so many questions for it
but I don't want to be the only one.
I have two. I would like, I mean, being on
the floor, not to bring that up again, but I'm just curious
because I know it has all the, you know, things.
(45:37):
So I would love to know, like how has your approach to music
been since you have been on the phone for, you know, with all
the performance and the songwriting and.
Yeah, so when I first got off ofthis show, I had already, like,
been making music. I have two projects, A Crooked
Love Story, which is the most recent, that's 2020.
(45:59):
And then before that in 2017, I dropped a project called Life
Water and that was that was probably the most kind of in
tune with my sound that I was after.
Being on the show was like everyone had a specific, you
know, sound that they wanted to hear, which was no problem for
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me. But the music that I was making
with the label that I was with, just that just wasn't it.
It was more so the like R&B and hip hop, Like Hip, my genre is a
little less on the R&B side and more on the hip hop soul side.
So I had been a yeah when that came out right after me doing
(46:44):
kind of like the ballads and stuff on the show.
People were just like, this is not what we want to hear.
Like you want to hear you sing, you know, slow songs.
But they kind of just stunted mea little because it's just, I
grew up, you know, listening to a lot of hip hop for my dad and,
you know, R&B for my mom. But I was even taught how to
write kind of more so in a rapper's format.
(47:06):
So it's kind of more so like my style just genuinely, so it kind
of it, it has definitely like had its ups and downs 'cause I
have to constantly just be like,OK, I know what people want to
hear. But at the same time, like if
this is not enjoyable to me, then it's not going to come out
the way it needs to. So it's been like a journey.
(47:29):
I feel like right now, literallylike within these last two
months, I'm like finding like a good like blend of everything
that needs to go. On Yeah, how important is it to
be authentic and true to yourself as a as an artist?
It's very important, very important.
When I first got off of the show, my overall, the overall
(47:54):
image and just energy that the label wanted me to have was just
so much more, a little darker and a little more mature than
how I came on the show. Not to say, yeah, like, even
just the makeup looks and everything just wasn't fresh.
See what I'm saying? Like when I came on the show, it
(48:16):
felt really fresh. And then from there, everything
was just really stoic and like, yeah.
And I think they kind of just kind of misinterpreted, you
know, me overall because like you, I'm a cancer.
I don't know if you guys are into zodiacs, but I'm a cancer.
(48:36):
Yeah. So I'm pretty, you know, I'm
sweet. I'm very comfortable, comforting
and stuff like that is my personality, but it's also a
side of me that's just like, it's not dark, but it's not all
sun shines in, you know, gummy bears either.
Yeah. So I would, I want to have like
a really good blend of the both of them because a lot of like
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the emotions that people are so drawn to, like it doesn't come
from like that happy place, which is very true.
I have a question for you, maybeit's a two-part question.
After leaving before, were you still contractually bound with
(49:20):
them? If so, and how long and.
No, no, no. They let us go.
So yeah, that we don't use, you know, the likeliness of the show
in a certain format. Like they would just not like
don't you can't have like on a flyer like Legionnae from the
(49:41):
floor on Fox like to draw more, you know, attention.
To. But as far as anything else?
No. And like, I'm familiar with the
voice. I'm familiar like the voice.
I couldn't drop music for like 90 days.
American Idol. I was like, no, because you're
just bound to them for like. Seven years.
(50:01):
Yeah. I had a very.
Good friend, But yeah, let us go.
Let us. Go.
What do you want us to know outside of the four?
I'm a mother. Period.
No drama. Oh, it's been very fun.
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I feel like he's three. He's still years old.
He's impressive. So he's like a kind of pandemic
baby now. Too much laying around, too much
nothing to do. Yeah, I will.
I'm going to blame the pandemic down until.
I've always just. Been too busy kind of just to
(50:44):
connect with anyone for that period.
Long a period of time, like relationships and stuff like
that just weren't a thing. I had like one person that I was
obsessed with, and I can talk about it because I can't.
But I had one person that like Iwas obsessed with through like,
my younger years because we bothdid music.
And that was about the only guy,like, interaction that I was
(51:10):
going to be getting because my parents didn't play.
But other than that, yeah, my, my son's father, that was the
most, like, time that I spent with someone.
So love, you know, everybody down.
My son, his name is Zachariah. He is.
Yeah. He has perfect pitch.
(51:31):
OK, yeah, he'd. Be singing down.
Yeah. Oh.
For sure he sings down already, so three he'd be singing.
He wants like music playing all the time.
If it's something playing, it has to have music you.
Want that for. Him, I want whatever he wants.
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I think that overall I won't be the one telling him all of the
like gripes that I had because all that makes to do is want to
do it more. What?
Music would you plan? They say.
That what you play can impact the baby in a.
Healthy way. I mean, I definitely well, a lot
(52:17):
of just older music stays in my catalog period.
I love New Jack Swing as like mything like a slide and the
family stoned yeah, it was like one of my favorite groups.
So all the good stuff my and like that's his even his father
(52:37):
loves his oldies, so that's pretty much what he was
listening to whenever something a little you know too ratchet.
I used to be like, turn that offI.
Even said I said this a long time.
I said she got a old song. Yeah, which is a good thing.
It's just me to me. I mean, you just was brought up
(52:57):
probably by. Definitely my grandma.
My. Grandma is, you know, older West
Indian lady, she 'cause you know, and I don't know if you
guys are familiar, but in the Caribbean, they're obsessed with
country music. So like one of my biggest
influences as to even why like I'm a blonde is Dolly Parton.
(53:19):
I love Dolly. I love her too.
I'm a big I'm a big fan of ours.And Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus,
but mostly Hannah Montana. I wanted that lifestyle so bad.
I was like, I want to do like that.
Actor. You were actress, yes.
(53:40):
How did you break into that? Because some people don't know.
So within the time period of me doing like the Apollo and like,
so after I kind of got out of the group, I started just doing
things more myself. My mom would take me to
auditions, you know, for like any different types of things.
(54:01):
You would, you know, stand on those long lines and you'll
wait. So I just liked the commitment
of everything, pretty much. So, yeah.
Theater music. Yeah.
Musical theater, Yeah. And so my brother was actually
doing that first musical theater, and he was a part of a
(54:22):
company really early. Hey, Vanguard, what's up, you
guys? They have been our like family
theater company for a long time.And the first show I did with
them was was Memphis. I was, it was, it's an ensemble
show, so you still do a lot. And that was my first time doing
(54:44):
singing, dancing. They wanted me to not wear my
glasses. I had like a wig.
It was like my first experience of that whole thing.
Yes. And the like, literally we were
rehearsing. I remember it being from snow on
the ground till when it was my birthday, which is the 15th of
July. So that's how long we have been
(55:04):
doing it for. Wow.
Yeah, forever. Yes.
And then from there I did, I think I did.
I was like deleted Chris and me Mean Girls.
The I meant not Mean Girls carrythe musical.
And then the last role that I just did that was 2024 was Cle
(55:30):
and The Color Purple. They added did a production like
in Newark and I did it. Period.
Yeah, she ran the list down. Yes, she ran the list down.
That was crazy though, I don't know if I would do it again.
Is learning a script harder thanlearning a song?
Oh, for sure, 'cause you have to.
(55:52):
It's like go after a while, likeyou really just have to feel the
flow. Like you can sit there and
memorize everything but it's like then once you have stage
directions added on to it, like my books used to look insane and
like just a mess. Because with with filming it,
it, it tells you you're supposedto sigh, sigh.
(56:13):
Yeah. So you gotta you gotta have to
read and read the. And then it's like you might
have to sigh while also turning stage.
Left which is. Not stage left, you said.
I went to the right. These are all things that are
like a hard time. Yeah.
Well, you've been conditioning since the warm the time, yeah.
(56:36):
Early on, God knew. You was made for this, man made
for it. What you call you a well-rounded
artist? Yeah, that that can give you a
little bit of everything. If you had to do a tribute album
for any great, who you going to do the tribute?
Apatow they had to call you. Who are you?
Who are you going? To do a tribute album, Oh my
(57:00):
God, that's so many people. I don't know why I first like
came to mind, but definitely like Chaka Khan, Amy Winehouse.
Because Amy's a good. One, it's a big influence for
me. Definitely Joe Scott.
I need parts of that. They don't call me, I'm calling
(57:23):
them. How?
Is she going to? Bring the vocals for sure.
Yeah. Oh, we're sure.
One last question. How important is it to be
involved in your business affairs as an independent
artist? It is so important because I'm
not going to lie, if maybe it was a few years ago, I may have
(57:44):
been never met you guys. Wow.
Wow. Yeah, yeah.
Literally nobody would have evertold me.
