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In this electrifying episode of Sway In The Morning, witness the unforgettable moment Bria Cheri shares her journey and unveils 'On 2 The Next.' From her beginnings with a mini keyboard to becoming a multifaceted artist in the roaring halls of the music industry, Bria's story is one of determination, passion, and talent. 🎹🎵
Sway and the team dive deep with Bria, discussing her evolution as an artist, her self-written songs, and the challenges she overcame to shine in the music world. Get an insider look at how this dedicated artist navigated the complex landscape of the music industry, from her early days of piano lessons to her groundbreaking role in programming departments of major music platforms. 🌠
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that's a song called party continues
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mhm that's my Mantra in life the party
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continues word every breath we take
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should be a celebration cuz the party
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continues the party called life that's
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off an EP called
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Phoenix and that EP is one of a few
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projects that our next guest has put out
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independently has done it on her own
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it's something to be said about
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commitment Tracy G something to be said
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about dedication there's something to be
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said about about confidence faith belief
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something to be said about all of that
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you don't just sometimes make it that's
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right it don't just happen like that you
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go through a journey you go through
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trials and tribulations you go through a
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growth process a metamorphosis you try
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to figure out your voice you want to
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figure out your team who you going to
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work with all of these different
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elements play a part in your success in
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your journey and when I see
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folks they say you can't judge a book by
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his cover this is um case in point right
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here when I see folks like our next
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guests who I've seen in the hallways and
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I've seen in the office over the years
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and I always make a note to shout her
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out hey Bri what's popping volume 20 yes
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always sneak up on her when she's trying
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to work tap her on her
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shoulder or come to her desk and at one
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point she expressed to me that she was
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an artist and I had no idea and she sent
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me her music and we pontificated on it a
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bit and decided that we were going to
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gather and have a conversation that's
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right and we finally had that
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conversation and I learned that she
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truly is a fully dedicated artist who
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has put in work has written songs has
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written her own songs has worked with
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people who have been in the business um
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and has uh really really just been doing
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a lot of great work and I invited her to
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the show because of it because I believe
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she deserves all the opportunity that
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she can get please welcome Bria Sheree
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to the show Bria Shere hey Bria hey
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what's good what's good CU thank you
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thank you for having me thank you Bri
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wonderful introduction well it you know
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it came from the heart nothing I said
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was any what was the LIE there was no
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lie exactly right all facts right and
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I'm very impressed by you you know um
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because most people a lot of times folks
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who work in these tech companies like um
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like Pandora or Sirius XM or apple music
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or Spotify there's a lot of artists
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there's a lot of creatives oh absolutely
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that want to work in that environment to
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see what opportunities may come from it
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right exactly is that that's part of was
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that part of your reason for working
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wanting to be around the music industry
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to work for a place like this yeah it it
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was I mean from the beginning I knew I
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started music when I was three I started
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learning piano I started playing my mom
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got me the the the little mini keyboard
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and we were tinkering with that and she
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was like she she has something here and
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so she put me into um the classical
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lessons and getting the the proper
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training to learn the theory learn piano
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learn music so from that day forward I
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knew that music was what I wanted to do
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and so as as I was studying the great
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studying all these these amazing artists
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I look up to and I was like where you
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know how can I get in into the industry
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cuz back then the '90s or 2000s it's was
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completely different to what it is today
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and so I was like all right I'm going to
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have to go to school you know I I got to
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I got to still pay bills and go to
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college go to high school all that and
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so when I was looking into broadcasting
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we were looking at all the different
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schools and uh HBCU it was all different
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opportunities for me and I was trying to
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go into to college um in the music
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department as an artist but there was a
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lot of qualifications and application
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and it it just it didn't work out for me
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that route and so that's when I was like
