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Mahalo-halo..... and then some - Pilot Episode · PHLV Radio

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Hello, what's up, guys. Welcome to our very first ma hollow Hollo
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and then some episode. I'm your host, Tony Lopez, along with my
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co host, Miss mc lefloved everybody. Hope everybody's having a fantabulous day.
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So excited, right, I'm excited, you're excited. This is such a
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blessing to be here on air on PHLB Radio. Thank you so much for
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giving us an opportunity to have a platform to just talk it up, Yes,
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talk it up about the Filipino community, whatever's going on in our in
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our world, share in Las Vegas. We want to share good energy with
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you guys, good vibes and just you know, good stories, whether they're
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talents, businesses and services, and you know, basically everything that's going on
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in our little world here, Hollo, elv and then some So before we
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get started, I want to make sure that you guys know who we are,
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because you know, you want to listen to people that you're familiar with
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and you know, get to know us a little bit better. So Palopa,
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Miss mc lea lefs, let's talk how did we first meet? Let's
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introduce them to how our relationships started. Well, I know that it's it
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was like, you know, there's like I believe there's that saying, you
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know what through there all though tragedies and things happen, there's always beauty that
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rises from the ashes. And in a sense, and that when that thing
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happened, in the tragedy that happened, the fire in Lahina in Maui,
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when that happened, I know that we as a community here in Las Vegas
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wanted to rally together and Tony I was trying to find out a way to
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how to how to help. And at the same time, Tony, you
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were actually looking for a way to and or organizing how to how we can
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as a community can come together and help. And you worked that seventy two
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hours, got that love for thea Hina event happening. And I saw that
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and I wanted to be a part of it. I reached out to our
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brother Bounce, Bounced Cruise and then actually you found me. So I don't
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know how you actually found me, and then I found you. It was
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meant to be. It was definitely meant to be. I feel like you
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know, when you're in search of something, you pray about it long enough,
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and you know you just wait and sit still. It comes to you
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naturally and organically. I don't want to force you know, those relationships and
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connections, right, and when I reached out to you, you are already
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in kind of like the mode of like, hey, I want to help
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out. So long story short, we were just connected. We spoke on
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the phone, we vibed, we you know, got to know each other
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rather quickly. Yeah, met, We did some promos and we broke bread
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and here we are. Yeah, we have our show and we're able to
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you know, share our story with everyone else. And by the way,
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you know the Maui Strong event that did take place at Container Park. Yes,
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we want to encourage everybody, if you're listening, to continue to donate
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and really show your love for Leahina. We just finished another Broke the Mouth
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fundraiser at Verna Costeira, which MCPS was also a huge part of. So
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you know, it's an ongoing effort to really help our community, whether it's
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locally or you know, overseas. So yeah, because especially because you know,
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Las Vegas is known as the Ninth Island, and so it's very important,
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you know, especially for the islanders, those who have moved here from
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We're looking for an avenue to show support. And so thank you sister Tony,
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because she really helped organize the first one. And then of course also
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she was she doesn't want to say it, but she was vital to the
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second one. She was actually helping organize. But she, you know,
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alongside with a great committee of people that came together people. Thank you guys.
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It's definitely a blessing. And now we have this opportunity to just come
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together cultures as well, not just the Ninth Island, but as the Filipino
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culture, and as we celebrate entering this month Asian Heritage, Filipino American History
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Month. Filipino. Yes, you know that's everybody. I think everyone's connected
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to a Filipino. If you went to the hospital, saw nurse, you
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probably had a Filipino nurse. So you're connected, right. And now we're
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family, So we're just we're kind of stuck together so forever. Absolutely,
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And to add onto the Mahalow Hollow family, I want to introduce you.
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You already know her. She is an amazing talent. She's not just a
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model. She is a singer, that's a business woman and just an amazing
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community advocate. Her name is MICHAELA. Welcome her back to the show,
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because I'm on HERSI all right on this show. I don't go by Mikayla.
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My stage name is Chiuahwah. Call MICHAELA. Where'd you come from?
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From the heavens? That's right? Where did I come from? Well,
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let's talk about how you and I met, so then we can kind of
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come closer goal you know, how did we meet? Actually, Tony was
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looking for me too. I did look for you, and I found you.
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Kuyah G was the one I remember. I was literally I was in
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a meeting and usually kuyah G doesn't call me, like back to back,
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back to back. I was like, what is this guy? He called
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me? MICHAELA. He's you're the one that this guy is trusting his life.