I hold the emails, yeah. And these are more so this is
more so like when you're with like, you know, label like,
(58:06):
Yeah. And certainly, but like, you
have to make sure that what yourmanager wants for you and what
you want is the same thing got you.
Because people will have a whole, like, view for you, like
a whole life set up for you. And it's like, not even what I
wanted, Right. Yeah.
And that's good, Yeah. Have you ever had someone say,
(58:28):
hey, I reached out to you, we have this big part for you in
this movie and you, you didn't get back to me.
I have gotten some of the craziest emails.
I'll keep it all right, sure, because yeah, crazy ones.
Then I'm like, wow, I would haveknown this.
I wouldn't probably even be hereright now in Jersey, like, you
(58:50):
know what I'm saying? So yeah.
And then it's even, it's don't feel too bad when I say this
because people get really sad. But I, when I was with the
management that I was with before, and I'm not going to
mention them too much because they have gotten enough shout
outs for me when I was with thembefore, like setting up the
(59:16):
deal, you know what I'm saying? For me to, you know, get a deal
and everything. They went to a lot of different
labels and basically they wantedtheir whole kind of like,
distribution thing that they hadgoing on with other artists to
be included, but kind of were using me as like, you know, the
flagstone. Yeah.
(59:39):
But everyone was like, no, like,sorry, we just seen her on this
show. We just want her.
So then they would deny them. So then they came back to me and
told me like none of these otherlabels pretty much wanted me
except for the one that like, you know, you ended up.
But then that wasn't true because so many A and Rs and
people from like Atlantic or different places, they were just
(01:00:03):
like. I wanted you.
They were. Just like what happened, like
they turned us down. I was like, I didn't turn down
anything. That's.
Crazy. So powerful, yes, looking at you
today. I feel like I didn't miss
nothing. Definitely.
I'm still just as excited for. Your music.
(01:00:24):
As I was back when you're. On thank you and that's so
grateful and that's why a lot mybiggest things sometimes which
people don't agree with, but it's like if you don't know what
to say yet, just be quiet. Yes.
Also feel like, I also feel likewe get to know you.
Yeah, a lot better than the fourportrayed.
Definitely. If you don't know her, if y'all
haven't been getting to know her, go take a visit.
(01:00:46):
Take a visit and tap in and visit.
Go take sit by this. Get to know her story.
Yeah, the work is there, the catalog, the the resume is
there, the resume is resume in OK.
So when are you going to start going live to read storybooks so
I can be there? Yeah, I mean.
Night, night. I'm that so like sweet of you
(01:01:08):
guys. I'm really thinking of it now.
You should. You should.
You should do, yeah. Yeah, like, yeah, you need a.
Voice agent. Have got to do it.
Yeah, gotta do it. Thank you.
Thanks. Guys.
Yeah, So what time? Right, that's funny.
I wasn't joking. Seriously.
Maybe I'll shoot. Listen, I was gonna.
(01:01:29):
Say, maybe I could do it with myson, but we'll never get through
the damn book. Do it by myself.
All of the big production companies, Tyler Perry, Kiki
Palmer. Hey, girls.
Hey. Jesus, So what's?
Next. For you, new music, finally,
(01:01:53):
people don't know like new musicis like a whole thing to it.
Like you have to find somewhere that you feel comfortable
recording, find a engineer that like can get your stuff in
order. So I have been like shopping
around since my last engineer. He just moved out of the state
(01:02:15):
just like our paths as to what we were trying to do with the
music was just a little bit different.
Like something that I have a mentor, his name is Timothy is
Smart. He's my modeling mentor.
And he used to always tell us, like, I don't want none of that
microwave shit. Yeah.
(01:02:35):
Nothing fast, nothing too quick.So I've just been taking my
time, but I feel like kind of inperfect position for sure.
I was kind of like in the waiting room and now I'm out in.
The Incubator. Yes, a good position to be.
In yes, trust. The process.
Yes. And enjoy the journey.
(01:02:57):
Yes, that's a big thing that gets kind of like taken away
from you just from how fast everything goes.
So I'm taking everything out I. Think you did it right though.
There is many stages, but to know that you're the best, you
have to be confident enough to put yourself in front of the
world state. So like, she used to always be
(01:03:20):
telling me like, you know, there's a lot of people even in
my city now that like should be so much better.
But it's like you'll put them from New Jersey to New York and
it's like the fear or the nervousness takes over and it's
like, bro, you're across the street.
Like, it's not too bad, but it'smore of a mindset thing.
(01:03:41):
So you really be able to have someone to tell you, you know,
that's what my me and my siblings are blessed with,
someone to tell us. Like this is not my mother.
She's the most, she's the so sweet but entitled to goodness
that I've ever met. She's like, yes, I'm getting
good because yeah, I mean. Because she gave it to all of
(01:04:02):
us, too. I love that for you guys.
I got so many questions. I know you gotta go, but can we
ask you like two more questions?OK, who's on your playlist right
now? And then the second question is,
did you go to any concerts this year?
Yes, I went to Kalani concert. It was amazing.
(01:04:22):
Somebody that I'm listening to on R&B heavily right now, like
literally has been a chokehold by the neck.
She won't get off. It's K1.
I'm not sure. I wish you would get off of me,
No. Oh, I know you was hot.
But she just has a stronghold right now.
I think every element of like R&B from every time literally is
(01:04:47):
like included in that music. It's amazing.
Yeah, it's a beach and a collaboration.
You want. To put that out there, yes.
Yellow. That would.
Be beautiful. Oh yeah, Leah.
I could so see you. Let's go Yes.
I can see it now. I just want to say thank you so
(01:05:08):
much. Cool you're.
Such a light, your spirit, your energy.
As soon as you came through the door, I just felt that right.
Yes, we jumped up and down. And then here I go.
She said so many words. I was like, you know what?
Your. Voice.
It's giving Janet Jackson. Oh my God.
(01:05:31):
You're. Obsessed.
I forget I said that. Don't.
Tell nobody else about that. It's OK.
I appreciate it. Seriously one.
More the performance is happening too.
Yeah, yeah. One more.
So could you please before we even get into?
The oh, we have a special performance.
(01:05:51):
Though. Got one more thing.
That's just one thing that we have to do.
Yeah, we need you on our wall. Oh, nice.
So we got a photo. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
(01:06:17):
And after she signed the. Wall pass it around right?
Here on the R&B Live podcast stage, Janae is going to go and
bless us with another live performance.
Why? Why have you screamed?
I'll be so excited. You guys are going to let me
scream like that? You've been doing it like.
(01:06:43):
Get on camera sounding that thing.
Oh my God. And she's.
A and she's a Get out of my brain.
Really. Uh, get out of it.
Get out of it. What's your favorite colour?
This. Actually funny because it's this
colour right here. Like that honey yellow?
(01:07:03):
Yes, that's my. Lefty, her favorite color is
honey yellowish orange color. End up with that thing.
Any Beijing sounds coming with your new music?
So it's here's the thing, right?And I this is like sometimes the
annoying part about being like, so appreciative of music because
(01:07:25):
you overthink things. But like that, like calypso
music and things of that nature,it's like such a deep rooted,
like sound. It's like, if you're going to
like, if I'm going to do it, I don't want to do it.
Like, yeah, even down to the dialect, like speaking patois is
something that like, you know, Ihear from my grandma and stuff
(01:07:46):
like that, but I haven't ever. I'm done unless I'm like, with
my cousins or something like that.
So like, I have older music where, like, you know, I would
change my dialect a little bit, but not for like, a whole song.
I'm a little nervous. I am, but I should.
Yeah. Because Bad girl reread.
Like, I was literally my grandma.
(01:08:08):
I was like 8 years old and I went to Barbados with my grandma
and I was listening to Rihanna'sfirst album while I was out
there and I was like on the likelittle roof thing singing it.
And a guy came out and he was like, are you like, is that you
your song? I was like, no, this is Rihanna.
He was like, oh, you should singlike her.
I was like, oh, thanks I. Feel.
(01:08:33):
Like your voice could do anything.
Yeah. Thank you.
This project, who knows what we going?
I don't know it's going. To hold.
Back. I think it's definitely going to
be a lot more soulful. I think I've been taking a lot
of time to do all the sounds that I wanted to, but this is
like, I think very much soul, very much gotcha.
(01:08:56):
Whatever you do, we buying it, we buying it, we streaming and
we liking and we sharing it we doing.
All the above. Not dog it.
Well, where can everybody find you, Leah, 'cause they should be
following you already. What's wrong with them?
Where can they find you? You guys can find me on
Instagram at Leah Janae officialFacebook at Leah Janae YouTube
(01:09:19):
Leah Janae official Everything'spretty much the same.