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I'll I'll do broadcasting so when I um
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was in school at Liu out in Nassau
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County Long Island yeah Long Island
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Strong Island Strong Island yep that's
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that's where I got my start with radio I
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I had my own show on campus what was
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your show called it was called flavor
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flavor flavor did you spell that with a
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a yes I did okay give me a sound what
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did you sound like how how did you open
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the mic what would you you say I'd be
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like yo it's that flavor we would you
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know just go
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from yes yeah I like that but that's
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another way of using your voice exactly
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and so especially there it's a pwi so
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you know I was playing hip-hop I was
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playing R&B like '90s all you know to
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the current music that was out and the
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students loved it and so I ended up
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becoming a program director for the
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station and yeah so that was my way in
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yeah I'm serious
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damn Bri I didn't know all of this yeah
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for real and then you became a program
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director M yep right after college I
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applied here it took a while you know
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the process is long but you know we got
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in and here we are and now I'm I'm doing
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um I'm in the programming department
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where I'm the um coordinator for sound
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42 Drake's Channel SoundCloud radio uh
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the blend um I'm doing it's a lot going
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on it's a lot going on Bria Sheree is
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her name
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3 3 4 five citizens you know how we do
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this a new artist right so get to know
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her now so couple years from now when
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she popping and blowing up and getting
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Awards y'all can say you got a chance to
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talk to her ask her smart questions 888
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742
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3345 you know what I'm really
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appreciating about you Bria is it's a
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number of things one uh I love a
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multi-dimensional woman I love a woman
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that can tap into her many different
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layers and understands that she doesn't
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just have one gift to be opened you know
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and like sway said um you're a Pianist
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you're a singer you're a writer you're
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also a dancer I'm really interested in
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the writing aspect you know because that
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allows you to be a Storyteller a truth
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teller and also writing is a healing
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practice for real as well because it
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requires self-reflection you know and
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imagining a new world can you take us
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into your relationship with the pen and
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where that started cuz I know at 3 is
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when the piano started piano but when
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did the writing begin that's a good
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question um I would say wow the writing
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began through Co not through n no I'm
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sorry High School like creative writing
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classes I took those as like an elective
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and I was like I was really into writing
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poetry and and trying to I would even as
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a kid in elementary school I would write
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like they we do the book reports yes of
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course I would write four page book
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reports oh wow damn while the kids were
6:58
like you know even even just stories
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like it would be pages long the teacher
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was like tell my mom like yo she's
7:03
really writing like this this is crazy
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and so it just stem from there and then
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as a teen I got you know into really
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developing my voice and I was like you
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know I need to really just start writing
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more and just you know it just came
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naturally from that young age you know
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so it's like it it's therapeutic like
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you said I love being able to just put
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my emotions down and put the melody to
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it and then help help it having those
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music that music help people and you
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know hearing what they say like yo this
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song really got me through something or
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this made me feel really good so you
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know it's just all from a young age you
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got to really nurture the kids word you
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got to nurture the kids um you you've
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done this for a minute I brought up uh I
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believe I brought up before the music
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the EP um and I brought up Phoenix um
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but let's talk about that first one
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before the music okay um you were able
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to at that time connect with an artist
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by the name of Donnie clang yes Donnie
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clang I
8:00
from Making the Band cuz I was working
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on MTV at the time right so I used to
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interview Donnie clang and all them
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making the band
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and and he went solo right uh well how
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did you met him at some point what was
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that like I met him in 20 between the
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end of 2016 2017 um I was looking for
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artist development um because I knew I
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needed you know some more fine tuning