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Answer me in jail? What is MICHAELA gonna do? What? I
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got to roll up with? But yeah, he called me and I finally
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answered after like the third or fourth fifth call. Girl, he called for
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you, okay, and then he's like, hey, are you still singing?
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In my head? I'm like, whoa, what do you mean?
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You don't just really stop singing and stuff? But anyways, I guess you
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were looking for a local singer. I haven't met you yet, but he
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was saying that, well, there's some mandy named Tony. They're doing a
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and they're looking for local singers. So during that time I was singing at
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like different restaurants and different hotels. So that's her talent. Okay, all
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ready for all this. So during that time, Tony and I I really
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don't even remember how we exactly met. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah,
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we went to Hollo. Oh yeah, yeah, so I called you,
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she said, I call her first. She was looking for technically than you.
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You wanted me. Okay, damn it, I found you though.
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Okay, anyway, it's fast forward bringing my eagle over here. So anyways,
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mahallow hollow happens, and I think I was supposed to sing. Oh,
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and I did sing, and then that was the first mahallow right.
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And then I think we were doing appearance for Fabulous Pageants. So I had
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the Beauty Queen's up there and then what she didn't know is I was watching
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her and I was like, she's gonna be on my team. Oh girls,
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we crying, don't cry, I'm not gonna cry. You want?
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So yeah, we did that, and yeah, that was the beauty of
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it. And then she started following me. I think I followed her,
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and then I guess, uh, five counts later we started following all the
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different counts each other. So just so you know, if you think you're
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gonna block one of our accounts, we are watching you. Aunt. I
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am the lurking queen. Honey, I will know your background before you even
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knew your background background check. Well yeah, so anyway, that was the
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long, long version and mental dam. In short, my Kayla is a
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vital part of what is happening in the community. Not only is she the
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brand ambassador for Ahern Hotel, which is our sponsor for Mahala Hollo this wonderful
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time around, she is also advocating for young women in the fashion industry and
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making sure that all of that is you know, directed correctly, with dignity
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and all that. And yes, yeah, so anyway, girls, what's
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going on? Mahala Hollo October twenty eighth, twelve to eight, Downtown Container
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Park. We are so excited to be bringing you back another mahalal Hollow.
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You know why, because it is such a good day. We can share
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good sunshine, good music, good food, good people, good energy.
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Who are we expecting? Who are we expecting to us? Well, we
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have miss Palpa is going to be hosting for the very worst time. Pulling
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on Mikaela. Sometimes you have that girl come up here and tell us something,
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don't you want to know? Should be like, girl, I'm really
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excited. Tell us about what you are looking forward to this time around.
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Well, I'm looking forward. It's gonna be my first time at mahalal Hollow.
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Yeah, yeah, and I'm going to looking forward to just coming together.
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I love Downtown Container Park when we hosted the Mali fundraiser there, what
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a beautiful venue for people to come together. It's I believe it's going to
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be nice and cool. There's going to be beautiful music, celebration of art,
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both with music as well as performances. And then of course you have
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all these beautiful vendors that are coming out together and just the time of sharing.
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I love it that you already had. What is it the third or
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the fourth? Is this the third year? Also be the third third mahalal
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Hollow, Yes, so and three and many more to come. So I'm
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looking really looking forward to just sharing once again with the community of Las Vegas.
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Inviting everyone. I love it that it's free ninety nine, yes,
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ma'am show and you don't have to pay. You just have to and you
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have to just participate. Okay, but yeah, I look forward to just
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being there. It's gonna be good. Well, we are so excited to
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have you. You will be co hosting along with j R. Beatbox.
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We are gonna have him on another segment. But you know, it's gonna
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be just a great day. We have the following acts. Guys, listen
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to this, Okay. We have Melody Rosa Lee huh ms, Marie j
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Quervo's coming back on stage. Dot Wave's gonna bless us again. We are
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also flying in Horizon for Australia. Yea, and that's a big deal because
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that's international waters and that's a long flight. I mean, Hollow is just
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going overseas. I mean, you guys are reaching out there, Okay.
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We want to make sure we're repping like our Filipino community obviously, and you
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know, I want to be able to reach out not only to our locals
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because there's so many talented people here, but I want to intertwine you know,
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people that are across the seas, so and then we also have interlude,
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yes that with their with their R and b uhe in the nineties.