If you Google her she's going tocome up.
Yes, y'all know? Who she is?
And where can we find Zechariah?I'm just, I'm, I'm joking.
I'm joking. Just.
Joking on my Instagram store. CC in pitch.
I mean, where's what's the albumcoming out?
Right. He's definitely going to make
(01:09:40):
some small appearances on my project.
We can't wait. I love when parents put their.
Kids in the music. Oh yes, he's sitting down.
Go ahead and. Get them some writing credits
and some executive producer. We play a little game.
He'll be like, I love you, mommy.
(01:10:00):
I'm like, I love you Zachariah. He's like I love.
You mommy. Nice, keep doing that back and
forth. So.
You are desperately making New Jersey proud.
I'm proud. Thank.
You thank you so much. Well.
(01:10:22):
Look, she got to sing again before she got to sing well.
Before her performance, we're going to get into this next
music break. That's right.
Yes. What's the music break?
What are we doing? Yeah, don't go by Josh Leigh
back. And then right after that, we're
going to hear Leah Janae, what song are you doing?
(01:10:42):
It's called running. Running.
Yeah, running away. Who's running?
You don't find out. And then she's going to read us
the dictionary for no reason at all, just so she can read
something. Thank you.
Thanks. Guys.
(01:11:03):
Welcome back to the R&B Live podcast live from Las Vegas.
Oh my God, that interview with our special guest Leah Janae is
back on the stage, ladies and gentlemen, with her next
performance. Here.
It is right here on the R&B LIVEpodcast.
Leah Janae. Don't run away.
(01:15:18):
It's going to be the final. Something.
Right. You know what?
Who would appreciate that song? Athena Cage from Cut close.
We both say. I could appreciate the
songwriting. Thank you.
It's me. Both songs you heard from me
writing, you wrote. That, yes, I knew.
(01:15:41):
It we know that Jesus. He.
Was in the play. I was, I was right before I had
my baby. So it's really the song really
isn't a love like to somebody, it's really to music.
Period. Yeah, it's like this is a
transition, you know? Thank.
You for this girl. Thank you so much for being
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here. Make sure you guys TuneIn with
all of her upcoming events, music, yeah, performances, all
this stuff should all things with your name.
Yes, on all platforms. Yes.
A fan. I'm I'm a fan.
Thank you guys. Fan is still a fan in the
future, yeah. We.
Gotta yes. Absolutely.
Would you? Would you come back?
Would you come? Back, yes.
(01:16:29):
Because you know what, you wait.Cause guess what?
We're doing a concert series at some point.
That's right in the future. And I just feel like we don't
have to do Leah Janae live in Vegas.
So how about people talking to you?
People. We're going to put that
together, yeah. Thank you this.
Has been an incredible show. Thank you to my incredible Co
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Thank you. We love you too, thanks for
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That's how I like that. Yeah, yeah, get like that, yeah.
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Thank you all for being here. Right?
Yeah, absolutely for being here.And thank our special guests for
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Never know what you're going to get.
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(01:29):
It's extra special. It's special.
We got the extra songs today, wegot new music, we got some
announcements going on. We got some topics that we're
going to talk about, some thingsthat's going on in culture.
So we want to hear from you and just like always, you're going
to hear from us. I like that.
(01:52):
So what are we going to get intotoday?
Can we say? Yeah, I I guess we can say we
can. Let's not sure we can do what we
want. Yes, we can do it.
We can say something. Just just give him a little bit.
I don't know our next. No, no, wait, no, no, wait,
wait. No, no, I just hold it up.
That's just me and I ain't. Supposed to say that because
(02:13):
guess what? We didn't tell them where they
can find us at. They can find us at R&B Live
Podcast. You sound excited.
About this gym part, I love it. Do it at WWW dot RMB.
That's. The key we gotta slow down so we
(02:36):
won't mess up at. R&B Live podcast Slow.
Down so you don't mess up. That a breach.
I like that. Yes.
Good Lord. I love our theme song.
I love that it be in the background.
I just got tuned in. But anyway, just back to this.
OK, so look, we going to do our toast.
(02:56):
We always do a toast here on thepodcast.
I got the toast this time because I think y'all did it the
last time OK? Yes, it's your turn.
Let's do it. OK I just want a toast too all.
Right. I want a toast too.
Oh God, give it to me, guys. No beginnings.
OK? I really like that.
(03:17):
I like that one. New beginning.
New beginning. I feel like it's a shift
happening. It is a shift.
Happening. What are you gonna do in the
shift? What you gonna do with the
shift? We're gonna do something new and
great. So yeah, I'm cheers to that.
Cheers to that. I'm a shift in the shift.
Yeah, yeah, I like that. It's a.
Shift in the shift and we shift.Y'all will look at each other.
Yeah. I looked at you.
I looked at you. Y'all know what that mean?
That's right. Pretty good.
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That's good. That's good stuff.
That's good stuff, yeah. Me to my tummy.
Yeah, because when you found thethe cooler water, huh?
Yeah, I like, I like it. You like that cooler water?
Get your electrolytes on. Electrolytes.
Get your electrolytes. We won't get into the first
music breaker today 'cause I have to announce this song.
Yes, I'll do this woman. This is my sister and I have the
(04:02):
pleasure of working on her with this song, and it's actually on
the Billboard charts now. Greatness.
Her name's Amethyst, and this isSalt right here on Be Live
Podcast. We are the culture.
(07:18):
Live podcast. That was song by Amethyst.
I love that song. I'm so proud of my.
Sister the Vibe the. Aesthetically pleasing video
wasn't ready for that. I wasn't even ready.
And she is who she thinks she is.
She is who she thinks she is. I am just the anointing over her
though on watching her. She looks happy too.
(07:40):
She. Brought the song even more of of
A and then the the lyric the salt of the earth.
She's letting you know that. Come on, you come.
On it we. That means that we we have a
purpose. We have a place here.
She better be that I went on that beach when she was shooting
that video because I'd have beenin the background her.
(08:01):
Name was dancing, all that greatstuff.
I love the fact that that's Kingdom music and it's adjacent
to all of the stuff we want to hear on the radio, you know what
I'm saying? It has some Afrobeat up in.
There. Yeah.
I wasn't expecting that at all. Talking about God, it was.
A musical gumbo. That's the perfect way to start
the show, yeah. It was the and she's gorgeous.
(08:21):
Well, thank y'all for playing her on the show.
And what part you had with us, Iguess.
Well, you know. Yes.
Let the people know. Vocal producing this song come.
On. This song in my bedroom in the
old house. And then two weeks after we
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recorded the song, I turned on the radio and it was on
iHeartRadio. I was like, that was so
inspiring to me. I was like, I really make this
on it. We make this on in my bedroom
and it's on the radio and now it's on the it's on the
Billboard charts. So look out.
For us, go ahead and request that song Hey Man, OK?
All right, so R&B dot podcast y'all know where we at We
(09:04):
already said a little bit about the fact that today was a
special day special that's very.Special.
Just hold on to that, hold on tothat and know how old time, just
know. Just know that it's very
special. They're very, very extra
special. So we got some news, R&B,
culture talk. Yeah, talk.
We got to talk about the culture.
It's a lot going on in the worldand in the culture, and it's all
(09:25):
tied together. So what we want to talk about
first, A lot to download. Okay.
How has marriage or relationshipshaped the way you see love?
Is that part of the That ain't part of the culture talk?
Is it, it is part of the culturetalk is us getting to know each
other And then also this is about.
Anything. That y'all want to bring up I?
(09:48):
Got some I'm the only married person up here to be.
Marriage or relationship? Can we pass marriage?
Or you read it? It says how how has a how has
marriage or relationship shaped the way you see love and does it
influence how you experience R&Bmusic?
Oh, I see what they did run again because I felt like I got
(10:10):
loved. How has marriage, how has
marriage or relationships shapedthe way you see love?
Or does it influence how you experience R&B music?
OK, so that's a kind of a true questions, right?
So how has marriage over marriage shaped and shaped the
(10:31):
way you see love? Well, in order to get married
you you that that courting situation and the music that
comes within that, that courtingsituation, the the music that
that came in and what we were listening to.
The soundtrack of y'all love. So it's basically what, what,
(10:52):
what we were feeding each other to feed each other.
I got it, you know what I'm saying?
And that plays a part. So what she's listening to, if
I'm listening to it, then that it kind of gives you a sense of
like we in our we, our spirits are aligned So and and and and
to the fact that I sing backgrounds for for Bobby Brown
and she came to a concert and was.
(11:15):
Was that one of your first date?Was that one named?