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and I knew a lot of people in the
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industry that felt I wasn't they had
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their own opinions like oh you're not
8:32
ready you're not this you're not that I
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was like I know I have something here
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and so I was just looking around online
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just trying to see like what's in New
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York that does Arts development you know
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and I came across his website he has a
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studio in Long Island it's called Loft
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Sound Studio and I was like let me just
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Reach Out call them uh set up a time to
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talk to them um it's Al also his best
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friend Matthew um as well so when I went
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there he had you know it was a different
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um Studio at the time was you know he's
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in newer place in in Long Island but I
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met him and I was like I just spoke to
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him I I just was really really real I
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was like you know this is what I want to
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do I've been wanting to do this forever
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like I just need somebody to just
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believe in me maybe work with me a
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little bit he was like okay fine like
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let me hear you sing and so I sung a
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Mary J blig song share my world and oh
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wow and then after that he was like let
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let's get to work we started working and
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he he heard you sing and said let's get
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to work yeah for real you you sang which
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song was it share my
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world H H could you share a bit of share
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my world want some water right there
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well if you do we'll play your single
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okay this is Bria Sheree citizens uh
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coworker but artist first um get to know
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her 888 7423 345 we're going to play her
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new single it's called on to the next
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but first she's going to give you a bit
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of her
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stylings and it goes a little something
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like share my
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world don't you
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leave I promise I'll be here so baby
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don't you have no
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fear share my
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word don't you
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leave I promise I'll be here so baby
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don't you have no fear
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to be with you would be like
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paradise everything would be so nice so
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nice so
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nice yeah
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Bri I like that there you go I like that
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Bri come on man 888 742 3345 here's the
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new single on to the next let her know
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what you think citizens let's go come on
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brand new on to next Bri Shere this is
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available on all streaming platforms you
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spell it b b r i a c h e r
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icore if you want to follow her Bria
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Sheree uncore what do you think RI Rob
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Rob is all the way in California nice
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yeah you gotta come with a question in
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the oh hold on what's going
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on yo Rob how you doing Rob man I'm
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doing good what are you thinking man
11:27
this yeah this Bri Sheree talk to her
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listen listen young lady I want to tell
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you this what's up you got next for
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real you are a cross between Khao and
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Beyonce is so what the hell I mean I
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have a I have an ear for talent listen
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you are amazing thank you and the
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struggles that you had to go through it
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was worth it all because you got next
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I appreciate that thank you so much hey
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hey hey Rob make sure you um go stream
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her single it's available now onto the
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next the the number two and is Bria
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Sheree b r i a c h e r i all the
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citizens man go check her out check her
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out Rob we appreciate you you a citizen
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let's go to South Carolina we got Travis
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on the line Travis what it do
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tra long long long time listener first
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time caller wait a minute we got a first
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time caller uh oh I'll wait a minute
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welcome to the tribe so thank you sir I
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I was I was on break man I had to call
12:38
in um that is a really really great song
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I just want to say things happen for a
12:45
reason just keep on going and you're
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gonna be blessed Queen thank you so much
12:49
I appreciate that Travis you're a good
12:51
guy man have a great day at work man
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you're super citizen you know what I and
12:56
when I listen to your story and we we
12:58
skipped over for this part but a lot of
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people told you what they believe you
13:02
couldn't be MH who they believe you
13:04
would never reach right these places and
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we've all gone through this yeah I know
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Tracy's gone through it I've gone
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through it uh Jake the kiss has gone
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through it I was once told by um a woman
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at a engineering school that I went to
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following my partner Tech around and
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they had a radio Division I never even
13:28
thought about doing radio and I and she
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said well what do you want to do I'll go
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check out the radio department and the
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woman told me after I kind of auditioned
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that I would never ever do radio and I
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don't have the voice for it I should
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look for something else Bri I'm Hall of