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And remember it's a throwback. That's right, it's the nineties, y'all.
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It's our time, Tony. I've been talking about what we're gonna wear.
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What are we wearing? Guys? What are you gonna wear? MICHAELA,
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Well, I really made it to nineties, so you know we're trying to
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then I'm like, I'll go check my parents. Right, you'll get an
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a good jackets nineties or a bucket hat. Oh my gosh, yes,
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a bucket hat, yes, of course. But I love that it's the
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nineties. I love it that you had a theme. Did you have a
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theme for the other years before, like the first one, in the second
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one, or this is the first time you're doing a theme the nineties thing.
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I think it's just naturally it evolved to the nineties. You know,
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it's coming back trends or coming back, and you know you just kind of
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follow the trend. But we want to be ahead of the trends. So
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we're going to do the nineties. So if you guys are going to attend,
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make sure y'all bring your you know, cross colors and I don't know
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where were the Yeah, Jersey think Criss Cross will make a job right now,
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right, let me rewind back to how I was, you know,
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and then to add to it Mikayla, oh boy, anyway, let's cut
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that part. So uh, what is exciting is that we also have the
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Majority will be joining us to close out the show. We are really really
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happy excited to have them close out the show because they are going to bring
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the reggae infused vibes. I know they're gonna, you know, hit us
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with some throwbacks, but it's just a good vibe with you with them,
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and we are so lucky to have Kennedy King in house today to bless us
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with a little bit of story time you are here and Benzi yeah you gotta
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you gotta come here sing a song and then so all right, okay,
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story to talk to us. What are you? How you doing so any
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what's the latest song projects you guys are working on as a group, and
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maybe if you have anything on the solo tip like what do you what are
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you up to right now? We are working on our fourth album right now.
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Elon's enjoying the beach right now. So you know, we're taking kind
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of a break and uh, I'm just you know, doing my part on
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you know, writing the music. We got about twelve projects that we're working
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on the fourth album. It's probably gonna get condensed down to about eight songs
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for the next album, and then we're gonna push the rest of it into
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the archives and possibly you know release those on a timely manner, uh,
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you know, depending on how our career is going. But yeah, we
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got we got three two albums out, three albums out two albums. Album
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so good that he doesn't so many albums to be fair, I know,
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we got a lot of things in our library that are still unrelease that I
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still play, uh you know, like solo nights one I'm not with the
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band. So it just I'm like all over the place on how much asset
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we actually really have so far. But we're really excited. The band is
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really excited to be you know, a part of you know, a special
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event like this, Muhammad, I was you know, I did the first
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one solo, and you know the third one right, yes, yes,
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third one. The third one now is gonna be with you know the band,
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and they're pretty you know excited about you know, joining that stage and
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playing for you know, everybody that that comes up. So tell us about
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your music. Are you the primary writer? How do you guys collab on
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as of right now? Yeah, I'm the primary writer. Elon does the
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musical production side of things. He you know, he we sit together and
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we discussed ideas and we just kind of lay out what we're dealing with at
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the moment, and then he does his thing musically and I sit there and
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I listen to the music and I listen to whatever story you know that comes
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through either my mind or my spirit that you know, in the moment of
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me doing my thing. And if not, you know, a lot of
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people do with what writer's block. I just take, you know, just
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take time and take a break and then I try to come back to it
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later. And you know, that's that's pretty much how we're developing our first
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two albums. At the first when we first started working and now, you
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know, the collective album that we're doing now, it's more of you know,
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the drummers getting involved, the bass players getting involved, and you know,
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the keyboardist as well, and they're all sharing a lot of great ideas.
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So that's awesome. So what's your favorite type of music to write?
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Is it primarily reggae or feel good music? If I could be honest,
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if I like things that are just you know, pleasing to my ear,
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I write country. I write R and B al rite, so I write
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regae, everything reggae based, but I tend to gravitate towards a country a
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little bit more, mainly because the storytelling is a lot better there, and
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you know, and then I'll dabble in, you know, a few rap
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songs just to build my metaphor of, you know, how to tell a
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better story. So yeah, I dabble all over the place. And then
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if I don't feel like listening to any lyrics, I just put on a
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little playlist called Piano Bar and it's just all jazz music, of just instrumentals,
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of just beautiful tones. You know, how'd you get started in music?