Was that how y'all met? No, we met in church.
OK, the fact that I was a background for Bobby Brown, she
didn't even want to deal with me.
So but I had to convince her that because she was under the
influence of the what everybody thought.
Gotcha. Because not knowing, it's not
(11:36):
knowing just so I'm going to saythat.
So once she got to know me, which she had to step.
Out was you playing her love songs to get her to come out on
dates with you was you sending acause back then we how long ago
we communicated through songs yes you you you you texting you
yeah you send a certain type of text or a song and.
(11:57):
Especially if they broke up withyou.
You know what? Song.
Yeah, send a song. You probably had to beat her
back. Then you paged her.
Hey, what was it? What was it?
2 weight roller. Roller with two weight page.
That's the I think love, OK. I mean relationships, it's about
unity and about togetherness andoneness.
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So I feel like they go hand in hand when you trying to fall in
love. When you fall in love with
somebody, you got to find that song to let them know how you
feel. That's cool.
I don't know, I think I said thesame thing.
Really understand. But like, yeah, the soundtrack,
because you remember the. I at least like the impactful
moments in my life, whether it been love or friendship.
(12:41):
You remember the song that was playing probably before.
You might not even remember whatyou had on, but you might
remember that song that was playing and what you was danced
to. You know, I think music just got
that things like a time machine take you back.
Definitely it influenced marriage.
I think it influenced marriage because it influenced the dating
and then the dating influenced the marriage.
So it all helps. In a nutshell, music go with
(13:04):
everything. How about?
That I put my R&B on everything.Well, this is another question
that's up over here because theyreally want us to get to know
each other. I feel like I know y'all, but
y'all don't know all of us as much as we know each other.
That's right. Now you want to get to know
everybody a little bit more. So Dimples music.
(13:25):
Oh, I got this right even. Have you always been a solo
artist? Why and why not?
Why or why not? So like if you have always been
a solo artist, why? And would you ever consider
being a rude Why right now? Have you always been a solo
artist? No.
Tell us the. Story do tell.
(13:47):
I was in let me see how many groups 01 group that was kind of
a mold from salt and pepper withthe old manage or the I guess
you would say the first management team for seven O 2
dope. I was to be a DJ singer slash
(14:09):
rapper. That's.
Dope. Second group was a party of
four, 2 girls, 2 guys, one professional dancer, a boy that
could actually like sing sing sing sing corte and a DJDJ.
So Hype and myself and I sang inrap and we were put together in
the studio and we became a groupthat night and we had a house
(14:32):
role manager, we had a fitness coach, we had a house mom, we
had security, the. Whole camp.
We had media training, I. Feel like.
Wow I feel like the biggest artist they all came from
groups. I believe it's.
Like part of the training that you need.
Yeah, that's right. To really be great, you got to
know how when to pull up and when to pull back back.
You know. Blend and stuff like that, that
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Jason. Yeah, I think it's important.
The first group I ended up in onaccident, somebody saw me, asked
me if I could sing. I sang and they were like come
over to the house. We're putting a group together
and it just happened to be 7 O2's management and all these
things and I was already a fan of seven O 2 because you know
from Vegas. Hello, that's.
Interesting you said they wantedyou to be a DJ Slash singer.
They was. They was.
Trying they thought they was some people that's.
(15:15):
Dope man, that's. Dope.
It was the whole thing. Like we had our makeup.
It was a whole thing. That's.
Great. What about you really on because
I I know you. I've I'm a group person.
I'm I, I, it's just me. I think to be able to look to
your left and right and be able to know that you up there with,
you know what I'm saying, another person that just got
(15:37):
your back and, and, and the factthat the, that you're moving
together, making beautiful music.
I, I, I find it so great to whenit's three people harmony, then
the one person sings that, that just rings to me When you got
three people in perfect pitch and he's singing as to one
person. You can sing your face off.
I get it. And everybody who's solo can.
(15:58):
But when you add another person and another person, then you all
sing together. The the the the the organized
noise that you can make. As you was talking, I just was
looking the back at all the groups and I'm in a part of oh
God. Do tell.
Do tell. Started in church.
(16:19):
Started in church. Liberty Baptist Church on 49th.
The King Dr. Chicago, IL Right? Yeah.
And then I wanted on to being ina recording choir called Joshua
Troop. Everybody, hey everybody, this
is the way we first this is. Choir Chicago, but yeah.
(16:41):
Did that love them? And then I started my own groups
and now I'm a solo artist as well as I'm in a duo.
I'm in a duo. A lot of people don't know this.
Actually, did you know? No, I did not know you were in
the duo. When did this happen?
Actually, so make this quick. So I never really wanted to be a
(17:02):
solo artist. I love writing and I've always
had a gift for harmonies and putting together groups.
Back in the day I could say thatnow 'cause I'm almost 40.
Well, back in the day, I was a part of a ministry called BR
Rail under Kierra Sheard. She basically started a choir,
Old Right Life. It started in Detroit and then
she started making other choirs in other cities to promote God
(17:25):
and do ministry. So when she started BRL Chicago,
I never forget her and her team called me.
I'm on the phone with Kira Shearand they asked me to direct and
lead BRL Chicago. So we do conferences and all
this stuff. This is a guy named Adam Ness
from Detroit was singing with The Clark Sisters and and Kier
came to came from Detroit to single Kier, I met him, we
(17:47):
became like best buds and we've been singing together for almost
almost 20 years now. So we started as the gospel doer
before I ever was a viewer. I saw the art.
I was in the gospel duo with this guy named Adam, and we
basically had to grow up, decidelike, you know, we want to do
our own music separately. So we went and often ventured
off and we came back together like in the last five or six
(18:09):
years and we've been like recording.
So our single actually coming out this year the most.
Interesting person I know that'sgoing to be.
Great touch. So I said all that.
I don't know why that long ass story I have.
I've had the opportunity to be in both the group setting and
the solo artist setting. Enjoy most.
I enjoy the group better. Me too.
(18:31):
I just love, I think I just loveharmonies and voices and
blending and all of the stuff. I think it's important to be
able to, like we said, know how to do those things and the group
allows you to sharpen iron, sharpen each other and stuff
like it's just. You find out what you're made of
in a group for a show. Yeah, and I think it's important
to be able to stand up there on your own and do it too.
(18:52):
Absolutely, that's true. So both of them.
Both of us. Yeah, I.
Love that. Tasha, what about you if you was
in a group? I actually was in a group.
I was in a group. Talk about it.
Well, yeah, I know I love music so I Can't Sing.
(19:14):
But my cousin, she used to rap and sing and it was her another
girl rap and I was actually the DJ like.
Y'all better than I did. I love it, I love it.
Man, but that was. Really cool is sibling harmony.
Sibling win is going to win every time.
(19:35):
Yeah. The Walls Group kids.
Oh, my God. They ain't kids no more.
They wanna they, you know, like,naturally The Clark Sisters.
Yeah, I saw them. There's their pet.
They're real sisters they rid of.
Their tones said Who birthed these people right here?
Because these women right here and at the age they're doing it
(19:55):
and the level that they're doingit at.
Family Blend is something about that level about.
Family Blend you. Go on and on.
All right, let's get into a music break.
Listen, we got a music break andI'm excited about this one.
It's the Way You Move by Jadon. This dude is called R&B live
podcast Ready culture. Doing too much with the drink
(21:03):
now. What's up?
Hey, hey, yo. There they go.
Down with mom right there man. She don't want you.
(23:37):
His range is crazy. He tall as a tree he is.
He gave me Omarion Usher and Chris Brown, yes.
Yeah. Yeah, welcome back to the show.
Today is a super, super duper duper.
It's a. Super.
Super for. Me super.
Special day. It is.
(23:58):
Are you excited? I'm excited, yeah.
I'm just ready. I'm sitting back and ready.
I'm, you know. This, this, this all just gonna
blow your mind. Our special guest, Wild Millions
with the voice that transcends beyond sound, time, space,
anything that you thought, Oh yeah, she going to morph and do
(24:20):
something different with it. That's right.
Because. Her sound is so unique, and
she's here for the first time onthe R&B Live podcast stage.
Can we put a real, real warm welcome on this one right here
for me? Y'all all the way from New
Jersey? That's right.
Yeah. That's the girl.
That's the girl. She's really that girl, Leah.
Janine. Fire.
(26:52):
Up and we love you right back. Yes, yes.
Oh my. That's what I'm talking about.
I'm talking about. Yes, I had heard every note.
Jesus. Every single note.
She could do everything definitely upstairs she's
everyone knows this for. Sure, man.
You tuned in to the live podcast.