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Fame now exactly you know what I mean on
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that but that was my fuel like don't
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tell me what I'm not going to do that's
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the wildest right yeah the wildest
13:54
craziest thing this lady said to me wow
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what was your F why did you not let that
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break you how did you not let that
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discourage you when you had so many
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people telling you you're not ready your
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voice not ready the music's not ready I
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know what they say yeah they say a lot
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how did that not break did it break you
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did you have those moments where you was
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like am I doing the right thing I had
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those moments where I felt like maybe I
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need to just fall back and I came very
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close to it like relatively recently
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like the last couple years I was like I
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I probably need to just step back cuz
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it's just were just not aligning but I
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think what kept me going was my faith
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was my family support um as well as like
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I said that's my dream it's been my
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dream forever guys like literally I
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would study Aliyah I studi Janet I
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studied Whitney all these people I
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looked up to them and I was like I I got
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to be like that one day you know so that
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drive that music just never left me I
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come from a musical background a
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spiritual background as well um my great
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aunt was was a a Powerhouse vocalist she
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was on Broadway for many years um I I
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have so my grandfather was a manager for
15:07
uh jazz artist Billy Einstein so many so
15:11
much right so much history there and so
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it's like when you when you come from
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that it inspires you to do just as great
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as what they did in your in your um
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influences as well so yeah yeah and you
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have newer artists as well who have had
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quite the rocky road into becoming like
15:28
their own solo artist I'm thinking about
15:30
money long who we had on the show
15:31
recently who's written for so many
15:33
artists including Rihanna and now we see
15:36
her soaring as her own entity um another
15:38
one of my faves Victoria Monae who we
15:41
know was behind the scenes for quite a
15:43
long while you know so sometimes there's
15:46
a difference between being a seed that
15:48
blooms into a flower and being a seed
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that blooms into a tree you know what I
15:52
mean and so that tree is going to
15:54
require a lot more time but it doesn't
15:57
mean that you should stop watering mhm
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yeah you have to just keep going cuz you
16:01
just never know and when Victoria won I
16:03
was cheered I was like oh my
16:05
finally I feel like y'all need to write
16:07
together after what Tracy just said that
16:09
was very poetic right there you know
16:12
what right it might be a thing there Bri
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sh uh we got let me do another caller
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Carlos is funny you brought up those
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Inspirations Carlos what is North
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Carolina Carlos what you wanted to say
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hey Carlos man hey man man peace peace
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all man first of all Man the song is
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refreshing is is different right like I
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I'm glad you're not following the trend
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you're creating one right but but I I
16:36
ironically you said Janet was one of
16:38
your inspiration and that's who I hear
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right it's just so much like Janet
16:43
Jackson which we haven't heard that
16:45
sound in a minute and that's why I say
16:47
it's refreshing man I really appreciate
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your music it's it's a breath of fresh
16:51
air thank you so much that's so kind of
16:54
you so sweet thank you wow no problem
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you got to see her blushing up here
16:57
Carlos you got see
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I mean that like she I like the fact
17:02
that she set she set high high goals for
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herself you know yeah man it's real man
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Lo we appreciate you make sure you
17:08
follow her Bria Shere c h e r
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iore okay you're a citizen brother wa a
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all right um what's next for you what's
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next oo cuz you can't you can't stop now
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no I'm I'm still I'm still going I got a
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show coming up um at the end of this
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month um April 20 I going to get the
17:27
right date for that in New York yeah
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it's going to be downtown 420 no not 420
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it's April 27th it's going to be uh the
17:35
new the New York headliner is going to
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be a fashion show so I'm be doing two
17:39
shows that night um in Manhattan
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downtown so that's coming up I got um a
17:44
visual for the song I'm working on that
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got a choreographer so things are
17:48
happening things are happening and now
17:50
you here with us and now I'm here okay
17:53
wow that's crazy the domino effect it's
17:55
happening you ever have a national
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interview no yeah you have yeah you have
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there you go hey Bria this was great uh
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congratulations I'm glad we was able to
18:05
make this kind of fruition yes and we'll
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be we'll be um asking for your your
18:10
presence soon you know we going to let
18:12
you load up some of these nominations
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and get some more of this new music out
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you know uh and we going to end the
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interview it on to the next anything you
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want to say in closing I just want to
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say thank you sway thank you Tracy thank
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you to you know giving me this
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opportunity to come to come on the show
18:27
show like I really appreciate that thank
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you to yes yes thank you to everyone
18:32
listening please go stream that song on
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to the next you can follow me on
18:37
Instagram and Twitter at or X whatever
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you want to call it now Bria Shore I
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appreciate all the love and support
18:43
there it is man Bria have a great day
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yeah I will you too okay and your mom
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[Music]
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shice
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