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Is it that funny that so many ways? You know how music supported
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me in you know, many moments of my life. When I was seven
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years old, I was always singing to Sister Act and Sixth Act too,
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So now I was trying to hit that you know, that high voice.
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Jesus, I think we all try to I'm Done're like, no, we
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cannot, but yeah, you know I don't. But it's okay. I'm
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just like they edited. But you know, from Sister Act to Sister Act
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too, you know that. And I remember singing one of those songs with
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one of my uncles, simone uncles at the time, and the whole church
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was hysterical. And I never I never picked up music until I picked up
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the guitar, probably my sophomore year in high school. I think I was
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about like sixteen, and then I went off to college and just I haven't
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picked up my guitar after that for about four years. But I'd just be
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joining you know, this Kalapu, which is the Coppa Club, which is
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you know, like a I call it a place of a fellowship for men
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looking for you know, good ideas and you know that they can take back
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home and improve themselves in their lives and we share, you know, I
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just be there as the music man, and I'd listen to the old man
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speak and I listened to the young folks speak, and you start to you
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know, realize that, okay, maybe I'm not just here for the music
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that, you know what I mean, Like, I'm probably just the median
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and then when I finished singing a Lucky Do based on the old Man starts
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to speak so nice. I have a lot of moments where, you know,
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music has just been a very supportive figure for me. And you know,
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when whenever those moments arrive, I just try to be as president as
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I can, and you know, taking the moment and taking whatever lessons that's
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being president. I was here interviewing David Wong the other day for the Las
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Vegas Resource Guide, and you know he's talking about frequency and just being president
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and all of that, Like do you practice that when you're you know,
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writing your songs. Yeah? Absolutely. How may I wake up every morning?
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Yeah, and I try to meditate, you know, from the moment
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that first thirty minutes that I get up, I try to meditate in silence,
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and you know, I try to think about what type of day I'm
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trying to have. And you know that's pretty much just setting the tone,
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like in football, because you know, I've been playing football from seventh grade
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to all the way up to collegiate level, and you know the coaches always
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preach set the tone, set the tone. So you know, I kind
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of take that what I learned and I try to apply it, you know,
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not just to my music, but to my ownverall life of setting the
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tone. So you know, if you wake up in the morning and you
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think you're gonna have a bad day, just take a moment, you know,
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a moment twenty to thirty minutes with yourself and say why, you know,
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why would you want to even issue that to yourself? You know what
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I mean? Right, if it's like clothes that you're gonna put on,
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why are you gonna put that on? You know what I mean? Like,
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if it's not the clothes that you want to put on, go change,
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go take a shower, reset, breathe, take time, and you
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know, just basically set the tone for yourself. For me, it's matching
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soft Matthew Socks, It's going to be a great day because you know these
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kids sometimes they just know that's it all up my matching. I'm not so
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I'm like slippers. I love it. So anything going on with your solo
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music? Where can we find you? Where can we catch you guys performing
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anytime soon? Yes? We perform as a band as a unit every second
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and fourth Saturday at all of Hookah Lounge over in Henderson. If I could
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get the address. I wish I knew it at the top, but the
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location is all of Mediterranean Hookah Lounge and then I also do uh solo acts
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there where it's just acoustic and you know, it's a very chill place where
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you know, you can bring your friends and have conversations and be able to
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you know, a time with good food, Mediterranean food, great hookah,
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great drinks and you know, and don't you perform with somebody. His name
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is sugar Town Tuesday. Yes, on Tuesday. On Tuesday, we have
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a duel set that me and a good friend of mine, DJ sugar Tone,
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you know, shout out to him all right, he just uh transitioned
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into from playing guitar into having a whole DJ set and you know, playing
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his guitar at the same time. So I thought that was a really unique
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idea, and he hit me up, you know, just hey, can
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I just come through and just practice on your solo nights like I won't be
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in the way. And I was just like, Yo, this is really
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dope format that you know. The owner at the time shout out over there
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at Ali and yeah, she really liked the idea. The format was just
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u you know, very it felt like home. Like people, you know,
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they got the live music and then they get the live DJ said,
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like you know a little bit of comedy hour. Yeah, yes, a
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bit of a comedy the people that are quite funny. Well you heard it
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here first guys, all of Mediterranean Grill Mondays and Tuesdays. Check it out
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and I'm sure Majority will be also announcing your Graces shows. Whatever you guys
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are doing, so check them out on what I G page. You can
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follow us on the Majority underscore music. So the Majority spelled exactly how it
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said said and underscore music at the end. Perfect. So, MICHAELA,
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what's going on in your world? I want I want to know what's going
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on over there because your world is exciting. Is we we go with this?