That was Leah Janay, and she's going to be coming up to the
(27:13):
studio for an exclusive interview with us.
That's right. Followed by another performance.
So stay tuned. Keep it locked.
OK guys, please do. OK.
Speaking of great music and women in power and music and
things, I think this goes with the theme.
Our next music break. That's right.
What is it? Our next music break is The One
(27:34):
only. No, not the one and only.
It's two out of them, no? It's two and only the two.
And only Brandy and Monica. Yeah, the boy.
Yeah. Talk about it the.
Boys they by tomorrow. Yeah, don't start like tomorrow.
Yes, it. Starts.
It starts very soon, so get yourtickets, check the video out,
throw it all. The way back, throw it all the
(27:55):
way back. Hey, hey, not too.
I'm too early to get into it. Bring your Monica with the boys
mind. They are basically taking over
the world right now. The marketing for this tour is
good. And they look good too.
Have you tried Have you tried the breakfast cereal Dunkin'
(28:18):
Donuts thing they got? No.
Commercial. No, there was a whole.
Drink, put me on. Yeah, it's like the cereal bar.
It's like a drink. It's a cereal latte.
Cereal. Milk latte.
They got a whole commercial looking good.
We should plan A. Good for them.
I'm. Just not.
Going to watch that cause that Dunkin' Donuts, Yeah.
(28:40):
What? Yeah.
OK, I love that for them. I love that for me too, 'cause
I'm going to tour. What you talking about?
Yeah, Hey, come on, it's the R&BLive podcast.
Y'all not back in the place to be #1 in the streets for R&B
music in Vegas and all around the world.
Because we're not just in Vegas.We're on your TV and on your
computer and all of the things so make.
Sure, you be on the in your house.
(29:01):
Can we talk about it? Can we get into our special
guest? Absolutely.
So. Excited to be here finally I
now. Have you?
(29:22):
Here for sure because. We was watching you on the TV,
all of millions of people was watching on the TV and now we
watching on this TV. Yeah.
The face card never declined. At all.
At all initiated but hold. On because we're doing this a
little bit unorthodox. Usually we read it, but we had
(29:43):
to just we had to just see you first.
But now we're going to talk. Talk to her nice dimples talk.
OK, So what I'm going to do here?
Is this right? OK, she's here.
We finally have her here. Yeah.
Leah Janay is a Newark born R&B songstress who gained.
Who gained that? OK Leah Janae is a Newark born
(30:03):
R&B songstress who gained national attention on Season 2
of the 4th Battle for Stardom. Known for her soulful voice,
heartfelt lyrics and commanding the stage presence, she brings
intimacy and impairment to today's R&B.
OK, yes she does a teens Asia, so I could imagine what's about
(30:24):
to happen. Yeah, they get like that, yeah.
We can, we just can't go past. She's from, she's from North,
but she's from New Jersey. That's.
The sound biased from. New Jersey I.
(30:44):
Understand by my jersey. But.
You know, East Coast, I love East Coast, yes, because Chicago
is Midwest. But we, you know, we're close
enough. It's only a 2 hour plan.
Yeah. It's all right there, so.
How was it growing up in? Newark It was great, honestly.
Like there's a lot going on, youknow, violence and things of
that nature. But my parents are really
(31:04):
strict. They're from the Caribbean,
Beijing, so they're very strict.You know, we stayed inside
unless we were doing something artistic or, yeah, meaningful,
we were inside. So definitely, my mom sings.
My dad is a rapper. He used to write for and perform
(31:25):
with Jaheim. Yeah.
So it's through the family for sure.
Yeah. And.
And so, 'cause we sing you on this show and I feel like you
was the youngest person. Yeah, I was the youngest person
on that season. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
They had a younger artist, Savia, on the other season.
(31:46):
Yeah, but I was the youngest on that season.
And it was did. You audition like, how did it
happen? Yeah, so a lot of people don't
know, like, of course, you know,the 4 was definitely the start
of like, a lot of things. But I've been performing and
doing shows since I was about nine years old.
So yeah, yeah, it had been for along time.
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So before I did the four, the like, one thing that let me knew
that I was kind of in a place tocompete was I did the Apollo,
the Showtime Apollo and. I won.
Yeah, Yeah. Thank you.
Yes. It was big.
Yeah, I did. It was like 3 rounds.
I won the three rounds and then the last one I did not win.
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It was a beautiful pianist. Her name is Asia.
Shout out Asia, She's really dope.
But while I was there, I met someone.
His name is Demetrius Graham. He actually was on the one of
the last seasons of The Voice. He also is an opera singer.
But I was like very, very close to me at the time after the show
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and he was in touch with one of the producers for the four and
they needed more artists. So pretty much he put me in
contact and I was about to go toprom and things of that nature.
So like I sent in my videos, butI really was not worried about
that thing. Like I was like, I'm about to
graduate, I'm going to go to AMDA, You know, I'm not really
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like I'm thinking of it, but I kind of already had like, you
know, this rule so much in my life and not negatively, but I
was just like, I'm about to do the high school thing, you know,
So I sent in my videos and it was whatever.
And then they called me back. We had to do like an executive
audition, which was with Lorianne Gibson and Mario
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Winans. So we when I went out there, it
was like kind of before, like I was about to do like my
announcing of the school. I was going to go through
everything. So I was just like, OK, like
I'll go, but they need to not begetting in the way.
So yeah. So when I went out there, they
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pretty much were like, well, OK,you know, you can get some
things sent to you. And I was like, Oh no, I'm going
back home. I'm graduating, I'm at my prom,
already bought my dress and I'llbe back.
So I probably would have been onsome like further along episodes
had I not had school going on. Yeah, yeah.
It was, but I prioritized it. If you was on the four at 17,
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yeah. I mean, how old was you on
Apollo when an Apollo? I was 16.
That was like between 15 and 16.Yeah.
So it was like the, you know, the Amateur 9 version.
But it, it was still a lot. And it was a commitment like
every, you know, Saturday or whatever until it was over.
We were heading to Harlem, me and my family.
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So yeah. What?
Was the the first time? I want to say, like for every
artist, there's that moment thatyou just knew you had to do it.
Yeah. Did you have one of those?
Experiences yes I did. So it's very, very funny.
So I remember my dad was a rapper.
So as far as performance wise and stuff like that, those were
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like the mannerisms I saw. And I'm also just kind of really
like my dad. So I was, there was a summer
camp that was at North Sydney Hall that was like all art stuff
and my parents enrolled me or whatever.
And I was actually in the dance category because I grew up doing
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ballet. So I wasn't even really
prioritizing music at that time.But when we would do the choir
class or whatever, like, you know, they liked how I sing.
So I was at the producer of the,you know, program.
She came to me and was like, we're going to have, like, some
people do solos, we want you to do a solo.
You're going to sing. I will always love you.
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So I was like, OK, so we did it in a Cervant hall, you know,
which is like that time I was 9,I was nine.
Oh, yeah. I have videos.
So we're in the Cervant house, like this huge, huge stage.
And it's like me in the middle. And they went at the show to go
back, like, go fast. So they just hit the, you know,
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that final dump. And that's when it was time to
go. And all my manuals, like I was
so tiny in this little purple dress, but all the manuals were
rapping like I was. And my mom was like, Oh my gosh,
yeah, he has to do this forever.I just want to keep doing this,
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you know? Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yes, yes.
It was amazing. And then from there, I was in a
group. You guys were talking about
group earlier. Yeah.
So the people pretty much that they had gotten to do the solos
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for that, you know, segment or whatever.
They decided to put us all in a group and it was a New York
Symphony on Special Ensemble. So I was in that till about from
like 9 to 13. We won the McDonald's Gospel
Fest and just a lot of differentvenues, churches because it was
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mostly Christian based or whatever.
So like, we did some pop songs or whatever, but I'm mostly
saying, you know, through the church and everything and that
had like, you know, the biggest influence on everything being
able to like hear one another, have to switch out parts
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whenever things might happen. Do you have?
A favorite vocal part? I know you probably sing more
than one, but what's? Your favorite 1 so I'm.
I'm a metzo soprano, so that's why it's kind of like, yeah, so,
so yeah. So like in my, I wouldn't say
like my mixed register can go like I just plan it.
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But like the basis like of my voices, it's like my tone is
maybe higher, but overall it's it's kind of deep speaking.
Voice. Yeah, you.
Don't know I'm in love. I need to cast you as the voice
of a Disney Princess. Yeah, that's what I was paying
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attention to and and and again, she accredited to having strict
parents and being inside. Yeah.
Being where she's from, and I know where that is personally in
order to make it. You have to be.
Inside. Smoking out there for.