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Whatever you want? Yeah, I'm using this fan What is this fab
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expo? Whatever? We're gonna get that? Well, we do want to
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we do want to support. Yeah, I'm just kidding. I'm gonna go
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to your guys event, zerum mil we have we have you down for your
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fab event going on at the is it the Orleans at the Orleans October twenty
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eighth, same day as Mahalo Hollow But ill love because you know, they're
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doing their thing with fashion and a Filipino community, and then you know,
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it's a whole different world. It's different fashion in business and we're just business
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and music. So there's always a lot of things that are going on in
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Vegas at the same time. But I mean, that's so wonderful because you
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can go there, you can stop by there. Yeah, come by mahala
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hello either way, flippity flop, you know, but you know, just
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just hop hop hop, you know, I'm you know, don't drop it
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like it's hot, but you know, just you know, make sure you
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get back up. Yeah there, don't you know what. I like the
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people that I got to work with, even like Ceer Mill and the the
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fab Expo, Like I feel like it's nothing but good support, even like
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with you seeing that sort of you're saying with Chigotone hopped on with you guys,
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like it's just good vibes, Like you just need a good support system
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where you want where the people around you also wants you to. We want
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to win. Yeah, that's why we're good. Like you know what I'm
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saying, Yes, because it's collaboration over competition, you know what I mean.
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It's collaboration over competition, you know what I mean, we all want
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to win, and every single one of us there's only one us, you
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know, there's only one me. There's only one that Kayla Okay, you
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know, so you know, and that's and that's what's so great about it
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is because when one wins, we all win. And that's exciting. Well,
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I mean that's the beauty of collaborating and meeting people in you know,
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the industry, whether it's through music or business, or just in your neighborhood.
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You know, it's like you start that conversation really dig deeper than just
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like oh hey, neighbor, what's going on? Like what do you do?
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How can I support you, how can we cross promote one another,
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or just you know, really dive deeper into your community, right right.
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So yeah, and you know, this program, I don't want it to
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be surface level. I want everybody to be themselves. I want everybody to
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feel comfortable. So ifever you're invited here, please show up, show out
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because we want to you know, really learn about what's what's going on,
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you know, like whether it's with the children, with the kids, you
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know, we're going to be bringing in our BTR kids soon, and I
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want to learn about what's going on in the schools and how you know,
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the education system is happening as well, you know, because they are our
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future and having children is really important to know what's going on in the world.
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So that was really good. Yeah, No, I think it's really
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I think it's really good. Like I like what you said in the beginning,
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Tony, when you said you prayed about it, and you know,
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God brought it all together because you know, in this industry, whether it
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be in fashion, whether it be in music, there's always going to be
25:56
people out there that are not going to be for you, right or they'll
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try you know what I mean, they're gonna be like they're gonna be like,
26:00
in a sense, you know, a wolf in sheep's clothing. But
26:03
thank God that you have that spirit of discernment. Thank God for any prayer
26:08
that answered prayer, because when when that's what I prayed for even the beginning
26:12
of the year, was to be connected with women of purpose, with people
26:15
of purpose, and and to see this all coming together, it really is
26:19
answered prayer. To top it off, guys, to speak of purpose,
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I want to commend my cis here MC lepo lapse. We want to congratulate
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you because this little segment right here is to honor your talent and what you
26:36
do for the community. And I know I don't have You don't have last
26:40
so maybe you can't give her a second, but we want to honor your
26:45
talent because when you are m seeing on stage, whether it's an event,
26:49
a wedding, you know, a party, it is your gift. And
26:53
everybody has a gift, and we often we often hide it because we're so
26:59
scared to show what it is right and we want to be able to share
27:03
that. And you have come out and just blessed this community within the month
27:07
that I've known you month and a half forever forever though right you're moving,
27:12
You're moving and groving. But I want to congratulate you because she did just
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walk in Hawaii's Finest Musical Music I can't let me start that over Hawaii's Finest
27:25
Music Festival, Las Vegas, happening at the event Line at Virgin Hotel,
27:30
happening this Friday and Saturday. Your girl mc lelaps is going to be awesome.
27:36
Yeah, basically I'm seeing the entire show, So tell us about how
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how you feel Oh my gosh, that right there is it's actually going to
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well, I did a music festival or it's like a big festival, Major
27:45
Vibes in Atlanto, California. That was my first actual, big, big
27:49
festival, public festival. And so this is actually going to be my first
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music festival here in Las Vegas. And it's two days and just to have
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the opportunity. And you know, as I'm starting out like with this because
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I'm new to the game, but I'm not new because I've done it for
28:06
ten years now with Tabakanui with our group, but then now it was branching
28:10
out just in this year alone. I have to advocate for myself. So
28:14
you know, the story that comes to my mind is the lady from Spanks.
28:17
You know what she did, right, She actually had the idea and
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what she did was she went to the top. She just emailed them and
28:22
they called her in and that's how it all started. So to me,
28:26
I'm like, it doesn't hurt to try. I am here, I'm this
28:29
is what I've done if you want to check me out. And so I
28:32
reached out and I told a friend of mine. She was like, because
28:36
shout out to my sister Shi. You know, she actually reached out two
28:38
scoops of aloha. She reached out to him and said, hey, this
28:41
this what's your fee? And so I'm like, okay. So we talked
28:44
and yeah, got the confirmation and said okay, you're on. So I
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was like, all right, it's on, so we'll see open doors.
28:52
So just taking that step of faith. So but you know, I also
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remember what Okay, I'm just like pulling out. But like, but what
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Rihanna said when she said, if you love what you do and you have
29:03
join it, then it's not work. And I really like, at the
29:07
end of every event that I do, I end up tearing and really thanking
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God because I do love what I do. I can't promise you. I
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don't go in with a script. I go in with an outline and I'm
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like, here we go, you know, you know, so thank you
29:21
guys. Really it really does mean a lot. I take it to heart,
29:23
and like you said, just embrace who you are, love who you
29:26
are, walk in that, be confident in it, and speak what you
29:29
know because if I don't know, then take it. I don't know,
29:33
and don't forget your value, you know, And I think that that shows
29:36
with any business or your talent. Like you come in and you're like,
29:38
well, maybe I won't charge. But if you're doing you've been doing it
29:41
for ten plus years, and you come in and you're still in the mentality
29:45
of like, oh I'm a newbie. No, you're no longer a newbie.
29:48
You've paid your dues, you made sure you've you know, you've learned
29:51
your craft, and you've mastered it. So make sure to know your value
29:53
and just like you know and own it and like I'm worth it. I'm
29:57
worth it probably, so I'm excited. Thank you guys so much so.
30:03
Congratulation all the best to all us. When Tony posted you, I didn't
30:08
know you yet, right, but she posted you, and I remember going
30:11
to the show after like after the post, right, and I was like,
30:15
I hugged you, like automatically. When I first met you, I
30:18
was like, like, you could tell that this isn't an act. This
30:22
makes sense, like when she's up there, like this isn't an act,
30:25
Like it's just wholesome. I loved second that I even let tone know to
30:30
that, you know what I mean, Like from the moment I parked,
30:33
before I even crossed the street, you could just feel you know what I'm
30:40
saying, like, and I didn't even walk past you know, the vendors
30:42
at the time. I'm like, yo, this feels really good, Like
30:47
what what is this? And I got, you know, I finally get
30:49
to you know, inside and I see you doing your thing, and I'm
30:52
like, she's the one. Okay, you locked her in. I was
30:57
going to push her loaded. That was really good spirits, you know,
31:10
like what what you brought to you know, was exactly working. Yeah,
31:15
I'm yeah, I'm so happy to be stuck with all of you. Yes,
31:19
your stuff, you know, shout out to Tony because Tony was okay
31:25
from the first event and I wasn't part of well I was, I was
31:27
part of it, but I wasn't part of it right. And in the
31:30
second event, I got more involved. Every time it was just like flip
31:34
double clip double, Like we are just expanding. And then you know what's
31:40
crazy, like, girl, you are a bridge, a blessing because like
31:44
we're not just connecting in business, like we we all hunged out even outside
31:48
of the event, outside of our meetings, we have done stupid stuff and
31:52
I run from dinosaurs, so many stupid things, Like we all got you
32:00
learned how to break dance a little bit, just a little bit. You
32:01
know, we got to show that video sometimes, shut up, we're not
32:06
but you know why? Yeah, you know we record for my show.