You and and it can be done. So I'm glad that you saying that
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so those who are inside don't think you lame.
Don't think it's. Corny, it's just setting you up
so you can be outside. And, you know, you want to be
set apart because when I was on the show, they kept asking me
like, you know, because I'm surethey did their research on the
place. So they just kept on asking me
how, how hard was it to grow up in Newark?
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And I was just like, stop askingme that question.
Like, it drove me to tears one day because I was like, I did
not have a bad upbringing. Like, I don't know what to tell
you. I was in a rough place.
Like, I have friends who've died.
I've had friends, you know what I'm saying?
A lot of different things. I have friends who are gang
members but it's just have neveraffected me because of how my
parents raised me. It's weird how people ask a
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question of some to someone who's living in it.
How do I? Answer Yeah, that's another
thing too. It's like I'm still, you know,
but. I feel like it's a lot of
stigmas too, that we got a breakbecause I definitely from
Chicago. Everybody swear that's right.
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Yeah. And there's so much art, so much
art in Newark in particular, NewJersey for sure, but Newark in
particular, it's like you can goanywhere and hit an open mic or
an art walk or whatever the casemay be.
It's not like. So that kind of helps overall.
And our mayor is really prominent in it, so.
(40:26):
It helps. What's the 1st?
Time like that, they mayor. Yeah, shut up, Raz Baraka.
I mean, I'm. The age I am, I don't talk about
the mayor. So you know what I'm saying?
That means you're paying attention.
Oh yeah, and you and. You have a voice.
So definitely within that, yeah,like, like they have Linkin Park
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Festival, Halsey Festival, different, just different things
have been going on within the community for so long.
And it's like, it's kind of likestepping stones for artists.
So it's like even there's an event that happens called 24
Hours of Peace where like a whole block is blocked off for
24 hours from 6:00 Friday to 6:00 Saturday night.
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And things, art things are happening, performances, DJ
sets, yoga, people doing seminars, all like in the street
at this time period. So it was like growing up or
whatever, Like if you're like, you know, a local artist,
whatever, you do the Friday where you know, you do real
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early too. So then it's like if you get to
do the Saturday now, like I think the last one I did was
last year and I did this Saturday opened up for Lady
London. So like, yeah.
So like to me that was like, youknow, where I need to be in that
in that situation. So it's really cool how like is
set up. You should read children's
books. Yeah.
(41:56):
Did I? Not.
Say that. Yeah, sure.
Anybody's. Books right and.
Go straight to bed. Turn.
On. Turn that on so she can go to
bed. Like it's a healing agent in her
voice. Yeah.
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What did I say earlier? Yes, thank you.
I appreciate that, y'all. I can't.
It's funny because like I reallydon't like listening to myself
back on things, whether it's singing or talking.
Yeah, I feel like. Oh, turn that off.
(42:37):
Thank you. I.
Appreciate y'all. If we came to Newark, 'cause I'm
a foodie, I love to eat. I've been wanting to know where
we gonna eat at. Yeah, taking this.
What would you? Recommend goodness tell them
where. They gotta.
Go. So there's a lot of places.
OK, so a place that I like a lot, it's in North, it's called
the Ironbound. So it's like downtown, but it's
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like further out and it's kind of more where, you know, the
Spanish, you know, speaking people are.
I don't want to just group them in because there'd be everybody.
There's a place called Mom Poo. It's really delicious.
It's like tapas and it's like, you know, like stuff that you
like steak, stuff like that. But it's just the way they I
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always get the steak where I always get these little steak.
They also have I don't know why I'm going like blank.
I go there so much and I order so much food.
What size? Is going with those steak I
know. Yeah, right.
Because. What?
You eating rice? Well, you know rice.
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They do like a nice they have really nice salads.
I like like I like like raw tunalike sushi grade.
They have like salads or stuff like that.
But overall, like my overall diet, diet me is just pretty
clean. It is.
And like certain things like dairy and stuff like that.
Like my mom has cut out of my life early so.
(44:08):
Not say that earlier today. I'm West Indian.
Yeah, yeah. So green banana, sardines, like
sardines is like, if you want tobe a gorgeous, gorgeous human
being, you need your fish oils. OK, Yeah.
You need your fish oils and vegetables, fruits, like my
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mom's so little more Lords. My mom is a chef, so.
Yeah. So she.
Yeah. So she's been all into culinary,
and now that I have to cook and cook for my little guy, I have
learned, you know? All the way.
Around culinary. My sister and my brother, they
(44:55):
don't do the R&B side like me, but they do musical theater.
So like right now my brother is on tour.
We're at a show called Dog Man. It's, I don't know if you guys
ever heard of Captain Underpantsbooks.
Yeah. So it derives from that.
And he he just a little bit yesterday.
(45:16):
So safe travels. Yeah.
That's that's cool, man. I got so many questions for it
but I don't want to be the only one.
I have two. I would like, I mean, being on
the floor, not to bring that up again, but I'm just curious
because I know it has all the, you know, things.
(45:37):
So I would love to know, like how has your approach to music
been since you have been on the phone for, you know, with all
the performance and the songwriting and.
Yeah, so when I first got off ofthis show, I had already, like,
been making music. I have two projects, A Crooked
Love Story, which is the most recent, that's 2020.
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And then before that in 2017, I dropped a project called Life
Water and that was that was probably the most kind of in
tune with my sound that I was after.
Being on the show was like everyone had a specific, you
know, sound that they wanted to hear, which was no problem for
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me. But the music that I was making
with the label that I was with, just that just wasn't it.
It was more so the like R&B and hip hop, Like Hip, my genre is a
little less on the R&B side and more on the hip hop soul side.
So I had been a yeah when that came out right after me doing
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kind of like the ballads and stuff on the show.
People were just like, this is not what we want to hear.
Like you want to hear you sing, you know, slow songs.
But they kind of just stunted mea little because it's just, I
grew up, you know, listening to a lot of hip hop for my dad and,
you know, R&B for my mom. But I was even taught how to
write kind of more so in a rapper's format.
(47:06):
So it's kind of more so like my style just genuinely, so it kind
of it, it has definitely like had its ups and downs 'cause I
have to constantly just be like,OK, I know what people want to
hear. But at the same time, like if
this is not enjoyable to me, then it's not going to come out
the way it needs to. So it's been like a journey.
(47:29):
I feel like right now, literallylike within these last two
months, I'm like finding like a good like blend of everything
that needs to go. On Yeah, how important is it to
be authentic and true to yourself as a as an artist?
It's very important, very important.
When I first got off of the show, my overall, the overall
(47:54):
image and just energy that the label wanted me to have was just
so much more, a little darker and a little more mature than
how I came on the show. Not to say, yeah, like, even
just the makeup looks and everything just wasn't fresh.
See what I'm saying? Like when I came on the show, it
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felt really fresh. And then from there, everything
was just really stoic and like, yeah.
And I think they kind of just kind of misinterpreted, you
know, me overall because like you, I'm a cancer.
I don't know if you guys are into zodiacs, but I'm a cancer.
(48:36):
Yeah. So I'm pretty, you know, I'm
sweet. I'm very comfortable, comforting
and stuff like that is my personality, but it's also a
side of me that's just like, it's not dark, but it's not all
sun shines in, you know, gummy bears either.
Yeah. So I would, I want to have like
a really good blend of the both of them because a lot of like
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the emotions that people are so drawn to, like it doesn't come
from like that happy place, which is very true.
I have a question for you, maybeit's a two-part question.
After leaving before, were you still contractually bound with
(49:20):
them? If so, and how long and.
No, no, no. They let us go.
So yeah, that we don't use, you know, the likeliness of the show
in a certain format. Like they would just not like
don't you can't have like on a flyer like Legionnae from the
(49:41):
floor on Fox like to draw more, you know, attention.
To. But as far as anything else?
No. And like, I'm familiar with the
voice. I'm familiar like the voice.
I couldn't drop music for like 90 days.
American Idol. I was like, no, because you're
just bound to them for like. Seven years.
(50:01):
Yeah. I had a very.
Good friend, But yeah, let us go.
Let us. Go.
What do you want us to know outside of the four?
I'm a mother. Period.
No drama. Oh, it's been very fun.
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I feel like he's three. He's still years old.
He's impressive. So he's like a kind of pandemic
baby now. Too much laying around, too much
nothing to do. Yeah, I will.
I'm going to blame the pandemic down until.
I've always just. Been too busy kind of just to
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connect with anyone for that period.
Long a period of time, like relationships and stuff like
that just weren't a thing. I had like one person that I was
obsessed with, and I can talk about it because I can't.
But I had one person that like Iwas obsessed with through like,
my younger years because we bothdid music.
And that was about the only guy,like, interaction that I was
(51:10):
going to be getting because my parents didn't play.
But other than that, yeah, my, my son's father, that was the
most, like, time that I spent with someone.
So love, you know, everybody down.
My son, his name is Zachariah. He is.
Yeah. He has perfect pitch.
(51:31):
OK, yeah, he'd. Be singing down.
Yeah. Oh.
For sure he sings down already, so three he'd be singing.
He wants like music playing all the time.
If it's something playing, it has to have music you.
Want that for. Him, I want whatever he wants.
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I think that overall I won't be the one telling him all of the
like gripes that I had because all that makes to do is want to
do it more. What?
Music would you plan? They say.
That what you play can impact the baby in a.
Healthy way. I mean, I definitely well, a lot
(52:17):
of just older music stays in my catalog period.
I love New Jack Swing as like mything like a slide and the
family stoned yeah, it was like one of my favorite groups.
So all the good stuff my and like that's his even his father
(52:37):
loves his oldies, so that's pretty much what he was
listening to whenever something a little you know too ratchet.
I used to be like, turn that offI.
Even said I said this a long time.
I said she got a old song. Yeah, which is a good thing.
It's just me to me. I mean, you just was brought up
(52:57):
probably by. Definitely my grandma.
My. Grandma is, you know, older West
Indian lady, she 'cause you know, and I don't know if you
guys are familiar, but in the Caribbean, they're obsessed with
country music. So like one of my biggest
influences as to even why like I'm a blonde is Dolly Parton.
(53:19):
I love Dolly. I love her too.
I'm a big I'm a big fan of ours.And Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus,
but mostly Hannah Montana. I wanted that lifestyle so bad.
I was like, I want to do like that.
Actor. You were actress, yes.
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How did you break into that? Because some people don't know.
So within the time period of me doing like the Apollo and like,
so after I kind of got out of the group, I started just doing
things more myself. My mom would take me to
auditions, you know, for like any different types of things.
(54:01):
You would, you know, stand on those long lines and you'll
wait. So I just liked the commitment
of everything, pretty much. So, yeah.
Theater music. Yeah.
Musical theater, Yeah. And so my brother was actually
doing that first musical theater, and he was a part of a
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company really early. Hey, Vanguard, what's up, you
guys? They have been our like family
theater company for a long time.And the first show I did with
them was was Memphis. I was, it was, it's an ensemble
show, so you still do a lot. And that was my first time doing
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singing, dancing. They wanted me to not wear my
glasses. I had like a wig.
It was like my first experience of that whole thing.
Yes. And the like, literally we were
rehearsing. I remember it being from snow on
the ground till when it was my birthday, which is the 15th of
July. So that's how long we have been
(55:04):
doing it for. Wow.
Yeah, forever. Yes.
And then from there I did, I think I did.
I was like deleted Chris and me Mean Girls.
The I meant not Mean Girls carrythe musical.
And then the last role that I just did that was 2024 was Cle
(55:30):
and The Color Purple. They added did a production like
in Newark and I did it. Period.
Yeah, she ran the list down. Yes, she ran the list down.
That was crazy though, I don't know if I would do it again.
Is learning a script harder thanlearning a song?
Oh, for sure, 'cause you have to.
(55:52):
It's like go after a while, likeyou really just have to feel the
flow. Like you can sit there and
memorize everything but it's like then once you have stage
directions added on to it, like my books used to look insane and
like just a mess. Because with with filming it,
it, it tells you you're supposedto sigh, sigh.
(56:13):
Yeah. So you gotta you gotta have to
read and read the. And then it's like you might
have to sigh while also turning stage.
Left which is. Not stage left, you said.
I went to the right. These are all things that are
like a hard time. Yeah.
Well, you've been conditioning since the warm the time, yeah.
(56:36):
Early on, God knew. You was made for this, man made
for it. What you call you a well-rounded
artist? Yeah, that that can give you a
little bit of everything. If you had to do a tribute album
for any great, who you going to do the tribute?
Apatow they had to call you. Who are you?
Who are you going? To do a tribute album, Oh my
(57:00):
God, that's so many people. I don't know why I first like
came to mind, but definitely like Chaka Khan, Amy Winehouse.
Because Amy's a good. One, it's a big influence for
me. Definitely Joe Scott.
I need parts of that. They don't call me, I'm calling
(57:23):
them. How?
Is she going to? Bring the vocals for sure.
Yeah. Oh, we're sure.
One last question. How important is it to be
involved in your business affairs as an independent
artist? It is so important because I'm
not going to lie, if maybe it was a few years ago, I may have
(57:44):
been never met you guys. Wow.
Wow. Yeah, yeah.
Literally nobody would have evertold me.
I hold the emails, yeah. And these are more so this is
more so like when you're with like, you know, label like,
(58:06):
Yeah. And certainly, but like, you
have to make sure that what yourmanager wants for you and what
you want is the same thing got you.
Because people will have a whole, like, view for you, like
a whole life set up for you. And it's like, not even what I
wanted, Right. Yeah.
And that's good, Yeah. Have you ever had someone say,
(58:28):
hey, I reached out to you, we have this big part for you in
this movie and you, you didn't get back to me.
I have gotten some of the craziest emails.
I'll keep it all right, sure, because yeah, crazy ones.
Then I'm like, wow, I would haveknown this.
I wouldn't probably even be hereright now in Jersey, like, you
(58:50):
know what I'm saying? So yeah.
And then it's even, it's don't feel too bad when I say this
because people get really sad. But I, when I was with the
management that I was with before, and I'm not going to
mention them too much because they have gotten enough shout
outs for me when I was with thembefore, like setting up the
(59:16):
deal, you know what I'm saying? For me to, you know, get a deal
and everything. They went to a lot of different
labels and basically they wantedtheir whole kind of like,
distribution thing that they hadgoing on with other artists to
be included, but kind of were using me as like, you know, the
flagstone. Yeah.
(59:39):
But everyone was like, no, like,sorry, we just seen her on this
show. We just want her.
So then they would deny them. So then they came back to me and
told me like none of these otherlabels pretty much wanted me
except for the one that like, you know, you ended up.
But then that wasn't true because so many A and Rs and
people from like Atlantic or different places, they were just
(01:00:03):
like. I wanted you.
They were. Just like what happened, like
they turned us down. I was like, I didn't turn down
anything. That's.
Crazy. So powerful, yes, looking at you
today. I feel like I didn't miss
nothing. Definitely.
I'm still just as excited for. Your music.
(01:00:24):
As I was back when you're. On thank you and that's so
grateful and that's why a lot mybiggest things sometimes which
people don't agree with, but it's like if you don't know what
to say yet, just be quiet. Yes.
Also feel like, I also feel likewe get to know you.
Yeah, a lot better than the fourportrayed.
Definitely. If you don't know her, if y'all
haven't been getting to know her, go take a visit.
(01:00:46):
Take a visit and tap in and visit.
Go take sit by this. Get to know her story.
Yeah, the work is there, the catalog, the the resume is
there, the resume is resume in OK.
So when are you going to start going live to read storybooks so
I can be there? Yeah, I mean.
Night, night. I'm that so like sweet of you
(01:01:08):
guys. I'm really thinking of it now.
You should. You should.
You should do, yeah. Yeah, like, yeah, you need a.
Voice agent. Have got to do it.
Yeah, gotta do it. Thank you.
Thanks. Guys.
Yeah, So what time? Right, that's funny.
I wasn't joking. Seriously.
Maybe I'll shoot. Listen, I was gonna.
(01:01:29):
Say, maybe I could do it with myson, but we'll never get through
the damn book. Do it by myself.
All of the big production companies, Tyler Perry, Kiki
Palmer. Hey, girls.
Hey. Jesus, So what's?
Next. For you, new music, finally,
(01:01:53):
people don't know like new musicis like a whole thing to it.
Like you have to find somewhere that you feel comfortable
recording, find a engineer that like can get your stuff in
order. So I have been like shopping
around since my last engineer. He just moved out of the state
(01:02:15):
just like our paths as to what we were trying to do with the
music was just a little bit different.
Like something that I have a mentor, his name is Timothy is
Smart. He's my modeling mentor.
And he used to always tell us, like, I don't want none of that
microwave shit. Yeah.
(01:02:35):
Nothing fast, nothing too quick.So I've just been taking my
time, but I feel like kind of inperfect position for sure.
I was kind of like in the waiting room and now I'm out in.
The Incubator. Yes, a good position to be.
In yes, trust. The process.
Yes. And enjoy the journey.
(01:02:57):
Yes, that's a big thing that gets kind of like taken away
from you just from how fast everything goes.