32:12
Could we just copy copy and paste? But actually it's it's crazy because we're
32:16
talking about like the important, like the spiritual part I was. I'm thinking
32:21
about it. I remember Tony the first time we met. It was at
32:23
Starbucks, okay, and I remember, let me tell you the the protection
32:29
of God. Okay, okay, so I hear to reminisce or whatever,
32:37
justify. I left my other meeting early so we could be here, so
32:40
we got time. So let me tell you guys this. There is a
32:45
business I was heavily involved in and it was convicting me, and it was
32:51
like breaking me. And the thing is is like I have to Like it
32:53
was so public, you can you know what I mean? It was like
32:58
very like I have to a certain life a certain way. So like the
33:04
moves I was making, I didn't. I wasn't satisfied with those moves,
33:07
even though everybody else was like, oh congratulations, Like I didn't feel fulfilled
33:10
in those moves. And it was so public and like into the media and
33:15
stuff. I wasn't into it, and I remember I cut off that business
33:19
and I told them, like, you know, this is what I believe.
33:23
That everybody has their own idea of success. So the thing is is
33:27
like, if you're not with the same vision that I have, like that's
33:30
cool. You you just got to know what everybody's goal is. If we're
33:34
not working with each other, ain't no shade. We just gotta you know
33:38
what I'm saying. So I remember, out of obedience to God, I
33:43
cut off that business. And let me tell you, it was like God
33:45
was really testing me because like that was the first time I was really working
33:49
with influencers, millionaires, entrepreneurs and for me to tell them like, no,
33:54
this isn't sitting right with my values and like tell them like I'm cutting
33:59
it off, Like that was I didn't know what was going to happen next
34:01
for me. So I remember praying to that, praying to God about that,
34:06
because during that time, that group ended up telling me that I wouldn't
34:10
have been successful if it wasn't for them. So that's where it was.
34:15
It really like oh well shit, Like I'm a hustler. I work hard
34:19
no matter what. So that really that that really did like put me in
34:25
a place like, dang, what do I do? Because I don't want
34:28
to be owned by people? Right? So anyways, I pray to God
34:31
because a lot of those connections that I was doing business with did come out
34:35
of that area, right, So I pray to God and then I let
34:38
go of Oh I almost said, what the business was? I let go
34:42
of the business. And and what's crazy is Kuya Gilbert was calling me out
34:47
of nowhere. So that's when we ended up meeting. And what's crazy is
34:51
Tony came outside Like the way that we met was right outside of that that
34:55
network. So I was like, do you get what I'm saying? It
34:59
was just more like that was God protected me. And that was happening in
35:01
the same week. And the thing is nobody knew that that's what the owners
35:06
told me. It was like on the down low, so for God to
35:08
like and I didn't tell anybody about it, you know what I'm saying.
35:12
Nobody knew about it. So during that time, just the fact that Tony
35:15
came out of like a prayer that nobody knew, like I was, it
35:20
was God's protection over me, Like Kim telling me Mikayla, Like, don't
35:23
worry. I'm just gonna say to add to that is that you know,
35:27
when I first met you and Mikayla, obviously this was exactly a year ago,
35:30
and you've grown, You're much younger, you're like half my age.
35:36
Well then that means I don't triple her, no, like thea Okay,
35:40
I'm just a couple of years older. But you know what I mean,
35:43
Like I I know the journey that you've you've faced, and I'm really proud
35:49
of you and you know, the whole vulnerable like side to this this program
35:53
is to really understand how people grow even within a year. You can be
35:59
somebody and you're trying to get to where you need to be or where you
36:01
pray to be, and when you get there and you have friends in your
36:05
network that are able to see that growth, it's amazing. So good us
36:09
you girl, Right, I don't say I love you, okay. So
36:12
one thing I'm trying to train myself to do is to be more vocal with
36:16
loving people because I think for me, I always like I'm very like.
36:21
Just so with that being said, bear with me when I say I love
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you, Tony, we love you to girl cm I all right, well
36:30
you know what, guys, we are going to bring it, bring it
36:34
home. Mcas what you what you got? Well, you know what.