So I'm taking everything out I. Think you did it right though.
There is many stages, but to know that you're the best, you
have to be confident enough to put yourself in front of the
world state. So like, she used to always be
(01:03:20):
telling me like, you know, there's a lot of people even in
my city now that like should be so much better.
But it's like you'll put them from New Jersey to New York and
it's like the fear or the nervousness takes over and it's
like, bro, you're across the street.
Like, it's not too bad, but it'smore of a mindset thing.
(01:03:41):
So you really be able to have someone to tell you, you know,
that's what my me and my siblings are blessed with,
someone to tell us. Like this is not my mother.
She's the most, she's the so sweet but entitled to goodness
that I've ever met. She's like, yes, I'm getting
good because yeah, I mean. Because she gave it to all of
(01:04:02):
us, too. I love that for you guys.
I got so many questions. I know you gotta go, but can we
ask you like two more questions?OK, who's on your playlist right
now? And then the second question is,
did you go to any concerts this year?
Yes, I went to Kalani concert. It was amazing.
(01:04:22):
Somebody that I'm listening to on R&B heavily right now, like
literally has been a chokehold by the neck.
She won't get off. It's K1.
I'm not sure. I wish you would get off of me,
No. Oh, I know you was hot.
But she just has a stronghold right now.
I think every element of like R&B from every time literally is
(01:04:47):
like included in that music. It's amazing.
Yeah, it's a beach and a collaboration.
You want. To put that out there, yes.
Yellow. That would.
Be beautiful. Oh yeah, Leah.
I could so see you. Let's go Yes.
I can see it now. I just want to say thank you so
(01:05:08):
much. Cool you're.
Such a light, your spirit, your energy.
As soon as you came through the door, I just felt that right.
Yes, we jumped up and down. And then here I go.
She said so many words. I was like, you know what?
Your. Voice.
It's giving Janet Jackson. Oh my God.
(01:05:31):
You're. Obsessed.
I forget I said that. Don't.
Tell nobody else about that. It's OK.
I appreciate it. Seriously one.
More the performance is happening too.
Yeah, yeah. One more.
So could you please before we even get into?
The oh, we have a special performance.
(01:05:51):
Though. Got one more thing.
That's just one thing that we have to do.
Yeah, we need you on our wall. Oh, nice.
So we got a photo. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
(01:06:17):
And after she signed the. Wall pass it around right?
Here on the R&B Live podcast stage, Janae is going to go and
bless us with another live performance.
Why? Why have you screamed?
I'll be so excited. You guys are going to let me
scream like that? You've been doing it like.
(01:06:43):
Get on camera sounding that thing.
Oh my God. And she's.
A and she's a Get out of my brain.
Really. Uh, get out of it.
Get out of it. What's your favorite colour?
This. Actually funny because it's this
colour right here. Like that honey yellow?
(01:07:03):
Yes, that's my. Lefty, her favorite color is
honey yellowish orange color. End up with that thing.
Any Beijing sounds coming with your new music?
So it's here's the thing, right?And I this is like sometimes the
annoying part about being like, so appreciative of music because
(01:07:25):
you overthink things. But like that, like calypso
music and things of that nature,it's like such a deep rooted,
like sound. It's like, if you're going to
like, if I'm going to do it, I don't want to do it.
Like, yeah, even down to the dialect, like speaking patois is
something that like, you know, Ihear from my grandma and stuff
(01:07:46):
like that, but I haven't ever. I'm done unless I'm like, with
my cousins or something like that.
So like, I have older music where, like, you know, I would
change my dialect a little bit, but not for like, a whole song.
I'm a little nervous. I am, but I should.
Yeah. Because Bad girl reread.
Like, I was literally my grandma.
(01:08:08):
I was like 8 years old and I went to Barbados with my grandma
and I was listening to Rihanna'sfirst album while I was out
there and I was like on the likelittle roof thing singing it.
And a guy came out and he was like, are you like, is that you
your song? I was like, no, this is Rihanna.
He was like, oh, you should singlike her.
I was like, oh, thanks I. Feel.
(01:08:33):
Like your voice could do anything.
Yeah. Thank you.
This project, who knows what we going?
I don't know it's going. To hold.
Back. I think it's definitely going to
be a lot more soulful. I think I've been taking a lot
of time to do all the sounds that I wanted to, but this is
like, I think very much soul, very much gotcha.
(01:08:56):
Whatever you do, we buying it, we buying it, we streaming and
we liking and we sharing it we doing.
All the above. Not dog it.
Well, where can everybody find you, Leah, 'cause they should be
following you already. What's wrong with them?
Where can they find you? You guys can find me on
Instagram at Leah Janae officialFacebook at Leah Janae YouTube
(01:09:19):
Leah Janae official Everything'spretty much the same.
If you Google her she's going tocome up.
Yes, y'all know? Who she is?
And where can we find Zechariah?I'm just, I'm, I'm joking.
I'm joking. Just.
Joking on my Instagram store. CC in pitch.
I mean, where's what's the albumcoming out?
Right. He's definitely going to make
(01:09:40):
some small appearances on my project.
We can't wait. I love when parents put their.
Kids in the music. Oh yes, he's sitting down.
Go ahead and. Get them some writing credits
and some executive producer. We play a little game.
He'll be like, I love you, mommy.
(01:10:00):
I'm like, I love you Zachariah. He's like I love.
You mommy. Nice, keep doing that back and
forth. So.
You are desperately making New Jersey proud.
I'm proud. Thank.
You thank you so much. Well.
(01:10:22):
Look, she got to sing again before she got to sing well.
Before her performance, we're going to get into this next
music break. That's right.
Yes. What's the music break?
What are we doing? Yeah, don't go by Josh Leigh
back. And then right after that, we're
going to hear Leah Janae, what song are you doing?
(01:10:42):
It's called running. Running.
Yeah, running away. Who's running?
You don't find out. And then she's going to read us
the dictionary for no reason at all, just so she can read
something. Thank you.
Thanks. Guys.
(01:11:03):
Welcome back to the R&B Live podcast live from Las Vegas.
Oh my God, that interview with our special guest Leah Janae is
back on the stage, ladies and gentlemen, with her next
performance. Here.
It is right here on the R&B LIVEpodcast.
Leah Janae. Don't run away.
(01:15:18):
It's going to be the final. Something.
Right. You know what?
Who would appreciate that song? Athena Cage from Cut close.
We both say. I could appreciate the
songwriting. Thank you.
It's me. Both songs you heard from me
writing, you wrote. That, yes, I knew.
(01:15:41):
It we know that Jesus. He.
Was in the play. I was, I was right before I had
my baby. So it's really the song really
isn't a love like to somebody, it's really to music.
Period. Yeah, it's like this is a
transition, you know? Thank.
You for this girl. Thank you so much for being
(01:16:06):
here. Make sure you guys TuneIn with
all of her upcoming events, music, yeah, performances, all
this stuff should all things with your name.
Yes, on all platforms. Yes.
A fan. I'm I'm a fan.
Thank you guys. Fan is still a fan in the
future, yeah. We.
Gotta yes. Absolutely.
Would you? Would you come back?
Would you come? Back, yes.
(01:16:29):
Because you know what, you wait.Cause guess what?
We're doing a concert series at some point.
That's right in the future. And I just feel like we don't
have to do Leah Janae live in Vegas.
So how about people talking to you?
People. We're going to put that
together, yeah. Thank you this.
Has been an incredible show. Thank you to my incredible Co
(01:16:51):
host. I love y'all.
Thank you. We love you too, thanks for
having us. We.
Gotta pay some bills right now. So look TuneIn to and subscribe
to our YouTube channel. My podcast, that's right, is on
what YouTube yes. Where else are we IG?
What's the what's the We own allof the we own all of the DSPS
(01:17:14):
though yes, you too. You throw Apple Music wherever
you podcast and get your podcast.
Go put in the R&B live podcast 'cause you're going to hear Leah
Janae. That's right.
That's how I like that. Yeah, yeah, get like that, yeah.
And I also want to shout out a hair party.com.
Thank you. No pictures.
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No pictures. We got black businesses
absolutely avirainc.com there you.
Go. Go check it out.
And we just want to thank everybody at home for tuning in
because we can't do what we do without you.
So thank you. Not at all.
Thank you all for being here. Right?
Yeah, absolutely for being here.And thank our special guests for
coming again. Thank you for being.
(01:18:00):
Next time on my podcast, so makesure y'all TuneIn every week.
That's right, it's the place to.Be you never know.
Never know what you're going to get.
That's right. That's going to.
Be great, all right, girl. Detroit.
Sorry I had to all. Right.
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