36:37
I just what a way to start off our show. I mean, what
36:40
a way to just come together the beginning of how Mahalalo was come up came
36:46
about, and then just to see and to be honored to be co hosting
36:50
with you as well as just to hear the story from my brother Kennedy King
36:53
and of course the lovely Makayla. Of course I love it how we all
36:58
have come together. We all have differ and walks, but that's the one
37:00
thing that I know that you wanted to make an impact Tony, that you
37:04
said it doesn't matter what you're going through, what you're walking through, it's
37:07
more than it's mahalo Hello. And then some because life is life, and
37:12
then some you know what I mean. And that's one thing too. We
37:14
want to honor each other in our giftings, Tony, we also want to
37:16
acknowledge and honor the giftings that you have. I mean, your production,
37:21
the way you orchestrate things, I mean, and then the encouragement to go.
37:24
I love it how you say better to ask for forgiveness than I don't
37:30
know if but you But you know what, there's a confidence in that,
37:36
there's a confidence when you spoke, that there's a way, there's just a
37:38
presence about you that comes with an authority and understanding that is teaching us and
37:45
that we're all able to teach and share with each other. And that's one
37:47
thing that I know that Mahalo Hollo and then some is going to help people.
37:52
Is going to not only help them know about Mahala hello, understand about
37:54
their heritage, but give them something else, give them them some so they
38:00
can take that some and make it into something right. Because if you want
38:04
to you want to go somewhere, you better wake up and hey, okay
38:15
what I'm talking about. You see what I'm saying. We need to bring
38:17
some life into the studio. Thank you Kennedy King for there there's so much
38:29
more. Is not only a lyricist, a vocalist and mc a mom.
38:37
Thank you hydrated with the word and remind you to always drink it. All
38:45
right, Well, I am so excited for our first episode of Mohalo Hollo.
38:47
Guys, thank you for tuning in. We are just looking forward to
38:52
more amazing episodes and then to close us out is the very talented and amazing
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songwriter artists frontman of The Majority. He goes by the name of Kennedy King.
39:07
Yes, this song I'm Gonna Show with you guys is our latest Thank
39:12
you guys. It's our latest release wanted. You can check it out on
39:16
on YouTube live version and we also have a studio version on iTunes and Spotify.
39:22
Just make sure you guys look up The Majority. All right, here
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we go doom doom, doom, doom doom. Well, I just got
39:42
to find out you shire really share once, man, becuz I've just been
39:50
shot down, gain in no mo pain. It's not wanted, heat shot
39:57
shot, dreaded food thing starting on the up shining only grew wing from whatever
40:07
us You're not account of booth, all the things I hold inside. I
40:20
can't helpbody ask whenning well, how to know why? I just I just
40:27
got to fine down you. She really share one man, because I've just
40:34
spent shot down at ain't no more pain. It's not wanted. I just
40:42
got to fine down you. She really share one man, cause I've just
40:49
spent shot down. Ain't ain't no more pain. It's not one ted no
40:58
my home. You can take no more pay. Gat ain't no more pain.
41:01
It's not wanted. My heart can take no more pain. Gat ain't
41:08
no more pain. What I guess I must at betmore then I should sometimes
41:15
where the others are deserving. Fell entitled, they changed their colors a chameleon.
41:21
Entitled remained the same, but changing base. He's supposed to vivot.
41:24
Slow down right now. I could see you working out to give me some
41:31
pow here and now you can never crown. But first we got to work
41:37
these questions out. I just got to find down you sure, really you
41:45
know shit once man, because I've just spent your down. Gaint ain't no
41:52
more pain. It's not wanted. I just got to fund down you share
42:00
really, you know? Share once man, because I've just been shot down.
42:07
Game ain't no more pain. It's not one. No, no,
42:12
my heart can check no more pain. Game ain't no more pain. It's
42:15
not one. My heart can check no more pay, Gay ain't no more
42:22
pain, it's not one. So thank you? Oh wow, Yes,
42:35
check that out. Wanted that song is actually out on to Yes please you
42:42
better download this, you better get it, get up on it. Okay,
42:45
amazing thank you brother, Thank you Kennedy King once again. You guys
42:52
can check them out Kennedy King Music and also the majority Underscore New Music and
42:58
check out Spotify and all music platforms for that single Wanted Mikayla, thank you
43:02
for being here on time. We love you always. Check out Mikayla's program
43:09
as well. It's t m I with Michayla. She's posted like this and
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I'm really grateful for you guys tuning in. I'm Tony Lopez along with MC.
43:21
This is Mahalo Hollo and then some thanks for tuning in. Peace, guys